Kateryna Vasylivna Kostenko (Ukrainian: Катерина Василівна Костенко, also known as Ekaterina Kostenko from Russian: Екатерина Костенко; born 30 June 1984) is a Ukrainian retired pair skater. With Roman Talan, she is the 2009 Ukrainian national champion and represented Ukraine at the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[1]

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Kateryna Kostenko
Kostenko/Talan at the 2010 Olympics
Full name	Kateryna Vasylivna Kostenko
Native name	Катерина Василівна Костенко
Other names	Ekaterina Kostenko (Russian)
Born	(1984-06-30) 30 June 1984 (age 39) Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.61 m (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Ukraine
Skating club	Meteor Dnepropetrovsk
Began skating	1988
Retired	2010

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Kateryna Kostenko was born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR.^[2] She married Roman Talan in 2011 and their daughter, also named Kateryna, was born on 25 February 2012.^[2]

Kostenko teamed up with Roman Talan when she was 21 years old and he 17.^[3] Gold medalists at the 2009 Ukrainian Championships, they represented their country at the 2008 and 2009 European Championships, 2010 World Championships, and 2010 Winter Olympics. They ended their competitive career in 2010 and began coaching in Dnipropetrovsk.

Kostenko coached Elizaveta Usmantseva / Roman Talan, who qualified a spot for Ukraine in the pairs' event at the 2014 Winter Olympics but it was later assigned to another pair.^[4]

(with Talan)

(with Talan)