Ksenia Smetanenko, married name: Gonchar (Russian: Ксения Гончар (Сметаненко), born 26 March 1979)[1] is a former ice dancer who competed internationally for Russia and Armenia.
With Samuel Gezalian, she is the 1997 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics for Armenia.
In 1997, Smetanenko teamed up with Samuel Gezalian and began representing Armenia.
Placing sixth at the 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial, they qualified a spot for Armenia at the Olympics.
[2] She married former professional hockey player Sergei Gonchar now assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins, whom she met at the 1998 Winter Olympics.