Nikolai Matveyevich Velikov (;
[ born June 6, 1945, in Nerekhta) is a Russian ]pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
coach.
Velikov competed with his wife Ludmila Sinitsina, placing fifth at the Soviet Championships. Velikov later retired from competitive skating and became the coach of his wife with Anatoly Yevdokimov, a team who won bronze medals at the 1972 USSR Cup and 1973 RSFSR.
Velikov and his wife, now known as Ludmila Velikova, are based in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
Their current students include:
* Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galiamov[
* Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin][
* Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov][
Their former students include:
* Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev][
* Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov][
* Maria Petrova / Anton Sikharulidze][
* Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov][
* Ekaterina Vasilieva / Alexander Smirnov][
* Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov][
* Julia Obertas / Alexei Sokolov][
* Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov][
* Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov][
]
Awards
* Master of Sports of the USSR
*Honored Coach of Russia
References
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1945 births
Living people
People from Kostroma Oblast
Soviet male pair skaters
Russian figure skating coaches
Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg