Nicole Schott | |
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Schott in 2012
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Germany |
Born |
Essen, Germany |
12 September 1996
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in) |
Coach | Michael Huth |
Former coach | Gudrun Pladdies |
Choreographer | Michael Huth, Rostislav Sinicyn |
Former choreographer | Natasha Devisch |
Skating club | Essener Jugend FSC |
Training locations | Oberstdorf |
Former training locations | Essen Dortmund |
Began skating | 1999 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 165.92 2016 CS Warsaw Cup |
Short program | 60.47 2016 CS Warsaw Cup |
Free skate | 106.58 2017 Worlds |
Nicole Schott (born 12 September 1996) is a German figure skater. She has won four senior international medals, including gold at the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup and 2014 NRW Trophy, and two German national titles (2012, 2015). She has competed in the final segment at five ISU Championships.
Nicole Schott was born in Essen. Her father played ice hockey and her younger sister, Vivienne Schott, has competed in figure skating.
In March 2011, Schott represented Germany at the World Junior Championships in Gangneung, South Korea. Ranked 15th in the short program, she qualified for the free skate and finished 22nd overall. In January 2012, Schott won the German national senior title. She was coached by Gudrun Pladdies.
Schott switched to Michael Huth in Oberstdorf in the summer of 2014. She won her first senior international medal, gold, at the NRW Trophy in November 2014. In December, she won her second German national title, finishing ahead of Nathalie Weinzierl by nine points. She reached the free skate at both of her ISU Championship assignments, placing ninth at the 2015 Europeans in , Sweden, and 23rd at the 2015 Worlds in Shanghai, China.
In November 2016, Schott stepped on her first ISU Challenger Series podium, taking gold at the Warsaw Cup ahead of Australia's Kailani Craine. She finished tenth at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.