Vitali Butikov
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Gorshkova and Butikov at the 2008 NHK Trophy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Vitali Yuryevich Butikov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 June 1987 Perm, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. 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.