Yuriy Petrovych Panchenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Петрович Панченко, born 5 February 1959) is a Ukrainian-born Russian coach and former volleyball player[1] who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

In 1980, he was part of the Soviet team which won the gold medal in the Olympic tournament.

Eight years later, Panchenko won the silver medal with the Soviet team in the 1988 Olympic tournament.

In 1989, he was the first Soviet military allowed to play in a foreign country, when he moved to Conad Ravenna in Italy.

The following year Panchenko moved to Moka Rica Forlì, where he remained until ending his career in 1994.