Arseni Markov

Arseni Markov
File: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 Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height
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.

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

With Lefebvre

Results
International
Event	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07
Four Continents Champ.			4th
GP NHK Trophy			8th
GP Skate America				9th
GP Skate Canada			6th	7th
National
Canadian Champ.	3rd	3rd	4th	5th
GP = Grand Prix

With Kulikova

Results
International
Event	1999–00	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03
GP Cup of Russia		9th
GP Skate Canada		9th	4th	3rd
GP Trophée Lalique			7th	4th
Winter Universiade		3rd
International: Junior
Junior Worlds	6th
JGP Poland		6th
National
Russian Champ.	2nd J.	6th	4th	2nd
GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level

External links

• Chantal Lefebvre / Arseni Markov at the International Skating Union
• Svetlana Kulikova / Arseni Markov at the International Skating Union
• Official site
• Skate Canada profile