Here is all you need to know about Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva including her age, career, records and net worth today
About two years after the competition, Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva lost her gold medal in the team event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games and was given a four-year ban for doping.
Who is Russia figure skater Kamila Valieva banned for doping, bio, age, height, family, parents and net worth today
When information regarding a sample obtained six weeks earlier at Russia’s national championships revealed there was a prohibited heart medicine in her system, the case stunned the Olympics just 24 hours after she had led Russia to victory in the team event. In a statement, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said:
Kamila Valieva is found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation and sanctioned with a four-year period of ineligibility commencing on 25 December 2021.”
In its long-awaited ruling, the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva for four years on doping charges, that retroactively took effect from 2021 and stripped her and the ROC of 2022 Beijing Games team event medal https://t.co/bjWrlWxxfY pic.twitter.com/6FHM8Wo9SS
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Who is Kamila Valieva?
Kamila Valeryevna Valieva is a Russian figure skater who was born on April 26, 2006 in Kazan, Russia. The 17-year-old stands 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) tall.
A look at Kamila Valieva’s career and records
She has won three Russian national medals (silver in 2021 and 2023, bronze in 2024), the 2022 European champion, the 2021 Rostelecom Cup champion, and the 2021 Skate Canada champion.
Additionally, pending the outcome of a WADA inquiry, she was the 2022 Olympic provisional champion in the team event. A sample Valieva had given for a drug test in December of 2022 revealed that she had taken trimetazidine.
The Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), the International Skating Union (ISU), and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) were involved in Valieva’s doping case. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rendered a decision in that case, imposing a four-year ban that was retroactive to December 25, 2021, and disqualifying all competitive results from that date.
For the women’s short programme, free skating, and overall scores, Valieva currently holds the world records. Over her career, she has broken eight world records.
She is the first female skater to surpass the 250, 260, and 270-point benchmarks in the overall score (all in the same season), the 170 and 180-point benchmarks in the free skate, and the 90-point benchmark in the short programme.
Kamila Valieva’s parents
Kamila was born to Ravil, her father, a military man and her mother Asu Valieva.
What is Kamila Valieva’s net worth?
Kamila Valieva’s net worth is expected to be around $2 million.