Fleur Maxwell Explained

Fleur Maxwell
Country:Luxembourg
Birth Date:5 August 1988
Birth Place:Dudelange, Luxembourg
Height:1.58 m
Coach:Irina Derbina-Karotom, Igor Lukanin, Vitaliy Danylchenko
Formercoach:Katia Gentelet, Vanessa Gusmeroli, Pierre Trente, G. Ancelet, E. Evtuschenko, A. Riccitelli
Choreographer:Maria Vorobieva, Igor Lukanin
Formerchoreographer:Katia Gentelet
Skating Club:Cercle de Patinage Remich
Currenttraininglocations:Luxembourg
North Jersey, USA
Formertraininglocations:Nice
Beganskating:1998
Retired:2017
Worldranking:167 ()
Combined Total:137.76
Combined Date:2016 Europeans
Sp Score:51.36
Sp Date:2015 Europeans
Fs Score:91.21
Fs Date:2016 Europeans

Fleur Maxwell (born 5 August 1988) is a Luxembourgish former figure skater. She has won nine senior international medals. She reached the free skate at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at six ISU Championships, achieving her highest result, 14th, at the 2005 European Championships.

Career

Maxwell started skating at the age of nine.[1] She debuted on the junior international level in the 2002–03 season. Ranked 32nd at the 2003 World Junior Championships, she placed 18th the following year in The Hague, Netherlands.

Maxwell won the silver medal at the 2004 International Challenge Cup, her senior international debut. Her first senior ISU Championship was the 2005 European Championships in Turin, Italy. She finished 14th at the event and then 29th at the 2005 World Championships. At the Karl Schäfer Memorial in October 2005, Maxwell won the bronze medal and qualified to compete at the Olympics in Turin. As the only Luxembourg competitor at the 2006 Winter Olympics, she was the flag bearer for her country. Placing 21st in the short program, she qualified for the free skate and finished 24th overall in ladies' singles. She then retired from competitive skating.

Maxwell returned to competition in the 2009–10 season. She did not qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver or the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi but won medals at the Istanbul Cup, Slovenia Open, Ukrainian Open, Denkova-Staviski Cup, and NRW Trophy.

Asteroid 255019 Fleurmaxwell, discovered by astronomer Matt Dawson in 2005, was named in her honor, and she is currently the only Luxembourgian Olympian to have an asteroid named after them. [2] The official was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 July 2011 .

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skating
2017–2018
  • Charms
2015–2016
2013–2015
  • I'll Stand By You
  • Leo
  • Ora
  • DNA
  • Nightbook
2012–2013
  • With or Without You
  • Santa Maria (Del Buen Aire)
  • Assassin's Tango
  • PA Bailar
2011–2012
  • Nothing Else Matters
  • Santa Maria (Del Buen Aire)
  • Assassin's Tango
  • PA Bailar
2010–2011
  • Nothing Else Matters
2009–2010
  • Khorobushko
  • Peer Gynt Suite
2005–2006
  • Oblivion
  • Libertango
2004–2005
2003–2004
  • In the Mood for Love
2002–2003
  • Tango

Results

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

International
Event02–0303–0404–0505–0609–1010–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–16
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align=left 29th 33rd 37th
align=left 14th 25th 34th 22nd 25th 24th 33rd 20th 18th
align=left 10th
align=left 8th
align=left 8th
align=left 18th
align=left 8th
align=left 24th 9th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd 10th 15th
align=left 23rd 9th 10th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left Dubai Golden Cup bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left 9th
align=left 4th
align=left WD 10th 7th 12th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 24th 15th 15th
align=left 12th 21st 19th bgcolor=silver 2nd 14th
align=left 9th
align=left 6th
align=left 15th 7th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left Seibt Memorial 7th 16th 8th
align=left Slovenia Open bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left Sportland Trophy 7th
align=left 4th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 4th 6th
International: Junior
align=left 32nd 18th
align=left 12th
align=left 10th
align=left 8th 8th
align=left 9th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 2nd
National
Luxembourg2nd 1st 1st 1st
Luxem. Junior 1st 1st
WD = Withdrew

Career post-retirement

Since retiring permanently from competition in 2017,[3] Maxwell has focused on building a successful and high profile career in personal training. Her brand - BodyByFleur - claims to be a 'transformational full body fitness method', and has built a substantial social media following, with 14,000 followers on Instagram.[4]

Personal life

Maxwell is of Australian and Danish descent,[5] and was raised in Luxembourg. Her parents worked as European Civil Servants.[6] The sociologist Claire Maxwell is her eldest sister, and they both attended the European School of Luxembourg. Due to her intense career as a professional figure skater, she often underwent a special program in high-school allowing her to attend classes from Monday to Wednesday, and was let free for the remaining two days, but had to make up for what she missed on her own. Her training was from Wednesday to Sunday, often having to travel between Paris and Charleville-Mézières to train in different locations.[7]

She married in September 2022[8] and is currently living in New York City.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007-02-21 . ISU : World Standings . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070221060059/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-130267-131575-nav-list,00.html . 2007-02-21 . 2022-11-30 . isu.org.
  2. Encyclopedia: Olympians With Asteroids Named After Them (60) . Olympedia. 2006–2023. 2 April 2023.
  3. Web site: Body By Fleur. Body by Fleur.
  4. Web site: Body By Fleur Instagram. Instagram.
  5. Web site: Fleur Maxwell : «Porter le drapeau aux JO, une immense fierté». Le Quotidien. Romain Haas. 17 March 2023. french.
  6. Web site: Le devenir européen de la Ville de Luxembourg. VDL Ville de Luxembourg. Marcel Tockert. 13 Oct 2017. french.
  7. Web site: Fleur Maxwell: Zwischen Schule und Olympia. Tageblatt. Pascal Gillen. 13 Dec 2017. german.
  8. Web site: Fleur Maxwell makes her marriage official. Instagram. 22 Sep 2022.