Iuliia Sergeevna Artemeva (russian: Юлия Сергеевна Артемьева, born 16 March 2005) is a Russian

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. With her former partner,

Mikhail Nazarychev Mikhail Alekseevich Nazarychev (russian: Михаил Алексеевич Назарычев, born 2 April 2001) is a Russian pair skater. With his former partner, Iuliia Artemeva, he is the 2020 World Junior bronze medalist, the 2020 Russia ...

, she is the

2021 Gran Premio d'Italia The 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia was the third event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Torino Palavela in Turin on November 5–7. It was the replacem ...

bronze medalist. On the junior level, Artemeva/Nazarychev are the 2020 World Junior bronze medalists, the 2020 Russian junior national bronze medalists, the 2019 JGP Croatia champions, the 2019 JGP Russia silver medalists, and 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final qualifiers.

Career

Early years

Artemeva began learning how to skate in 2008 at the age of three. Up until the end of

2017–18 figure skating season The 2017–18 figure skating season began on July 1, 2017, and ended on June 30, 2018. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level in the 2018 European, Four Continents, World Junior, and World Championships, as well ...

, she trained as a

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in her hometown of

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at the Strela Youth Sports School. Coached by Svetlana Romanova and Rezeda Sibgatullina, she finished 14th at 2018 Russian Younger Age Nationals. Artemeva made the transition to pairs at the beginning of the

2018–19 figure skating season The 2018–19 figure skating season began on July 1, 2018, and ended on June 30, 2019. During this season, elite skaters competed at the ISU Championship level in the 2019 2019 European Figure Skating Championships, European, 2019 Four Continents ...

, teaming up with current partner

and relocating to Perm. Artemeva/Nazarychev only competed domestically during the 2018–19 season and finished 10th at 2019 Russian Elder Age Nationals.

2019–20 season

Artemeva/Nazarychev made their international junior debut in September at the 2019 JGP Russia. The team placed second in both their short program and their free skate to earn a silver medal on the all-Russian podium between teammates Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov and

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/ Ilya Mironov. At their second

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

assignment, 2019 JGP Croatia, Artemeva/Nazarychev won gold and set new personal bests after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate, thus qualifying to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. In qualifying to the Final, Artemeva/Nazarychev secured byes into the 2020 Russian Championships on both the senior and junior levels. They placed fourth at the Final. Seventh at the senior nationals, they were bronze medalists at junior nationals, securing a place at the 2020 World Junior Championships in

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. Artemeva/Nazarychev were third in the short program, narrowly behind second-place finishers Akhanteva/Kolesov. The free skate proved a struggle, Artemeva falling on both throw jumps as well as her side-by-side double Axel attempt. They nevertheless remained in bronze medal position, aided by errors by fourth-place finishers Hocke/ Kunkel of Germany.

2020–21 season

Artemeva/Nazarychev made their

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debut at the

2020 Rostelecom Cup The 2020 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event in the 2020–21 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Megasport Sport Palace in Moscow, Russia on November 20–22. Medals wer ...

, where they finished fifth. They placed eighth at the 2021 Russian Championships and then won the Russian junior national title.

2021–22 season

Artemeva/Nazarychev were initially assigned to the

2021 Cup of China The 2021 Cup of China was scheduled to be the third event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was to be held at the Chongqing Huaxi Culture and Sports Center in Chong ...

as their first

, but following the event's cancellation they were reassigned to the

. Fourth in the short program, they rose to third in the free skate to win the bronze medal behind Chinese teams Sui/

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and

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/ Jin. At their second event, the

2021 Internationaux de France The 2021 Internationaux de France was the fifth event in the 2021–22 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Patinoire Polesud in Grenoble on November 19–21. Medals w ...

, they placed second in both programs to take the silver medal, making only one error in their free skate when Artemeva doubled and stepped out of her planned triple toe loop. Nazarychev said afterward, "overall, it was a good performance. We set goals for ourselves to do well on the Grand Prix, and I think we fulfilled that." At the 2022 Russian Championships, Artemeva/Nazarychev finished in fifth. They also competed at the junior edition, losing to Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk. On 2 June 2022, it was announced that Artemeva/Nazarychev had ended their partnership. Artemeva teamed up with Aleksei Briukhanov.

Programs

With Briukhanov

With Nazarychev

Competitive highlights

''GP:

; CS: Challenger Series; JGP:

With Briukhanov

With Nazarychev

Detailed results

2019-2020 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final Iuliia Artemeva Mikhail Nazarychev 2019 12 07 2109

''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests highlighted in'' bold.

With Briukhanov

With Nazarychev

Senior results

Junior results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Artemeva, Iuliia 2005 births Russian female pair skaters Living people Sportspeople from Kazan World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists