Men
RUS
Artyom Kuznetsov
RUS- Date of birth14 Nov 1987
- Height177 CM
- ProfessionAthlete
- HometownSt. Petersburg
- Place of birthYartsevo
- Start skatingHe took up the sport in 1998 in Cherepovets, Russian Federation.
- Club Cherepovets Sports Club [RUS]: Russia
- HobbiesSports, travel. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2017)
- LanguagesRussian
- CoachN/A
- Former CoachN/A
- General Interest
Competing at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (Athlete, 13 Nov 2019)
He holds the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (minsport.gov.ru, 31 May 2019; Athlete, 13 Nov 2017)
"Talent is just one part of success. The basis is work." (Athlete, 13 Nov 2017)
Russian mixed martial artist Fedor Emelianenko. (Athlete, 28 Jan 2017)
Injuries to his knees meant he missed a month of preparation ahead of the 2017/18 season. (rsport.ria.ru, 28 Oct 2017)
SANCTION OVERTURNED
In November 2017 the International Olympic Committee [IOC] banned him from competing at the Olympic Games for life, based on the findings of the 2016 McLaren Report into doping by the Russian Federation. In February 2018 his ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS], and his results from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi were also reinstated. (insidethegames.biz, 01 Feb 2018; bbc.co.uk, 22 Dec 2017)
In November 2017 the International Olympic Committee [IOC] banned him from competing at the Olympic Games for life, based on the findings of the 2016 McLaren Report into doping by the Russian Federation. In February 2018 his ban was overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport [CAS], and his results from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi were also reinstated. (insidethegames.biz, 01 Feb 2018; bbc.co.uk, 22 Dec 2017)
