Marilena Kitromilis (born October 15, 2004) is a Cypriot-American figure skater who represents Cyprus in women's singles skating. She is the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International champion. She is the first Cypriot figure skater to win an ISU-sanctioned international competition. Kitromilis also made history by being the first Cypriot figure skater to compete at an ISU Grand Prix event (2022 Skate America).

Personal life Kitromilis was born on October 15, 2004, to her Cypriot mother, Maria Kitromilis, and American father, William Adams. She has a twin brother, Mikhail. Though born and raised in the United States, Kitromilis is of Cypriot descent. She traveled to Cyprus multiple times throughout her childhood to spend summers with the families of her grandfather's siblings and many cousins. Her maternal grandfather was born and raised in Karavas, Cyprus. She enjoys reading books of various genres in her free time.

Career Early years Kitromilis started skating on ponds with her mother and twin brother at the age of two and half. She began learn-to-skate classes at four years old and quickly progressed to private lessons. She competed domestically in the United States at the juvenile through novice levels before transitioning to represent Cyprus, internationally, in advance of the 2020–21 season.

2020–21 season Kitromilis made her international senior debut representing Cyprus in October at the 2020 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished twelfth. She competed at one other international event that season, the 2020 Santa Claus Cup, where she placed sixth. Throughout the 2020–21 season, Kitromilis was in the process of transitioning to a new coaching team from former coaches Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson. She changed coaches to Olga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov, and Sergei Minaev.

2021–22 season Kitromilis opened the Olympic season competing at the Cranberry Cup in mid-August in Norwood, Massachusetts. She placed eighth in the short program and tenth in the free skate to finish eighth overall. At her second assignment of the season, Kitromilis earned her first international title by winning the 2021 CS Autumn Classic International, with a solid performance, in what was considered an upset victory. She scored personal bests in both segments of the competition, as well as overall. She won the gold medal ahead of South Korean competitors You Young and Ji Seo-yeon. Kitromilis' scores met the required technical minimums to allow her to compete at the 2022 European and World Championships. She is the first-ever Cypriot figure skater to win an ISU-sanctioned international competition.

She competed at two more Challenger events in the fall, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup and the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where she finished twelfth and fifth, respectively. In January 2022, Kitromilis made her European Championships debut in Tallinn, Estonia. She finished thirty-second in the short program and did not advance to the free skate. She was thirtieth in the short program at her 2022 World Championship debut.

2022–23 season

Kitromilis began this season with an injury to her left knee. After finishing ninth at the 2022 U.S. Classic, Kitromilis made her Grand Prix debut at 2022 Skate America. Despite the pain in her knee, she competed and finished eleventh. Kitromilis then competed at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup and the 2022 CS Golden Spin before going to Latvia for the 2022 Latvia Trophy, where she placed third overall.

At the 2023 European Championships, she finished in eighteenth place after the SP after a misstep in her footwork. She placed thirteenth overall after the free skate, where she was in tenth place with a season's best score. A week later, Kitromilis competed at the 2023 Bavarian Open, where she placed third overall. She also changed coaches to Sergei Komolov and relocated to Dubai for training. Going into the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Kitromilis faced difficulties training with her ongoing knee injury going into Worlds and came in thirty-first overall, which was not enough to reach the free skate. At the end of the season, she ranked 46th in the ISU season's world ranking for women.

2023–24 season Kitromilis did not compete this season. She entered the 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb, but she withdrew in November. In February 2024, she underwent surgery for her knee injury.

2024–25 season Kitromilis changed coaches to Andrei Lutai and began training in Sofia, Bulgaria. Making her return to competition, she finished sixteenth at the 2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup and seventeenth at the 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy. She went on to compete at the 2024 Bosphorus Cup and 2024 EduSport Trophy, where she placed fourth and seventh, respectively. In late December, she was an out-of-competition guest competitor at the Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships. The following month, it was announced that Kitromilis had relocated to Sofia, Bulgaria to train under coaches, Andrei and Ina Lutai.

Going to compete at the 2025 Bellu Memorial, Kritromilis finished the event in fifth place. She then went on to place twelfth at the 2025 Sonja Henie Trophy and win gold at the 2025 Black Sea Ice Cup.

2025–26 season Kitromilis began her season by competing at the Robin Cousins Cup in Sheffield where she finished in 6th place overall. Subsequently, she went onto finish 21st at the Denkova-Staviski Cup and 16th at the Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January, she placed 7th at the Sofia Trophy. The following month, she competed the short program segment at Skate Berlin International before withdrawing from the free skate segment.

Programs SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition2025–2026 N'iniste pas T'es où Melodramma (Live From Teatro Del Silenzio)

by Andrea Bocelli 2024–2025 Mother Lion Theme Run With Your Heart 2023–2024 Masquerade Waltz What a Wonderful World Cernunnos Mad World 2022–2023 Mamma la rondinella Taranta Mother Lion Theme Run With Your Heart Faded 2021–2022 Moonlight Sonata The Four Seasons

Competitive highlights

Detailed results

2024-25 seasonDateEventSPFSTotal April 5–6, 2025 2025 Black Sea Ice Cup 1 54.83 2 91.73 1 146.56 March 6–9, 2025 2025 Sonja Henie Trophy 13 41.64 11 84.15 12 125.79 February 18–23, 2025 2025 Bellu Memorial 2 56.83 6 105.07 5 161.90 December 12-15, 2024 2024 EduSport Trophy 7 46.94 6 89.33 7 136.27 Nov. 25 – Dec. 1, 2024 2024 Bosphorus Cup 4 49.98 3 93.51 4 143.49 November 11–17, 20242024 CS Tallinn Trophy 8 49.72 19 71.28 17 121.00 November 5–10, 20242024 Denkova-Staviski Cup7 53.5117 82.4816 135.992022–23 seasonDateEventSPFSTotalMarch 22–26, 20232023 World Championships31 48.92 -31 48.92Jan. 31 – Feb. 5, 20232023 Bavarian Open5 50.313 100.943 151.25January 25–29, 20232023 European Championships18 53.7110 105.2013 158.91December 17–18, 20222022 Latvia Trophy1 64.925 100.893 165.81December 7–10, 20222022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb5 54.5814 95.4311 150.01November 16–20, 20222022 CS Warsaw Cup24 39.3216 88.9819 128.30October 21–23, 20222022 Skate America12 46.0111 89.4711 135.48September 13–16, 20222022 CS U.S. Classic7 52.5511 77.099 129.642021–22 seasonMarch 21–27, 20222022 World Championships30 53.32 –30 53.32January 10–16, 20222022 European Championships32 44.03 -32 44.03December 9–11, 20212021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb5 58.715 108.245 166.65November 17–20, 20212021 CS Warsaw Cup12 54.7712 102.3512 157.12September 16–18, 20212021 CS Autumn Classic1 61.332 119.391 180.72August 11–15, 20212021 Cranberry Cup International8 57.9310 101.468 159.392020–21 seasonNovember 26–29, 20212020 Santa Claus Cup9 38.115 94.826 132.93October 14–17, 20212020 CS Budapest Trophy14 33.1011 83.2012 116.30

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