Maria Artemieva

Maria Eduardovna Artemyeva (Russian: Мария Эдуардовна Артемьева; born 11 March 1993) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2013 Cup of Nice champion, 2015 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, and winner of four ISU Challenger Series medals.

Maria Artemyeva
Full name	Maria Eduardovna Artemyeva
Native name	Мария Эдуардовна Артемьева
Born	(1993-03-11) 11 March 1993 (age 31) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Evgeni Rukavicin
Skating club	Figure Skating Academy St. Petersburg
Retired	2016
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Ladies' singles Winter Universiade 2015 Granada Ladies' singles

Personal life

Maria Eduardovna Artemyeva^[1] was born 11 March 1993 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.^[2]

Career

2008 to 2013

In the 2008–09 season, Artemyeva made her junior international debut, taking the bronze medal at Cup of Nice, and competed on the senior level at the Russian Championships, finishing 10th. The following season, she placed 4th at the 2009 Junior Grand Prix in Zagreb, Croatia — the first and only JGP assignment of her career — and won the junior silver medal at Cup of Nice.

Making her senior international debut, Artemyeva placed 14th at the 2010 Golden Spin of Zagreb. After placing 12th at the 2011 Russian Championships, she was sent to her first Winter Universiade, where she finished 11th. Her first senior international medal, bronze, came at the 2011 Golden Spin of Zagreb and her first win at the 2013 International Cup of Nice.

2014–15 season

Artemyeva placed sixth in her ISU Challenger Series (CS) debut, at the Finlandia Trophy in October 2014. In November, making her Grand Prix (GP) debut, she placed 10th at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup and then 6th at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. In December, she was awarded her first CS medal, silver, at the 2014 Golden Spin of Zagreb, having finished second to Finland's Kiira Korpi. Artemieva was 8th at the 2015 Russian Championships and ended her season with a bronze medal at the 2015 Winter Universiade, behind Alena Leonova and Maé-Bérénice Méité.

2015–16 to present

Beginning the 2015–16 season on the CS series, Artemyeva obtained bronze medals at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy and 2015 Mordovian Ornament and silver at the 2015 Ice Challenge. She finished 11th at her GP assignment, the 2015 NHK Trophy.

The following season, she was invited to the 2016 Skate Canada International but withdrew in September.^[3]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2016–17	Nocturne in E minor, Op. posth. 72 by Frédéric Chopin	The Easy Virtue Tango (from Easy Virtue) by Marius de Vries
2015–16 [2]	At Last performed by Etta James choreo. by Olga Glinka	24 Preludes, Op. 28, Molto Agitato by Frédéric Chopin performed by Ivan Moravec Revolutionary Étude by Frédéric Chopin performed by Vladimir Ashkenazy Nocturne in C-sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin performed by Maria João Pires choreo. by Olga Glinka, Konstantin Menshov
2014–15 [4][5]	Tango (from Coco Channel) by Andrea Guerra Eye by Coba choreo. by Olga Glinka
2013–14 [6]	Maestro (from The Holiday) by Hans Zimmer	Die Another Day by David Arnold

Competitive highlights

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

International[7]
Event	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
GP Bompard						6th
GP NHK Trophy							11th
GP Rostelecom Cup						10th
GP Skate Canada								WD
CS Finlandia						6th
CS Golden Spin						2nd
CS Ice Challenge							2nd
CS Mordovian							3rd
CS Ondrej Nepela							3rd
Winter Universiade			11th		7th	3rd
Cup of Nice					1st
Gardena Trophy				4th
Golden Spin			14th	3rd
Merano Cup							5th
International: Junior[7]
JGP Croatia		4th
Cup of Nice	3rd J	2nd J
National[8]
Russian Champ.	10th	12th	12th	13th	11th	8th	12th
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

References

1. СПИСОК кандидатов в спортивные сборные команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2015-2016 гг. [List of candidates for 2015-2016 Russian national team] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
2. "Maria ARTEMIEVA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
3. "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. 21 September 2016.
4. Ermolina, Olga (8 October 2014). Мария Артемьева: «В этом сезоне многое будет в новинку» [Maria Artemieva: "Many new things this season"] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014.
5. "Maria ARTEMIEVA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. "Maria ARTEMIEVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 June 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. "Competition Results: Maria ARTEMIEVA". International Skating Union.
8. Мария Эдуардовна Артемьева [Maria Eduardovna Artemieva]. fskate.ru (in Russian).

External links

• Maria Artemieva at the International Skating Union