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{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
{{Family name hatnote|Vladimirovich|Artemev|lang=Eastern Slavic}}
{{Infobox gymnast
| name             = Alexander Artemev
| image            = Alexanderartemevpommelhorse2008 (cropped1).jpg
| alt              = 
| caption          = Artemev at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]
| full_name        = Alexander Vladimirovich Artemev
| altname          = {{ubl|Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich Artsemeu|Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч Арцемеў}}
| nickname         = Sasha
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1985|08|29|mf=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Minsk]], Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
| death_date       = 
| death_place      = 
| height           = 1.68 m
| relatives        = [[Vladimir Artemev]] (father)
| discipline       = MAG
| country          = [[United States men's national artistic gymnastics team|United States]]
| natlteam         = 2003–2010
| gym              = {{ubl|5280 Gymnastics|Team Chevron|Team Gattaca|Gymnastika}}
| headcoach        = [[Vladimir Artemev]]
| retired          = 2012
| show-medals      = yes
| medaltemplates   =
{{MedalSport|Men's [[artistic gymnastics]]}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
{{MedalCount
|[[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]|0|0|1
|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]|0|0|1
|[[Pacific Rim Championships]]|1|1|0
| total            = yes
}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006 Aarhus]]|[[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships - Men's pommel horse|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pacific Rim Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships|2008 San Jose]]|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2008 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships|2008 San Jose]]|All-around}} 
}}

'''Alexander Vladimirovich Artemev'''{{efn|{{langx|ru|Александр Владимирович Артемьев|{{transliteration|ru|Aleksandr Vladimirovich Artemyev}}}}; {{langx|be|Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч Арцем’еў|{{transliteration|be|bgn/pcgn|Alyaksandr Uladzimiravich Artsyem’’yew}}}}}} (born August 29, 1985, known by the [[Diminutive#Russian|diminutive]] '''Sasha'''){{efn|{{langx|ru|Саша Артемьев|{{transliteration|ru|Sasha Artemyev}}}}}} is a retired American [[artistic gymnast]]. Artemev was a member of the [[United States men's national artistic gymnastics team]] and won an Olympic bronze medal at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]]. He is the 2006 all-around U.S. national champion. Known for his ability on the pommel horse, he was the 2007 and 2008 U.S. national champion on the [[pommel horse]] and the bronze medalist in the event at the [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006 World Championships]].

==Early life and education==
Alexander Artemev, who goes by the [[Diminutive#Russian|Russian diminutive]] "[[Sasha (name)|Sasha]]",<ref name=usatoday061011>{{cite news |last=Michaelis |first=Vicki |date=October 11, 2006 |title=Parallel Olympic dream alive |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/summer/2006-10-11-artemev-father-son_x.htm |work=[[USA Today]] |location=[[Wheat Ridge, Colorado]] |accessdate=December 11, 2014}}</ref> was born August 29, 1985, in [[Minsk]], [[Belarusian SSR]], [[Soviet Union]]. He is the only child of Svetlana and [[Vladimir Artemev]]. His parents are gymnastics coaches and former competitive gymnasts for the Soviet Union. His mother competed in [[rhythmic gymnastics]] while his father competed in artistic gymnastics. Vladimir was the 1982 USSR Cup all-around champion, whose own Olympic ambitions were dashed by the [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott|Soviet boycott]] of the [[1984 Summer Olympics]].<ref name=usatoday061011/><ref name=IG1301>{{cite news |journal=International Gymnast Magazine |date=January–February 2013 |title=All-Around the World |first=John |last=Crumlish |pages=41 |quote=Vorontsova's husband, Anatoly Vorontsov, coached Vladimir Artemev, the 1982 USSR Cup champion and father/coach of 2008 U.S. Olympian Alexander Artemev.}}</ref><!-- Vladimir Artemev was NOT the 1982 and 1984 USSR champion. The 1982 USSR champion was Bogdan Makuts and the 1984 champion was Vladimir Artemov (different last name & separate Wikipedia article). --> By 1990, Svetlana moved to Chile to coach, leaving Vladimir a single dad.<ref name=usatoday061011/>

Father and son came to the United States in 1994, becoming U.S. citizens in December 2002.<ref name=usatoday061011/><ref name=usag-bio>{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=352589 |title=USA Gymnastics {{Pipe}} Alexander Artemev |publisher=[[USA Gymnastics]] |accessdate=December 11, 2014}}</ref><ref name=usoc-bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.teamusa.org/usa-gymnastics/athletes/Alexander-Artemev |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151205043703/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-gymnastics/athletes/Alexander-Artemev |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 5, 2015 |title=Alexander Artemev – Gymnastics |publisher=[[United States Olympic Committee]] |accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref> Artemev attended [[Jefferson County Public Schools (Colorado)|McLain Community High School]], graduating in 2003.<ref name=usoc-bio/>

==Gymnastics career==
Artemev won three titles at the 2006 [[USA Gymnastics National Championships|U.S. National Championships]] in the all-around, pommel horse and parallel bars. He was the only American men's team member to win a medal at the [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006 World Championships]], taking the bronze on the pommel horse. He became the first U.S. gymnast since [[Kurt Thomas (gymnast)|Kurt Thomas]] in 1979 to win a world championship medal on pommel horse.<ref name=usoc-bio/> At the 2007 U.S. Nationals he finished fourth in the all-around, behind champion [[David Durante]], [[Guillermo Alvarez (gymnast)|Guillermo Alvarez]], and [[Sho Nakamori]]. At the competition, he became the first gymnast to land a triple-twisting Yurchenko vault.<ref name=IG111221>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Amanda |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2251:artemev-aims-for-2011-all-around-comeback&catid=2:news&Itemid=53 |title=Artemev Aims for 2011 All-Around Comeback |work=International Gymnast Magazine |date=December 21, 2011 |accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref>

