Nikolai Morozov (figure skater)

Nikolai Morozov

Morozov at the 2004 European Championships.
Personal information
Full name	Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov
Country represented	Azerbaijan  Belarus
Born	17 December 1975 (1975-12-17) (age 35) Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Former partner	Tatiana Navka (BLR) Olga Pershankova (AZE)
Former coach	Alexander Zhulin
Retired	1998

Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (Russian: Николай Александрович Морозов; born 17 December 1975 in Moscow,^[1] Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian^[2] former competitive ice dancer, who works as a coach and a choreographer.^[3]

Personal life

Morozov was briefly married to his ice dancing partner Tatiana Navka. He later married French ice dancer Caroline Douarin with whom he has a daughter,^[4] Annabelle Nicole, born in 2001. He was married to Canadian ice dancer Shae-Lynn Bourne from August 2005 to July 2007.

Competitive career

Morozov's parents put him in skating when he was five after doctors advised them he needed more exercise.^[4] He was a singles skater until the age of 16 when he took up ice dancing.^[4] He spent one year working with coach Natalia Linichuk in Switzerland and was paired with Olga Pershankova.^[4] Representing Azerbaijan, they placed 21st at the 1994 World Championships.^[5] Morozov teamed up with Tatiana Navka in 1996.^[4] They represented Belarus.^[6] At their first practice at the 1997 World Championships, he sustained a torn meniscus in his knee but they finished 14th at the event and he then underwent surgery.^[4] They earned an Olympic berth by winning gold at the 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial.^[4] They finished 16th at the 1998 Winter Olympics and 10th at the 1998 World Championships.^[7] Navka and Morozov were coached by Alexander Zhulin.^[8] When Navka decided to skate with another partner, Morozov tried skating with another woman for three months but then decided to retire.^[4]

Coaching career

After his retirement, Morozov became a coaching assistant for Tatiana Tarasova, with whom he choreographed for Alexei Yagudin, Barbara Fusar-Poli/Maurizio Margaglio, and Isabelle Delobel/Olivier Schoenfelder.^[4] He later left Tarasova and began coaching and choreographing on his own. Morozov initially coached in Newington, Connecticut^[4] and later at the Ice House in Hackensack, New Jersey (United States). He returned to Moscow after the Russian government asked him to help in the preparation for the 2014 Sochi Olympics.^[9] He is based mainly at the Novogorsk national training center near Moscow, and during summers, also spends time in New Jersey.^[10][11]

His current and former students include:

Ladies' single skaters

• Miki Ando.^[12] Coached her to win the 2007 and 2011 World Championships. He is also her choreographer.
• Shizuka Arakawa.^[13] Coached her to win the Olympic gold medal in 2006.
• Elene Gedevanishvili^[11]
• Jelena Glebova^[11]
• Valentina Marchei.^[14]
• Fumie Suguri.^[15]
• Alena Leonova

Men's single skaters

• Florent Amodio.^[16] Coached him to win the 2011 European Championships.
• Javier Fernández.^[17] He is also his choreographer.
• Austin Kanallakan.^[18]
• Daisuke Murakami.^[19]
• Nobunari Oda.^[20]
• Kevin van der Perren.^[21]
• Adam Rippon.^[22]
• Daisuke Takahashi.^[23] Coached him to win the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships.
• Sergei Voronov.^[11]

Ice dancers

• Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz.^[24] Coached them to win the 2003 World Championships.
• Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte^[25]
• Kristin Fraser & Igor Lukanin.^[26]
• Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov.^[27]
• Elena Grushina & Ruslan Goncharov.^[28] Coached them to an Olympic Bronze medal in 2006.
• Nóra Hoffmann & Attila Elek.^[29]
• Elena Ilinykh & Nikita Katsalapov^[25]
• Svetlana Kulikova & Arseni Markov.^[30]
• Emilie Nussear & Mathew Gates.^[31]
• Cathy Reed & Chris Reed.^[32]
• Isabella Tobias & Otar Japaridze.^[33]
• Jennifer Wester & Daniil Barantsev.^[34]
• Anna Zadorozhniuk & Sergei Verbillo.^[35]
• Alexandra Zaretski & Roman Zaretski.^[36]

Pair skaters

• Tatiana Volosozhar & Stanislav Morozov.^[37]

