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![]() Gorshkova and Butikov at the 2008 NHK Trophy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Vitali Yuryevich Butikov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 19 June 1987||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Partner | Kristina Gorshkova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Elena Tchaikovskaia Ksenia Rumiantseva | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Vorobievye Gory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (Russian: Виталий Юрьевич Бутиков, born 19 June 1987) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With partner Kristina Gorshkova, he is the 2008 World Junior bronze medalist.
Butikov switched from singles to ice dancing at age eleven.[1] 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.[1]
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