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Nikolaj Majorov

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Nikolaj Majorov
Majorov at the 2020 European Championships
Born (2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 24)
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
Medal record
Swedish Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ulricehamn Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Borlänge Falun Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Norrköping Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2018 Karlskrona Singles
Silver medal – second place 2022 Borås Singles

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

Personal life

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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

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Early years

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
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2021–2022
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2020–2021
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2019–2020
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2018–2019
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  • Flamenco – Street Passion
    by Didulia
2017–2018
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2016–2017
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Competitive highlights

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Ice dance with Milla Ruud Reitan

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Competition placements at senior level [29]
Season 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 28th
European Championships 27th TBD
Swedish Championships 1st 1st
CS Budapest Trophy 8th
CS Denis Ten Memorial 4th 9th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 13th
CS Nepela Memorial 6th
CS Warsaw Cup 9th
Bavarian Open 5th

Single skating

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Competition placements at senior level [30]
Season 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Winter Olympics 21st
World Championships C 23rd 19th
European Championships 27th 15th WD
Swedish Championships 2nd 1st C 1st 2nd
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
Competition placements at junior level [30][12][5]
Season 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
World Junior Championships 31st 21st 13th
Swedish Championships 1st 2nd
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

Detailed results

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Ice dance with Milla Ruud Reitan

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [29]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 172.56 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
Rhythm dance TSS 66.87 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
TES 38.87 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
PCS 28.00 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
Free dance TSS 105.69 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
TES 59.79 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
PCS 45.90 2024 CS Nepela Memorial
Results in the 2023–24 season [29]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 20-23, 2023 Germany 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 12 56.43 13 85.43 13 141.86
Oct 12-15, 2023 Hungary 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 10 60.69 9 94.10 8 154.79
Nov 1-4, 2023 Kazakhstan 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 5 62.94 4 97.82 4 160.76
Dec 14-17, 2023 Sweden 2023 Swedish Championships 1 64.50 1 91.98 1 156.48
Jan 8-14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Figure Skating Championships 27 54.89 – – 27 54.89
Jan 30-Feb 4, 2024 Germany 2024 Bavarian Open 6 61.02 5 96.37 5 157.39
Mar 18-24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Figure Skating Championships 28 61.13 – – 28 61.13
Results in the 2024–25 season [29]
Date Event RD FD Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 2-5, 2024 Kazakhstan 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 11 58.88 8 101.90 9 160.78
Oct 24-26, 2024 Czech Republic 2024 CS Nepela Memorial 6 66.87 6 105.69 6 172.56

Single skating

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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

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

Junior level

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

References

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  2. ^ Osborne, Magdalena (2006). "Alexander Majorov times two - meet the father/son team". Absolute Skating.
  3. ^ Jangbro, Eva Maria (13 January 2012). "The Marvelous Majorovs, part 2". Absolute Skating.
  4. ^ a b "A Swedish Family Affair: Nikolaj Majorov (SWE)". International Skating Union. May 18, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Nikolaj Majorov". rinkresults.com.
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  7. ^ "2020 NEBELHORN TROPHY". International Figure Skating. September 19, 2020. Archived from the original on March 22, 2021. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  8. ^ Jiwani, Rory (September 25, 2020). "Deniss Vasiljevs claims biggest win at Nebelhorn Trophy". Olympic Channel.
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  10. ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Men". International Skating Union.
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  13. ^ "Konståkaren Nikolaj Majorov covidsmittad – missar EM". SVT Sport. January 12, 2022.
  14. ^ "Bägge konståkarna får OS-plats". SVT Sport. January 18, 2022.
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