Arseni Markov Explained

Arseni Markov
Country:	Canada Russia
Birth Date:	12 November 1981
Birth Place:	Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Formerpartner:	Chantal Lefebvre Svetlana Kulikova
Formercoach:	Elise Hamel Tyler Myles Nikolai Morozov Shae-Lynn Bourne
Formerchoreographer:	Pasquale Camerlengo Nikolai Morozov Kelly Johnson
Skating Club:	Prescott FSC
Beganskating:	1985
Retired:	20 July 2007
Dance Score:	161.97
Dance Date:	2006 4CC
Cd Score:	30.66
Cd Date:	2006 4CC
Od Score:	48.94
Od Date:	2006 4CC
Fd Score:	82.37
Fd Date:	2006 4CC
Show-Medals:	yes

Arseni Markov (born 12 November 1981) is a former competitive ice dancer who competed internationally for Canada and Russia. With Chantal Lefebvre, he is the 2004 and 2005 Canadian national bronze medalist. With earlier partner Svetlana Kulikova, he is the 2001 Winter Universiade bronze medalist and 2002 Skate Canada International bronze medalist.

Career

Markov competed as a singles skater for Russia until he was 13 years old. He teamed up with Svetlana Kulikova in 1996. They placed 6th at the 2000 World Junior Championships. Following the 2000–2001 season, Kulikova and Markov moved to Newington, Connecticut, to train full-time with Tatiana Tarasova and Nikolai Morozov. They won the bronze medal at the 2002 Skate Canada International. They parted ways after the 2003 Russian Championships as a result of Tarasova and Morozov ending their coaching partnership – Kulikova chose to stay with Tarasova while Markov chose Morozov.

Markov moved to Canada and teamed up with Canadian Chantal Lefebvre in 2003. However, he was unable to compete internationally for Canada until 2005 because ISU regulations require a two-year wait when changing countries. In their first season competing internationally, Lefebvre and Markov placed 4th at the 2006 Four Continents. They won two Canadian national bronze medals. After the 2005–06 season, they changed coaches from Nikolai Morozov and Shae-Lynn Bourne to Elise Hamel and Tyler Myles.

Lefebvre and Markov announced their retirement from competitive skating on 20 July 2007. They began careers in coaching and choreography.

Programs

With Lefebvre

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2006–2007	Primavera Porteña by Astor Piazzolla	Memorial by Michael Nyman choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo
2005–2006	Samba: Seniorita Sexy by Los Torreros Rhumba: You're My Everything Samba: Seniorita Sexy by Los Torreros	Music by Bernd Stialo choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
2004–2005	Sing, Sing, Sing Bei Mir Bistu Shein	Freestyler by Bomfunk MC's

With Kulikova

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2002–2003	Waltz: Waltz Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian March: Toska po Rodine (Homesickness) by A. Trofimov Waltz: Waltz Masquerade by Aram Khachaturian	Fire on Ice by B. Mortuzavi
2001–2002	Libertango by Astor Piazzolla Waltz: Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman by Bryan Adams	Grease

Results

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Lefebvre

International
Event	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
align=left				4th
align=left				8th
align=left					9th
align=left				6th	7th
National
align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	4th	5th

With Kulikova

International
Event	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
align=left			9th
align=left			9th	4th	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left				7th	4th
align=left			bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
International: Junior
align=left		6th
align=left			6th
National
align=left		bgcolor=silver	2nd J	6th	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd
J = Junior level

External links

• • • Official site
• Skate Canada profile