Vladimir Kotin
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| Full name | Vladimir Grigorievich Kotin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 1962 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vladimir Grigorievich Kotin (Russian: Владимир Григорьевич Котин; born 28 March 1962) is a former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. He is a four-time European silver medalist (1985–88), the 1978 World Junior silver medalist, and the 1985 Soviet national champion. Kotin competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where he placed eighth, and at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where he placed sixth. He now works as a coach in collaboration with Elena Tchaikovskaia.