Maxim Nikitin
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Nazarova and Nikitin at the 2017 Ukrainian Championships
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| Native name | Максим Костянтинович Нікітін | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Maksym Kostiantynovych Nikitin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternative names | Maxim Nikitin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Ukraine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
5 October 1994 Kharkiv, Ukraine |
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| Home town | Kharkiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Oleksandra Nazarova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov, Halyna Churilova, Mariana Kozlova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Greg Zuerlein, Adrienne Lenda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Sergei Petukhov, Larysa Fiodorova, Halyna Churilova, Mariana Kozlova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Kolos Kharkiv | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Novi, Michigan, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former training locations |
Kharkiv, Ukraine Moscow, Russia |
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| Began skating | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 155.35 2017 Worlds |
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| Short dance | 63.86 2017 Worlds |
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| Free dance | 91.49 2017 Worlds |
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Maksym (Maxim) Kostiantynovych Nikitin (Ukrainian: Максим Костянтинович Нікітін; born 5 October 1994) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With partner Oleksandra Nazarova, he is the 2015 World Junior bronze medalist and 2012 Youth Olympic silver medalist. On the senior level, they are the 2017 Winter Universiade champions, 2014 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalists, 2016 Cup of Nice bronze medalists, and two-time Ukrainian national champions (2015, 2017).
Maksym Nikitin was born on 5 October 1994 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Around 2012, he enrolled at the Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture, where he is a correspondence student.
Nikitin was a recreational single skater in his early years. Around 2004, Halyna Churilova encouraged him and Oleksandra Nazarova, also a single skater from Kharkiv, to form an ice dancing partnership. Churilova coached the team in their hometown.
Nazarova/Nikitin debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2010. They placed 11th in Graz, Austria and 7th in Sheffield, England.
In 2011–12, they made no appearances on the JGP series but were sent to the Youth Olympics in January 2012 in Innsbruck, Austria. They won the silver medal behind Russia's Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov.
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