Michael Christian Martinez OLY | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Michael Christian Martinez | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other names | Mikee Martinez | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Parañaque, Philippines | November 4, 1996||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Muntinlupa, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||
Country | Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coach | Nikolai Morozov | ||||||||||||||||||||
Skating club | Metro ISC | ||||||||||||||||||||
Began skating | 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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. Martinez is the first skater from Southeast Asia and from a tropical country to qualify for the Olympics, was the only athlete to represent the Philippines at the 2014 Winter Olympics, and was one of only two to represent the Philippines at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2]