Nikolai Morozov (figure skater)
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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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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, his first wife.[citation needed] They competed for Belarus[1] at the World Figure Skating Championships and the 1998 Winter Olympics, where they placed sixteenth.[2] Navka and Morozov were coached by Alexander Zhulin.[3] When the two split up, Morozov tried skating with another woman for three months, but retired soon after.[4]
1994:
(with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan)
- European Championships: 21st
- World Championships: 21st
1997:
(with Tatiana Navka for Belarus)
- European Championships: 12th
- World Championships: 14th
1998:
- European Championships: 10th
- World Championships: 10th
- Olympics: 16th
After retirement, he became a coaching assistant for Tatiana Tarasova. In 2003, they had a falling out after she discovered that he choreographed Michelle Kwan's program.[citation needed] At the time, Tarasova 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 coached Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz to Canada's first Worlds gold medal in ice dancing. He also coached the dance team Elena Grushina and Ruslan Goncharov to an Olympic Bronze medal and Shizuka Arakawa to an Olympic Gold Medal in 2006. He is currently coaching Daisuke Takahashi, Miki Ando, and many ice dancing teams.
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Morozov married Caroline Douarin, a French ice-dancer. Morozov and Douarin had a child in 2001, Annabelle Nicole Morozov. On August 12th of 2005 Morozov married Shae-Lynn Bourne. Morozov and Bourne divorced in July of 2007.
- ^ http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00003414.htm
- ^ http://www.eskatefans.com/skatabase/olympicdance1990.html
- ^ http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/results/russia97.htm
- ^ http://www.skatetoday.com/articles0405/121904_2.htm
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