Maksym NIKITIN

Ukraine

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 5 Oct 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KHARKIV

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Residence: KHARKIV

Residence Country:

Ukraine

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Figure Skating	Ice Dance UKR NAZAROVA Oleksandra / NIKITIN Maksym	20
	Team Event UKR NAZAROVA Oleksandra / NIKITIN Maksym
	Team Event UKR Ukraine	10

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Ice Dance - Free Dance	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
	Ice Dance	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

Youth Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Ice Dance	2012	Innsbruck, AUT
8	Team	2012	Innsbruck, AUT

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
15	Ice Dance	2018	Milan, ITA
15	Ice Dance	2017	Helsinki, FIN
17	Ice Dance	2015	Shanghai, CHN
19	Ice Dance	2016	Boston, MA, USA
20	Ice Dance	2021	Stockholm, SWE
20	Ice Dance	2019	Saitama, JPN

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Ice Dance	2017	Ostrava, CZE
10	Ice Dance	2022	Tallinn, EST
10	Ice Dance	2020	Graz, AUT
11	Ice Dance	2018	Moscow, RUS
11	Ice Dance	2015	Stockholm, SWE

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Ice Dance	2015	Tallinn, EST
5	Ice Dance	2014	Sofia, BUL
11	Ice Dance	2013	Milan, ITA

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Ice Dance	2020/21	Moscow, RUS
8	Ice Dance	2021/22	Tokyo, JPN
8	Ice Dance	2018/19	Everett, WA, USA
9	Ice Dance	2018/19	Hiroshima, JPN

Nickname:

Max

Hobbies:

Collecting insects, skydiving, reading. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Graduated with a bachelor degree as a ballroom dance coach and with a master degree in high level coaching. (Athlete, 11 Dec 2021)

Family:

Father, Konstantin (construction engineer). Mother, Inna.

Languages spoken:

Russian, Ukrainian, English

Club name:

Kolos Kharkiv

Coach:

Galina Churilova (UKR)
Alexander Zhulin (RUS)
Petr Durnev (RUS)

Debut:

2014 Warsaw Cup (Ice dance - 2nd), with Oleksandra Nazarova.

Injuries:

December 2018: Knee ligament injury in a fall during the short dance at the 2019 Ukrainian Championships and needed three weeks to recover. (Athlete, 11 Dec 2021)

Choreographer:

Sergei Petukhov (RUS)

National team:

2010

Start:

1999 in Kharkiv.

Reason:

Skated on an outdoor rink in winter and was hit by a puck by older boys playing ice hockey. They suggested he go to an indoor rink. His parents took him to this rink and signed him up for figure skating classes. (Athlete, 11 Dec 2021)

Ambition:

To bring something of his own into figure skating and not to go unnoticed. (Athlete, 11 Dec 2021)

Training:

He and his partner train in Moscow (RUS) and Kharkiv (UKR). Previously trained in the United States of America with Igor Spielband (2016-18). (ufsf.com.ua, 10Jan 2018)

Memorable:

Winning bronze at the 2015 World Junior Championships, and silver at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games. (Athlete, 11 Dec 2021)

Hero:

Ice dancers Tessa Virtue/Scott Moir (CAN), three-time Olympic champions, three-time World champions.

Influence:

"It is not one person, but a whole team." (Athlete, 11 Dec 2021)

Philosophy:

"Medals and results are important, but not the most important." (Athlete, 11 Dec 2021)

General Interest

EARLY START
Switched to ice dance when he was about eight years old and started to skate with Nazarova when he was nine years old and never had another partner. (Athlete, May 2015)

FAMOUS COACH
Coach Alexander Zhulin is the 1994 Olympic silver medallist and 1993 World Champion (with Maia Usova) competing for Russia.

Milestones

Made his Olympic Winter Games debut at PyeongChang, finishing 21st.

Silver medallist at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympic Games behind champions Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov (RUS).

Has competed with Nazarova at the world championships since 2015 with their best result being 15th in 2017 and 2018. Secured an Olympic quota place by finishing 20th at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.

Won the bronze medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships, the second Ukrainian ice dance team to win a medal at world junior's since Natalia Gudina/Vitali Kurkudym's won bronze in 1996.

Six-time Ukrainian national champion (2014/15, 2016-2017, 2019-2021).

ISU JGP Cup of Austria 2010 (International junior debut - Ice dance - 11th)

Social Media

https://www.instagram.com/maxxxnik/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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