Vladimir Andreyevich Litvintsev (Russian: Владимир Андреевич Литвинцев; born 18 February 2001) is a Russian-Azerbaijani figure skater who represents Azerbaijan in men's singles.
[6] In October, making his international debut for Azerbaijan, Litvintsev finished 8th at the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Later that month, he made his first appearance in the senior ranks, winning the silver medal at the 2018 Minsk-Arena Ice Star, behind Latvia's Deniss Vasiļjevs and ahead of Armenia's Slavik Hayrapetyan.
In November, he took gold at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup – his first senior title – by a margin of about nine points over silver medalist Mark Gorodnitsky.
After a poor sixteenth-place showing at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and a victory at the Toruń Cup, Litvintsev concluded his season at the European Championships, where he placed ninth.
[3] With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to affect international travel, the ISU opted to run the Grand Prix based primarily on geographic location.
[13] Litvintsev and his coach Sergei Rozanov left Angels of Plushenko for Dynamo in the summer of 2021 and also spent seven weeks training in Italy and France.
[15] Litvintsev began the season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where he placed first in the short program, but dropped to fourth overall after coming fifth in the free skate.
He attracted notice for wearing a tiger print shirt for his The Lion King short program, remarking afterward that "it was not my idea, but we did it on purpose and now everybody is talking about it.
[22] At the 2024 World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Litvintsev placed twenty-fifth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment.