Native name Виктор Иванович Тесля Training location Saint Petersburg | Alternative names Teslya Training locations Saint Petersburg Retired 1983 | |
Full name Viktor Ivanovich Teslia Coaches Ludmila Velikova, Aleksandr Vlasov | ||
Viktor Ivanovich Teslia (Russian: Виктор Иванович Тесля) is a former pair skater for the Soviet Union. With Nelli Chervotkina, he is the 1979 Prague Skate champion, 1982 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1983 Winter Universiade champion. Their coaches were Ludmila Velikova and Aleksandr Vlasov.
Teslia moved to England in the 1990s after being hired as a skating coach in Chelmsford. In the 1998–99 season, he coached British men's champion Clive Shorten and the pairs' silver and bronze medalists, Katie Wenger / Daniel Thomas and Sarah Kemp / Michael Aldred. As of August 2016, he is a Level 3 coach in the U.K. His son, Kiril, was born in the late 1980s.
Competitive highlights
With Chervotkina
References
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