Nikolai Morozov (figure skater)

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Nikolai Morozov is a former competitive ice dancer, who works now as a coach and a choreographer. He competed for Russia with Tatiana Navka, his first wife. They finished 16th at the 1998 Winter Olympics. After 1999 Worlds, Navka decided to swtich partners and Morozov retired from competitive skating. After retirment, he became a coaching assistant for Tatiana Tarasova. Tarosova and Morozov had a falling out in 2003 after she discovered that he choreographed Michelle Kwan's program. At the time, Tarsova was coaching Sasha Cohen, Kwan's rival.

After splitting with Tarasova he became a sought after choreographer. His clients include Michelle Kwan, Takeshi Honda and Brian Joubert. He also became a sucessful coach. He coached Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz to Canada's first gold medal in ice dancing. He also coached Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov to an Olympic Bronze medal and Shizuka Arakawa to Japan's only gold medal at the 2006 Olympics. He only coached Arakawa for one month. He is currently coaching Miki Ando.