Early years Balchenko began learning how to skate in 2006. Until the
2015–16 season, he trained as a
single skater at Sports School #6 in his native Rostov-on-Don before switching to pairs. During the first four seasons of his career as a pair skater, Balchenko changed partners four times, skating with Diana Mitina, Alina Solovyova, Sofya Dmitrenko, and
Natalia Khabibullina each a season. Khabibullina/Balchenko competed at one international event, the 2018
Ice Star, where they placed second in the junior division, before splitting at the end of the
2018–19 season. == Programs ==