Anastasia Skoptsova

Anastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova (Russian: Анастасия Ильинична Скопцова; born 8 November 2000) is a Russian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Kirill Aleshin, she is the 2018 World Junior champion and 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final champion. They won two medals at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics – bronze in ice dancing and gold in the team event.

Anastasia Skoptsova
Skoptsova/Aleshin at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
Personal information
Native nameАнастасия Ильинична Скопцова
Full nameAnastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova
Alternative namesSkoptcova
Country representedRussia
Born (2000-11-08) 8 November 2000
Moscow, Russia
Height1.67 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
PartnerKirill Aleshin
Former partnerNikita Nazarov
CoachSvetlana Alexeeva, Elena Kustarova, Olga Riabinina
Former coachMaria Borovikova, Denis Samokhin
ChoreographerSergei Nikulshin, Soloviev
Former choreographerElena Kustarova, Olga Riabinina
Skating clubSport School No. 2 Moscow
Training locationsMoscow
Began skating2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total179.78
2018 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short dance71.17
2018 CS Tallinn Trophy
Free dance108.61
2018 CS Tallinn Trophy
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
2018 SofiaIce dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2017–18 NagoyaIce dancing
Winter Youth Olympics
2016 LillehammerIce dancing
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Winter Youth Olympics
2016 LillehammerTeam

Personal life

Anastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova was born on 8 November 2000 in Moscow, Russia.[1][2]

Career

Early years

Skoptsova began learning to skate in 2004.[3] She made her international debut in autumn 2010, competing with Nikita Nazarov on the advanced novice level at the Tirnavia Ice Cup and NRW Trophy. The two placed thirteenth at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships.[4] They were coached by Denis Samokhin in Moscow.

Beginning of partnership with Aleshin

Skoptsova and Kirill Aleshin teamed up after she contacted him through a Russian partner search.[5] They began competing together in October 2013.[4] They qualified to the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished ninth, having ranked ninth in the short and seventh in the free dance.

2015–2016 season: Junior Grand Prix debut

Skoptsova/Aleshin's first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments came in the 2015–2016 season. They won the bronze medal at the JGP in Toruń, Poland, after placing third in both segments behind Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter and Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko. At the JGP in Zagreb, Croatia, Skoptsova/Aleshin placed second in both segments and won the silver medal, scoring 12 points less than Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons (gold) and almost five points more than Sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko (bronze). Ranked 6th in the JGP standings, they took the final spot at the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona,[6] where they finished sixth.

Fifth at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships (seventh in the short dance, fourth in the free), the two were named in Russia's team to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar. Ranked second in the short dance and third in the free, they were awarded the bronze medal in the ice dancing event in Norway.[7] They won gold in the mixed NOC team event.[8]

2016–2017 season

In late September, Skoptsova/Aleshin won bronze at a JGP event in Ljubljana, Slovenia; they finished third behind Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter and Sofia Polishchuk / Alexander Vakhnov. A week later, they received silver at a JPG assignment in Tallinn, Estonia, where they placed second to Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd. They finished as the first alternates for the JGP Final.

In February, Skoptsova/Aleshin took bronze at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships, finishing behind Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov and Loboda/Drozd. They were included in Russia's team to the 2017 World Junior Championships, held in March in Taipei, Taiwan, and finished fifth overall after placing third in the short dance and fifth in the free dance.

2017–2018 season: World Junior title

Skoptsova/Aleshin began their JGP season in September, in Minsk, Belarus; they were awarded the silver medal, having finished 6.41 points behind Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko of the United States. In October, they won gold at a JGP event in Gdańsk, Poland, defeating their closest rivals, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov, by 16.93 points. Due to their results, they qualified to the 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final, held in December in Nagoya, Japan. They placed first in both segments in Japan, winning gold with a 1.85 point margin over silver medalists Carreira/Ponomarenko.

Skoptsova/Aleshin won gold at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships in January. They ranked first in both segments on their way to the gold medal at the 2018 World Junior Championships, held in March in Sofia, Bulgaria. They outscored the silver medalists (Carreira/Ponomarenko) by 7.47 points overall.[5]

2018–2019 season

Skoptsova suffered from a recurrence of an ankle injury over the summer that limited the duo's training time leading up to the new season.[9] In late October Skoptsova/Aleshin made their international senior and Grand Prix debut at the 2018 Skate Canada where they placed 10th. Two weeks later they finished 7th at the 2018 NHK Trophy.

In late November Skoptsova/Aleshin won their first international senior medal at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy. Ranked first in the rhythm dance and third in the free dance they won the silver medal with their personal best score of 179.78 points. At the 2019 Russian Championships, they placed fifth.[10]

2019–2020 season

Skoptcova (as she began identifying as in English transliteration) and Aleshin had to withdraw from the Russian test skates prior to skating their free dance due to Aleshin becoming ill, and withdrew from the Finlandia Trophy and the Ice Star.[11] Consequently, they started their competition season at the 2019 Cup of China on the Grand Prix, placing seventh.[12] At the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, they were ninth of ten teams.

