Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (russian: Виталий Юрьевич Бутиков, born 19 June 1987) 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
Kristina Gorshkova
Kristina Valeryevna Gorshkova (russian: Кристина Валерьевна Горшкова, born 18 February 1989) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Vitali Butikov
Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (russian: Виталий Ю ...
, he is the
2008 World Junior bronze medalist.
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.][
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Programs
(with Gorshkova)
Competitive highlights
(with Gorshkova)
References
External links
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Russian male ice dancers
1987 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Perm, Russia
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