Vitali Egorov
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| Full name | Vitaliy Viktorovych Yehorov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | Віталій Вікторович Єгоров | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1964 Kharkiv, Ukrainian SSR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vitaliy Viktorovych Yehorov or Vitali Egorov (Ukrainian: Віталій Вікторович Єгоров, born 23 March 1964) is a former competitive figure skater for the Soviet Union. He is the 1986 Skate Canada International champion, the 1986 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 1979 World Junior champion, a two-time (1983, 1987) Winter Universiade silver medalist, and the 1984 Soviet national champion.
Egorov was one of the first skaters in the world to land a triple Axel jump, performing it in April 1981, at the USSR Cup competition in Sverdlovsk, where he won the bronze medal. In March 1982, he won the 5th USSR Winter Spartakiada. He is a coach in Kharkiv.