Choreographing career

His current and former choreography clients include

• Sasha Cohen.^[38]
• Ivan Dinev.^[39]
• Alisa Drei.^[40]
• Elene Gedevanishvili.^[41]
• Julia Golovina & Oleg Voiko.^[42]
• Takeshi Honda.^[43]
• Brian Joubert.
• Tamar Katz.^[44]
• Alexandra Kauc & Michał Zych.^[45]
• Michelle Kwan.^[46]
• Ann Patrice McDonough.^[47]
• Elena Muhhina.^[48]
• Pang Qing & Tong Jian.^[49]
• Alban Préaubert.^[50]
• Scott Smith.^[51]
• Yosuke Takeuchi.^[52]
• Tatiana Volosozhar & Maxim Trankov.^[11]
• Xu Ming.^[53]
• Alexei Yagudin.^[54]

Competitive highlights

Results for Azerbaijan

(with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan)

Event	1993–1994
World Championships	21st
European Championships	21st

Results for Belarus

(with Tatiana Navka for Belarus)

Event	1996–1997	1997–1998
Winter Olympic Games		16th
World Championships	14th	10th
European Championships	12th	10th
Belarusian Championships	1st	1st
Cup of Russia	6th
Karl Schafer Memorial		1st

References

1. ^ Sports-reference profile
2. ^ Spotlightonskating.com
3. ^ Lifeskate.com, November 3, 2008
4. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j} Mittan, Barry (December 19, 2004). "Morozov Tops Worlds Choreographers". Skate Today. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.skatetoday.com%2F2004%2F12%2F19%2Fmorozov-tops-worlds-choreographers%2F&date=2011-11-10. Retrieved November 10, 2011. 
5. ^ Skatabase-World Championships-Ice Dance 1990-1999
6. ^ Biography
7. ^ Skatabase-Olympic Games 1990's
8. ^ Cup of Russia
9. ^ 時事ドットコム. Jiji.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
10. ^ Rutherford, Lynn (June 30, 2011). "Morozov has big plans for Sochi Olympics". icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110630&content_id=21206186&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved June 30, 2011. 
11. ^ ^{a b c d e} Vaytsekhovskaya, Elena (April 20, 2011). "Николай МОРОЗОВ: "ПЕРВЫЕ ТРИ ДНЯ В ЯПОНИИ СТРАШНО НЕ БЫЛО" [Nikolai Morozov: "The first three days in Japan were not scary"]" (in Russian). sport-express.ru. http://www.sport-express.ru/newspaper/2011-04-20/7_2/. Retrieved April 23, 2011. 
12. ^ Miki Ando Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
13. ^ Shizuka Arakawa Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
14. ^ Valentina Marchei Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
15. ^ Fumie Suguri Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
16. ^ Florent Amodio Biography. web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.
17. ^ Javier Fernández Biography. Isuresults.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
18. ^ Austin Kanallakan Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
19. ^ )|Daisuke Murakami Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
20. ^ Nobunari Oda Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
21. ^ Kevin van der Perren Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
22. ^ Adam Rippon Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
23. ^ Daisuke Takahashi Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
24. ^ Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
25. ^ ^{a b} Simonenko, Andrei (September 10, 2011). "Николай Морозов: Ильиных и Кацалапов знают, зачем и почему катаются [Nikolai Morozov: Ilinykh and Katsalapov know why they skate]" (in Russian). RIA Novosti. http://sport.ria.ru/interview_sport/20110910/434215113.html. Retrieved September 20, 2011. 
26. ^ Kristin Fraser & Igor Lukanin Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
27. ^ Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
28. ^ Elena Grushina & Ruslan Goncharov Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
29. ^ Nóra Hoffmann & Attila Elek Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
30. ^ Svetlana Kulikova & Arseni Markov Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
31. ^ Emilie Nussear & Mathew Gates Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
32. ^ Cathy Reed & Chris Reed Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
33. ^ Isabella Tobias & Otar Japaridze Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
34. ^ Jennifer Wester & Daniil Barantsev Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
35. ^ Anna Zadorozhniuk & Sergei Verbillo Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
36. ^ Alexandra Zaretski & Roman Zaretski Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
37. ^ Tatiana Volosozhar & Stanislav Morozov Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
38. ^ Sasha Cohen Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
39. ^ Ivan Dinev Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
40. ^ Alisa Drei Biography. Web.archive.org (2008-01-31). Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
41. ^ Elene Gedevanishvili Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
42. ^ Julia Golovina & Oleg Voiko Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
43. ^ Takeshi Honda Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
44. ^ Tamar Katz Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
45. ^ Alexandra Kauc & Michał Zych Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
46. ^ Michelle Kwan Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
47. ^ Ann Patrice McDonough Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
48. ^ Elena Muhhina Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
49. ^ Pang Qing & Tong Jian Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
50. ^ Alban Préaubert Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
51. ^ Scott Smith Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
52. ^ Yosuke Takeuchi Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
53. ^ Min Xu Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
54. ^ Alexei Yagudin Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.

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Name	Morozov, Nikolai
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Date of birth	December 17, 1975
Place of birth	Moscow, Russian SSR, Soviet Union
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