Alexander "Sasha" Artemev (born Aug 29, 1985) is an
American Gymnast. He was born in Minsk, Belarus and
is the son of former Soviet all-around Champion
Vladimir and Svetlana Artemev. He emigrated to the
United States with his parents and became a
naturalized citizen in 2002
He earned a bronze medal at the 2006 World
Championships on pommel horse, becoming the first
U.S. pommel horse medal winner since Kurt Thomas in
1979. He won three titles at the 2006 Visa
Championships on all-around, pommel horse and
parallel bars. The next year, at the VISA
Championships, he won the pommel horse, but finished
fourth in the all around, behind champion David
Durante, Guillermo Alvarez, and Sho Nakamori.
