Vitali Butikov


Vitali Yuryevich Butikov is a Russian 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.

Programs

SeasonOriginal danceFree dance
2009–2010

  • Phantom on Ice
    • by Robert Danova
    2008–2009

    by Harry Warren
  • The Godfather
    • by Nino Rota
    2007–2008

  • Total Eclipse of the Heart
    • by Bonnie Tyler
    2006–2007

    Gerardo Matos Rodríguez
    by Wolfgang Mozart

    Competitive highlights