Nelli Alexeyevna Chervotkina, later surname Pylkina (russian: Нелли Алексеевна Червоткина Пылькина) is a former pair skater for the Soviet Union. With

Viktor Teslia 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 Universi ...

, she is the 1979 Prague Skate champion,

1982 Skate America The 1982 Skate America was held in Lake Placid, New York on October 6–10. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipli ...

bronze medalist, and 1983 Winter Universiade champion. Their coaches were

Ludmila Velikova Ludmila Georgiyevna Velikova (russian: Людмила Георгиевна Великова; ''née'' Sinitsina, russian: Синицина; born November 4, 1947 in Leningrad) is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitor. Ludmila Sinits ...

and Aleksandr Vlasov. Pylkina coaches skating in Sweden. She was based in Lidköping and Linköping before moving to the Stockholm region. In August 1990, she gave birth in Saint Petersburg to her daughter

Angelika Pylkina Anzhelika Pylkina (russian: Анжелика Пылькина; born 9 August 1990) is a Swedish pair skater. She teamed up with Niklas Hogner in 2003. They were the first Swedish pairs team to compete internationally since 1962. They twice placed ...

, who would become a pair skater for Sweden.

Competitive highlights

With Teslia

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chervotkina, Nelli 1965 births Figure skating coaches Soviet female pair skaters Living people Russian emigrants to Sweden Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg Universiade medalists in figure skating Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union Competitors at the 1983 Winter Universiade