Fleur Maxwell

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Born (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 37)
Dudelange, Luxembourg
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
CountryLuxembourg
CoachIrina Derbina-Karotom, Igor Lukanin, Vitaliy Danylchenko
Fleur Maxwell
Fleur Maxwell (left) at the 2013 Ukrainian Open
Personal information
Born (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 37)
Dudelange, Luxembourg
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryLuxembourg
CoachIrina Derbina-Karotom, Igor Lukanin, Vitaliy Danylchenko
Skating clubCercle de Patinage Remich
Began skating1998
Retired2017

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.

Maxwell started skating at the age of nine.[1] 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.[2] 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,[3] and she is currently the only Luxembourgian Olympian to have an asteroid named after them.[4] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 July 2011 (M.P.C. 75550).[5]

Programs

Maxwell in 2012
Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[6]
2015–2016
[6]
2013–2015
[7][8]
2012–2013
[9]
  • With or Without You
    by U2
    performed by 2Cellos
2011–2012
[10]
2010–2011
[11]
2009–2010
[12]
  • Khorobushko
    by Bond
2005–2006
[13]
2004–2005
[14][15]
2003–2004
[16]
2002–2003
[17]

Results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[18]
Event 02–03 03–04 04–05 05–06 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16
Olympics24th
Worlds29th33rd37th
Europeans14th25th34th22nd25th24th33rd20th18th
GP Bompard10th
CS Finlandia8th
CS Nebelhorn8th
CS Tallinn Trophy18th
CS U.S. Classic8th
Bavarian Open24th9th
Challenge Cup2nd10th15th
Cup of Nice23rd9th10th
DS Cup2nd
Dubai Golden Cup1st
Finlandia9th
Gardena4th
Golden SpinWD10th7th12th
Istanbul Cup2nd
Karl Schäfer3rd
Nebelhorn24th15th15th
NRW Trophy12th21st19th2nd14th
Merano Cup9th
Ondrej Nepela6th
Printemps15th7th6thWD
Santa Claus Cup3rd
Seibt Memorial7th16th8th
Slovenia Open3rd
Sportland Trophy7th
Tallinn Trophy4th
Ukrainian Open3rd
Warsaw Cup4th6th
International: Junior[18]
Junior Worlds32nd18th
JGP China12th
JGP Croatia10th
JGP France8th8th
JGP Germany9th
Copenhagen3rd
Golden Bear2nd
National[18]
Luxembourg2nd1st1st1st
Luxem. Junior1st1st
WD = Withdrew

Career post-retirement

Since retiring from competitive skating in 2017,[19] Maxwell has focused on building a career in personal training. Her brand, named BodyByFleur, claims to be a 'transformational full body fitness method', and has built a substantial social media following, with 14,000 followers on Instagram.[20]

Personal life

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