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Arseni Markov

Arseni Markov
Chantal Lefebvre & Arseni Markov - 2006 Skate Canada.jpg
Chantal Lefebvre and Arseni Markov in 2006.
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Russia
Born (1981-11-12) 12 November 1981 (age 35)
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Former partner Chantal Lefebvre
Svetlana Kulikova
Former coach Elise Hamel
Tyler Myles
Nikolai Morozov
Shae-Lynn Bourne
Former choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo
Nikolai Morozov
Kelly Johnson
Skating club Prescott FSC
Began skating 1985
Retired 20 July 2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 161.97
2006 4CC
Comp. dance 30.66
2006 4CC
Original dance 48.94
2006 4CC
Free dance 82.37
2006 4CC

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.

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.


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