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
- ^ "Best Performance Awards". Archived from the original on 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Asada
- ^ Chan
- ^ Chen2
- ^ Chen1
- ^ [1]
- ^ Cohen
- ^ Czisny
- ^ Daleman
- ^ Dubé/Davidson
- ^ Flatt
- ^ Gilles
- ^ Goebel
- ^ Gold
- ^ Gutmann, Lara Naki. "SHORT PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Higase-Chen
- ^ Honda
- ^ Jin
- ^ Kagiyama
- ^ Kawabe
- ^ Kostner
- ^ Kwan
- ^ Lee
- ^ Leung
- ^ Li
- ^ Liang
- ^ "Liu". Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
- ^ Lysacek
- ^ "松生 理乃 Rino MATSUIKE". Fuji TV. Fuji Tv. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ Meissner
- ^ Miyahara
- ^ Mroz
- ^ Nagasu
- ^ Oda
- ^ "Pang/Tong". Archived from the original on 2012-01-28. Retrieved 2012-01-28.
- ^ Peng/Jin
- ^ Peng/Wang
- ^ Peng/Zhang
- ^ Rochette
- ^ Rogozine
- ^ Salé/Pelletier
- ^ Shen/Zhao
- ^ Shimada
- ^ Shin
- ^ Stellato-Dudek/Dechamps
- ^ Sui/Han
- ^ Suguri
- ^ Takahashi
- ^ Ten
- ^ Tomono
- ^ Totmianina/Marinin
- ^ Verner
- ^ Watanabe
- ^ "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. Skate Japan. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Yan
- ^ Yoshida
- ^ Yoshioka
- ^ Yu/Zhang
- ^ Zawadzki
- ^ "Zhang". Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-10-01.
- ^ Zhang/Zhang
- ^ Zhou