Nikolaj Majorov (born 18 August 2000) is a Swedish

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. He is the 2020 Swedish national champion.

Personal life

Majorov was born on 18 August 2000 in Luleå, Sweden. His parents – Alexander Majorov Sr., a figure skating coach, and Irina Majorova, a choreographer and dance teacher – moved to Sweden from Russia. He is the younger brother of Swedish figure skater Alexander Majorov. He has stated that his career goal following his competitive skating career is to become a police officer.

Career

Early years

Majorov began learning to skate in 2002. He competed in the advanced novice ranks through February 2015. His junior international debut came in October 2015 at the

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. He placed 31st at the 2017 World Junior Championships in

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. On 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, advancing to the free skate.

2018–2019 season

Majorov made his senior international debut in October at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy. He won silver in the senior men's category in the Swedish Championships in December. Along with his brother, he was assigned to the 2019 European Championships, which took place in January in

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. He placed twenty-seventh in the short program and did not advance further. In March, Majorov qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships in

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. He ranked twenty-third in the short program, twentieth in the free skate, and twenty-first overall.

2019–2020 season

Majorov started his season at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where he placed eighth. His season continued at the

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, 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

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, but the championships were cancelled as a result of the

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2020–2021 season

Majorov started his season off at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, which, due to the pandemic, was attended only by skaters from and training in Europe. Sixth in the short program, he scored a personal best in the free skate and won the bronze medal. He was assigned to make his

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debut at the 2020 Internationaux de France, but this event was cancelled as a result of the pandemic. He participated at the

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, held in Sweden, where he placed twentieth in the short program and twenty-third in the free program to finish twenty-third overall. This result qualified a men's place for Sweden at the

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. In the free skate, he became the first Swede to land a

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in competition.

2021–2022 season

Debuting at the

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, 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 was fourteenth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, and withdrew from the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. After winning a silver medal at the

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, Majorov was assigned to compete at the 2022 European Championships but was forced to withdraw after testing positive for

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. Days later it was announced that the

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had decided to allow both Majorov and Josefin Taljegård to take up the Olympic berths they had earned at the previous World Championships, contrary to what was expected based on the criteria. 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." Competing in the Olympic men's event, he placed twentieth in the short program, qualifying to the free skate. He finished twenty-first overall. He was nineteenth at the 2022 World Championships to end the season.

2022–2023 season

Majorov competed in two Challenger events to begin the season, finishing seventh at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy and eighth at the 2022 CS Ice Challenge. He then made his

debut at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, placing sixth. Following the end of the season, Majorov announced his plans to represent Sweden in

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Programs

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Majorov, Nikolaj 2000 births Swedish male single skaters Swedish people of Russian descent Living people People from Luleå Figure skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Sweden Sportspeople from Norrbotten County