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Vitali Yuryevich Butikov (Russian: Виталий Юрьевич Бутиков born 19 June 1987) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Kristina Gorshkova he is the 2008 World Junior bronze medalist.Butikov switched from singles to ice dancing at age eleven. After their coach Tatiana Kuzmina was killed in a car accident in July 2007 Gorshkova and Butikov began working with Elena Tchaikovskaia Ksenia Rumiantseva and Petr Durnev.