Skoptcova/Aleshin placed fifth at the 2020 Russian Championships.[13]

Programs

(with Aleshin)

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[14]
2018–2019
[15]
  • Tango: Viejos Aires
    performed by Ara Malikian
  • Tango: Yo Soy Maria
    performed by Maria Volonte
Short dance
2017–2018
[3]
2016–2017
[1][16]
2015–2016
[17]
  • Iko Iko
    by Club des Belugas
    feat. Brenda Boykin
  • Hasta Siempre Comandante
  • Straight to Memphis
2014–2015 Ukrainian folk dance:
  • Unharness your horses, boys!
    (Ukrainian: Розпрягайте, хлопці, коні)
  • Moon in the sky
    (Ukrainian: Місяць на небі)
2013–2014 Ukrainian folk dance:
  • Unharness your horses, boys!
  • Moon in the sky

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Aleshin
Skoptsova/Aleshin at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final
International[18]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
GP Cup of China7th
GP NHK Trophy7th
GP Rostelecom Cup9th
GP Skate Canada10th
CS Finlandia TrophyWD
CS Ice StarWD
CS Tallinn Trophy2nd
Egna Trophy2nd
Santa Claus Cup1st
UniversiadeWD
International: Junior[18]
Junior Worlds5th1st
Youth Olympics3rd
JGP Final6th1st
JGP Belarus2nd
JGP Croatia2nd
JGP Estonia2nd
JGP Poland3rd1st
JGP Slovenia3rd
Tallinn Trophy1st1st
Volvo Open Cup4th
National[4]
Russia5th5th
Russia, Junior9th5th3rd1st
Russia, Youth
Elder Age		4th
Team events[8]
Youth Olympics1st T
2nd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T: Team result; P: Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Nazarov
International[4]
Event 2010–11 2011–12
NRW Trophy13th N
Tirnavia Ice Cup1st N
National[4]
Russian Junior Champ.13th
N: Advanced novice level

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Aleshin

2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
7–9 February 2020 2020 Egna Trophy 1
74.04		 2
108.53		 2
182.57
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 4
73.98		 5
112.83		 5
186.81
2–8 December 2019 2019 Santa Claus Cup 1
72.75		 1
109.34		 1
182.09
15–17 November 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 7
66.52		 9
98.12		 9
164.64
8–10 November 2019 2019 Cup of China 6
69.19		 8
100.15		 7
169.34
2018–19 season
Date Event RD FD Total
19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 6
69.00		 5
106.10		 5
175.10
26 November – 2 December 2018 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy 1
71.17		 3
108.61		 2
179.78
9–11 November 2018 2018 NHK Trophy 6
64.53		 7
95.43		 7
159.96
26–28 October 2018 2018 Skate Canada 7
62.68		 10
85.31		 10
147.99
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SD FD Total
5–11 March 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 1
66.44		 1
88.71		 1
155.15
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
69.54		 1
92.89		 1
162.43
7–10 December 2017 2017–18 JGP Final Junior 1
65.87		 1
87.74		 1
153.61
21–26 November 2017 2017 Tallinn Trophy Junior 1
67.53		 1
88.94		 1
156.47
4–7 October 2017 2017 JGP Poland Junior 1
64.63		 1
86.15		 1
150.78
20–24 September 2017 2017 JGP Belarus Junior 2
61.71		 3
81.93		 2
143.64
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SD FD Total
15–19 March 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 3
63.38		 5
89.15		 5
152.53
1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 3
62.37		 3
89.68		 3
152.05
20–27 November 2016 2016 Tallinn Trophy Junior 1
62.74		 1
86.66		 1
149.40
28 September – 2 October 2016 2016 JGP Estonia Junior 2
62.53		 2
85.92		 2
148.45
21–25 September 2016 2016 JGP Slovenia Junior 2
56.80		 2
86.98		 3
143.78
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SD FD Total
12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics - Team event Junior
-		 2
80.28		 1
12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 2
57.75		 3
76.87		 3
134.62
19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 7
59.41		 4
84.81		 5
144.22
10–13 December 2015 2015−16 JGP Final Junior 6
56.51		 6
78.10		 6
134.61
7–11 October 2015 2015 JGP Croatia Junior 2
60.80		 2
87.95		 2
148.75
23–27 September 2015 2015 JGP Poland Junior 3
57.98		 3
83.63		 3
141.61
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SD FD Total
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 9
46.79		 7
73.22		 9
120.01
5–9 November 2014 2014 Volvo Open Cup Junior 3
48.05		 4
73.21		 4
121.26

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