Nikolai Morozov (figure skater)
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Morozov at the 2004 European Championships.
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov |
| Country represented |
Belarus (1996–98) Russia (1994–96) Azerbaijan (1994) |
| Born |
17 December 1975 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Former partner |
Tatiana Navka (BLR) Ekaterina Gvozdkova (RUS) Olga Pershankova (AZE) |
| Former coach | Alexander Zhulin, Zhanna Gromova |
| Retired | 1998 |
Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov (Russian: Николай Александрович Морозов; born 17 December 1975) is a Russian figure skating coach and choreographer. 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.
Morozov was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He was formerly married to French ice dancer Caroline Douarin, with whom he has a daughter, Annabelle Nicole, born in 2001. He was married to Canadian ice dancer Shae-Lynn Bourne from August 2005 to July 2007. He briefly dated his former pupil Miki Ando while he was coaching her. In May 2016, Morozov married his student Vasilisa Davankova, who had just turned 18.
Morozov's parents introduced him to skating when he was five after doctors advised them that he needed more exercise. He was a singles skater until the age of 16 when he took up ice dancing. He spent one year working with coach Natalia Linichuk in Switzerland and was paired with Olga Pershankova. Representing Azerbaijan, they placed 21st at the 1994 World Championships.
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