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 (age 33)
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
Silver medal – second place 2022 Beijing Ice dancing
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Team[a][1]
Representing FSR
(with Sinitsina)
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Stockholm Ice dancing
Representing  Russia
(with Sinitsina)
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Saitama Ice dancing
Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2018–19 Vancouver Ice dancing
World Team Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2021 Osaka Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Fukuoka Team
Representing  Russia
(with Ilinykh)
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sochi Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 The Hague Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2009–10 Tokyo Ice dancing
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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,[a] 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.


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  1. ^ "BEIJING 2022 FIGURE SKATING TEAM EVENT RESULTS". International Olympic Committee. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.