Nelli Chervotkina

Nelli Alexeyevna Chervotkina, later surname Pylkina (Russian: Нелли Алексеевна Червоткина Пылькина) is a former pair skater for the Soviet Union. With Viktor Teslia, she is the 1979 Prague Skate champion, 1982 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1983 Winter Universiade champion.[1][2] Their coaches were Ludmila Velikova and Aleksandr Vlasov.[3]

Nelli Chervotkina
Personal information
Native name	Нелли Алексеевна Червоткина Пылькина
Full name	Nelli Alexeyevna Chervotkina
Alternative names	Nelli Pylkina
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	24 May 1965
Partner	Viktor Teslia
Coach	Ludmila Velikova Aleksandr Vlasov
Training locations	Saint Petersburg
Retired	1983

Pylkina coaches skating in Sweden. She was based in Lidköping and Linköping before moving to the Stockholm region.[4]

In August 1990, she gave birth in Saint Petersburg to her daughter Angelika Pylkina, who would become a pair skater for Sweden.[5]

Competitive highlights

With Teslia

International[1][2][3][6]
Event	78–79	79–80	80–81	81–82	82–83
Prague Skate	3rd	1st
Prize of Moscow News	2nd		2nd
Skate America					3rd
St. Gervais			1st
Winter Universiade					1st
National[3]
Soviet Championships	5th		5th		6th

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. Червоткина Нелли Алексеевна [Nelli Alexeyevna Chervotkina] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
3. Червоткина Нелли Алексеевна [Nelli Alexeyevna Chervotkina] (in Russian). solovieff.ru.
4. "Tränare" [Coaches] (in Swedish). Svea Konståkningsklubb. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016.
5. "Angelika PYLKINA / Niklas HOGNER". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 March 2010.
6. "Results Book, Volume 1: 1896–1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 22, 2010.