Nikita Rakhmanin
Karina Akopova and Nikita Rakhmanin following their short program at the 2025 Skate America | |||||||
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| Native name | Никита Владимирович Рахманин (Russian) | ||||||
| Full name | Nikita Vladimirovich Rakhmanin | ||||||
| Born | 4 May 1999 | ||||||
| Home town | Sochi, Russia | ||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||
| Country | Armenia (since 2025) Russia (until 2024) | ||||||
| Discipline | Pair skating (since 2016) | ||||||
| Partner | Karina Akopova (since 2020) Sofia Buzaeva (2019–20) Nadezhda Labazina (2017–19) Elena Ivanova (2016–17) | ||||||
| Coach | Fedor Klimov Dmitri Savin | ||||||
| Skating club | Armenia | ||||||
| Began skating | 2003 | ||||||
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Nikita Vladimirovich Rakhmanin (Russian: Никита Владимирович Рахманин, Armenian: Նիկիտա Վլադիմիրովիչ Ռախմանին; born 4 May 1999) is a Russian and Armenian pair skater who currently competes for Armenia. With his current skating partner, Karina Akopova, he is the 2026 Armenian national champion and represented Armenia at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Competing with Akopova for Russia, he is the 2021 Budapest Trophy champion, 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion, and 2022 Challenge Cup champion.