Nikolai Moroshkin is a Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n ice dancer

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

 who competes with Evgenia Kosigina

Evgenia Kosigina

Evgenia Kosigina is a Russian ice dancer who competes with Nikolai Moroshkin. They are the 2011 Russian Junior bronze medalists.- Career :...

. They are the 2011 Russian Junior bronze medalists

Russian Figure Skating Championships

The Russian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Russia. Skaters compete at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The first Russian national...

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Career

Moroshkin began skating at the age of 5 to improve his health, and took up ice dancing

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

 at 11. He and Kosigina began skating together in June 2010 after their previous partners left them. After a try out in his hometown of Tolyatti

Tolyatti

Tolyatti , also known as Togliatti, is a city in Samara Oblast, Russia. It serves as the administrative center of Stavropolsky District, although it is administratively separate from it...

, Moroshkin moved to train with her in Odintsovo

Odintsovo

Odintsovo is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Population: Town status was granted to it in 1957.-History:The village of Odintsovo was formed in the late 14th century. The famous story among the Odintsovians is about the noble named Andrey Odinets.Odintsovo is a city in Moscow Oblast, Russia....

, near Moscow

Moscow

Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, coached by Alexei Gorshkov.

During the 2010–2011 season, Kosigina and Moroshkin competed for the first time on the ISU Junior Grand Prix

ISU Junior Grand Prix

The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of international invitational junior level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Junior figure skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...

. At their first event, the 2010-2011 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel

Courchevel

Courchevel is the name of a ski resort located in the commune of Saint-Bon-Tarentaise in the French Alps, in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes region. It is a part of Les Trois Vallées, the largest linked ski area in the world...

, France, they won the bronze medal. At their second event, in Dresden, Germany, they won a gold medal. These medals qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final

2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2010–2011 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final and the Junior Grand Prix Final competition of the 2010–2011 season...

, where they finished 6th. At the 2011 Russian Junior Championships

2011 Russian Figure Skating Championships

The 2011 Russian Figure Skating Championships are the national championships of Russia for the 2010–2011 season. The winners were crowned the 2011 Russian Champions...

, they won the bronze medal. They were 6th at the 2011 World Junior Championships

2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships

The 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition during the 2010–2011 season. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event crowned the World Junior Champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and...

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Kosigina and Moroshkin were assigned to Latvia and Estonia as their 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix events.

Programs

(with Kosigina)

Season	Short dance Short dance The short dance is a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was approved by the June 2010 International Skating Union congress and instituted beginning in the 2010–2011 figure skating season...	Free dance Free dance (figure skating) The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...	Exhibition
2011–2012	Chilly Cha Cha	Walpurgisnight Walpurgisnacht Ballet Walpurgisnacht Ballet is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine for a 1975 production of Gounod's 1859 Faust at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra including the additional ballet music from 1869...
2010–2011	Shar Goluboy ( шар голубой ) by unknown	Waltz No. 7 Waltzes (Chopin) Frédéric Chopin’s Waltzes are pieces of moderate length adhering to the traditional 3/4 waltz time, but are remarkably different from the earlier Viennese waltzes in that they were not designed for dancing but for concert performance. Some of them are accessible by pianists of moderate...   by Frederic Chopin Frédéric Chopin Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....	Strangers in the Night Strangers in the Night "Strangers in the Night" is a popular song composed by Bert Kaempfert with English lyrics by Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder. It was originally created under the title Beddy Bye as part of the instrumental score for the movie A Man Could Get Killed...   by Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...

Competitive highlights

(with Kosigina)

Event	2010–2011	2011–2012
World Junior Championships World Junior Figure Skating Championships The World Junior Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion...	6th
Russian Junior Championships Russian Figure Skating Championships The Russian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Russia. Skaters compete at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The first Russian national...	3rd
Junior Grand Prix Final ISU Junior Grand Prix Final The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final is the culminating competition of the ISU Junior Grand Prix, which is a series of junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union...	6th
Junior Grand Prix, Estonia		3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Latvia		2nd
Junior Grand Prix, France	3rd
Junior Grand Prix, Germany	1st

(with Starygina)

Event	2007–2008	2008–2009	2009–2010
Russian Junior Championships Russian Figure Skating Championships The Russian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Russia. Skaters compete at the senior level in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The first Russian national...	11th	9th	10th

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