Stanislav Morozov

Stanislav Morozov
Morozov and Volosozhar in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Ukrainian: Stanislav Oleksandrovych Morozov Russian: Stanislav Alexandrovich Morozov
Country represented	Ukraine
Born	(1979-02-01) 1 February 1979 Yekaterinburg, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Former partner	Tatiana Volosozhar Olena Bilousivska Aliona Savchenko
Former coach	Ingo Steuer Halyna Kukhar Nikolai Morozov
Former choreographer	Nikolai Morozov
Former skating club	Ukraine Kiev
Retired	March 2010
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	187.83 2010 Europeans
Short program	67.60 2010 Europeans
Free skate	120.23 2010 Europeans

Stanislav Oleksandrovych Morozov (Ukrainian: Станіслав Олександрович Морозов; Russian: Станислав Александрович Морозов, born 1 February 1979) is a former pair skater who competed for Ukraine and now works as a coach in Russia. With partner Tatiana Volosozhar, he was a four-time (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010) Ukrainian national champion. They placed 12th at the 2006 Winter Olympics and 8th at the 2010 Winter Olympics, and as high as 4th place at Worlds and Europeans.

Career

Morozov began skating because his father was a pair coach, however, as a young boy he was considered overweight and written off.^[1] After starting out as a singles skater, Morozov switched to pair skating at 11.^[1] He was coached by Halyna Kukhar from 1996^[2] until 2008. Morozov first competed with Olena Bilousivska and then with Aliona Savchenko.

Savchenko and Morozov won the 2000 World Junior Championships.^[3] They went on to place 15th at the 2002 Winter Olympics. He retired from competitive skating in 2002 due to injuries, and turned to coaching.^[1] He coached the team of Tatiana Volosozhar and Petr Kharchenko, and later offered to skate with her.^[1]

Volosozhar and Morozov placed 12th at the 2006 Winter Olympics and finished 4th at the 2007 World Championships. They were originally coached by Galina Kukhar. In 2008 they moved to Chemnitz, Germany and were coached by Ingo Steuer. They won their first Grand Prix medals, a silver and a bronze, the following season, and qualified for the 2008-09 Grand Prix Final where they placed fourth. In 2009-10, they won medals at both their Grand Prix events, but did not qualify for the Grand Prix Final. They finished 8th at the 2010 Winter Olympics and did not skate at the World Championships the following month.

In March 2010, Morozov retired from competitive skating, after which he performed with Volosozhar in several shows in the spring.^[4] She teamed up with Russian skater Maxim Trankov in May 2010 and now represents Russia; Morozov is their assistant coach, working with Nina Mozer.^[5]

Programs

With Volosozhar

With Savchenko

Results

With Volosozhar

With Savchenko

With Bilousivska

References

External links

Media related to Stanislav Morozov at Wikimedia Commons

• Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov at the International Skating Union
• Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov at the International Skating Union