Artem Knyazev (russian: Артём Князев; born 16 May 1980) is an

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

i former

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 ...

. He competed for much of his career with

Marina Aganina Marina Andreyevna Aganina ( rus, Мари́на Андре́евна Ага́нина, p=mɐˈrʲinɐ ɐnˈdrʲeɪvnɐ ɐˈɡanʲɪnə; born 21 June 1985) is an Uzbekistani retired pair skater. With Artem Knyazev, she is the 2004–05 Uzbekistani ...

. They became the 2004–05 Uzbekistani national champions and competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Career

Knyazev competed with Irina Galkina at the

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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 Pervouralsk (russian: Первоура́льск, lit. ''the first in the Urals'') is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Chusovaya River (Kama's tributary) west of Yekaterinburg, the administrative center of the oblast. Populati ...

, Russia. Knyazev teamed up with

in 2000. The pair was coached by Petr Kiprushev in Pervouralsk. In the 2005–06 season, Knyazev began helping coach himself and Aganina. They represented Uzbekistan at the 2006 Winter Olympics in

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, where they placed 16th. 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.

Programs

With Aganina

With Shabanova

Results

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; JGP: Junior Series / Junior Grand Prix''

With Aganina

With Shabanova

With Galkina

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Knyazev, Artem Uzbekistani male pair skaters Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Uzbekistan 1980 births Living people Sportspeople from Tashkent Asian Games medalists in figure skating Figure skaters at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Figure skaters at the 2007 Asian Winter Games Uzbekistani expatriates in Russia Asian Games bronze medalists for Uzbekistan Medalists at the 2003 Asian Winter Games Medalists at the 2007 Asian Winter Games