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Nikolaj Majorov

Summary

Nikolaj Majorov (born 18 August 2000) is a Swedish figure skater (men's singles and ice dance). He is the 2020 Swedish national champion.

Nikolaj Majorov
Majorov at the 2020 European Championships
Born (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 23)
Luleå, Sweden
HometownNorrköping, Sweden
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Sweden
DisciplineIce dance (since 2023)
Men's singles (2011–23)
PartnerMilla Ruud Reitan
Began skating2002
Highest WS55th
Swedish Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Karlskrona Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ulricehamn Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Borlänge Falun Singles
Gold medal – first place 2022 Borås Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Norrköping Ice dance

Personal life edit

Majorov was born on 18 August 2000 in Luleå, Sweden.[1] His parents – Alexander Majorov Sr., a figure skating coach, and Irina Majorova, a choreographer and dance teacher – moved to Sweden from Russia.[2][3] He is the younger brother of Swedish figure skater Alexander Majorov.[1]

He has stated that his career goal following his competitive skating career is to become a police officer.[4]

Career edit

Early years edit

Majorov began learning to skate in 2002.[1] He competed in the advanced novice ranks through February 2015. His junior international debut came in October 2015 at the International Cup of Nice.[5] He placed 31st at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan.

At 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.

2018–2019 season edit

Majorov made his senior international debut in October at the 2018 Finlandia Trophy. He won silver at the Swedish Championships in December. 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, but 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 edit

Majorov started his season at the 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy, where he placed eighth. His season continued at the 2019 Warsaw Cup, where he placed eleventh. He won his first Swedish national title in December. 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, Canada, but the championships were cancelled as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]

2020–2021 season edit

Majorov started his season off at the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy, which, due to the pandemic, was attended only by skaters in Europe.[7] Sixth in the short program, he scored a personal best in the free skate and won the bronze medal.[8] 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.[9]

He participated at the 2021 World Championships, held in Sweden, where he placed twentieth in the short program and twenty-third in the free program to finish twenty-third overall.[10] This result qualified a men's place for Sweden at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[11] In the free skate, he became the first Swede to land a quadruple Salchow in competition.[4]

2021–2022 season edit

Debuting at the 2021 Finlandia Trophy, Majorov finished fourth in the short program but fell to seventeenth overall after finishing twenty-second in the free skate. In later Challenger appearances, he finished fourteenth at the 2021 Warsaw Cup, but withdrew from the 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb.[12]

After winning a silver medal at the NRW Trophy, Majorov was assigned to compete at the 2022 European Championships, but was forced to withdraw after testing positive for COVID-19.[13] Days later it was announced that the Swedish Olympic Committee had decided to allow both Majorov and Josefin Taljegård to take up the Olympic berths they had earned at the previous World Championships. Majorov said that on hearing the news, "I could not believe it, it became so unreal. That reality became what I wanted, my dream came true."[14] Competing in the Olympic men's event, he placed twentieth in the short program, qualifying to the free skate.[15] He finished twenty-first overall.[16] He was nineteenth at the 2022 World Championships to end the season.[12]

2022–2023 season edit

Majorov competed in two Challenger events to begin the season, finishing seventh at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy and eighth at the 2022 Ice Challenge. He then made his Grand Prix debut at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, placing sixth.[12]

Following the end of the season, Majorov announced his plans to represent Sweden in ice dance due to a back injury worsened by jumping.[17] He partnered with Milla Ruud Reitan, and they began training in Oberstdorf, Germany.[18]

 
Reitan and Majorov practicing at the 2024 World Championships

2023–2024 season: Debut of Reitan/Majorov edit

Reitan and Majorov debuted as a team at the 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they placed 13th and earned a high enough technical score in the rhythm dance to compete at the European Championships.[19] They next competed at the 2023 Budapest Trophy and earned the minimum technical scores to compete at both the European and World championships.[20]

In January, they competed at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas and placed 27th with a technical error.[21] In March, they competed at the 2024 World Championships in Montreal. They were the first Swedish ice dance team to compete at the World Championships since 1982.[20] They placed 28th and did not advance to the free dance. However, Majorov said they were "incredibly satisfied" with their score and that he did not think they could have performed better.[22]

Programs edit

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
[23]
2021–2022
[24]
2020–2021
[25]
2019–2020
[26]
2018–2019
[1]
  • Flamenco – Street Passion
    by Didulia
2017–2018
[27]
2016–2017
[28]

Competitive highlights edit

Ice dance with Milla Ruud Reitan edit

Competition placements at senior level [29]
Season 2023–24
World Championships 28th
European Championships 27th
CS Budapest Trophy 8th
CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 4th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 13th
Bavarian Open 5th
Swedish Championships 1st

Men's singles edit

Competition placements at senior level [12]
Season 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Winter Olympics 21st
World Championships C 23rd 19th
European Championships 27th 15th WD
GP Finland 6th
CS Finlandia Trophy 17th 17th 7th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 14th WD
CS Ice Challenge 8th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8th 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup 11th 14th
Bavarian Open 2nd
NRW Trophy 2nd
Volvo Open Cup 7th
Swedish Championships 2nd 1st C 1st 2nd
Competition placements at junior level [12][5]
Season 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
World Junior Championships 31st 21st 13th
JGP Canada 9th
JGP Estonia 10th
JGP Latvia 13th
JGP Lithuania 7th
Bavarian Open 4th
Coupe du Printemps 2nd 3rd
Cup of Nice 6th 8th
European Youth Olympic Festival 10th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 2nd
Kaunas Autumn Cup 1st
Nordic Championships 1st 1st
Sofia Trophy 2nd
Tallinn Trophy 8th
Swedish Championships 1st 2nd

