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Ilia
Kulik
Kulik in 2008. |
| Personal
information |
| Country represented: |
 Russia |
| Date of birth: |
May 23, 1977 (1977-05-23)
(age 32) |
| Height: |
5'11" |
| Former coach: |
Tatiana Tarasova, Viktor
Kudriavtsev |
| Skating club: |
Dynamo, Moscow |
Ilia Alexandrovich Kulik (Russian:
Илья Александрович Кулик (help·info); (born May 23,
1977 in Moscow, Russian
SSR) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 1998 Olympic
Champion.
Personal
life
Kulik has one sibling, sister Svetlana, who also lives in
California. His parents live in Russia.
He married Ekaterina Gordeeva in San Francisco
on June 10, 2002. They have one daughter, Elizaveta Ilinichna Kulik
( born June 15, 2001). Gordeeva has one daughter, Daria Sergeevna
Grinkova (born September 11, 1992), from her first marriage to her
late husband and skating partner, Sergei Grinkov. The family lived in
California for several years before moving to Avon, Connecticut in
2003. They returned to the Los Angeles area in the Summer of 2007
and currently reside in Newport Beach.
Career
Kulik began skating at the age of five and won the Olympics at
the age of 20.
Kulik 'turned professional' after the 1998 Olympics and has
skating professionally in shows such as Stars on Ice since then. In addition he
has appeared in numerous skating shows all over the world,
including in Japan, Belgium, Switzerland, Russia, and the United
States.
He also ventured briefly into acting. He played the role of
"Sergei", a Russian dancer, in the 2000 ballet-themed movie Center Stage.
Competitive highlights
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| Persondata |
| NAME |
Kulik, Ilia |
| ALTERNATIVE
NAMES |
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| SHORT
DESCRIPTION |
Russian figure skater |
| DATE OF BIRTH |
May 23, 1977 |
| PLACE OF
BIRTH |
Moscow, Russia |
| DATE OF DEATH |
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| PLACE OF
DEATH |
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