Viktor Teslia Explained

Viktor Teslia
Native Name:Виктор Иванович Тесля
Native Name Lang:ru
Fullname:Viktor Ivanovich Teslia
Also Known As:Teslya
Country:Soviet Union
Partner:Nelli Chervotkina
Coach:Ludmila Velikova
Aleksandr Vlasov
Currenttraininglocations:Saint Petersburg
Retired:1983

Viktor Ivanovich Teslia (Russian: Виктор Иванович Тесля) is a former pair skater for the Soviet Union. With Nelli Chervotkina, he is the 1979 Prague Skate champion, 1982 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1983 Winter Universiade champion. Their coaches were Ludmila Velikova and Aleksandr Vlasov.

Teslia moved to England in the 1990s after being hired as a skating coach in Chelmsford. In the 1998–99 season, he coached British men's champion Clive Shorten and the pairs' silver and bronze medalists, Katie Wenger / Daniel Thomas and Sarah Kemp / Michael Aldred. As of August 2016, he is a Level 3 coach in the U.K. His son, Kiril, was born in the late 1980s.

Competitive highlights

With Chervotkina

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