Vladimir Morozov (figure skater)

Vladimir Morozov
Personal information
Native name	Владимир Евгеньевич Морозов
Full name	Vladimir Evgenyevich Morozov
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 Potsdam, Germany
Home town	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1 1⁄2 in)
Partner	Evgenia Tarasova
Former partner	Ekaterina Krutskikh, Irina Moiseeva
Coach	Andrei Hekalo, Robin Szolkowy, Arina Ushakova
Former coach	Stanislav Morozov
Choreographer	Alla Kapranova, Giuseppe Arena
Former choreographer	Maxim Trankov, Nikolai Morozov
Skating club	Vorobievie Gory
Training locations	Moscow
Began skating	1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	198.46 2015 Worlds
Short program	73.06 2015 Golden Spin
Free skate	130.75 2015 Worlds
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Figure skating: Pairs European Championships 2015 Stockholm Pairs 2016 Bratislava Pairs Winter Universiade 2013 Trentino Pairs World Junior Championships 2014 Sofia Pairs

Vladimir Evgenyevich Morozov (Russian: Владимир Евгеньевич Морозов; born 1 November 1992) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Evgenia Tarasova, he is a two-time European bronze medalist (2015, 2016), the 2013 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and 2015 Russian national silver medalist. On the junior level, they are the 2014 World Junior silver medalists and the 2014 Russian national junior champions.

Personal life

Vladimir Evgenyevich Morozov was born on 1 November 1992 in Potsdam, Germany.^[1] He is studying psychology at the Moscow State University for the Humanities.^[2]

Career

Early career

Advised by his singles coach to try pairs due to his height and build,^[3] Morozov joined Nina Mozer's group in 2007.^[4] He skated three seasons with his first partner, Irina Moiseeva. They won three medals at Warsaw Cup — novice gold in 2007 and 2008 and junior silver in 2009 — and junior gold at the 2009 NRW Trophy. They split at the end of the 2009–10 season.

Morozov competed the next two seasons with Ekaterina Krutskikh. Their coach was Stanislav Morozov. In the 2011–12 season, they debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, finishing 6th and 8th at JGP events in Latvia and Estonia. Krutskikh/Morozov withdrew from the 2012 Russian Junior Championships following the short program and parted ways at the end of the season.

Partnership with Tarasova

At the suggestion of Nina Mozer,^[2] Morozov teamed up with Evgenia Tarasova in spring 2012. The pair's main coach was Stanislav Morozov.^[3] Vladimir Morozov broke his foot one week into the new partnership and was out for three months.^[3] The pair made their debut at a Junior Grand Prix event in Croatia where they finished 5th. They withdrew from their next assignment in Germany. Tarasova/Morozov won their first senior international title at the 2012 Warsaw Cup. At the Russian Championships, they placed fifth on the senior level and then won the silver medal on the junior level. The pair finished fifth at the 2013 Junior World Championships.

In 2013–14, Tarasova/Morozov won silver in Latvia and bronze in Estonia on the JGP series. They qualified for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they finished fourth in both segments and overall. The pair won the silver medal at the 2013 Winter Universiade behind teammates Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov. At the 2014 Russian Championships, Tarasova/Morozov finished eighth after placing third in the short program and tenth in the free skate. He fell on both of their jumping passes and she was hurt when a lift collapsed near the end of their free program but was able to resume and complete the final element, a pair spin.^[5] Tarasova was taken to the hospital and found to have no serious injury.^[6] After winning the national junior title a month later, the pair was assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. They won the silver medal after placing second in both segments and finishing 5.57 points behind China's Yu Xiaoyu / Jin Yang.

After parting ways with Stanislav Morozov in the off-season, Tarasova/Morozov turned to Andrei Hekalo, who had worked with them in the past, and Robin Szolkowy, who joined them in September 2014.^[3] The pair began the 2014–15 season by taking silver at a Challenger Series event, the 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy. They were assigned to two Grand Prix events, the 2014 Skate Canada International and 2014 Rostelecom Cup.^[7] Earning bronze and silver, respectively, Tarasova/Morozov were seventh in the Grand Prix standing, leaving them as first alternates to the Grand Prix Final.^[8] Tarasova/Morozov finished second at the 2015 Russian Championships ahead of Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov, they went to compete after at the 2015 European Figure Skating Championships earning them the bronze. At the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, Tarasova/Morozov finished 6th overall with a personal best total score of 198.46 points.

In 2015-16 Season, Tarasova/Morozov began their season competing in a ISU Challenger Series at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy taking the bronze medal. For their ISU Grand Prix events, they were assigned at the 2015 Skate Canada International were they won the silver . At the 2015 Trophée Éric Bompard, they placed 7th in the short program, however they were unable to complete the free skate due to the cancellation of the competition at Trophée Bompard following the November 2015 Paris attacks, the short program standings were accepted as final result. In December 4–6, Tarasova/Morozov competed in Challenger Series at the 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb and won the gold medal and also became the 2015-16 ISU Challenger Series runners-up. On December 24–27, Tarasova and Morozov won the bronze medal at the 2016 Russian Championships after placing third in the short program and free skate. On January 27-30, Tarasova / Morozov repeated as bronze medalists at the 2016 European Championships scoring a total of 197.55 points.

Programs

With Tarasova

With Krutskikh

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Tarasova

With Krutskikh

With Moiseeva

Detailed results

(Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships – Worlds, Europeans, and Junior Worlds. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.)

With Tarasova

References

External links

Media related to Vladimir Morozov (figure skater) at Wikimedia Commons

• Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV at the International Skating Union
• Ekaterina KRUTSKIKH / Vladimir MOROZOV at the International Skating Union