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Viktor Teslia

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Viktor Teslia
Full nameViktor Ivanovich Teslia
Native nameВиктор Иванович Тесля
Other namesTeslya
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union
PartnerNelli Chervotkina
CoachLudmila Velikova
Aleksandr Vlasov
Retired1983

Viktor Ivanovich Teslia (Russian: Виктор Иванович Тесля) is a former pair skater for the Soviet Union. With Nelli Chervotkina, he is the 1979 Prague Skate champion, 1982 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1983 Winter Universiade champion.[1][2] Their coaches were Ludmila Velikova and Aleksandr Vlasov.[3]

Teslia moved to England in the 1990s after being hired as a skating coach in Chelmsford.[4][5] In the 1998–99 season, he coached British men's champion Clive Shorten and the pairs' silver and bronze medalists, Katie Wenger / Daniel Thomas and Sarah Kemp / Michael Aldred.[5] As of August 2016, he is a Level 3 coach in the U.K.[6] His son, Kiril, was born in the late 1980s.[4]

Competitive highlights

With Chervotkina

International[1][2][3][7]
Event 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83
Prague Skate 3rd 1st
Prize of Moscow News 2nd 2nd
Skate America 3rd
St. Gervais 1st
Winter Universiade 1st
National[3]
Soviet Championships 5th 5th 6th

References

  1. ^ a b "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. pp. 27, 51, 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Тесля Виктор Иванович [Viktor Ivanovich Teslia] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  3. ^ a b c Тесля Виктор Иванович [Viktor Ivanovich Teslia] (in Russian). solovieff.ru.
  4. ^ a b "The figures add up for ice skater's new career". Essex Chronicle. 5 January 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Ice skating: Triple medals for Riverside". The Echo (Essex). 20 November 1998. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016.
  6. ^ "Current Qualified NISA Coaches Level 2-5 2016-2017 (valid until 28.02.17)" (PDF). National Ice Skating Association. 2 August 2016. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Results Book, Volume 1: 1896–1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2010.