Ilia Kulik

Kulik began skating at the age of five. In November 1994, he won the 1995 World Junior title and then, a few months later, the 1995 European title, at the age of 17. He was ninth at his first senior World Championships. The next season, he won silver at the 1996 World Championships. During the 1997-98 season, Kulik won gold at the 1997 NHK Trophy and silver at the 1997 Skate Canada International to qualify for the Champion Series Final (now known as the Grand Prix Final) where he won the gold medal. He also won the Russian national title but missed the 1998 European Championships as a result of back problems. At the 1998 Olympics, Kulik placed first in both the short and long programs and won the Olympic title at the age of 20 years and 267 days, became one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic champions.

Kulik withdrew from the 1998 World Championships due to his recurring back injury. He retired from competitive skating and has focused on performing in shows. Kulik has skated with the Stars on Ice tour, shows in Russia, the 2009 Ice All Stars, the 2010 Festa On Ice. In 1999, he skated a duet with his wife, Ekaterina Gordeeva.

Kulik also ventured briefly into acting, playing the role of Sergei, a Russian dancer, in the 2000 ballet-themed movie Center Stage.

In 2012, Kulik and Gordeeva opened a skating rink in Lake Forest, California.

Kulik was the former coach of Michael Christian Martinez.{{cite web|title=Martinez vying in skate America|url=http://www.sminvestments.com/martinez-vying-skate-america|website=SM Investments Corporation|access-date=2014-12-13|archive-date=2018-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421125510/http://www.sminvestments.com/martinez-vying-skate-america|url-status=dead}}

In March 2025, Kulik performed in the Legacy on Ice gala.

Kulik has one sibling, sister Svetlana, who also lives in California. His parents live in Russia.

Kulik married Ekaterina Gordeeva in San Francisco on 10 June 2002. They have one daughter, Elizaveta Ilinichna Kulik (born 15 June 2001). Gordeeva has another daughter, Daria Sergeevna Grinkova (born 11 September 1992), from her first marriage to her late husband and skating partner, Sergei Grinkov. The family lived in California for several years before moving to Avon, Connecticut, in 2003. They returned to the Los Angeles area in the summer of 2007 and resided in Newport Beach. According to People magazine's 2018 Special Edition "The Best of Olympic Figure Skating", Gordeeva and Kulik divorced in 2016.{{cite book|title=PEOPLE The Best of Olympic Figure Skating: Favorite Stars & Future Champions|author=((The Editors of PEOPLE))|publisher=People|isbn= 978-1547841356|date=19 January 2018}}{{cite web|url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-ora-ilia-kulik-vs-ekaterina-gordeeva-524719|title=ILIA KULIK VS EKATERINA GORDEEVA {{!}} Court Records|website=UniCourt.com|access-date=22 January 2021}}

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