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[Viviana]

There was no gold medal given out this year. The winners from the competition's page were:

2009 NYIBC Medalists

Women

Amber Neumann (USA), Silver Medal
Olga Malinovskaya (Russia), Bronze Medal
Yong Jung Rhee (Korea), Bronze Medal
Jia Zhang (China), Lefkowitz Award for Artistic Recognition

Men

John Mark Giragosian (USA), Silver Medal
Artjom Maksakov (Estonia), Bronze Medal
Ricardo Santos (Brazil), Bronze Medal and The Gerald Arpino Award (one year contract with Joffrey Ballet)
Ki Wan Kim (Korea), Lefkowitz Award for Jury Acknowledgement
Marco Pagetti (Italy), Lefkowitz Award for Jury Acknowledgement

[Marga]

Viviana, on Jun 30 2009, 07:00 PM, said:

Artjom Maksakov (Estonia), Bronze Medal

Thank you Viviana, for the report! Artjom is a beautiful dancer, and I'm so happy he won the bronze medal! He dances with the National Ballet of Estonia. In his last year at the Tallinn Ballet School, he was dancing quite regularly with the company. He has been a soloist for a few years.  

Artjom Maksakov website