Viktor Teslia
{{Short description|Soviet pair skater}}
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|native_name= Виктор Иванович Тесля
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|fullname= Viktor Ivanovich Teslia
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|country= Soviet Union
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|partner= Nelli Chervotkina
|coach= Ludmila Velikova
Aleksandr Vlasov
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|retired= 1983
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Viktor Ivanovich Teslia ({{langx|ru|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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| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | International | |||||
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! {{tooltip|78–79|1978–79}} ! 79–80 ! 80–81 ! 81–82 ! 82–83 | |||||
| align=left | Prague Skate | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | bgcolor=gold | 1st | |||
| align=left | Prize of Moscow News | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | bgcolor=silver | 2nd | |||
| align=left | Skate America | bgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd | ||||
| align=left | St. Gervais | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| align=left | Winter Universiade | bgcolor=gold | 1st | ||||
| style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | National | |||||
| align=left | Soviet Championships | 5th | 5th | 6th |
References
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{{cite web |url= http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-%20Volume1-1896-1973.pdf |title=Results Book, Volume 1: 1896–1973 |page= 24 |publisher= Skate Canada |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101122231727/http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-%20Volume1-1896-1973.pdf |archivedate= November 22, 2010 }}
{{cite web |url= http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf |title= Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current |publisher= Skate Canada |pages= 27, 51, 81 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090920093849/http://skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/results/archives/SkateCanadaResultsBook-Volume2-1974-current.pdf |archivedate= September 20, 2009 }}
{{cite web |url= http://solovieff.ru/main.mhtml?Part=64&PubID=495 |script-title=ru:Тесля Виктор Иванович |language= Russian |trans-title=Viktor Ivanovich Teslia |publisher= solovieff.ru }}
{{cite news |url= http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/5537444.Ice_skating__Triple_medals_for_Riverside/ |title= Ice skating: Triple medals for Riverside |publisher= The Echo (Essex) |date= 20 November 1998 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160805034243/http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/5537444.Ice_skating__Triple_medals_for_Riverside/ |archivedate= 5 August 2016 |url-status= live }}
{{cite web |url= http://www.iceskating.org.uk/is/assets/File/Licensed%20Coaches%202016-2017%20Level%202-5(68).pdf |title= Current Qualified NISA Coaches Level 2-5 2016-2017 (valid until 28.02.17) |publisher= National Ice Skating Association |date= 2 August 2016 |page= 8 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160805010847/http://www.iceskating.org.uk/is/assets/File/Licensed%20Coaches%202016-2017%20Level%202-5(68).pdf |archivedate= 5 August 2016 |url-status= live }}
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Category:Figure skating coaches
Category:Soviet male pair skaters
Category:Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom
Category:Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg
Category:Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union