Detailed results edit

Men's singles edit

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 220.78 2022 Winter Olympics
Short program TSS 81.48 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
TES 41.65 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
PCS 39.83 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skating TSS 145.53 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES 74.33 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS 74.79 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 163.31 2018 JGP Estonia
Short program TSS 54.18 2018 JGP Estonia
TES 27.46 2018 JGP Estonia
PCS 27.75 2018 JGP Latvia
Free skating TSS 109.13 2018 JGP Estonia
TES 55.68 2018 JGP Latvia
PCS 57.64 2018 JGP Estonia

Senior level edit

Results in the 2018–19 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 4–7, 2018   2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 7 73.41 11 129.14 11 202.55
Nov 6–11, 2018   2018 Volvo Open Cup 6 61.92 6 126.06 7 187.98
Dec 5–8, 2018   2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 5 83.87 7 143.60 6 227.47
Dec 12–16, 2018   2018 Swedish Championships 2 71.42 2 124.88 2 196.30
Jan 21–27, 2019   2019 European Championships 11 79.88 8 145.50 8 225.38
Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 25–28, 2019   2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 12 55.92 6 130.44 8 186.36
Nov 14–17, 2019   2019 CS Warsaw Cup 19 55.82 6 126.58 11 182.40
Dec 12–15, 2019   2019 Swedish Championships 1 74.96 1 140.50 1 215.46
Jan 20–26, 2020   2020 European Championships 14 74.39 15 138.18 15 212.57
Feb 3–9, 2020   2020 Bavarian Open 6 66.74 2 143.97 2 210.71
Results in the 2020–21 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 23–26, 2020   2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 6 72.54 3 145.53 3 218.07
Mar 22–28, 2021   2021 World Championships 20 75.59 23 117.20 23 192.79
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 7–10, 2021   2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 4 81.48 22 107.35 17 188.83
Nov 4–7, 2021   2021 NRW Trophy 2 69.84 2 127.47 2 197.31
Nov 17–20, 2021   2021 CS Warsaw Cup 15 67.02 14 131.72 14 198.74
Dec 15–18, 2021   2021 Swedish Championships 1 74.19 1 164.15 1 238.34
Feb 4–20, 2022   2022 Winter Olympics 20 78.54 21 142.24 21 220.78
Mar 21–27, 2022   2022 World Championships 19 79.36 20 137.09 19 216.45
Results in the 2022–23 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 4–9, 2022   2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 9 67.94 7 134.95 7 202.89
Nov 9–13, 2022   2022 CS Ice Challenge 7 65.72 9 131.81 8 197.53
Nov 25–27, 2022   2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 8 69.94 6 139.61 6 209.55
Dec 15–18, 2022   2022 Swedish Championships 2 69.79 1 146.64 2 216.43

Junior level edit

Results in the 2015–16 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 14–18, 2015   2015 International Cup of Nice 5 46.50 7 87.61 6 134.11
Dec 10–13, 2015   2015 Swedish Championships 1 49.44 1 101.91 1 151.35
Feb 10–14, 2016   2016 Sofia Trophy 2 51.90 2 89.74 2 141.64
Feb 24–28, 2016   2016 Nordic Championships 1 53.70 1 109.50 1 163.20
Mar 11–13, 2016   2016 Coupe du Printemps 2 51.29 4 92.89 2 144.18
Results in the 2016–17 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2016   2018 JGP Estonia 12 54.18 10 109.13 10 163.31
Oct 19–23, 2016   2016 International Cup of Nice 9 48.76 9 93.22 8 141.98
Feb 11–18, 2017   2017 European Youth Olympic Festival 10 43.95 10 81.02 10 124.97
Mar 2–5, 2017   2017 Nordic Championships 1 55.16 2 94.42 1 149.58
Mar 15–19, 2017   2017 World Junior Championships 31 52.42 – – 31 52.42
Results in the 2017–18 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 6–9, 2017   2018 JGP Latvia 17 49.03 8 107.68 13 156.71
Sep 20–22, 2017   2017 Kaunas Ice Autumn Cup 1 55.49 1 106.02 1 161.51
Nov 20–26, 2017   2017 Tallinn Trophy 9 51.99 7 111.90 8 163.89
Dec 6–9, 2017   2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb 3 52.26 2 101.08 2 153.34
Dec 13–17, 2017   2017 Swedish Championships 4 47.85 1 120.08 2 167.93
Jan 26–31, 2018   2018 Bavarian Open 4 61.43 4 114.88 4 176.31
Mar 16–18, 2018   2018 Coupe du Printemps 2 59.76 3 116.47 3 176.23
Results in the 2018–19 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 5–8, 2018   2018 JGP Lithuania 8 59.14 7 108.18 7 167.32
Sep 12–15, 2018   2018 JGP Canada 10 60.41 8 108.92 9 169.33
Mar 4–10, 2019   2019 World Junior Championships 23 61.47 20 115.46 21 176.93
Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Mar 2–8, 2020   2020 World Junior Championships 14 72.49 12 127.36 13 199.85

References edit

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