Lori Nichol is a Canadian figure skating choreographer and coach. She was a performer for the John Curry Company from 1983 to 1986 and won the silver medal at the World Professional Championships in 1983. She is a four-time recipient of the Professional Skaters' Association's Choreographer of the Year Award [1] 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 2014, she was elected into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.[2]
Her most notable clients as a choreographer have included the following current and former students.
Michelle Kwan[3]
Jamie Salé & David Pelletier[4] Timothy Goebel[5] Mira Leung[6]
Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo[7]
Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin[8] Beatrisa Liang[9] Evan Lysacek[10]
Fumie Suguri[11] Kimmie Meissner[12] Pang Qing & Tong Jian[13] Sasha Cohen[14]Joannie Rochette[15] Mao Asada[16] Patrick Chan (she also coached him from 2010 to 2012)[17] Alissa Czisny[18] Rachael Flatt[19] Agnes Zawadzki[20] Caroline Zhang[21] Alexe Gilles[22] Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison[23] Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao[24]
Carolina Kostner[25] Brandon Mroz[26]
Tomáš Verner[27] Peng Cheng & Zhang Hao[28] Mirai Nagasu[29] Nobunari Oda[30] Andrei Rogozine[31] Li Zijun[32] Yu Xiaoyu & Zhang Hao[33] Sui Wenjing & Han Cong[34] Peng Cheng & Jin Yang[35] Daisuke Takahashi[36] Gabrielle Daleman[37]
Denis Ten[38] Gracie Gold[39] Nathan Chen[40] Chen Hongyi[41] Marin Honda[42] Jin Boyang[43] Satoko Miyahara[44] Yan Han[45] Vincent Zhou[46] Alysa Liu[47] Yuma Kagiyama[48] Mana Kawabe[49] Mao Shimada[50] Hana Yoshida[51] Nozomu Yoshioka[52]
Lee Hae-in[53]