Artem Arefyev
Russia
| Sport | Speed Skating | |
| NOC | Russia | |
| Born | 09 Nov 2000
in  Moscow | |
| Gender | Men |
| Residence | St. Petersburg, RUS | |
| Languages | English, Russian | |
| Higher education | Coaching - Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health: St. Petersburg, RUS |
| Personal Bests | Event | Record | Date | Location | ||
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Personal Bests | ||||||
| Event | Record | Date | Location | |||
| 500m | 34.00 | 05 Dec 2021 |  Salt Lake City, UT |
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| 1000m | 1:09.25 | 12 Jan 2020 |  Heerenveen |
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| Main Achievements | ||||||
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Main Achievements |
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| World Junior Championships | Event | |||||
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World Junior Championships
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| 500m | 2 | |||||
| Team Sprint | 1 | 1 | ||||
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Club / Team | Central Sports Army Club [RUS] / Cherepovets Sports Club [RUS] / Vityaz Sports School of Olympic Reserve [RUS]: |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hobbies | Playing online video games. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2021) | |
| Memorable sporting achievement | Winning silver in the 500m at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Baselga di Pine, Italy. (Athlete, 17 Nov 2021) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Reason for choosing this sport | As a child he tried ice hockey, skiing and martial arts before his father suggested he try speed skating. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Hero / Idol | Canadian speed skater Jeremy Wotherspoon, Russian speed skater Ivan Skobrev. (Nash Sport magazine, 01 Mar 2019) | |
| Awards and honours | He has received the title of Master of Sport of International Class in the Russian Federation. (info.russkating.ru, 28 Oct 2022; Athlete, 02 Dec 2019) |
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
| Name of coach | Oleg Kichigin [personal], RUS | |
| When and where did you begin this sport? | He took up the sport in 2012 in Cherepovets, Russian Federation. |
General Interest
General Interest
| Sporting philosophy / motto | "To win, you must minimise the factors that can prevent you from doing this. One of the most important is technical breakdowns." (Nash Sport magazine, 01 Mar 2019) |
Social Media
Social Media
| instagram.com/artem_arefyev3.14 |
General Interest
General Interest
| Nicknames | Arakhis [peanut] (rsport.ria.ru, 25 Jan 2021) |
| Championships results | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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Championships results
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| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | 500m | 7 | |||
| 2022 | Olympic Games | 500m | 7 | |||
| 2019/2020 | European Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 9 | |||
| 2020/2021 | European Sprint Championships | Overall | 14 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Single Distances Championships | 1000m | 18 | |||
| World Cups | Year | Competition | Event | Rank | ||
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World Cups
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| 2019/2020 | Nagano | Team Sprint | 1 | |||
| 2020/2021 | Heerenveen | 500m | 1 | |||
| 2021/2022 | Stavanger | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | Salt Lake City, UT | 500m | 2 | |||
| 2021/2022 | Stavanger | 500m | 3 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 4 | |||
| 2020/2021 | Heerenveen | 500m | 3 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 11 | |||
| 2020/2021 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 13 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 500m | 13 | |||
| 2019/2020 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 23 | |||
| 2021/2022 | World Cup Classification | 1000m | 49 | |||