Fleur Maxwell
Fleur Maxwell | |
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![]() Fleur Maxwell (left) at the 2013 Ukrainian Open | |
Born | (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 36) Dudelange, Luxembourg |
Height | 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Luxembourg |
Coach | Irina Derbina-Karotom, Igor Lukanin, Vitaliy Danylchenko |
Skating club | Cercle de Patinage Remich |
Began skating | 1998 |
Retired | 2017 |
Fleur Maxwell (born 5 August 1988) is a Luxembourgish former figure skater. She has won nine senior international medals. She reached the free skate at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at six ISU Championships, achieving her highest result, 14th, at the 2005 European Championships.
Career
Maxwell started skating at the age of nine.[2] She debuted on the junior international level in the 2002–03 season. Ranked 32nd at the 2003 World Junior Championships, she placed 18th the following year in The Hague, Netherlands.
Maxwell won the silver medal at the 2004 International Challenge Cup, her senior international debut. Her first senior ISU Championship was the 2005 European Championships in Turin, Italy. She finished 14th at the event and then 29th at the 2005 World Championships. At the Karl Schäfer Memorial in October 2005, Maxwell won the bronze medal and qualified to compete at the Olympics in Turin. As the only Luxembourg competitor at the 2006 Winter Olympics, she was the flag bearer for her country. Placing 21st in the short program, she qualified for the free skate and finished 24th overall in ladies' singles. She then retired from competitive skating.
Maxwell returned to competition in the 2009–10 season.[3] She did not qualify for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver or the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi but won medals at the Istanbul Cup, Slovenia Open, Ukrainian Open, Denkova-Staviski Cup, and NRW Trophy.
Asteroid 255019 Fleurmaxwell, discovered by astronomer Matt Dawson in 2005, was named in her honor, [4] and she is currently the only Luxembourgian Olympian to have an asteroid named after them. [5] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 July 2011 (M.P.C. 75550).[6]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2017–2018 [7] |
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2015–2016 [7] |
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2013–2015 [8][9] |
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2012–2013 [10] |
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2011–2012 [11] |
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2010–2011 [12] |
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2009–2010 [13] |
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2005–2006 [14] |
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2004–2005 [15][16] | ||
2003–2004 [17] |
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2002–2003 [18] |
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Results
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[19] | |||||||||||
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Event | 02–03 | 03–04 | 04–05 | 05–06 | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
Olympics | 24th | ||||||||||
Worlds | 29th | 33rd | 37th | ||||||||
Europeans | 14th | 25th | 34th | 22nd | 25th | 24th | 33rd | 20th | 18th | ||
GP Bompard | 10th | ||||||||||
CS Finlandia | 8th | ||||||||||
CS Nebelhorn | 8th | ||||||||||
CS Tallinn Trophy | 18th | ||||||||||
CS U.S. Classic | 8th | ||||||||||
Bavarian Open | 24th | 9th | |||||||||
Challenge Cup | 2nd | 10th | 15th | ||||||||
Cup of Nice | 23rd | 9th | 10th | ||||||||
DS Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||
Dubai Golden Cup | 1st | ||||||||||
Finlandia | 9th | ||||||||||
Gardena | 4th | ||||||||||
Golden Spin | WD | 10th | 7th | 12th | |||||||
Istanbul Cup | 2nd | ||||||||||
Karl Schäfer | 3rd | ||||||||||
Nebelhorn | 24th | 15th | 15th | ||||||||
NRW Trophy | 12th | 21st | 19th | 2nd | 14th | ||||||
Merano Cup | 9th | ||||||||||
Ondrej Nepela | 6th | ||||||||||
Printemps | 15th | 7th | |||||||||
Santa Claus Cup | 3rd | ||||||||||
Seibt Memorial | 7th | 16th | 8th | ||||||||
Slovenia Open | 3rd | ||||||||||
Sportland Trophy | 7th | ||||||||||
Tallinn Trophy | 4th | ||||||||||
Ukrainian Open | 3rd | ||||||||||
Warsaw Cup | 4th | 6th | |||||||||
International: Junior[19] | |||||||||||
Junior Worlds | 32nd | 18th | |||||||||
JGP China | 12th | ||||||||||
JGP Croatia | 10th | ||||||||||
JGP France | 8th | 8th | |||||||||
JGP Germany | 9th | ||||||||||
Copenhagen | 3rd | ||||||||||
Golden Bear | 2nd | ||||||||||
National[19] | |||||||||||
Luxembourg | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||||||
Luxem. Junior | 1st | 1st | |||||||||
WD = Withdrew |
Career post-retirement
Since retiring permanently from competition in 2017,[20] Maxwell has focused on building a successful and high profile career in personal training. Her brand - BodyByFleur - claims to be a 'transformational full body fitness method', and has built a substantial social media following, with 14,000 followers on Instagram.[21]
Personal life
Maxwell is of Australian and Danish descent,[22] and was raised in Luxembourg. Her parents worked as European Civil Servants.[23] The sociologist Claire Maxwell is her eldest sister, and they both attended the European School of Luxembourg. Due to her intense career as a professional figure skater, she often underwent a special program in high-school allowing her to attend classes from Monday to Wednesday, and was let free for the remaining two days, but had to make up for what she missed on her own. Her training was from Wednesday to Sunday, often having to travel between Paris and Charleville-Mézières to train in different locations.[24]
She married in September 2022[25] and is currently living in New York City.
References
- ^ http://www.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-130267-131575-nav-list,00.html ISU Communication 1629
- ^ "ISU : World Standings". isu.org. 21 February 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Vernon, Nadin (24 May 2010). "Fleur Maxwell: "I have come back to skating a much fuller person"". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
- ^ "255019 Fleurmaxwell (2005 TN52)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Olympians With Asteroids Named After Them (60)". Olympedia. 2006–2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Fleur MAXWELL: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 August 2005.
- ^ Mittan, Barry (13 February 2005). "The Flower of Luxembourg". Skate Today.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.
- ^ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 June 2003.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Fleur MAXWELL". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Body By Fleur". Body by Fleur.
- ^ "Body By Fleur Instagram". Instagram.
- ^ Romain Haas (17 March 2023). "Fleur Maxwell : «Porter le drapeau aux JO, une immense fierté»". Le Quotidien (in French).
- ^ Marcel Tockert (13 October 2017). "Le devenir européen de la Ville de Luxembourg" (PDF). VDL Ville de Luxembourg (in French).
- ^ Pascal Gillen (13 December 2017). "Fleur Maxwell: Zwischen Schule und Olympia". Tageblatt (in German).
- ^ "Fleur Maxwell makes her marriage official". Instagram. 22 September 2022.
External links
Media related to Fleur Maxwell at Wikimedia Commons
- Fleur Maxwell at the International Skating Union
- Fleur Maxwell at Olympedia
- Fleur Maxwell at Olympics.com