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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

References

1. ^ "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. pp. 27, 51, 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 20, 2009.
2. ^ Тесля Виктор Иванович [Viktor Ivanovich Teslia] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
3. ^ Тесля Виктор Иванович [Viktor Ivanovich Teslia] (in Russian). solovieff.ru.
4. ^ "The figures add up for ice skater's new career". Essex Chronicle. 5 January 2012.
5. ^ "Ice skating: Triple medals for Riverside". The Echo (Essex). 20 November 1998. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016.
6. "Current Qualified NISA Coaches Level 2-5 2016-2017 (valid until 28.02.17)" (PDF). National Ice Skating Association. 2 August 2016. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2016.
7. "Results Book, Volume 1: 1896–1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2010.

• Figure skating coaches
• Soviet male pair skaters
• Living people
• Russian emigrants to the United Kingdom
• Figure skaters from Saint Petersburg
• Winter World University Games medalists in figure skating
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
• Competitors at the 1983 Winter Universiade