At the 2008 U.S. Nationals, Artemev won the pommel horse title for the second consecutive year. After the U.S. Olympic Trials in June, he was named an alternate to the men's team for the 2008 Olympics. On August 7, he was added to the team, replacing injured [[Morgan Hamm]].<ref name=usatoday080807>{{cite news |last=Lloyd |first=Janice |date=August 7, 2008 |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/beijing/gymnastics/2008-08-07-hamm-injured_N.htm |title=Morgan Hamm's withdrawal hampers chances for USA men |work=[[USA Today]] |accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref>

Together with his teammates, Artemev won the bronze medal in [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around|men's team gymnastics]] in Beijing. Artemev's dazzling performance on the pommel horse, the last routine for the team, clinched the bronze medal for the U.S. team.<ref name=denver120513/> Following the team competition, Artemev competed in the [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around|individual all-around]], where he received the second highest pommel horse score with a 15.525. Artemev finished the all-around competition in 12th place behind fellow American [[Jonathan Horton]], who placed ninth.<ref name=usag-bio/> Artemev qualified for the [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse|pommel horse individual finals]] in sixth position. He attempted a new routine that would raise his difficulty level. However, halfway through his routine, and just after completing a more difficult move, he fell on an easier move, resulting in an automatic 0.8 of a point deduction, which dropped his final score to 14.975 for seventh place.<ref name=rockymountain080817>{{cite news |last=Latimer |first=Clay |date=August 17, 2008 |title=Artemev not down despite falling |url=http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/17/fall-doesnt-dampen-artemevs-optimism |work=[[Rocky Mountain News]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912211110/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/aug/17/fall-doesnt-dampen-artemevs-optimism |archivedate=September 12, 2008 |url-status=dead |accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref>

In April 2009, Artemev injured two vertebrae in a car accident,<ref name=denver110719>{{cite news |last=Meyer |first=John |date=July 19, 2011 |title=It's health first now for Olympic medalist Artemev |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_18504008 |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] |location=[[Wheat Ridge, Colorado]] |accessdate=December 11, 2014}}</ref> but continued training to try to make the team for the [[2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2009 World Championships]]. The injury forced him out of the 2009 U.S. National Championships in August, but USA Gymnastics still named him to the world team on the condition he could prove physical readiness before the competition. However, he was unable to sufficiently recover to attend the verification camp.<ref name=IG111221/>

Artemev returned to competition in February 2010, competing in four events in qualification at the U.S. Winter Cup.<ref name=usagym100205>{{cite press release |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=4880 |title=Brooks Leads All-Around After First Day Of 2010 Winter Cup |publisher=[[USA Gymnastics]] |date=February 5, 2010 | accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref> At the end of 2010, he said he hoped to compete in all six events again the next season.<ref name=IG111221/> In February 2011, he competed in three events at the U.S. Winter Cup but did not advance to the second day's finals.<ref name=usagym110203>{{cite press release |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=7024 |title=Dalton Leads 2011 Winter Cup All-Around After Preliminaries |publisher=[[USA Gymnastics]] |date=February 3, 2011 | accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref><ref name=IG110204>{{cite news |last=Turner |first=Amanda |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2335:dalton-leads-us-winter-cup-challenge&catid=2:news&Itemid=53 |title=Dalton Leads U.S. Winter Cup Challenge |work=International Gymnast Magazine |date=February 4, 2011 |accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref>

Artemev did not compete again for the rest of the Olympic cycle.<ref name=usag-bio/> In 2012, he said he would decide after the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London Olympic Games]] whether or not to make a comeback for the 2016 Olympics,<ref name=denver120513>{{cite news |last=Meyer |first=John |date=May 13, 2012 |title=Olympic gymnast Sasha Artemev prefers teaching, for now |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_20611706/olympic-gymnast-sasha-artemev-prefers-teaching-now |work=[[The Denver Post]] |accessdate=January 15, 2015}}</ref> but he eventually retired.<ref name=IG140824>{{cite news |last=Normile |first=Dwight |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4118:watts-burke-win-us-junior-titles&catid=81:headlines&Itemid=191 |title=Watts, Burke Win U.S. Junior Men's Titles |work=International Gymnast Magazine |date=August 24, 2014}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He married [[University of Denver]] gymnast Brianna Springer in the summer of 2009,<ref name=usag-bio/><ref name=denver110401>{{cite news |last=Chambers |first=Mike |date=April 1, 2011 |title=DU gymnast Springer set to roll again |url=http://www.denverpost.com/ci_17747508 |newspaper=[[The Denver Post]] |accessdate=December 11, 2014}}</ref> but the couple divorced in 2011.<ref name=denver110401/><ref name=denver110719/>

He currently coaches, alongside his father, at 5280 Gymnastics in Colorado.<ref name=denver120513/><ref name=5280gym>{{cite web|url=http://www.5280gymnastics.com/5280/about-us/staff.html |title=About Us: Staff |publisher=5280 Gymnastics |accessdate=January 15, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224152157/http://www.5280gymnastics.com/5280/about-us/staff.html |archivedate=December 24, 2014 }}</ref> One of their top gymnasts, [[Yul Moldauer]], was the 2014 U.S. junior national champion on pommel horse,<ref name=denver110719/><ref name=IG140824/> [[2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships|2017 national champion]], and [[Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Olympic]] team member.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=26371|date= June 26, 2021|work= [[USA Gymnastics]]|title= USA Gymnastics announces men's Olympic team roster for artistic gymnastics|access-date= January 6, 2022|archive-date= January 6, 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220106152204/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=26371|url-status= dead}}</ref>

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