Vitali Butikov
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Gorshkova and Butikov at the 2008 NHK Trophy
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Vitali Yuryevich Butikov |
| Country represented | Russia |
| Born |
19 June 1987 Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Residence | Moscow |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Partner | Kristina Gorshkova |
| Coach |
Elena Tchaikovskaia Ksenia Rumiantseva |
| Former coach | Tatiana Kuzmina |
| Skating club | Vorobievye Gory |
| Began skating | 1992 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 127.47 2010 Cup of Russia |
| Comp. dance | 51.97 2010 Cup of Russia |
| Free dance | 75.89 2010 Skate Canada |
Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (Russian: Виталий Юрьевич Бутиков, born 19 June 1987) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Kristina Gorshkova, 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.
(with Gorshkova)
(with Gorshkova)
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