Nikita KATSALAPOV

ROC

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 10 Jul 1991

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MOSCOW

Birth Country:

Russian Federation

Residence: MOSCOW

Residence Country:

Russian Federation

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank
Figure Skating	Ice Dance ROC SINITSINA Victoria / KATSALAPOV Nikita	2
	Team Event ROC SINITSINA Victoria / KATSALAPOV Nikita
	Team Event ROC ROC	1

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance	Finished
Capital Indoor Stadium	Team Event - Ice Dance - Free 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
1	Team	2014	Sochi, RUS
3	Ice Dance	2014	Sochi, RUS

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Ice Dance	2021	Stockholm, SWE
2	Ice Dance	2019	Saitama, JPN
4	Ice Dance	2014	Saitama, JPN
5	Ice Dance	2012	Nice, FRA
7	Ice Dance	2011	Moscow, RUS
9	Ice Dance	2016	Boston, MA, USA
9	Ice Dance	2013	London, ON, CAN

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Ice Dance	2022	Tallinn, EST
1	Ice Dance	2020	Graz, AUT
2	Ice Dance	2014	Budapest, HUN
2	Ice Dance	2013	Zagreb, CRO
3	Ice Dance	2012	Sheffield, GBR
4	Ice Dance	2019	Minsk, BLR
4	Ice Dance	2016	Bratislava, SVK
4	Ice Dance	2011	Bern, SUI
10	Ice Dance	2017	Ostrava, CZE

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Ice Dance	2010	The Hague, NED

Grand Prix Final
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Ice Dance	2018/19	Vancouver, BC, CAN
6	Ice Dance	2019/20	Torino, ITA
6	Ice Dance	2012/13	Sochi, RUS

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Ice Dance	2021/22	Sochi, RUS
1	Ice Dance	2021/22	Tokyo, JPN
1	Ice Dance	2020/21	Moscow, RUS
1	Ice Dance	2019/20	Moscow, RUS
1	Ice Dance	2019/20	Chongqing, CHN
2	Ice Dance	2018/19	Laval, QC, CAN
2	Ice Dance	2018/19	Grenoble, FRA

World Team Trophy
Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Team	2021	Osaka, JPN
3	Team	2019	Fukuoka, JPN
5	Team	2012	Tokyo, JPN

Hobbies:

Sports, music, cybersports. (isuresults.com)

Occupation:

Athlete

Education:

Studied at Moscow State Academy of Physical Education. (Facebook)

Languages spoken:

Russian, English

Club name:

Olympic School Moskvich, Moscow

Coach:

Alexander Zhulin (RUS)
Petr Durnev (RUS)

Debut:

2014 GP Rostelecom Cup (Ice dance - 4th), with Sinitsina
2010 GP NHK Trophy (Ice dance - 4th), with Ilinykh

Injuries:

2021: Back problems caused him to withdraw from the 2022 National Championships before the free dance.

December 2017: Injured his ankle during the free dance at the 2018 National Championships and had to withdraw.

April 2016: Underwent surgery and needed several months to recover. (goldenskate.com, 31 May 2017)

Choreographer:

Sergei Petukhov (RUS)

National team:

2009

Start:

1995 in Moscow.

Reason:

His mother was a competitive figure skater and later a coach and introduced him to the sport. (Athlete, Mar 2010)

Training:

He and his partner train in Moscow.

Memorable:

Winning the world title in 2021. (fsrussia.com, 1 Jun 2021)

General Interest

Figure Skating Team event results are provisional

SINITSINA/KATSALAPOV
Teamed up in 2014 after ending their previous partnerships to skate together.

UPS AND DOWNS
Missed qualifying for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games as he suffered an injury to his ankle during the free dance at the 2018 National Championships and withdrew. Came back strong the following sesaon to win the silver medal at the 2019 World Championships. In 2021, he claimed the first ice dance world title for Russia since 2009 when Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin had won.

RETURNING TO RUSSIA
Trained in the United States of America until the 2016 World Championship and returned to Russia following his shoulder surgery right after the competition. First worked with Elena Tchaikovskaia and Oleg Volkov before joining Alexander Zhulin's training group in spring 2017. (rsport.ria.ru, 9 Sep 2016; goldenskate.com, 31 May 2017)

PREVIOUS PARTNERSHIPS
Skated with Elena Ilinykh (2008-14) and with Angelina Kabysheva at the national level (2006-08).

ACCOMPLISHED COACH
Coach Alexander Zhulin is the 1994 Olympic silver medallist (with Maia Usova).

Milestones

Two-time Olympic Winter Games medallist winning team gold and ice dance bronze at Sochi 2014 (with Ilinykh).

2021 World champion and 2019 silver medallist. Finished ninth in 2016 (with Sinitsina). Has three top-10 finishes from 2011-14 (with Ilinykh).

Two-time European champion in 2020 and 2022 (with Sinitsina), two-time silver medallist in 2013 and 2014 (with Illinykh), and 2012 bronze medallist (with Ilinykh).

2010 World junior champion (with Ilinykh).

2009 Junior Grand Prix Budapest (International junior debut - Ice dance - 1st, with Ilinykh).

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold
:: Silver
:: Gold Medal Event

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