Vitali Novikov (born 13 January 1979) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Svetlana Kulikova, he is the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy champion.

Career

Early in his career, Novikov skated with

Anastasia Grebenkina Anastasia Yuryevna Grebenkina (russian: Анастасия Юрьевна Гребёнкина, born 18 January 1979) is a former competitive ice dancer. She is best known for her partnership with Vazgen Azrojan with whom she represented Armenia a ...

, Ekaterina Gvozdikova, and Mackenzie Moliver. Novikov teamed up with Svetlana Kulikova in January 2003. They won the first competition they entered as a team, the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy. They won two medals at the Russian Championships and competed twice at the European and World Championships. Their best results were 7th at 2005 Europeans and 13th at 2004 Worlds. Kulikova and Novikov were coached by

Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (; born 13 February 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser. Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. Her students h ...

and

Evgeni Platov Evgeni Arkadievich Platov (Ukrainian to English: Ev'heni Arkadievich Platov) (russian: Евгений Аркадьевич Платов; born August 7, 1967; Ukrainian: Євген Аркадійович Платов) is a Russian former competit ...

. They parted ways after placing 14th at the 2005 World Championships. Novikov teamed up with Olga Orlova in spring 2005. They placed 6th at the

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and 5th at the 2006 Russian Championships. Novikov currently works as a coach.

Programs

(with Kulikova)

Results

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; JGP:

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With Orlova

With Kulikova

With Grebenkina

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Novikov, Vitali Russian male ice dancers 1979 births Living people Figure skaters from Moscow