Kristina Valeryevna Gorshkova (russian: Кристина Валерьевна Горшкова, born 18 February 1989) is a Russian former competitive
ice dancer
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. With partner
Vitali Butikov
Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (russian: Виталий Юрьевич Бутиков, born 19 June 1987) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Kristina Gorshkova
Kristina Valeryevna Gorshkova (russian: Кристина Валер ...
, she is the
2008 World Junior bronze medalist.
Gorshkova began skating at age four and switched from singles to ice dancing at age ten.
[ 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.][
Gorshkova is studying Cultural and Social Anthropology at the University of Latvia.
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Programs
(with Butikov)
Competitive highlights
(with Butikov)
References
External links
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Figure skaters from Moscow
Living people
Russian female ice dancers
1989 births
World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists
Universiade medalists in figure skating
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
Competitors at the 2009 Winter Universiade
Competitors at the 2011 Winter Universiade