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 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]
Choreographing career
Her most notable clients as a choreographer have included the following current and former students.
- Mao Asada
- Patrick Chan (she also coached him from 2010 to 2012)
- Nathan Chen
- Sasha Cohen
- Alissa Czisny
- Gabrielle Daleman
- Jessica Dubé & Bryce Davison
- Rachael Flatt
- Alexe Gilles
- Timothy Goebel
- Gracie Gold
- Marin Honda
- Jin Boyang
- Yuma Kagiyama
- Carolina Kostner
- Michelle Kwan
- Mira Leung
- Beatrisa Liang
- Evan Lysacek
- Kimmie Meissner
- Satoko Miyahara
- Brandon Mroz
- Mirai Nagasu
- Alysa Liu
- Nobunari Oda
- Pang Qing & Tong Jian
- Peng Cheng & Jin Yang
- Joannie Rochette
- Jamie Salé & David Pelletier
- Shen Xue & Zhao Hongbo
- Fumie Suguri
- Sui Wenjing & Han Cong
- Daisuke Takahashi
- Tatiana Totmianina & Maxim Marinin
- Denis Ten
- Tomáš Verner
- Yan Han
- Yu Xiaoyu & Zhang Hao
- Agnes Zawadzki
- Caroline Zhang
- Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao
- Vincent Zhou