Yakov Godorozha

Yakov Godorozha (Ukrainian: Яків Семенович Годорожа: Yakiv Semenovych Hodorozha; born 18 May 1993) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Ukrainian national champion (2013, 2014).^[1] He began learning to skate under the guidance of Georgi Starkov at the Ldinka rink in Odesa, and later trained in Dnipropetrovsk and Kyiv, where he was coached by Marina Amirkhanova.^[2] At the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy, Godorozha earned a spot for Ukraine in the men's event at the 2014 Winter Olympics.^[3] He finished 20th in Sochi.^[4] He retired from competition in August 2014.^[5]

Yakov Godorozha
Full name	Yakiv Semenovych Hodorozha
Native name	Яків Семенович Годорожа
Born	(1993-05-18) 18 May 1993 (age 32) Odesa, Ukraine
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Ukraine
Skating club	Spartak Odesa
Began skating	1998
Retired	August 2014

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2013–14 [6]	Tosca (new arrangement) by Giacomo Puccini	Westside Story by Leonard Bernstein
2011–13 [7][8]	Factor by Angelo Badalmento	Pictures at an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky
2009–11 [9][10]	Circus Princess by Emmerich Kalman
2008–09 [11]	Popodyak (Gypsy theme)	The Pirates of the Caribbean

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1]
Event	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14
Olympics							20th
Worlds						23rd	25th
Europeans						15th	22nd
Cup of Nice						20th
Golden Spin					14th
Ice Star						1st
Nebelhorn						19th	9th
Volvo Open Cup							14th
International: Junior or novice[1]
Junior Worlds					25th
JGP Belarus		15th
JGP Estonia					8th
JGP Germany			14th
JGP Italy		20th
JGP Romania				12th	8th
Tirnavia Ice Cup			2nd J.	2nd J.
Grand Prize SNP	1st N.
National[1]
Ukrainian Champ.	6th	5th	4th	4th	3rd	1st	1st
Team events
Olympics							9th T 8th P
Levels – N: Novice; J: Junior