Kamila Valieva facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Kamila Valieva
Valieva in 2022
Personal information
Native name	Камила Валерьевна Валиева (Russian)
Full name	Kamila Valeryevna Valieva
Country represented	Russia
Born	(2006-04-26) 26 April 2006 (age 18) Kazan, Russia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach	Eteri Tutberidze Sergei Dudakov Daniil Gleikhengauz Georgy Pokhilyuk
Skating club	Sambo 70 (Khrustalny)
Began skating	2009
Medal record Figure skating: Women's singles Representing  ROC Olympic Games Disqualified 2022 Beijing Team Representing  Russia European Championships Disqualified 2022 Tallinn Women's singles Junior World Championships Gold 2020 Tallinn Women's singles Junior Grand Prix Final Gold 2019–20 Torino Women's singles

Kamila Valeryevna Valieva (Russian: Камила Валерьевна Валиева; born 26 April 2006) is a Russian figure skater.

She is the 2022 European champion, 2021 Rostelecom Cup champion, 2021 Skate Canada champion, and a three-time Russian national medalist (silver 2021 and 2023, bronze 2024). She was also a provisional 2022 Olympic champion in the team event pending the conclusion of a WADA investigation. During the 2022 Winter Olympics, a sample that Valieva had submitted for a drug test in December tested positive for trimetazidine..

On 29 January 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled in Valieva's doping case involving the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), International Skating Union (ISU) and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) imposing a four year ban backdated to 25 December 2021, and the disqualification of all competitive results from that date.

Valieva is the current world record holder for the women's short program, free skating, and total scores. She has set eight world records during her career. She is the first female skater to break the 250-, 260- and 270-point thresholds in the total score (all within one season), the first to break the 170- and 180-point thresholds in the free skate, and the first to break the 90-point threshold in the short program. She is the second woman to land the quadruple toe loop after training partner and teammate Alexandra Trusova, the fourth woman to land a quadruple jump of any kind, the 16th woman to land a triple Axel, and the third woman to land a triple Axel and quadruple jump in the same program after Alysa Liu and training partner and teammate Sofia Akateva.

Personal life

Valieva was born on 26 April 2006 in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. She is of Volga Tatar ethnicity. Her patronym is the Russian "Valeryevna", but according to relatives, her biological father is a Tatar named Ravil, a "military man who now lives in Crimea".

Valieva began skating in 2009 in RSDUSSHOR in Kazan. Ksenia Ivanova first coached her, followed by Marina Kudriavtseva and Igor Lyutikov, and Natalia Dubinskaya. When she turned six, her parents moved her to Moscow to train at SSHOR Moskvich. In the spring of 2018, Valieva switched skating clubs to Sambo-70, where Eteri Tutberidze decided to allow Valieva to join her group. Videos are available of Valieva’s first competition at age 4 as well as a later one at age 9.

Valieva has one pet dog, a Pomeranian named Lëva (Lyova), gifted to her in 2019 by fans. Valieva was enrolled in gymnastics, ballet, and figure skating classes at an early age by her mother but was encouraged to focus solely on skating after turning five. She named Nathan Chen as one of the skaters whose technique and ability she admires. Along with her teammate Alexandra Trusova, she prefers to use white Edea Piano skating boots with silver blades in competition.

Valieva and her dog, a Pomeranian named Lëva

Significant technical achievements

On 23 August 2019, at the junior level of the Grand Prix in France, Valieva performed a quadruple toe loop with a positive GOE, which made her the second woman to perform this jump in the history of figure skating (after Alexandra Trusova) at competitions under the auspices of the International Skating Union. On 18 October 2020, a video appeared on the Internet where she performed a triple Axel with complication in training with two hands up. On 5 December 2020, she cleanly performed the triple Axel in the short program at the stage of the Russian Cup in Moscow. On 12 February 2021, a video appeared on the Internet where Valieva performed a quadruple Salchow in training with two hands up. In 2022, Valieva became the first woman to land a quadruple jump at the Olympic Games.

Awards

In February 2022, after the end of the Olympics, Valieva received the Order of Friendship from President Vladimir Putin.

On 18 March 2022 in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met and awarded her a “Duslyk” order and a medal of “100 years of the Establishment of Tatar ASSR” to her mother, Alsu Anvarovna Valieva.

In other media

• Quad Loop (2023), a stage play on the doping scandal surrounding Kamila Valieva, was written and directed by Inge-Vera Lipsius and performed at The Merchant House, Amsterdam, in March/April 2023. The play is a textual montage that combines direct quotations with original writing to tell the story of Valieva through the eyes of the media; it was performed by a cast of young women actors.

Programs

Valieva at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup gala

Valieva at the 2019–2020 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final medal ceremony

World records and achievements

• Became only the second woman to land a quad toe loop at the 2019 JGP France.
• Became the first woman ever to surpass 90 in the short program, 170 and 180 point barrier in the free skate as well as 250, 260 and 270 point barrier in total.
• Set the junior record for the highest free skate score and total score at the 2020 Junior World Championships, surpassing the previous records in both categories set by her former training mate Alexandra Trusova. Her record scores were later surpassed by teammate Sofia Akateva in 2021.

Senior world record scores

Valieva has set eight world record scores.

Junior world record scores

Valieva has set two junior world record scores under the +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system.

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Detailed results

Senior level

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests are italicized. Current world record scores are bold and italicized. Previous world records highlighted in bold.

Junior level

Valieva at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Previous junior world record scores highlighted in bold.

See also

In Spanish: Kamila Valíyeva para niños