Nikolai Morozov (figure skater)

Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (Russian: Николай Александрович Морозов; born 17 December 1975) is a Russian figure skating coach and choreographer. He coached Shizuka Arakawa to the 2006 Olympic gold medal and Miki Ando to two World titles. He is a former competitive ice dancer who appeared with Tatiana Navka for Belarus at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 16th, and at the 1998 World Championships, placing 10th. Earlier in his career, he competed with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan and with Ekaterina Gvozdkova for Russia.

Morozov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He was formerly married to French ice dancer Caroline Douarin, with whom he has a daughter, Annabelle Nicole, born in 2001. He was married to Canadian ice dancer Shae-Lynn Bourne from August 2005 to July 2007. He briefly dated his former pupil Miki Ando while he was coaching her. In May 2016, Morozov married his student Vasilisa Davankova, who had just turned 18.

Early career

Morozov's parents introduced him to skating when he was five after doctors advised them that he needed more exercise. He was a singles skater until the age of 16 when he took up ice dancing. He spent one year working with coach Natalia Linichuk in Switzerland and was paired with Olga Pershankova. Representing Azerbaijan, they placed 21st at the 1994 World Championships.

In the 1994–95 season, Morozov began competing with Ekaterina Gvozdkova for Russia. They won the bronze medal at the 1995 Lysiane Lauret Challenge.

Partnership with Navka

Morozov teamed up with Tatiana Navka in 1996. They represented Belarus. 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.

Navka/Morozov earned an Olympic berth by winning gold at the 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial. 90 seconds into their free dance at the 1998 Winter Olympics, nearly three-quarters of the floodlights turned off but Navka/Morozov did not interrupt their performance. They finished 16th at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan, and 10th at the 1998 World Championships in Minneapolis. They were coached by Alexander Zhulin and Bob Young at the International Skating Center in Simsbury, Connecticut. When Navka decided to skate with another partner, Morozov tried skating with another woman for three months but then decided to retire.

After his competitive 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. In 2002 or 2003, he left Tarasova and began coaching and choreographing on his own. Morozov initially coached in Newington, Connecticut 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. He was based mainly at the Novogorsk national training center near Moscow and spent some time in New Jersey during summers.

His current and former students include:

Ladies' single skaters

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

Men's single skaters

• Daisuke Takahashi Coached him to win the silver medal at the 2007 World Championships. They split in May 2008 and then resumed working together in June 2012.
• Denis Ten Coached since 2016.
• Florent Amodio Coached him to win the 2011 European Championships.
• Sergei Voronov
• Artur Dmitriev, Jr.
• Javier Fernández Coached until mid-2011. He was also the choreographer.
• Maxim Kovtun Coached until mid-2012. He was also his choreographer
• Austin Kanallakan
• Nobunari Oda
• Daisuke Murakami
• Kevin van der Perren
• Adam Rippon
• Michael Christian Martinez

Ice dancers

• Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje Coached since 2016.
• Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Coach from mid-2011.
• Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro Coach since 2012
• Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz. Coached them to win the 2003 World Championships.
• Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Coach from 2011 until mid-2012.
• Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin
• Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov
• Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Coached them to an Olympic bronze medal in 2006.
• Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek.
• Svetlana Kulikova / Arseni Markov
• Emilie Nussear / Mathew Gates
• Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
• Isabella Tobias / Otar Japaridze
• Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev
• Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo
• Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski

Pair skaters

• Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov

As a choreographer

His current and former choreography clients include

• Sasha Cohen
• Ivan Dinev
• Alisa Drei
• Elene Gedevanishvili
• Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko
• Takeshi Honda
• Brian Joubert
• Tamar Katz
• Alexandra Kauc / Michał Zych
• Crystal Kiang
• Michelle Kwan
• Yulia Lipnitskaya
• Michael Christian Martinez
• Ann Patrice McDonough
• Elena Muhhina
• Anna Pogorilaya
• Alban Préaubert
• Pang Qing / Tong Jian
• Elena Radionova
• Scott Smith
• Yosuke Takeuchi
• Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
• Xu Ming
• Alexei Yagudin

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• 時事ドットコム. Jiji.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
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• Miki Ando Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Shizuka Arakawa Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Valentina Marchei Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Fumie Suguri Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Daisuke Takahashi Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Florent Amodio Biography Archived March 25, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.. web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-12-19.
• Javier Fernández Biography. Isuresults.com. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Maxim Kovtun Biography Archived June 20, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.. Isuresults.com. Retrieved on 2012-02-07.
• Austin Kanallakan Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Nobunari Oda Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• )|Daisuke Murakami Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Kevin van der Perren Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Adam Rippon Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
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• Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Kristin Fraser & Igor Lukanin Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Elena Grushina & Ruslan Goncharov Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Nóra Hoffmann & Attila Elek Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Svetlana Kulikova & Arseni Markov Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Emilie Nussear & Mathew Gates Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Cathy Reed & Chris Reed Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Isabella Tobias & Otar Japaridze Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Jennifer Wester & Daniil Barantsev Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Anna Zadorozhniuk & Sergei Verbillo Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Alexandra Zaretski & Roman Zaretski Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Tatiana Volosozhar & Stanislav Morozov Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Sasha Cohen Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Ivan Dinev Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Alisa Drei Biography. Web.archive.org (2008-01-31). Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Elene Gedevanishvili Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Julia Golovina & Oleg Voiko Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Takeshi Honda Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Tamar Katz Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Alexandra Kauc & Michał Zych Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Michelle Kwan Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• PH Olympian Michael Martinez levels up with new coach. YouTube. Retrieved on 2014-6-5.
• Ann Patrice McDonough Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Elena Muhhina Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Alban Préaubert Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Pang Qing & Tong Jian Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Scott Smith Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Yosuke Takeuchi Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Min Xu Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.
• Alexei Yagudin Biography. Web.archive.org. Retrieved on 2010-10-24.

GP: Champions Series (Grand Prix)

With Pershankova for Azerbaijan

With Gvozdkova for Russia

With Navka for Belarus

(with Navka)