Lori Nichol

Lori Nichol

Lori Nichol in 2024

Lori Nichol is a Canadian figure skating choreographer and coach. She was a performer for the John Curry Company from 1983 to 1986 and won the silver medal at the World Professional Championships in 1983. She is a four-time recipient of the Professional Skaters' Association's Choreographer of the Year Award ^[1] and the 2010 recipient of the PSA Sonia Henie award for bringing positive and favorable recognition to the sport. She was elected to the Professional Skater's Association Hall of Fame as an Outstanding Contributor in 2011, the United States Figure Skating Association's Hall of Fame as an Outstanding Contributor in 2012, and the Skate Canada Hall of Fame as an Outstanding Contributor in 2012. In March 2014, she was elected into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. ^[2]

Choreographing career

Her most notable clients as a choreographer have included the following current and former students.

• Mao Asada ^[3]
• Patrick Chan (she also coached him from 2010 to 2012) ^[4]
• Chen Hongyi ^[5]
• Nathan Chen ^[6]
• Mone Chiba ^[7]
• Sasha Cohen ^[8]
• Alissa Czisny ^[9]
• Gabrielle Daleman ^[10]
• Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison ^[11]
• Rachael Flatt ^[12]
• Alexe Gilles ^[13]
• Timothy Goebel ^[14]
• Gracie Gold ^[15]
• Lara Naki Gutmann ^[16]
• Logan Higase-Chen ^[17]
• Marin Honda ^[18]
• Jin Boyang ^[19]
• Yuma Kagiyama ^[20]
• Mana Kawabe ^[21]
• Carolina Kostner ^[22]
• Michelle Kwan ^[23]
• Lee Hae-in ^[24]
• Mira Leung ^[25]
• Li Zijun ^[26]
• Beatrisa Liang ^[27]
• Alysa Liu ^[28]
• Evan Lysacek ^[29]
• Rino Matsuike ^[30]
• Kimmie Meissner ^[31]
• Satoko Miyahara ^[32]
• Brandon Mroz ^[33]
• Mirai Nagasu ^[34]
• Nobunari Oda ^[35]
• Pang Qing & Tong Jian ^[36]
• Peng Cheng & Jin Yang ^[37]
• Peng Cheng & Wang Lei ^[38]
• Peng Cheng & Zhang Hao ^[39]
• Joannie Rochette ^[40]
• Andrei Rogozine ^[41]
• Jamie Salé & David Pelletier ^[42]
• Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo ^[43]
• Mao Shimada ^[44]
• Shin Ji-a ^[45]
• Deanna Stellato-Dudek & Maxime Deschamps ^[46]
• Sui Wenjing & Han Cong ^[47]
• Fumie Suguri ^[48]
• Daisuke Takahashi ^[49]
• Denis Ten ^[50]
• Kazuki Tomono ^[51]
• Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin ^[52]
• Tomáš Verner ^[53]
• Rinka Watanabe ^[54]
• Sota Yamamoto ^[55]
• Yan Han ^[56]
• Hana Yoshida ^[57]
• Nozomu Yoshioka ^[58]
• Yu Xiaoyu & Zhang Hao ^[59]
• Agnes Zawadzki ^[60]
• Caroline Zhang ^[61]
• Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao ^[62]
• Vincent Zhou ^[63]

References

1. "Best Performance Awards". Archived from the original on 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
2. "Canadian choreographer Lori Nichol takes her place in the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame – Skate Canada". skatecanada.ca. Archived from the original on 2015-02-11.
3. "Asada".
4. "Chan". Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
5. "Chen2".
6. "Chen1". Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
7. @AxelQuadruple (July 6, 2024). "Chiba" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
8. "Cohen".
9. "Czisny". Archived from the original on 28 September 2009.
10. "Daleman". Archived from the original on 20 September 2021.
11. "Dubé/Davidson". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009.
12. "Flatt". Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
13. "Gilles". Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
14. "Goebel". Archived from the original on 1 July 2006.
15. "Gold". Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
16. Gutmann, Lara Naki. "SHORT PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT". Instagram. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
17. "Higase-Chen". Archived from the original on 8 September 2025.
18. "Honda". Archived from the original on 1 October 2019.
19. "Jin". Archived from the original on 11 October 2021.
20. "Kagiyama". Archived from the original on 31 October 2021.
21. "Kawabe". Archived from the original on 27 October 2021.
22. "Kostner". Archived from the original on 22 March 2018.
23. "Kwan".
24. "Lee".
25. "Leung". Archived from the original on 1 May 2009.
26. "Li". Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.
27. "Liang". Archived from the original on 14 May 2008.
28. "Liu". Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
29. "Lysacek". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013.
30. "松生 理乃 Rino MATSUIKE". Fuji TV. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
31. "Meissner".
32. "Miyahara". Archived from the original on 6 October 2021.
33. "Mroz". Archived from the original on 21 October 2009.
34. "Nagasu". Archived from the original on 16 June 2012.
35. "Oda". Archived from the original on 12 March 2013.
36. "Pang/Tong". Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
37. "Peng/Jin".
38. "Peng/Wang". Archived from the original on 14 November 2023.
39. "Peng/Zhang". Archived from the original on 6 June 2016.
40. "Rochette".
41. "Rogozine". Archived from the original on 23 May 2015.
42. "Salé/Pelletier".
43. "Shen/Zhao".
44. "Shimada".
45. "Shin". Archived from the original on 23 August 2024.
46. "Stellato-Dudek/Dechamps".
47. "Sui/Han". Archived from the original on 27 October 2021.
48. "Suguri". Archived from the original on 5 June 2003.
49. "Takahashi". Archived from the original on 4 June 2014.
50. "Ten". Archived from the original on 24 October 2015.
51. @AxelQuadruple (July 6, 2024). "Tomono" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
52. "Totmianina/Marinin". Archived from the original on 23 July 2005.
53. "Verner".
54. "Watanabe" (PDF).
55. "フィギュア 2024-2025男子新プログラム一覧【鍵山優真・三浦佳生・佐藤駿 等】". Skate Japan. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
56. "Yan". Archived from the original on 1 November 2020.
57. "Yoshida".
58. @AxelQuadruple (July 8, 2023). "Yoshioka" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
59. "Yu/Zhang". Archived from the original on 3 December 2017.
60. "Zawadzki". Archived from the original on 16 August 2011.
61. "Zhang". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
62. "Zhang/Zhang".
63. "Zhou".