Evgenia Kosigina

Evgenia Kosigina
Kosigina and Moroshkin at the 2012-13 JGP Final
Personal information
Full name	Evgenia Borisovna Kosigina
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1995-03-20) 20 March 1995 Odintsovo, Russia
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Partner	Nikolai Moroshkin
Former partner	Sergei Mozgov Anatoli Kolisgo
Coach	Oleg Sudakov Alexei Gorshkov
Choreographer	Igor Shpilband
Former choreographer	Victor Kanevski Sergei Petukhov
Skating club	UOR No. 4 Tolyatti Winter Sport Center Odintsovo
Training locations	Odintsovo Tolyatti
Began skating	2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	135.24 2012 JGP USA
Short dance	59.44 2012 JGP USA
Free dance	81.62 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb

Evgenia Borisovna Kosigina (Russian: Евгения Борисовна Косыгина; born 20 March 1995) is a Russian ice dancer who competes with Nikolai Moroshkin. They are six-time medalists on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and two-time (2011, 2013) Russian Junior medalists.

Career

Kosigina began skating to improve her health and took up ice dancing when she was eight.^[1] She competed in novice ice dance with Anatoli Kolisgo^[2] and later skated with Sergei Mozgov, with whom she debuted on the Junior Grand Prix.^[3] Her partner left her after the 2009–10 season.^[1]

Kosigina began skating with Nikolai Moroshkin in June 2010, coached by Alexei Gorshkov in Kosigina's hometown of Odintsovo, near Moscow.^[1] During the 2010–11 season, Kosigina/Moroshkin won bronze at their first JGP event, in Courchevel, France.^[4] At their second event, in Dresden, Germany, they won a gold medal.^[5] These medals qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final,^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

Programs

(with Moroshkin)

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 ^[9]	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 ^[7]	Blues and swing: Capone by Ronan Hardiman	Liberian Girl by Michael Jackson	Heartbeat by Nneka
2011–2012 ^[10]	Chilly Cha Cha ?	Walpurgisnight
2010–2011 ^[11]	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 Moroshkin

International^[12]
Event	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
Universiade					4th
CS Golden Spin					5th
CS Warsaw Cup					4th
Ice Star					2nd
International: Junior^[12]
Junior Worlds	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 USA			2nd
Istanbul Cup		2nd J.
National^[12]
Russian Champ					6th
Russian Junior	3rd	5th	2nd	4th
J. = Junior level

With Mozgov

International^[13]
Event	2008–09	2009–10
JGP Hungary		5th
NRW Trophy	5th J.
National
Russian Junior Championships	11th	12th
J. = Junior level

References

1 2 3 Flade, Tatjana (17 October 2010). "A quick start for ice dancers Kosigina and Moroshkin". GoldenSkate.com.
↑ "7th Int. Ice Dance Cup 2005: Novice Ice Dancing". International Skating Union.
↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2009/2010: Budapest". International Skating Union.
↑ Brown, Mickey (28 August 2010). "Team USA scores four medals at JGP opener; Russia also garners four medals in Courchevel". Icenetwork.
↑ Felton, Renee (10 October 2010). "Tuktamisheva dominates at JGP Germany". Icenetwork. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
↑ "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2010/2011 Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
1 2 "Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2013.
↑ Ermolina, Olga (6 March 2014). Радионова и Косыгина – Морошкин выступят на чемпионате мира среди юниоров [Radionova and Kosigina/Moroshkin will compete at the World Junior Championships]. Russian Figure Skating Federation (in Russian). Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
↑ "Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014.
↑ "Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 April 2012.
↑ "Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Evgenia KOSIGINA / Nikolai MOROSHKIN". International Skating Union.
↑ "Competition Results: Evgenia KOSIGINA / Sergei MOZGOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012.

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