Nicole Schott

Nicole Schott (born 12 September 1996) is a German figure skater. She is the 2016 CS Warsaw Cup champion, the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy bronze medalist, a two-time NRW Trophy champion (2014, 2016), and a seven-time German national champion (2012, 2015, 2018–20, 2022–23). She has finished within the top ten at two World and four European Championships.

Nicole Schott
Schott at the 2019 Internationaux de France
Personal information
Country represented Germany
Born (1996-09-12) 12 September 1996
Essen, Germany
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
CoachMichael Huth
Former coachGudrun Pladdies
ChoreographerMichael Huth, Rostislav Sinicyn
Former choreographerNatasha Devisch
Skating clubEssener Jugend FSC
Training locationsOberstdorf
Former training locationsEssen
Dortmund
Began skating1999
World standing24 (2020–21)
29 (2019–20)
31 (2018–19)
19 (2017–18)
29 (2016–17)
70 (2015–16)
19 (2014–15)
ISU personal best scores
Combined total197.76
2023 Worlds
Short program67.77
2022 Worlds
Free skate130.47
2023 Worlds

Schott represented Germany at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, placing eighteenth and seventeenth, respectively.

Personal life

Nicole Schott was born in Essen. Her father played ice hockey and her younger sister, Vivienne Schott, has competed in figure skating.[1][2]

Career

In March 2011, Schott represented Germany at the World Junior Championships in Gangneung, South Korea. Ranked 15th in the short program, she qualified for the free skate and finished 22nd overall. In January 2012, Schott won the German national senior title. She was coached by Gudrun Pladdies.[3]

Schott switched to Michael Huth in Oberstdorf in the summer of 2014.[4] She won her first senior international medal, gold, at the NRW Trophy in November 2014. In December, she won her second German national title, finishing ahead of Nathalie Weinzierl by nine points. She reached the free skate at both of her ISU Championship assignments, placing ninth at the 2015 Europeans in Stockholm, Sweden, and 23rd at the 2015 Worlds in Shanghai, China.

In November 2016, Schott stepped on her first ISU Challenger Series podium, taking gold at the Warsaw Cup ahead of Australia's Kailani Craine. [2] She finished tenth at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Schott competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics and finished eighteenth.[5]

Schott withdrew from the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki due to the flu and a still-healing knee injury.[6]

Named to her second German Olympic team, Schott finished seventeenth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[7] Days after the Olympics concluded, Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian skaters from competing at the 2022 World Championships. This had a major impact on the women's field, dominated by Russians for most of the preceding eight years.[8] Schott unexpectedly placed sixth in the short program with a new personal best.[9] Fourteenth in the free skate, she was tenth overall.[10] Schott achieved an even better result the following year, coming seventh at the 2023 World Championships.[11]

Programs
Schott at the 2012 German Championships
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022-2023
[12]
2021–2022
[13]
2020–2021
[14]
2019–2020
[15]
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[16]
2016–2017
[17]
2015–2016
[18]
2014–2015
[4][19]
2012–2014
  • Prayer for Taylor
    by Michael W. Smith
2010–2012
[3][20]
  • El Tango de Roxanne
    (from Moulin Rouge!)

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[10]
Event 07–08 08–09 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
Olympics18th17th
Worlds23rd19th13th16thC18th10th7th
Europeans9th10th10th16th13th13th9th
GP FinlandWD
GP France7th7thC
GP Italy10th
GP NHK Trophy8th
GP Rostelecom10thWD9th
GP Skate America7th
GP Wilson Trophy6th
CS Asian Open6th
CS BudapestWD10th
CS Finlandia5th17th
CS Golden Spin11th4th10th3rd7th
CS Ice Star5th
CS Lombardia9th
CS NebelhornWD3rd4th
CS Tallinn9th3rd10th
CS Warsaw Cup9th4th1stWD4th4th
Bavarian Open12th9th5th2nd
Challenge CupWD
Cup of Nice4th
Cup of Tyrol2nd
FBMA Trophy2nd
Golden Bear3rd4th
Hellmut Seibt6th
Jégvirág Cup2nd
NRW Trophy21st1st1stWD
Printemps14th3rd
Toruń Cup4th
International: Junior[10]
Junior Worlds22nd
JGP Croatia
JGP Estonia10th
JGP Poland14th
JGP Slovakia11th
JGP Slovenia7th
Bavarian Open7th
Crystal Skate5th1st
Ice Challenge7th
NRW Trophy14th6th9th
Skate Celje4th
Warsaw Cup1st5th
International: Novice[10]
NRW Trophy7th10th1st
National[10]
German Champ.4th N1st N8th J6th1st8th3rd1st3rdWD1st1st1stWD1st1st
Team events
Olympics7th T
8th P		9th T
6th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled
T = Team result; P = Personal result
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References
  1. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018.
  2. Flade, Tatjana (17 August 2017). "Germany's Nicole Schott approaches Olympic season with confidence". Golden Skate.
  3. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012.
  4. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015.
  5. "Athlete Profile - Nicole SCHOTT". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018.
  6. "Eiskunstläuferin Schott muss Saisonstart verschieben" (in German). sport.de. 30 October 2018. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018.
  7. Penny, Brandon (February 17, 2022). "Re-live every moment of the historic Olympic women's free skate". NBC Sports.
  8. Campigotto, Jesse (March 22, 2022). "Get ready for a bizarre figure skating world championships". CBC Sports.
  9. Slater, Paula (March 23, 2022). "Sakamoto tops Olympic score at Worlds". Golden Skate.
  10. "Competition Results: Nicole SCHOTT". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2018.
  11. Slater, Paula (March 24, 2023). "Kaori Sakamoto defends World title". Golden Skate.
  12. "Nicole Schott". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  13. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2021.
  14. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.
  15. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019.
  16. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018.
  17. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  18. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  19. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 November 2014.
  20. "Nicole SCHOTT: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2011.

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