Nikolai Moroshkin

Nikolai Moroshkin
Kosigina and Moroshkin at the 2012–13 JGP Final
Personal information
Full name	Nikolai Yurievich Moroshkin
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1993-11-15) 15 November 1993 Tolyatti, Russia
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Partner	Evgenia Kosigina
Former partner	Valeria Starygina
Coach	Oleg Sudakov Alexei Gorshkov
Choreographer	Igor Shpilband
Former choreographer	Victor Kanevski Sergei Petukhov
Skating club	UOR No. 4 Tolyatti Winter Sport Center Odintsovo
Training locations	Odintsovo Tolyatti
Began skating	1998
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	135.24 2012 JGP USA
Short dance	59.44 2012 JGP USA
Free dance	81.62 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb

Nikolai Yurievich Moroshkin (Russian: Николай Юрьевич Морошкин: born 15 November 1993) is a Russian ice dancer who competes with Evgenia Kosigina. They are six-time medalists on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and two-time (2011, 2013) Russian Junior medalists.

Career

Moroshkin began skating at the age of 5 to improve his health, and took up ice dancing at 11.^[1] He began skating with Evgenia Kosigina in June 2010 after their previous partners left them.^[1] Following the tryout in his hometown of Tolyatti, Moroshkin moved to train with her in Odintsovo, near Moscow, coached by Alexei Gorshkov.^[1]

During the 2010–2011 season, Kosigina/Moroshkin won bronze at their first JGP event, in Courchevel, France.^[2] At their second event, in Dresden, Germany, they won a gold medal.^[3] These medals qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final,^[4] where they finished sixth. At the 2011 Russian Junior Championships, Kosigina/Moroshkin won the bronze medal and then placed sixth at the 2011 World Junior Championships.

Kosigina/Moroshkin competed in the 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix, winning silver in Latvia and bronze in Estonia. They finished fifth at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships and were not assigned to Junior Worlds.

Kosigina/Moroshkin received additional coaching from Igor Shpilband in preparation for the 2012–13 season.^[5] They won a pair of silver medals at their events in Lake Placid, New York and Zagreb, Croatia, and finished sixth at the JGP Final in Sochi, Russia. They then won silver at the 2013 Russian Junior Championships and finished sixth at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

Kosigina/Moroshkin finished fourth at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships. Initially first alternates, they joined the Russian team to the 2014 World Junior Championships after Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin withdrew.^[6]

Programs

(with Kosigina)

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2014–2015	Malagueña by Connie Francis España cañí	Vai vedrai from Cirque du Soleil Balade Au Bout D'une Échelle from Cirque du Soleil
2013–2014 ^[7]	Bei mir bist du schoen performed by Puppini Sisters Juke Box by Dimie Cat Bei mir bist du schoen performed by Puppini Sisters	Flamenco Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla
2012–2013 ^[5]	Blues and swing: Capone by Ronan Hardiman	Liberian Girl by Michael Jackson	Heartbeat by Nneka
2011–2012 ^[8]	Chilly Cha Cha ?	Walpurgisnight
2010–2011 ^[9]	Shar Goluboy (Russian: шар голубой) by unknown	Waltz No. 7 by Frédéric Chopin	Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kosigina

International^[10]
Event	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
Universiade					4th
CS Golden Spin					5th
CS Warsaw Cup					4th
Ice Star					2nd
International: Junior^[10]
Junior Worlds	6th		6th	9th
JGP Final	6th		6th
JGP Croatia			2nd
JGP Estonia		3rd
JGP France	3rd
JGP Germany	1st
JGP Latvia		2nd
JGP Poland				4th
JGP USA			2nd
Istanbul Cup		2nd J.
National^[10]
Russian Champ					6th
Russian Junior	3rd	5th	2nd	4th
J. = Junior level

With Starygina

National
Event	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Russian Junior Championships	11th	9th	10th

References

1 2 3 Flade, Tatjana (17 October 2010). "A quick start for ice dancers Kosigina and Moroshkin". GoldenSkate.com.
↑ Brown, Mickey (28 August 2010). "Team USA scores four medals at JGP opener; Russia also garners four medals in Courchevel". Icenetwork.
↑ Felton, Renee (10 October 2010). "Tuktamisheva dominates at JGP Germany". Icenetwork. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
1 2 "Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013.
↑ Ermolina, Olga (6 March 2014). Радионова и Косыгина – Морошкин выступят на чемпионате мира среди юниоров [Radionova and Kosigina/Moroshkin will compete at the World Junior Championships]. Russian Figure Skating Federation (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
↑ "Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
↑ "Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.
↑ "Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN". International Skating Union.

External links

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Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin at the International Skating Union

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