Nikita Katsalapov

Nikita Katsalapov
Katsalapov at the Kremlin in 2022
Full nameNikita Gennadyevich Katsalapov
Native nameНикита Геннадьевич Кацалапов
Born (1991-07-10) 10 July 1991
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country Russia
PartnerVictoria Sinitsina
CoachAlexander Zhulin
Petr Durnev
Skating clubOlympic School Moskvich, Moscow
Began skating1995
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dance
Representing  ROC
(with Sinitsina)
Olympic Games
2022 BeijingIce dancing
2022 BeijingTeam
Representing FSR
(with Sinitsina)
World Championships
2021 StockholmIce dancing
Representing  Russia
(with Sinitsina)
World Championships
2019 SaitamaIce dancing
Grand Prix Final
2018–19 VancouverIce dancing
World Team Trophy
2021 OsakaTeam
2019 FukuokaTeam
Representing  Russia
(with Ilinykh)
Olympic Games
2014 SochiTeam
2014 SochiIce dancing
World Junior Championships
2010 The HagueIce dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2009–10 TokyoIce dancing

Nikita Gennadyevich Katsalapov (Russian: Никита Геннадьевич Кацалапов; born 10 July 1991) is a Russian ice dancer. With Victoria Sinitsina, he is 2022 Olympic silver medalist, the 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, 2021 World champion, two-time European Champion (2020,2022), the 2019 World silver medalist, the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time Russian national champion (2019–2020). They have also won several medals on the Grand Prix and the Challenger Series, including winning the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy.

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.