Early Life
Artemev was born in Minsk, USSR (now Belarus). He is the son of Vladimir Artemev, the former Soviet all-around champion in 1982 and 1984 whose own Olympic ambitions were dashed by his country's boycott of the Los Angeles Games, followed by a career-ending knee injury. The Artemevs moved to the United States in 1994 when Sasha was 9, and father and son became citizens in 2002. His mother, Svetlana, was a high-level Russian rhythmic gymnast who moved to Chile in 1991, after working as a roller skater in the Moscow Circus.
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