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Russian Federation Kamila Valieva is a Russian figure skater known for her technical achievements and involvement in a high-profile doping case at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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Puma signed a contract with Kamila Valieva in spring 2019, which was typically a four-year agreement, valid until spring 2023.
Kamila Valieva had a contract with Shiseido, though specific details regarding its duration were not provided.
Kamila Valieva was born on April 26, 2006, in Kazan, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. She began skating in 2009 at RSDUSSHOR in Kazan, later training at SSHOR Moskvich before joining Eteri Tutberidze’s group at Sambo-70 in 2018. Valieva quickly gained international attention, with her 2018-19 short program to ‘Spiegel im Spiegel’ receiving widespread acclaim, even capturing the notice of Pablo Picasso’s granddaughter, Diana Widmaier Picasso.
Valieva made her international junior debut in 2019, securing a gold medal at the Junior Grand Prix in Courchevel, France. This event marked her as only the second female skater to land a quadruple toe loop in competition. She continued her success by winning the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final and the 2020 Junior World Championships, where she set new junior world records for free skate and total scores. In the 2021-22 season, Valieva transitioned to senior international competition, winning the 2021 Rostelecom Cup and the 2021 Skate Canada International, further breaking world records for short program, free skate, and total scores.
Her career faced a significant turning point at the 2022 Winter Olympics when a sample from December 2021 tested positive for trimetazidine. Despite being cleared to compete in the individual event by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) due to being a ‘protected person’ and issues with the delayed notification, her results were later disqualified, and she received a four-year ban retroactive to December 25, 2021. This decision led to the stripping of her 2022 European Championships and Olympic team event medals. Following the ban, Valieva has continued to participate in domestic Russian competitions.
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