Ilia Kulik

Ilia Kulik is a Russian former figure skater who won the men’s singles gold medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

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1998 Winter Olympics: The Winter Olympic Games held in Nagano, Japan, from February 7 to 22, 1998. Kulik won the men’s singles title at these Games.
Alexei Mishin: A Russian figure-skating coach known for developing elite men’s singles skaters. Mishin coached Kulik during his rise in Russian figure skating.
Figure skating: A winter sport in which athletes perform jumps, spins, and steps on ice to music. Kulik’s career belonged to the sport’s men’s singles discipline.
Russia at the 1998 Winter Olympics: The Russian team’s participation and results at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Kulik’s gold was one of Russia’s notable results at the Nagano Games.
1998 Winter Olympics men's figure skating: The men’s singles figure skating competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics. This was the event in which Kulik earned Olympic gold.
Tatiana Tarasova: A Russian figure-skating coach and choreographer who guided numerous world and Olympic champions. Tarasova coached Kulik and shaped programs during his competitive career.
Men's singles figure skating: A figure-skating discipline in which individual male skaters perform technical and artistic programs. Kulik competed in this discipline at national and international championships.
Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics: The figure-skating competitions held at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. Kulik’s win was part of a competition that included four figure-skating disciplines.
1997 World Figure Skating Championships: The 1997 edition of the annual ISU World Figure Skating Championships. Kulik won the men’s singles world title the year before his Olympic victory.
Evgeni Plushenko: A Russian figure skater who won Olympic gold in 2006 and silver in 2002 and 2010. Plushenko followed Kulik as a Russian Olympic men’s singles champion.