Evgenia Borisovna Kosigina (russian: Евгения Борисовна Косыгина; born 20 March 1995) is a Russian former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With

Nikolai Moroshkin Nikolai Yurievich Moroshkin (russian: Николай Юрьевич Морошкин: born 15 November 1993) is a Russian choreographer and former competitive ice dancer. With Evgenia Kosigina, he won six medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix serie ...

, she won six medals on the

ISU Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

series and finished in the top ten at three World Junior Championships.

Career

Kosigina began skating to improve her health and took up

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

when she was eight. She competed in novice ice dance with Anatoli Kolisgo and later skated with

Sergei Mozgov Sergey Alexandrovich Mozgov (russian: Серге́й Александрович Мозгов; born 10 March 1995) is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer. With former partner Betina Popova, he is the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup champion. With former ...

, with whom she debuted on the Junior Grand Prix. Her partner left her after the 2009–10 season. Kosigina began skating with

in June 2010, coached by

Alexei Gorshkov Alexei Yurievich Gorshkov (russian: Алексей Юрьевич Горшков; born 30 January 1967) is a Russian ice dancing coach. Coaching career Gorshkov coaches in Odintsovo, near Moscow. His notable senior dance teams are: * Albena D ...

in Kosigina's hometown of

Odintsovo Odintsovo ( rus, Одинцово, , ɐdʲɪnˈtsovə) is a city and the administrative center of Odintsovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Western suburb of Moscow. Population: History The village of Odintsovo was established in the late ...

, near

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. During the 2010–11 season, Kosigina/Moroshkin won bronze at their first JGP event, in

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, France. At their second event, in

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, Germany, they won a gold medal. These medals qualified them for the

Junior Grand Prix Final The ISU Junior Grand Prix Final or JGP Final (titled the ISU Junior Series Final in the 1997–98 season) is the culmination of a series of junior-level competitions – the ISU Junior Grand Prix organized by the International Skating Union. Medals ...

, 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 Igor Yuryevich Shpilband (russian: Игорь Юрьевич Шпильбанд, born July 14, 1964) is an American ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. He is the 1983 World Junior champion with former partner Tatiana G ...

in preparation for the 2012–13 season. They won a pair of silver medals at their events in

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and

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, Croatia, and finished sixth at the JGP Final in

Sochi Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...

, 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 Alexandra Nikolayevna Stepanova (russian: Александра Николаевна Степанова; born 19 August 1995) is a Russian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Ivan Bukin, she is a four-time European medalist (silver in 2019, br ...

Ivan Bukin Ivan Andreyevich Bukin (russian: Иван Андреевич Букин; born 16 September 1993) is a Russian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Alexandra Stepanova, he is a four-time European medalist (silver in 2019, bronze in 2015, 2018 a ...

withdrew.

Programs

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by

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, *

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Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Moroshkin

With Mozgov

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kosigina, Evgenia Russian female ice dancers 1995 births Living people People from Odintsovo Competitors at the 2015 Winter Universiade