Artem Alexeyevich Markelov (Russian: Артём Алексеевич Маркелов; born July 10, 2003) is an American ice dancer.

Markelov was born on July 10, 2003, in Volzhsky, Russia to mother Elena, a lawyer, and father Alexey, deputy director of a tire manufacturing facility.

[4] He learned up to a double Axel and a triple loop as a single skater before relocating to Moscow on his own, at first to pursue pair skating, but ultimately ice dance.

Markelov and his first partner, Kristina Makeeva, teamed up in 2019 and competed internationally as advanced novices at the 2019 Santa Claus Cup.

A native of Volgograd, Markelov chose to relocate to the United States to partner with Neset in March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic curtailed international travel.

[6] The following month, the team debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit at the 2021 JGP Russia where they placed eighth.

"[9] Despite their gold medal, they were not selected for one of the three American berths at the 2022 World Junior Championships, being passed over in favour of teams with stronger prior international results.

[10] Neset and Markelov were initially scheduled to begin the international season at the Armenian stop on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

[6] In January, Neset/Markelov successfully defended their junior national title at the U.S. Championships, despite a rocky rhythm dance which left them initially in seventh place.

"[20] Heavy pre-event favourites at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Neset/Markelov won the rhythm dance by 4.05 points over second-place Germans Grimm/Savitskiy.

They won the free dance as well, despite Neset losing her balance and putting a hand down on a choreographic lift, resulting in a technical deduction for a fall.

They noted afterward that the choreographic lift was a new element they had created three weeks prior, Neset saying it was "a bit sad that we couldn't show a super clean skate."