Evgenia Borisovna Kosigina (; born 20 March 1995) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With Nikolai Moroshkin, she won six medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix 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 when she was eight. She competed in novice ice dance with Anatoli Kolisgo and later skated with Sergey Mozgov, with whom she debuted on the Junior Grand Prix. Her partner left her after the 2009–10 season.
Kosigina began skating with Nikolai Moroshkin in June 2010, coached by Alexei Gorshkov in Kosigina's hometown of Odintsovo, near Moscow. During the 2010–11 season, Kosigina/Moroshkin won bronze at their first JGP event, in Courchevel, France. At their second event, in Dresden, Germany, they won a gold medal. These medals qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final, 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 in preparation for the 2012–13 season. They won a pair of silver medals at their events in Lake Placid, New York, and Zagreb, Croatia, and finished sixth at the JGP Final in Sochi, 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 / Ivan Bukin withdrew.
Programs (with Moroshkin)
Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition 2014–2015 Malagueña by Connie Francis España cañí Vai vedrai Balade Au Bout D'une Échelle from Cirque du Soleil 2013–2014 Bei mir bist du schoen performed by Puppini Sisters Juke Box by Dimie Cat Bei mir bist du schoen performed by Puppini Sisters Flamenco Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla 2012–2013 Blues and swing: Capone by Ronan Hardiman Liberian Girl by Michael Jackson Heartbeat by Nneka 2011–2012 Chilly Cha Cha ? Walpurgisnight 2010–2011 Shar Goluboy () by unknown Waltz No. 7 by Frédéric Chopin Strangers in the Night by Frank Sinatra
Competitive highlights CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Moroshkin International Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 Winter Universiade 4th Golden Spin 5th Warsaw Cup 4th Ice Star 2nd International: Junior World Junior Champ. 6th 6th 9th Final 6th 6th Croatia 2nd Estonia 3rd France 3rd Germany 1st Latvia 2nd Poland 4th United States 2nd Istanbul Cup 2nd J National Russian Champ. 6th Russian Junior Champ. 3rd 5th 2nd 4th J = Junior level
With Mozgov International Event 08–09 09–10 Hungary 5th NRW Trophy 5th J National Russian Junior Champ. 11th 12th J = Junior level
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