Alexander Artemev
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| Full name | Alexander Vladimirovich Artemev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Sasha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
August 29, 1985 Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union |
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| Hometown | Highlands Ranch, Colorado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's Artistic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | 5280 Gymnastics Team Chevron |
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| Head coach(es) | Vladimir Artemev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alexander Vladimirovich "Sasha" Artemev (Russian: Александр Владимирович "Саша" Артемьев, Belarusian: Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч Арцем'еў; born August 29, 1985) is a retired American artistic gymnast. Artemev was a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team at the 2008 Olympic Games. He is the 2006 all-around U.S. national champion. Known for his ability on pommel horse, he is the 2007 and 2008 U.S. national champion on the pommel horse and won the bronze medal on the event at the 2006 World Championships.
Alexander Artemev, who goes by the Russian diminutive "Sasha", was born August 29, 1985 in Minsk, Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union. He is the only child of Svetlana and Vladimir Artemev. Both his parents are gymnastics coaches and former competitive gymnasts for the Soviet Union. His mother competed in rhythmic gymnastics while his father competed in artistic gymnastics. Vladimir was the 1982 USSR Cup all-around champion, whose own Olympic ambitions were dashed by the Soviet boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. By 1990, Svetlana moved to Chile to coach, leaving Vladimir a single dad.
Father and son came to the United States in 1994, becoming U.S. citizens in December 2002. Artemev attended McLain High School, graduating in 2003. He married University of Denver gymnast Brianna Springer in the summer of 2009, but the couple divorced in 2011.
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