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Michael Christian "Mikee" Martinez (born November 4, 1996) is a Filipino Olympic figure skater. He is the 2015 Asian Figure Skating Trophy champion, a two-time Triglav Trophy champion and has won one ISU Challenger Series medal, silver at the 2014 Warsaw Cup .
In 2014, Michael Christian Martinez became the first Filipino, the first Southeast Asian, and the first male figure skater from a tropical country in the Winter Olympics, as well as the first Philippine Winter Olympian in 22 years. Several tropical nations have participated in the Winter Olympics despite not having the climate for winter sports.
Michael Christian Martinez is the sole competitor for the Philippines in figure skating. He initially failed to qualify for Winter Olympics after not making a sufficient finish at the CS Nebelhorn Trophy in September 2017. On January 23, 2018, he was informed that he is eligible to participate in the Games after Sweden returned a quota place ...
The Philippines competed at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. The Philippine team consisted of two athletes in two sports. [2] Philippine delegation with Consul Christian Traweger (left). The two athletes which formed the delegation are Abel Tesfamariam (second from left) and Michael Christian Martinez (middle).
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Michael Christian Martinez secured qualification by finishing 7th in the 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany. [11] In the short program, Martinez was the fifth athlete to perform in the men's singles competition which featured 29 other figure skaters from 21 NOCs. He performed to the tune of the "Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet".
In all, he competed in 30 events across five Olympics: the 2000 Sydney Olympics; 2004 Athens Olympics; 2008 Beijing Olympics; 2012 London Olympics; and 2016 Rio Olympics.
Figure skating at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games was held at the Gangneung Ice Arena in Gangneung, South Korea. The five events took place between 9 and 23 February 2018. The five events took place between 9 and 23 February 2018.