# Nikolai Moroshkin

Nikolai Yurievich Moroshkin (Russian: Николай Юрьевич Морошкин: born 15 November 1993) is a Russian choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. With Evgenia Kosigina, he won six medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and finished in the top ten at three World Junior Championships.

## Career as a figure skater

Moroshkin began skating at the age of 5 to improve his health, and took up ice dancing at 11. He began skating with Evgenia Kosigina in June 2010 after their previous partners left them. Following the tryout in his hometown of Tolyatti, Moroshkin moved to train with her in Odintsovo, near Moscow, coached by Alexei Gorshkov.
During the 2010–2011 season, Kosigina/Moroshkin won bronze at their first JGP event, in Courchevel, France. At their second event, in Dresden, Germany, they won a gold medal. These medals qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final, 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. 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.

## Career as a choreographer

In 2017-2018, Nikolai Moroshkin worked at the Olympic School St. Petersburg with the students of the coach Roman Usatov, who works as an assistant to Evgeny Rukavicin. Since 2019, Moroshkin has been working at Tamara Moskvina Figure Skating Club with single and pair skaters.
His current and former choreography clients include:
* Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii
* Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov
* Petr Gumennik
* Iasmina Kadyrova / Ivan Balchenko
* Andrei Kutovoi
* Nikolai Ugozhaev
* Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgeni Malikov
* Ekaterina Storublevtceva / Artem Gritsaenko
* Evgeniia Tumanova / Georgy Kunitsa
* Maria Talalaikina

## 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 | 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 | Blues and swing: Capone by Ronan Hardiman | Liberian Girl by Michael Jackson | Heartbeat by Nneka |
| 2011–2012 | Chilly Cha Cha  ? | Walpurgisnight | |
| 2010–2011 | 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 :
| Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 |
| Winter Universiade | | | | | 4th |
| CS Golden Spin | | | | | 5th |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | | | | 4th |
| Ice Star | | | | | 2nd |
| International: Junior ||||||
| World Junior Champ. | 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 United States | | | 2nd | | |
| Istanbul Cup | | 2nd J | | | |
| National ||||||
| Russian Champ. | | | | | 6th |
| Russian Junior Champ. | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 4th | |
| J = Junior level ||||||

### With Starygina

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