Nikolaj Majorov

Nikolaj Majorov (born 18 August 2000) is a Swedish figure skater (men's singles and ice dance). He is the 2020 Swedish national champion.

Nikolaj Majorov
Nikolaj Majorov at the 2020 European Championships
Born	(2000-08-18) 18 August 2000 (age 24) Luleå, Sweden
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
Medal record
Swedish Championships 2019 Ulricehamn Singles 2021 Borlänge Falun Singles 2024 Norrköping Ice dance 2025 Västerås Ice dance 2018 Karlskrona Singles 2022 Borås Singles

Personal life

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]

Career

Early years

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.

2018–2019 season

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.

2019–2020 season

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]

2020–2021 season

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]

2021–2022 season

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]

2022–2023 season

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 practicing at the 2024 World Championships

2023–2024 season: Debut of Reitan/Majorov

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]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2022–2023 [23]	Rise by The Frames choreo. by Alexander Majorov	The Man in the Iron Mask by Nick Glennie-Smith choreo. by Alexander Majorov
2021–2022 [24]	The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel performed by Disturbed choreo. by Alexander Majorov
2020–2021 [25]	Writing's on the Wall by Sam Smith	Sayuri's Theme (from Memoirs of a Geisha) by John Williams	The Stroke by Billy Squier
2019–2020 [26]	Run Boy Run by Woodkid	The Addams Family by Andrew Lippa
2018–2019 [1]	Flamenco – Street Passion by Didulia
2017–2018 [27]	Bom Bom Pow performed by The Black Eyed Peas Pump It performed by The Black Eyed Peas	Pirates of the Caribbean by Hans Zimmer
2016–2017 [28]	Dream a Little Dream of Me performed by Michael Bublé Love You Baby by Frank Sinatra	Hungarian Dance No. 5 by Johannes Brahms Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt Czardas by Vittorio Monti

Competitive highlights

• GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
• JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
• CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
• C – Event was cancelled
• WD – Withdrew from competition

Ice dance with Milla Ruud Reitan

Competition placements at senior level ^[29]

Season	2023–24	2024–25
World Championships	28th
European Championships	27th	17th
Swedish Championships	1st	1st
CS Budapest Trophy	8th
CS Denis Ten Memorial	4th	9th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy	13th
CS Nepela Memorial		6th
CS Warsaw Cup		9th
Bavarian Open	5th

Single skating

Competition placements at senior level ^[30]

Season	2018–19	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
Winter Olympics				21st
World Championships		C	23rd	19th
European Championships	27th	15th		WD
Swedish Championships	2nd	1st	C	1st	2nd
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

Competition placements at junior level ^[30][12][5]

Season	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20
World Junior Championships		31st		21st	13th
Swedish Championships	1st		2nd
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

Detailed results

Ice dance with Milla Ruud Reitan

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[29]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	172.56	2024 CS Nepela Memorial
Rhythm dance	TSS	66.87	2024 CS Nepela Memorial
	TES	38.87	2024 CS Nepela Memorial
	PCS	28.00	2024 CS Nepela Memorial
Free dance	TSS	105.69	2024 CS Nepela Memorial
	TES	59.79	2024 CS Nepela Memorial
	PCS	45.90	2024 CS Nepela Memorial

Results in the 2023–24 season ^[29]

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–23, 2023	2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	12	56.43	13	85.43	13	141.86
Oct 12–15, 2023	2023 CS Budapest Trophy	10	60.69	9	94.10	8	154.79
Nov 1–4, 2023	2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	5	62.94	4	97.82	4	160.76
Dec 14–17, 2023	2024 Swedish Championships	1	64.50	1	91.98	1	156.48
Jan 8–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	27	54.89	—	—	27	54.89
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024	2024 Bavarian Open	6	61.02	5	96.37	5	157.39
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	28	61.13	—	—	28	61.13

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[29]

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 2–5, 2024	2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	11	58.88	8	101.90	9	160.78
Oct 24–26, 2024	2024 CS Nepela Memorial	6	66.87	6	105.69	6	172.56
Nov 20-24, 2024	2024 CS Warsaw Cup	11	65.47	8	101.78	9	167.25
Dec 12-15, 2024	2025 Swedish Championships	1	66.66	1	101.16	1	167.82
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025	2025 European Championships	17	62.19	18	100.05	17	162.24

Single skating

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[30]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
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

ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System ^[30]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
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

Senior level

Results in the 2018–19 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Results in the 2019–20 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Results in the 2020–21 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Results in the 2021–22 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Results in the 2022–23 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Junior level

Results in the 2015–16 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Results in the 2016–17 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Results in the 2017–18 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Results in the 2018–19 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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

Results in the 2019–20 season ^[30]

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		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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External links

• Nikolaj Majorov at the International Skating Union
• Milla Ruud Reitan & Nikolaj Majorov at SkatingScores
• Nikolaj Majorov at SkatingScores
• Nikolaj Majorov at Olympedia
• Nikolaj Majorov at Olympics.com
• Nikolaj Majorov at the Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté (in Swedish) (English translation)
• Nikolaj Majorov on Instagram