Fleur Maxwell

Fleur Maxwell
Maxwell at the 2016 European Championships
Personal information
Born (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 38)
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.

Career

Maxwell started skating at the age of nine. 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. 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.

Maxwell retired again in 2017 due to a hip injury that eventually required her to undergo a hip replacement at age 32.

Asteroid 255019 Fleurmaxwell, discovered by astronomer Matt Dawson in 2005, was named in her honor, and she is currently the only Luxembourgian Olympian to have an asteroid named after them. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 July 2011 (M.P.C. 75550).

Career post-retirement

Since retiring from competitive skating, 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.

Personal life

Maxwell is of Australian and Danish descent, and she was raised in Luxembourg. Her parents worked as European Civil Servants. The sociologist Claire Maxwell is her eldest sister, and they both attended the European School of Luxembourg. Due to her intense career as a professional figure skater, she often underwent a special program in high-school allowing her to attend classes from Monday to Wednesday and was let free for the remaining two days, but had to make up for what she missed on her own. Her training was from Wednesday to Sunday, and she often had to travel between Paris and Charleville-Mézières to train in different locations.

She currently lives in New York City, having moved after she met her future wife there.

Programs

Maxwell in 2012
Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
2015–2016
2013–2015
2012–2013
  • With or Without You
    by U2
    performed by 2Cellos
2011–2012
2010–2011
2009–2010
  • Khorobushko
    by Bond
2005–2006
2004–2005
2003–2004
2002–2003

Results

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

International
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
Junior Worlds32nd18th
JGP China12th
JGP Croatia10th
JGP France8th8th
JGP Germany9th
Copenhagen3rd
Golden Bear2nd
National
Luxembourg2nd1st1st1st
Luxem. Junior1st1st
WD = Withdrew

References

  1. ↑ "ISU : World Standings". isu.org. 21 February 2007. Archived from the original on 21 February 2007. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ↑ Vernon, Nadin (24 May 2010). "Fleur Maxwell: "I have come back to skating a much fuller person"". Absolute Skating. Retrieved 22 December 2010.
  3. ↑ "Body By Fleur". Body by Fleur. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 Romain Haas (17 March 2023). "Fleur Maxwell : "Porter le drapeau aux JO, une immense fierté"". Le Quotidien (in French).
  5. ↑ "255019 Fleurmaxwell (2005 TN52)". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  6. ↑ "Olympians With Asteroids Named After Them (60)". Olympedia. 2006–2023. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
  7. ↑ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Body By Fleur Instagram". Instagram.
  9. ↑ Marcel Tockert (13 October 2017). "Le devenir européen de la Ville de Luxembourg" (PDF). VDL Ville de Luxembourg (in French).
  10. ↑ Pascal Gillen (13 December 2017). "Fleur Maxwell: Zwischen Schule und Olympia". Tageblatt (in German).
  11. 1 2 "Fleur MAXWELL: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015.
  13. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012.
  16. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011.
  17. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010.
  18. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2006.
  19. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2004/2005". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 August 2005.
  20. ↑ Mittan, Barry (13 February 2005). "The Flower of Luxembourg". Skate Today. Archived from the original on 30 April 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2012.
  21. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2003/2004". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 June 2004.
  22. ↑ "Fleur MAXWELL: 2002/2003". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 June 2003.
  23. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Fleur MAXWELL". International Skating Union.

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