Artem Chigvintsev

Latin ballroom dancer Artem Chigvintsev was a contestant on season one of So You Think You Can Dance and an assistant choreographer for season two.

Chigvintsev and dancer Carrie Ann Inaba were romantically linked, but the couple split in November of 2008.

1. Born: January 5, 1968
2. Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii
3. Ethnic background is Japanese, Chinese and Irish
4. Attended: The University of California, Los Angeles and The University of California, Irvine
5. Lived in Tokyo in the 1980s during her singing career
6. Appeared as the character "Fook Yu" in Austin Powers in Goldmember
7. Started Dance War with Bruno Tonioli in 2008

"He stepped on my hand, sat on my head. How do you put that together? I am crazy and weird, but not that weird!"—Karina Smirnoff, show partnerPeople: Carrie Ann Inaba Finds Love (October 12, 2006)

"I'm single. Artem and I broke up in the beginning of November. As much as our relationship was really good, neither was the one for the other. It was very sad to let go of something that was so good on so many levels."People: Carrie Ann Inaba and Artem Chigvintsev Have Split (February 5, 2009)

"I have never gone out with somebody that grounded, always ready to talk it out. I'm very happy for him and the success he's having (referring to Chigvintsev)."People: Carrie Ann Inaba and Artem Chigvintsev Have Split (February 5, 2009)