Nikolai Morozov (figure skater)
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| Personal Info | ||
| Country: |  Azerbaijan Belarus |
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| Date of birth: | December 17, 1975 | |
| Former Partner: | Tatiana Navka (BLR), Olga Pershankova (AZE) |
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| Former Coach: | Alexander Zhulin | |
| Retired: | 1998 | |
Nikolai Morozov (born December 17, 1975) is a former competitive ice dancer, who works now as a coach and a choreographer.
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[edit] Competitive biography
Morozov originally competed with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan. They placed 21st at the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships.[1] Morozov then teamed up with Tatiana Navka. They competed for Belarus[2] at the World Figure Skating Championships and the 1998 Winter Olympics, where they placed sixteenth.[3] Navka and Morozov were coached by Alexander Zhulin.[4] When the two split up, Morozov tried skating with another woman for three months, but retired soon after.[5]
[edit] Coaching
After his retirement, Morozov became a coaching assistant for Tatiana Tarasova. In 2003, they had a falling out.[citation needed] At the time, Tarasova was coaching Sasha Cohen, Kwan's rival.
After splitting with Tarasova he became a sought after coach and choreographer. His current and former students and clients include Michelle Kwan, Takeshi Honda, Brian Joubert, Daisuke Takahashi, Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz, Elena Grushina & Ruslan Goncharov, Shizuka Arakawa, Miki Ando, Nobunari Oda, Adam Rippon, Daisuke Murakami, Cathy Reed & Chris Reed, and many ice dancing teams in Hackensack, New Jersey.[6]
He coached Bourne & Kraatz to Canada's first Worlds gold medal in ice dancing, Grushina & Goncharov to an Olympic bronze medal, Arakawa to an Olympic gold medal, and Ando to a World title.
[edit] Competitive highlights
(with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan)
| Event | 1993-1994 |
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| World Championships | 21st |
| European Championships | 21st |
(with Tatiana Navka for Belarus)
| Event | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 16th | |
| World Championships | 14th | 10th |
| European Championships | 12th | 10th |
| Karl Schafer Memorial | 1st |
