Artem Knyazev

Artem Knyazev
Artem Knyazev
	Knyazev with Aganina at the 2004 NHK Trophy
Native name	Артём Князев
Other names	Artyom Knyazev
Born	May 16, 1980 (age 44); Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height	184 cm (6.04 ft)
Figure skating career
Country	Uzbekistan
Skating club	Alpomish, Tashkent
Began skating	1985
Retired	2007
Medal record
Representing Uzbekistan
Figure skating: Pairs
Asian Winter Games

Artem Knyazev (Russian: Артём Князев; born 16 May 1980) is an Uzbekistani former pair skater. He competed for much of his career with Marina Aganina. They became the 2004–05 Uzbekistani national champions and competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Career

Knyazev competed with Irina Galkina at the 1997 and 1998 World Junior Championships. They parted ways at the end of the 1997–98 season.

In 1998, Knyazev began a two-season partnership with Irina Shabanova. The pair placed eighth at the 1999 Four Continents Championships and ninth in 2000 Four Continents. They trained in Pervouralsk, Russia.^[1]

Knyazev teamed up with Marina Aganina in 2000. The pair was coached by Petr Kiprushev in Pervouralsk.^[2] In the 2005–06 season, Knyazev began helping coach himself and Aganina.^[3] They represented Uzbekistan at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where they placed 16th.^[4] Knyazev retired from competition following the 2006–07 season. He co-coached Aganina and her new partner.

Knyazev has performed in and directed Russian ice shows.^[5]

Programs

With Aganina

Season	Short program	Free skating
2005–07 ^[6]^[3]	La bohème by Giacomo Puccini Musetta's Solo Pas de Deux	Dell Arte by the Gold Rush Rollerball – Albioni Where Dreams are born (from A.I. Artificial Intelligence) by John Williams Danse Napolitaine by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2004–05 ^[2]	La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus	Quidam (from Cirque du Soleil) by Benoît Jutras
2003–04 ^[7]	Odyssey – Calypso and Ulysses by Ioannidis Nikolaos	Quidam by Benoît Jutras
2002–03 ^[8]	Dance Diabolique by Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.	Quidam by Benoît Jutras
2000–01 ^[9]	Music by Ernst Neizvestny	The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

With Shabanova

Season	Short program	Free skating
1999–2000 ^[1]		Nobody Home by Pink Floyd

Results

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Series / Junior Grand Prix

With Aganina

International^[10]
Event	00–01	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06	06–07
Olympics						16th
Worlds		20th	20th	19th	14th	16th	21st
Four Continents	11th		10th	10th	8th	8th	8th
GP Cup of China					7th	7th
GP NHK Trophy				10th	9th	6th
Asian Games			3rd				3rd
Golden Spin			3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy						15th
Schäfer Memorial						10th
Skate Israel				2nd
International: Junior^[10]
Junior Worlds	16th
National^[10]
Uzbekistani	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st

With Shabanova

International^[1]
Event	1998–1999	1999–2000
Four Continents Champ.	8th	9th
International: Junior^[1]
World Junior Champ.	WD	19th
JGP Slovakia	11th
JGP Sweden		8th
JGP Ukraine	7th
National^[1]
Uzbekistani Champ.		2nd

With Galkina

International^[11]
Event	1996–97	1997–98
World Junior Champ.	16th	15th
JGP Ukraine	7th
National^[11]
Uzbekistani Champ.	2nd	2nd

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Irina SHABANOVA / Artem KNYAZEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005.
^ ^a ^b "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2006.
^ "Artyom Knyazev". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
^ "Артем Князев" [Artem Knyazev]. rusonice.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.
^ "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.
^ "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2004.
^ "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2003.
^ "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 June 2001.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Irina GALKINA / Artem KNYAZEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

External links

Artem Knyazev at the International Skating Union

[ISU-ISAK-1] "Irina SHABANOVA / Artem KNYAZEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[ISU-0405-2] "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 April 2005.

[ISU-0506-3] "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2006.

[SR-4] "Artyom Knyazev". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

[RusOnIce-5] "Артем Князев" [Artem Knyazev]. rusonice.com (in Russian). Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

[ISU-0607-6] "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 April 2007.

[ISU-0304-7] "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 June 2004.

[ISU-0203-8] "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 April 2003.

[ISU-0001-9] "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV: 2000/2001". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 June 2001.

[ISU-MAAK-10] "Marina AGANINA / Artem KNYAZEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016.

[ISU-IGAK-11] "Irina GALKINA / Artem KNYAZEV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 August 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2016.

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