Nikolaj Majorov

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Nikolaj Majorov
2020 European Figure Skating Championships Nikolaj Majorov 2020 01 22 3516.jpg
Majorov at the 2020 European Championships
Personal information
Country representedSweden Sweden
Born (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 21)
Luleå, Sweden
Home townLuleå
Height1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
CoachAlexander Majorov sr.
ChoreographerIrina Majorova
Skating clubLuleå FSC
Training locationsLuleå
Began skating2002
World standing127 (As of 8 March 2019)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total218.07
2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program74.39
2020 European Championships
Free skate145.54
2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Nikolaj Majorov (born 18 August 2000) is a Swedish figure skater. He is the 2020 Swedish national champion.

On the junior level, he is the 2016 Swedish junior national champion, a two-time Nordics champion (2016, 2017) and represented his country at the 2019 World Junior Championships, advancing to the free skate.

Personal life[]

Majorov was born on 18 August 2000 in Luleå, Sweden.[2] His parents – Alexander Majorov Sr., a figure skating coach, and Irina Majorova, a choreographer and dance teacher – moved to Sweden from Russia.[3][4] He is the younger brother of Swedish figure skater Alexander Majorov.[2]

He has stated that his career goal following his competitive skating career is to become a police officer.[5]

Career[]

Early years[]

Majorov began learning to skate in 2002.[2] He competed in the advanced novice ranks through February 2015. His junior international debut came in October 2015, at the International Cup of Nice.[6] He placed 31st at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.

2018–2019 season[]

Majorov made his senior international debut in October, at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy. In December, he won silver in the senior men's category at the Swedish Championships. Along with his brother, he was assigned to the 2019 European Championships, which took place in January in Minsk, Belarus. He placed twenty-seventh in the short program and did not advance further.

In March, Majorov qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia. He ranked twenty-third in the short program, twentieth in the free skate, and twenty-first overall.

2019–2020 season[]

Majorov started his season at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he placed eighth. His season continued at the 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, where he placed eleventh. In December, he won his first Swedish national title. He was named to the 2019 European Figure Skating Championships, where he placed fifteenth. Majorov was assigned to make his World Championship debut in Montreal, but the championships were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[7]

2020–2021 season[]

Majorov started his season off at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, which, due to the pandemic, was attended only by skaters from and training in Europe.[8] Sixth in the short program, he scored a personal best in the free skate and won the bronze medal.[9] He was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but this event was cancelled as a result of the pandemic.[10]

He participated at the 2021 World Championships, held in his home country, where he placed twentieth in the short program and twenty-third in the free program to finish twenty-third overall.[11] This result qualified a men's place for Sweden at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[12] In the free skate, he became the first Swede to land a quadruple Salchow jump (named after Swedish Olympic and World champion Ulrich Salchow) in competition.[5]

Programs[]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[13]
2019–2020
[14]
2018–2019
[2]
  • Flamenco – Street Passion
    by Didulia
2017–2018
[15]
  • Bom Bom Pow
    performed by The Black Eyed Peas
  • Pump It
    performed by The Black Eyed Peas
2016–2017
[16]

Competitive highlights[]

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[17]
Event 11–12 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Worlds C 23rd
Europeans 27th 15th
GP France C
CS Finlandia 17th
CS Golden Spin 14th
CS Nebelhorn 8th 3rd
CS Warsaw 11th
Bavarian Open 2nd
Tallink Hotels Cup WD
Volvo Open Cup 7th
International: Junior[17]
Junior Worlds 31st 21st 13th
JGP Canada 9th
JGP Lithuania 7th
Bavarian Open 4th
Coupe Printemps 2nd 3rd
Cup of Nice 6th 8th
EYOF 10th
Golden Spin 2nd
1st
Nordic Champ. 1st 1st
Sofia Trophy 2nd
Tallinn Trophy 8th
International: Advanced novice[6]
Hellmut Seibt 3rd
Lombardia 2nd
Nordic Champ. 6th 2nd
NRW Trophy 2nd
National[17][6]
Swedish Champ. 3rd N 3rd N 1st N 1st J 2nd J 2nd 1st
Levels: N = Advanced novice; J = Junior
TBD = Assigned C = Event Canceled
Majorov did not compete in the 2012–13 season.

References[]

  1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. March 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Nikolaj MAJOROV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.
  3. ^ Osborne, Magdalena (2006). "Alexander Majorov times two - meet the father/son team". Absolute Skating.
  4. ^ Jangbro, Eva Maria (13 January 2012). "The Marvelous Majorovs, part 2". Absolute Skating.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b "A Swedish Family Affair: Nikolaj Majorov (SWE)". International Skating Union. May 18, 2021.
  6. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Nikolaj MAJOROV". rinkresults.com.
  7. ^ Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  8. ^ "2020 NEBELHORN TROPHY". International Figure Skating. September 19, 2020.
  9. ^ Jiwani, Rory (September 25, 2020). "Deniss Vasiljevs claims biggest win at Nebelhorn Trophy". Olympic Channel.
  10. ^ "Grand Prix of France figure skating event canceled due to coronavirus". Olympic Channel. 20 October 2020.
  11. ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Men". International Skating Union.
  12. ^ "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. April 1, 2021.
  13. ^ "Nikolaj MAJOROV: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.
  14. ^ "Nikolaj MAJOROV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 October 2019.
  15. ^ "Nikolaj MAJOROV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  16. ^ "Nikolaj MAJOROV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017.
  17. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Competition Results: Nikolaj MAJOROV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2019.

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