Vitali Egorov

Vitaliy Viktorovych Yehorov or Vitali Egorov (Ukrainian: Віталій Вікторович Єгоров, born 23 March 1964) is a former competitive figure skater for the Soviet Union. He is the 1986 Skate Canada International champion, the 1986 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 1979 World Junior champion,[1] a two-time (1983, 1987) Winter Universiade silver medalist, and the 1984 Soviet national champion.

Vitali Egorov
Full nameVitaliy Viktorovych Yehorov
Native nameВіталій Вікторович Єгоров
Born (1964-03-23) 23 March 1964
Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR
Figure skating career
CountrySoviet Union
Medal record
Representing  Soviet Union
Figure skating: Men's singles
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place1979 AugsburgMen's singles
Silver medal – second place1980 MegéveMen's singles
Winter Universiade
Silver medal – second place1983 SofiaMen's singles
Silver medal – second place1987 Strbské PlesoMen's singles

Egorov was one of the first skaters in the world to land a triple Axel jump, performing it in April 1981, at the USSR Cup competition in Sverdlovsk, where he won the bronze medal. In March 1982, he won the 5th USSR Winter Spartakiada. He is a coach in Kharkiv.

Results
International
Event 78–79 79–80 80–81 81–82 82–83 83–84 84–85 85–86 86–87
Europeans7th
Skate Canada1st
Nebelhorn Trophy1st
Moscow News3rd3rd2nd
Prague Skate4th
Universiade2nd2nd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds1st2nd
National
Soviet Champ3rd1st2nd3rd3rd

References
  1. "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013.


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