Michael Christian Martinez
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Martinez at the 2012 World Junior Championships
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| Full name | Michael Christian Martinez | ||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Philippines
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| Born |
November 4, 1996 Parañaque, Philippines |
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| Home town | Muntinlupa, Philippines | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Igor Samohin | ||||||||||||
| Former coach |
Ilia Kulik Peter Kongkasem Maria Teresa Martinez John Nicks Viktor Kudriavtsev |
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| Choreographer |
Nikolai Morozov Philip Mills |
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| Former choreographer | Justin Dillon | ||||||||||||
| Skating club | Metro ISC | ||||||||||||
| Training locations |
Hackensack, New Jersey Manila, Philippines |
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| Former training locations | Lake Forest, California | ||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2005 | ||||||||||||
| World standing | 39 (As of 3 April 2017[update]) | ||||||||||||
| ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
| Combined total | 220.36 2015 Cup of China |
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| Short program | 76.53 2017 Asian Winter Games |
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| Free skate | 148.12 2015 Cup of China |
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Medal record
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Michael Christian Martinez (born November 4, 1996) is a Filipino figure skater. He is the 2015 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion, a two-time Triglav Trophy champion and has won one ISU Challenger Series medal, silver at the 2014 Warsaw Cup. Martinez is the first skater from Southeast Asia and from a tropical country to qualify for the Olympics and the only athlete to represent the Philippines at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Martinez was born on November 4, 1996 in Parañaque, the youngest of three children. He began experiencing asthmatic bronchitis at two months old and was frequently in the hospital. Although a cold rink initially had a detrimental effect, he stated in 2014 that, "year after year my health keeps improving, so my mother fully supported me to continue skating. She said it's better to spend the money on skating than in the hospital." Martinez graduated from high school in around 2013.
Martinez began skating in 2005 at the SM Southmall ice rink. In 2009, he missed two months after a skating blade cut his thigh. In addition to training in Manila, in 2010 he began spending several months a year in California, United States working with John Nicks and Ilia Kulik.
Martinez debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2010–11 season. In 2011, he tore two ligaments in his ankle, leading to three months of recovery. In April 2012, he tore a medial ligament in his knee and was off the ice for three months.
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