Milica Brozović

Milica Brozović
Milica Brozović
	Brozovic and Futas in 2004
Other names	Meliza Brozovich
Born	17 October 1983 (age 40); Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Slovakia ; Russia
Partner	Vladimir Futáš (SVK) ; Anton Nimenko (RUS)
Coach	Vladimir Dvojnikov, Nina Mozer
Skating club	SKP Bratislava
Began skating	1990
Retired	2005

Milica Brozović, sometimes Meliza Brozovich, (born 17 October 1983) is a former competitive pair skater. Skating with Anton Nimenko for Russia, she became the 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist and won four ISU Junior Grand Prix medals. Representing Slovakia with Vladimir Futáš, she won silver at the 2004 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. She competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships.

Skating career[edit]

Brozović began learning to skate in 1990.^[1] Starting in 1998, she appeared internationally for Russia with Anton Nimenko.

Brozović/Nimenko received the bronze medal at the 1998 Nebelhorn Trophy in late August.^[2] Competing in the 1998–1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, they won gold in September in Mexico City, Mexico, and took silver the following month in Beijing, China. They finished fifth at the 1999 World Junior Championships, held in late November in Zagreb, Croatia; and fourth at the Junior Grand Prix Final, which took place in March in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

Competing in the 1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Brozović/Nimenko won silver at a September event in Zagreb and bronze at their October assignment in The Hague, Netherlands. At the 2000 Russian Championships, they finished fifth competing in the senior ranks and then took bronze at the junior event. In March, they placed seventh at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany.

In October 2000, Brozović/Nimenko placed fourth at the 1999–2000 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ostrava, Czech Republic. It was their final international together. Nina Mozer coached the pair in Moscow.^[3]^[4]

In the spring of 2003, Brozović teamed up with Vladimir Futáš to compete for Slovakia.^[5] During their first season together, they appeared at one Grand Prix event, placing 8th at the 2003 NHK Trophy, and became the Slovak national champions. They placed 14th at the 2004 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary; and 15th at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund, Germany.

In their second and final season together, Brozović/Futáš took silver at the 2004 Ondrej Nepela Memorial and finished 9th at a Grand Prix competition, the 2004 Skate Canada International. They were coached by Vladimir Dvojnikov in Bratislava.^[5]

Season	Short program	Free skating
2004–2005 ^[1]^[5]	Caravan of Light by David Arkenstone choreo. by Julie Marcotte	Pinocchio (soundtrack) choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2003–2004 ^[6]	Caravan of Light by David Arkenstone choreo. by Natalia Pavlova	Piano Concerto No. 1 by Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov choreo. by Natalia Pavlova

Season	Short program	Free skating
1999–2000 ^[3]		Giselle by Adolphe Adam

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Milica BROZOVIC / Vladimir FUTAS: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 November 2005.
^ "1998 Nebelhorn Trophy". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 3 January 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "BROZOVIC Milica / NIMENKO Anton". figureskating.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016.
^ "Brozovic & Nimenko". pairsonice.net. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mittan, Barry (5 December 2004). "Slovak Pair Tests New ISU Costume Rules". Skate Today. Archived from the original on 6 June 2013.
^ "Milica BROZOVIC / Vladimir FUTAS: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.
^ "Милица Анжеловна Брозович" [Milica Brozović]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.

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