Marilena Kitromilis was born on October 15,2004 and is a Cypriot-American figure skater who represents Cyprus in women's singles skating.
27 Facts About Marilena Kitromilis
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Marilena Kitromilis is the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International champion.
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Marilena Kitromilis is the first Cypriot figure skater to win an ISU-sanctioned international competition.
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Marilena Kitromilis was born on October 15,2004, to her Cypriot mother, Maria Marilena Kitromilis, and American father, William Adams.
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Marilena Kitromilis traveled to Cyprus multiple times throughout her childhood to spend summers with the families of her grandfather's siblings and many cousins.
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Marilena Kitromilis's maternal grandfather was born and raised in Karavas, Cyprus.
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Marilena Kitromilis enjoys reading books of various genres in her free time.
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Marilena Kitromilis started skating on ponds with her mother and twin brother at the age of two and half.
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Marilena Kitromilis began learn-to-skate classes at four years old with coach Becky Curry and quickly progressed to private lessons.
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Marilena Kitromilis made her international senior debut representing Cyprus in October at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished twelfth.
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Marilena Kitromilis competed at one other international event that season, the 2020 Santa Claus Cup, where she placed sixth.
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Marilena Kitromilis changed coaches to Olga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov, and Sergei Minaev.
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Marilena Kitromilis placed eighth in the short program and tenth in the free skate to finish eighth overall.
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At her second assignment of the season, Marilena Kitromilis earned her first international title by winning the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, in what was considered an upset victory.
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Marilena Kitromilis scored personal bests in both segments of the competition, as well as overall.
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Marilena Kitromilis won the gold medal ahead of South Korean competitors You Young and Ji Seo-yeon.
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Marilena Kitromilis' scores met the required technical minimums to allow her to compete at the 2022 European and World Championships.
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Marilena Kitromilis is the first-ever Cypriot figure skater to win an ISU-sanctioned international competition.
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Marilena Kitromilis competed at two more Challenger events in the fall, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where she finished twelfth and fifth, respectively.
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In January 2022, Marilena Kitromilis made her European Championships debut in Tallinn, Estonia.
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Marilena Kitromilis finished thirty-second in the short program and did not advance to the free skate.
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Marilena Kitromilis was thirtieth in the short program at her 2022 World Championship debut.
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Marilena Kitromilis began this season with an injury to her left knee.
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Marilena Kitromilis then competed at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup and the 2022 CS Golden Spin before going to Latvia for the 2022 Latvia Trophy, where she placed third overall.
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Marilena Kitromilis placed thirteenth overall after the free skate, where she was in tenth place with a season's best score.
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Marilena Kitromilis changed coaches to Sergei Komolov and relocated to Dubai for training.
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Marilena Kitromilis entered the 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb, but she withdrew in November.