Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (
Russian : Николай Александрович Морозов ; born 17 December 1975)
[2] is a Russian former competitive
ice dancer ,
figure skating coach and choreographer. He represented
Russia ,
Belarus and
Azerbaijan in competition. He coached
Shizuka Arakawa to the 2006 Olympic gold medal and
Miki Ando to two World titles. He is a former competitive
ice dancer who appeared with
Tatiana Navka for
Belarus at the
1998 Winter Olympics , placing 16th, and at the
1998 World Championships , placing 10th. Earlier in his career, he competed with Olga Pershankova for
Azerbaijan and with
Ekaterina Gvozdkova for Russia.
Personal life
Morozov was born in
Moscow ,
Russian SFSR , Soviet Union.
[3]
[4] He was formerly married to French ice dancer Caroline Douarin, with whom he has a daughter,
[5]
Annabelle Nicole , born in 2001. He was married to Canadian ice dancer
Shae-Lynn Bourne from August 2005
[6]
[7] to July 2007. He briefly dated his former pupil
Miki Ando while he was coaching her.
[8]
[9] In May 2016, Morozov married another student of his,
Vasilisa Davankova .
[10] In July 2019 during an interview Davankova revealed that she and Morozov were divorced.
[11]
Competitive career
Early career
Morozov's parents introduced him to skating when he was five after doctors advised them that he needed more exercise.
[5] He was a singles skater until the age of 16 when he took up ice dancing.
[5] He spent one year working with coach
Natalia Linichuk in Switzerland and was paired with
Olga Pershankova .
[5] Representing
Azerbaijan , they placed 21st at the
1994 World Championships .
[12]
In the 1994–95 season, Morozov began competing with
Ekaterina Gvozdkova for Russia. They won the bronze medal at the 1995
Lysiane Lauret Challenge .
[13]
Partnership with Navka
Morozov teamed up with
Tatiana Navka in 1996.
[5] They represented Belarus.
[14] At their first practice at the
1997 World Championships , he sustained a torn meniscus in his knee but they finished 14th at the event and he then underwent surgery.
[5]
Navka/Morozov earned an Olympic berth by winning gold at the
1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial .
[5] 90 seconds into their free dance at the
1998 Winter Olympics , nearly three-quarters of the floodlights turned off but Navka/Morozov did not interrupt their performance.
[15] They finished 16th at the Olympics in
Nagano , Japan,
[3] and 10th at the
1998 World Championships in
Minneapolis . They were coached by
Alexander Zhulin and Bob Young at the International Skating Center in
Simsbury, Connecticut .
[16]
[17] When Navka decided to skate with another partner, Morozov tried skating with another woman for three months but then decided to retire.
[5]
Coaching and choreography career
After his competitive retirement, Morozov became a coaching assistant for
Tatiana Tarasova , with whom he choreographed for
Alexei Yagudin ,
Barbara Fusar-Poli /
Maurizio Margaglio , and
Isabelle Delobel /
Olivier Schoenfelder .
[5] In 2002 or 2003, he left Tarasova and began coaching and choreographing on his own. Morozov initially coached in
Newington, Connecticut
[5] and later at the Ice House in
Hackensack ,
New Jersey (
United States ). He returned to Moscow after the Russian government asked him to help in the preparation for the
2014 Sochi Olympics .
[18] He was based mainly at the Novogorsk national training center near Moscow and spent some time in New Jersey during summers.
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His current and former students include:
Ladies' single skaters
Men's single skaters
Ice dancers
Pair skaters
As a choreographer
His current and former choreography clients include
Competitive highlights
GP:
Champions Series (Grand Prix)
With Pershankova for Azerbaijan
With Gvozdkova for Russia
With Navka for Belarus
Programs
(with Navka)
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