Nikolai Morozov (born December 17, 1975) is a Russian former competitive Ice dancer, who works now as a coach and a choreographer at the Ice House in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Competitive biography[]
Morozov originally competed with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan. They placed 21st at the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships. Morozov then teamed up with Tatiana Navka. They competed for Belarus at the World Figure Skating Championships and the 1998 Winter Olympics, where they placed sixteenth. Navka and Morozov were coached by Alexander Zhulin. When the two split up, Morozov tried skating with another woman for three months, but retired soon after.
Professional career[]
After his retirement, Morozov became a coaching assistant for Tatiana Tarasova. He later left Tarasova and began coaching and choreographing on his own. His students have won world and Olympic titles.
- His current and former students include
- Tatiana Volosozhar and Stanislav Morozov,
- Svetlana Kulikova and Arseni Markov
- Kristin Fraser and Igor Lukanin
- Isabella Tobias and Otar Japaridze
- Emilie Nussear and Mathew Gates
- Austin Kanallakan
- Alexandra Zaretski, and Roman Zaretski
- Daisuke Takahashi
- Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz
- Nora Hoffmann and Attila Elek
- Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov
- Shizuka Arakawa
- Miki Ando
- Kevin van der Perren
- Melissa Gregory and Denis Petukhov
- Anna Zadorozhniuk and Sergei Verbillo
- Jennifer Wester and Daniil Barantsev
- Adam Rippon
- Daisuke Murakami
- Cathy Reed and Chris Reed
- Brian Joubert
- Nobunari Oda
- Fumie Suguri
- His current and former choreography clients include
- Pang Qing and Tong Jian
- Alexei Yagudin
- Alban Preaubert
- Sasha Cohen
- Scott Smith
- Alexandra Kauc and Michal Zych
- Michelle Kwan
- Ann Patrice McDonough
- Ivan Dinev
- Xu Ming
- Yosuke Takeuchi
- Takeshi Honda
- Tamar Katz
- Elene Gedevanishvili
- Elena Muhhina
- Alisa Drei
Competitive highlights[]
(with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan)
Event | 1993-1994 |
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World Figure Skating Championships | 21st |
European Championships | 21st |
(with Tatiana Navka for Belarus)
Event | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 |
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Winter Olympic Games | 16th | |
World Figure Skating Championships | 14th | 10th |
European Championships | 12th | 10th |
Karl Schafer Memorial | 1st |
References[]
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