Yuri Chesnichenko (Russian: Юрий Чесниченко, also romanized French-style as Iouri Tchesnitchenko) is a former ice dancer who competed with Yaroslava Nechaeva for the Soviet Union, Russia, and Latvia.

[1] They won the silver medal at the 1992 World Junior Championships for the Soviet Union.

The following season, they won silver at the 1992 Skate Canada International competing for Russia.

[3] Among Nechaeva and Chesnichenko's current and former students are Emily Samuelson / Todd Gilles,[4] Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates, Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell, and Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt.

[5] At the 2007 U.S. Championships, their teams swept the junior ice dancing podium.