Lori Nichol
Lori Nichol is a Canadian figure skating choreographer and coach. She was a performer for the John Curry Company from 1983–1986 and won the silver medal at the World Professional Championships in 1983. She is a 4 time recipient of the Professional Skaters' Association's Choreographer of the Year Award 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 of 2014 she was elected into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
Her most notable clients as a choreographer have been:
- Patrick Chan (she also coached him from 2010 to 2012)
- Michelle Kwan
- Mao Asada
- Carolina Kostner
- Sasha Cohen
- Rachael Flatt
- Evan Lysacek
- Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin
- Pang Qing & Tong Jian
- Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo
- Gracie Gold
Choreographing career
Her current and former students include:
- Mao Asada
- Patrick Chan
- Sasha Cohen
- Alissa Czisny
- Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison
- Taylor Firth
- Rachael Flatt
- Alexe Gilles
- Timothy Goebel
- Carolina Kostner
- Michelle Kwan
- Mira Leung
- Beatrisa Liang
- Evan Lysacek
- Kimmie Meissner
- Brandon Mroz
- Mirai Nagasu
- Nobunari Oda
- Pang Qing & Tong Jian
- Joannie Rochette
- Jamie Salé & David Pelletier
- Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo
- Fumie Suguri
- Daisuke Takahashi
- Denis Ten
- Tomáš Verner
- Agnes Zawadzki
- Caroline Zhang
- Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao
- Gracie Gold
References
External links
- Nichol choreographing Michelle Kwan's "Taj Mahal" program.
- Nichol on working with Patrick Chan.
- Patrick Chan switches coaches to Lori Nichol.