Nikolai Moroshkin

Nikolai Moroshkin

Kosigina & Moroshkin at the 2010–2011 JGP Final
Personal information
Country represented	Russia
Born	November 15, 1993 (1993-11-15) (age 18) Tolyatti
Residence	Odintsovo
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Partner	Evgenia Kosigina
Former partner	Valeria Starygina
Coach	Alexei Gorshkov
Choreographer	Sergei Petukhov
Current training locations	Odintsovo
Began skating	1998
World standing	22 (As of 15 October 2011 (2011 -10-15)[update])[1]
Season's bests	TBD (2011–2012)[2] 31 (2010–2011)[3]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	126.92 2010 JGP Germany
Short dance:	54.32 2010 JGP Germany
Free dance	72.60 2010 JGP Germany

Nikolai Moroshkin (born November 15, 1993 in Tolyatti) is a Russian ice dancer who competes with Evgenia Kosigina. They are the 2011 Russian Junior bronze medalists.

Career

Moroshkin began skating at the age of 5 to improve his health, and took up ice dancing at 11.^[4] He and Kosigina began skating together in June 2010 after their previous partners left them.^[4] After a try out in his hometown of Tolyatti, Moroshkin moved to train with her in Odintsovo, near Moscow, coached by Alexei Gorshkov.^[4]

During the 2010–2011 season, Kosigina and Moroshkin competed for the first time on the ISU Junior Grand Prix. At their first event, the 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, France, they won the bronze medal.^[5] At their second event, in Dresden, Germany, they won a gold medal.^[6] These medals qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final,^[7] where they finished 6th. At the 2011 Russian Junior Championships, they won the bronze medal. They were 6th at the 2011 World Junior Championships.

Kosigina and Moroshkin were assigned to Latvia and Estonia as their 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix events.

Programs

(with Kosigina)

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2011–2012[8]	Chilly Cha Cha	Walpurgisnight
2010–2011[9]	Shar Goluboy ( шар голубой ) by unknown	Waltz No. 7 by Frederic Chopin	Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

Competitive highlights

(with Kosigina)

Event	2010–2011	2011–2012
World Junior Championships	6th
Russian Junior Championships	3rd
Junior Grand Prix Final	6th
Junior Grand Prix, Estonia		3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Latvia		2nd
Junior Grand Prix, France	3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany	1st

(with Starygina)

Event	2007–2008	2008–2009	2009–2010
Russian Junior Championships	11th	9th	10th

References

1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. October 15, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsdance.htm. Retrieved October 15, 2011. 
2. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2011/2012 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. September 3, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2011-12/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved September 3, 2011. 
3. ^ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. April 30, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} Flade, Tatjana (October 17, 2010). "A quick start for ice dancers Kosigina and Moroshkin". GoldenSkate.com. http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2010/101710.shtml. Retrieved October 17, 2010. 
5. ^ Brown, Mickey (August 28, 2010). "Team USA scores four medals at JGP opener; Russia also garners four medals in Courchevel". Icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100828&content_id=14031876&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved August 30, 2011. 
6. ^ Felton, Renee (October 10, 2010). "Tuktamisheva dominates at JGP Germany". Icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20101010&content_id=15561520&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved August 30, 2011. 
7. ^ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union. http://www.isuresults.com/events/jgp2010/jgpsdance.htm. 
8. ^ "Evgenia Kosigina & Nikolai Moroshkin". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.isuresults.com%2Fbios%2Fisufs00012770.htm&date=2011-11-10. 
9. ^ "Evgenia Kosigina & Nikolai Moroshkin". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 14, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101014165545/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00012770.htm. 

External links

• Kosigina & Moroshkin at the International Skating Union

Persondata
Name	Moroshkin, Nikolai
Alternative names
Short description	Russian ice dancer
Date of birth	1993-11-15
Place of birth	Tolyatti
Date of death
Place of death