Nikita Katsalapov
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Sinitsina and Katsalapov at the 2016 European Championships
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| Native name | Никита Геннадьевич Кацалапов | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Nikita Gennadyevich Katsalapov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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10 July 1991 Moscow |
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| Residence | Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Victoria Sinitsina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former partner | Elena Ilinykh, Angelina Kabysheva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Marina Zueva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach | Nikolai Morozov, Maria Voitsekhovskaia, Denis Samokhin, Tatiana Tarasova, Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov, Irina Lobacheva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Nikolai Morozov, Liudmila Vlasova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former choreographer | Alexander Zhulin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Vorobievye Gory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former skating club | Moskvich | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Training locations | Novogorsk, Moscow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former training locations | Ventspils | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 1995 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Combined total | 172.65 2016 Europeans |
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| Short dance | 70.24 2016 Cup of China |
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| Free dance | 104.32 2016 Europeans |
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Medal record
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Nikita Gennadyevich Katsalapov (Russian: Никита Геннадьевич Кацалапов; born 10 July 1991) is a Russian ice dancer. With Victoria Sinitsina, he is the 2016 Russian national silver medalist.
With former partner Elena Ilinykh, he is a 2014 Olympic champion in the team event, a 2014 Olympic bronze medalist in ice dancing, a three-time European medalist (silver in 2013 and 2014; bronze in 2012), and the 2010 World Junior champion.
Katsalapov was born on 10 July 1991 in Moscow.
Katsapalov began in single skating but struggled with some jumps and decided to try ice dancing. He was paired with Elena Ilinykh by Irina Lobacheva and Ilia Averbukh, who were the team's first coaches. In 2005, they attended a training camp under Alexander Zhulin who was preparing Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov for their Olympic gold-medal winning season. Despite feeling inspired, they split shortly afterward—Ilinykh said they were too young at the time to understand partnership, "We didn't understand at all that you need to talk to each other, to find a compromise. There were these foolish, stupid quarrels. It just didn't work." Katsalapov then skated with Angelina Kabysheva until 2008.
Ilinykh/Katsalapov decided to team up again in spring 2008 after she returned to Russia. They began training again with Alexander Zhulin in Moscow and began competing together in the 2008–09 season, placing fourth at the Russian Junior Championships.
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