Former coach Tatiana Kuzmina Began skating 1992 Height 1.76 m Residence Moscow, Russia Country represented Russia | Skating club Vorobievye Gory Name Vitali Butikov Coach Elena Tchaikovskaia Partner Kristina Gorshkova | |
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Full name Vitali Yuryevich Butikov Born 19 June 1987 (age 36) ( 1987-06-19 ) Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Combined total 127.47
2010 Cup of Russia Comp. dance 51.97
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Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (Russian: Vitalii YUr'evich Butikov, born 19 June 1987) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Kristina Gorshkova, he is the 2008 World Junior bronze medalist.
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Butikov switched from singles to ice dancing at age eleven. After their coach, Tatiana Kuzmina, was killed in a car accident in July 2007, Gorshkova and Butikov began working with Elena Tchaikovskaia, Ksenia Rumiantseva, and Petr Durnev.
Programs
(with Gorshkova)
Competitive highlights
(with Gorshkova)
References
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