Nikolai Morozov (born December 17, 1975 in Moscow[1], Russian SSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian[2] former competitive ice dancer, who works as a coach and a choreographer.[3] He is the ex-husband of Canadian ice dancer Shae Lynn Bourne.[4]
[edit] Competitive biography
Morozov originally competed with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan. They placed 21st at the 1994 World Figure Skating Championships.[5] Morozov then teamed up with Tatiana Navka. They competed for Belarus[6] at the World Figure Skating Championships and the 1998 Winter Olympics, where they placed sixteenth.[7] Navka and Morozov were coached by Alexander Zhulin.[8] When the two split up, Morozov tried skating with another woman for three months, but retired soon after.[9]
[edit] Professional career
After his retirement, Morozov became a coaching assistant for Tatiana Tarasova. He later left Tarasova and began coaching and choreographing on his own.
His current and former students include Miki Ando[10], Shizuka Arakawa[11], Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz[12], Kristin Fraser & Igor Lukanin[13], Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov[14], Elena Grushina & Ruslan Goncharov[15], Nora Hoffmann & Attila Elek[16], Brian Joubert[citation needed], Austin Kanallakan[17], Svetlana Kulikova & Arseni Markov[18], Daisuke Murakami[19], Emilie Nussear & Mathew Gates[20] Nobunari Oda[21], Kevin van der Perren[22], Cathy Reed & Chris Reed[23], Adam Rippon[24], Fumie Suguri[25] Daisuke Takahashi[26], Isabella Tobias & Otar Japaridze[27], Tatiana Volosozhar & Stanislav Morozov[28], Jennifer Wester & Daniil Barantsev[29], Anna Zadorozhniuk & Sergei Verbillo[30], and Alexandra Zaretski & Roman Zaretski[31] .
His current and former choreography clients include Sasha Cohen[32], Ivan Dinev[33], Alisa Drei[34] Elene Gedevanishvili[35], Julia Golovina & Oleg Voiko[36], Takeshi Honda[37], Tamar Katz[38], Alexandra Kauc & Michal Zych[39], Michelle Kwan[40], Ann Patrice McDonough[41], Elena Muhhina[42], Pang Qing & Tong Jian[43], Alban Preaubert[44], Scott Smith[45], Yosuke Takeuchi[46], Xu Ming[47], and Alexei Yagudin[48].
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
[edit] Results for Azerbaijan
(with Olga Pershankova for Azerbaijan)
[edit] Results for Belarus
(with Tatiana Navka for Belarus)
[edit] References
