Nikolaj Majorov | ||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Luleå, Sweden | 18 August 2000|||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Norrköping, Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | ||||||||||||||||||
Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Ice dance (since 2023) Men's singles (2011–23) | |||||||||||||||||
Partner | Milla Ruud Reitan | |||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||
Highest WS | 55th | |||||||||||||||||
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Nikolaj Majorov (born 18 August 2000) is a Swedish figure skater (men's singles and ice dance). He is the 2020 Swedish national champion.
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]
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
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 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]
Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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2022–2023 [23] |
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2021–2022 [24] |
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2020–2021 [25] |
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2019–2020 [26] | |||
2018–2019 [1] |
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2017–2018 [27] |
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2016–2017 [28] |
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Season | 2023–24 |
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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 |
Season | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 |
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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 |
Season | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
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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 |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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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 | |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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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 | |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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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 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Mar 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 14 | 72.49 | 12 | 127.36 | 13 | 199.85 |
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