title: Viktor Teslia
text: # Viktor Teslia
  
  Viktor Ivanovich Teslia (Russian: Виктор Иванович Тесля) is a former pair skater for the Soviet Union. With Nelli Chervotkina, he is the 1979 Prague Skate champion, 1982 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1983 Winter Universiade champion. Their coaches were Ludmila Velikova and Aleksandr Vlasov.
  
  Teslia moved to England in the 1990s after being hired as a skating coach in Chelmsford. In the 1998–99 season, he coached British men's champion Clive Shorten and the pairs' silver and bronze medalists, Katie Wenger / Daniel Thomas and Sarah Kemp / Michael Aldred. As of August 2016, he is a Level 3 coach in the U.K. His son, Kiril, was born in the late 1980s.
  
  ## Competitive highlights
  
  With Chervotkina
  
  International :
  
  | Event | 78–79 | 79–80 | 80–81 | 82–83 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Prague Skate | 3rd | 1st | | |
  | Prize of Moscow News | 2nd | | 2nd | |
  | Skate America | | | | 3rd |
  | St. Gervais | | | 1st | |
  | Winter Universiade | | | | 1st |
  | National ||||||
  | Soviet Championships | 5th | | 5th | 6th |
  