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Marilena Kitromilis (born October 15, 2004) is a Cypriot-American figure skater who represents Cyprus in women's singles skating. She is the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International champion. She is the first Cypriot figure skater to win an ISU sanctioned international competition.

Marilena Kitromilis
Personal information
Country represented	Cyprus
Former country(ies) represented	United States
Born	(2004-10-15) October 15, 2004 (age 18) Georgetown, Virginia
Home town	Ipswich, Massachusetts
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Coach	Olga Ganicheva Alexei Letov Sergey Minaev
Former coach	Mark Mitchell Peter Johansson
Choreographer	Benoît Richaud
Skating club	Leader FSC
Training locations	Boston, Massachusetts
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	180.72 2021 CS Autumn Classic
Short program	61.33 2021 CS Autumn Classic
Free skate	119.39 2021 CS Autumn Classic

Personal life

Kitromilis was born on October 15, 2004 to her Cypriot mother, Maria Kitromilis and American father, William Adams. She has a twin brother, Mikhail. Though born and raised in the United States, Kitromilis is of Cypriot descent. She traveled to Cyprus multiple times throughout her childhood to spend summers with the families of her grandfather's siblings. Her maternal grandfather was born and raised in Karavas, Cyprus. She is currently a high school student who enjoys reading books of various genres in her free time.

Career

Early years

Kitromilis started skating on ponds with her mother and twin brother at the age of 2 1/2. She began learn-to-skate classes at 4 years old with coach Becky Curry and quickly progressed to private lessons with Curry, Juri Litvinov, and Vitaliy Shalin. She competed domestically in the United States at the juvenile through novice levels before transitioning to represent Cyprus in advance of the 2020–21 season.[1]

2020–21 season: International senior debut

Kitromilis made her international senior debut representing Cyprus in October at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished twelfth. She competed at one other international event that season, the 2020 Santa Claus Cup, where she placed sixth. Over the course of the 2020–21 season, Kitromilis was in the process of transitioning to a new coaching team from former coaches Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson. She is currently coached by Olga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov, and Sergey Minaev.[1]

2021–22 season: Challenger gold

Kitromilis opened the Olympic season competing at the Cranberry Cup held in Norwood, Massachusetts in mid-August. She placed eighth in the short program and tenth in the free skate to finish eighth overall. At her second assignment of the season, Kitromilis earned her first international title by winning the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, in what was considered a major upset victory. Kitromilis also scored personal bests in both segments of competition, as well as overall, to win the gold medal ahead of South Korean competitors You Young and Ji Seo-yeon.[2] Kitromilis' scores met the required technical minimums in order to secure a spot for Cyprus at the 2022 European and World Championships. She is the first-ever Cypriot figure skater to win an ISU-sanctioned international competition.[3]

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. In January 2022, Kitromilis made her European Championships debut in Tallinn, Estonia. She finished thirty-second in the short program and did not advance to the free skate. She was thirtieth in the short program at her World Championship debut.[1]

2022–23 season

After finishing ninth at the 2022 U.S. Classic, Kitromilis was invited to make her Grand Prix debut, finishing eleventh at the 2022 Skate America.[1]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating
2022–2023 [4]	Mamma la rondinella Taranta by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Mother Lion Theme (from Lion) by Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka Run With Your Heart by Dream Cave choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2021–2022 [5]	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Depeche Mode choreo. by Olga Ganicheva	The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi arr. by Abel Korzeniowski choreo. by Olga Ganicheva

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

For Cyprus

International[1]
Event	20–21	21–22	22–23
Worlds		30th
Europeans		32nd
GP Skate America			11th
CS Asian Open		WD
CS Autumn Classic		1st
CS Budapest Trophy	12th
CS Cup of Austria		WD
CS Golden Spin		5th
CS U.S. Classic			9th
CS Warsaw Cup		12th
Cranberry Cup		8th
Santa Claus Cup	6th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

For the United States

National[6]
Event	18–19	19–20
U.S. Challenge		5th N
Eastern Sectionals	7th I	3rd N
New England Reg.	3rd I
Levels: I = Intermediate; N = Novice

Detailed results

ISU Personal best in bold.

For Cyprus

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
October 21–23, 2022	2022 Skate America	12 46.01	11 89.47	11 135.48
September 13–16, 2022	2022 CS U.S. Classic	7 52.55	11 77.09	9 129.64
2021–22 season
March 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	30 53.32	–	30 53.32
January 10–16, 2022	2022 European Championships	32 44.03	-	32 44.03
December 9–11, 2021	2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	5 58.71	5 108.24	5 166.65
November 17–20, 2021	2021 CS Warsaw Cup	12 54.77	12 102.35	12 157.12
September 16–18, 2021	2021 CS Autumn Classic	1 61.33	2 119.39	1 180.72
August 11–15, 2021	2021 Cranberry Cup International	8 57.93	10 101.46	8 159.39
2020–21 season
November 26–29, 2021	2020 Santa Claus Cup	9 38.11	5 94.82	6 132.93
October 14–17, 2021	2020 CS Budapest Trophy	14 33.10	11 83.20	12 116.30

References

External links

• Marilena Kitromilis at the International Skating Union

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