Anastasia Shpilevaya Explained

Anastasia Shpilevaya
Native Name:Анастасия Андреевна Шпилевая
Native Name Lang:ru
Fullname:Anastasia Andreyevna Shpilevaya
Country:Russia
Birth Date:26 June 1999
Birth Place:Odesa, Ukraine
Residence:Moscow, Russia
Formerpartner:Grigory Smirnov, Andrei Lebed
Coach:Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Choreographer:Alena Samarskaia
Formerchoreographer:Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Skating Club:Moscow UOR 4
Currenttraininglocations:Moscow
Beganskating:2005
Retired:29 January 2021[1]
Dance Score:172.93
Dance Date:2019 Rostelecom Cup
Sd Score:68.04
Sd Date:2019 CS Finlandia Trophy
Fd Score:105.89
Fd Date:2019 Rostelecom Cup
Show-Medals:yes

Anastasia Andreyevna Shpilevaya (Russian: link=no|Анастасия Андреевна Шпилевая; born 26 June 1999) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Grigory Smirnov, she is the 2019 Bavarian Open champion, 2016 Youth Olympic champion, and 2017 Russian junior national champion.

Personal life

Anastasia Andreyevna Shpilevaya was born on 26 June 1999 in Odesa, Ukraine. She resides in Moscow, Russia.

Career

Early years

Shpilevaya began learning to skate in 2005. During the 2011–12 season, she competed with Andrei Lebed on the advanced novice level, winning silver at the Volvo Open Cup in Latvia and bronze at the Baltic Cup in Poland.

Shpilevaya teamed up with Grigory Smirnov ahead of the 2012–13 season. Competing on the junior level, they placed fifth at the Ice Challenge and won silver at the Pavel Roman Memorial. The following season, they qualified for the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, where they finished seventh.

2014–2015 season

Shpilevaya/Smirnov received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2014–15 season. They won bronze in late August at the JGP in Courchevel, France, but finished ninth the following month in Tallinn, Estonia. The two placed fifth at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.

2015–2016 season

Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first event of the 2015 JGP series took place in October in Logroño, Spain. They finished fourth, outscored for the bronze medal by Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit, resulting in the loss of their provisional assignment to Zagreb, Croatia. In January 2016, they won the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, behind Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd and Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko. They were named in Russia's teams to the Youth Olympics and World Junior Championships.

In February, Shpilevaya/Smirnov won gold at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, having placed first in both segments. Assigned to Team Courage for the mixed NOC team event, they placed first in their segment and their team finished sixth. On March 15–20, they competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary where they finished fifth.

2016–2017 season

In the 2016–17 Season, Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first JGP assignment was at the 2016 JGP Japan where they won the silver medal with a total score of 151.50 points. A month later they achieved their second silver of the season at the 2016 JGP Germany. With two silver medals they qualified for the 2016−17 JGP Final where they placed sixth.

In February 2017 Shpilevaya/Smirnov won the gold medal at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships after placing second in the short dance and 1st in the free dance. They beat the silver medalist and the favourites, Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd, by almost 6 points, mainly due to the costly fall that Loboda had in the free dance.

In March 2017 they competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships where they finished fourth after placing fourth in both the short dance and free dance. At these championships they scored their personal best score of 152.66 points.

2017–2018 season

In the 2017–18 Season, Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first JGP assignment was at the 2016 JGP Latvia where they won the silver medal behind their teammates and training partners, sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko. Due to Smirnov's injury, which required a surgery, they had to skip the rest of the season.

2018–2019 season

Shpilevaya/Smirnov started their season by competing in two ISU Challenger Series events. In early October they made their international senior debut at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy where they finished fifth and in mid November they competed at the 2018 CS Alpen Trophy where they placed fourth. They placed sixth at the 2019 Russian Championships.

2019–2020 & 2020–2021 seasons

Beginning the season with two Challenger assignments, Shpilevaya/Smirnov placed fourth at 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy and then sixth at 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed sixth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.

At the 2020 Russian Championships, they placed ninth.

In the off-season, Shpilevaya was hospitalized during the coronavirus pandemic, remarking afterward "I have never encountered such a illness (and God forbid, I won't in the future)."

In September 2020, it was announced that the pair had split to Shpilevaya's injury and being unable to practice.[2]

Shpilevaya announced her retirement in January 2021, citing complications in her recovery from COVID.[1] She will work as a skating coach.

Programs

(with Smirnov)

SeasonRhythm danceFree dance
2019–2020
2018–2019
  • Tango Amore
Short dance
2017–2018
  • Kiss
  • Baila Baila Conmigo
  • Love Story
2016–2017
2015–2016

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2014–2015
    • Tongue Twister
  • Out of My Mind
  • Bye, Bye Johnny
2013–2014
  • Hanuman
  • Unidos Para La Musica
  • Diablo Rojo
2012–2013

Competitive highlights

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

With Smirnov

International
Event12–1313–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–20
align=left 6th
align=left 4th
align=left 5th 6th
align=left 4th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left 5th
International: Junior
align=left 5th 4th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left 6th
align=left 9th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 4th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left 5th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
National
align=left 6th 9th
align=left 7th 5th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=gold 1st WD
Team events
align=left 6th T
1st P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Lebed

International
Event2011–12
align=left Baltic Cup bgcolor=cc9966 3rd N
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd N
N = Advanced novice level

Detailed results

With Smirnov

2019–20 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
24–29 December 20192020 Russian Championshipsalign=center 8
70.34
align=center 9
105.33
align=center 9
175.67
15–17 November 20192019 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 6
67.04
align=center 5
105.89
align=center 6
172.93
11–13 October 20192019 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 6
68.04
align=center 5
97.77
align=center 6
165.81
13–15 September 20192019 CS Lombardia Trophyalign=center 6
67.04
align=center 5
103.58
align=center 4
170.62
2018–19 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
7–9 March 20192019 Winter Universiadealign=center 6
62.19
align=center 5
104.63
align=center 5
166.82
5–10 February 20192019 Bavarian Openalign=center 3
65.00
align=center 1
108.55
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
173.55
19–23 December 20182019 Russian Championshipsalign=center 7
68.00
align=center 6
105.23
align=center 6
173.23
11–18 November 20182018 CS Alpen Trophyalign=center 4
63.43
align=center 5
95.22
align=center 4
158.65
4–7 October 20182018 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 5
64.33
align=center 4
103.61
align=center 5
167.94
2017–18 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
6–9 September 20172017 JGP LatviaJunioralign=center 1
60.11
align=center 2
79.72
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
139.83
2016–17 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
15–19 March 20172017 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 4
63.26
align=center 4
89.40
align=center 4
152.66
1–5 February 20172017 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 2
67.71
align=center 1
96.17
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
163.88
8–11 December 20162016−17 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 6
59.29
align=center 6
81.35
align=center 6
140.64
18–20 November 20162016 Ice StarJunioralign=center 1
66.49
align=center 1
93.43
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
159.92
5–9 October 20162016 JGP GermanyJunioralign=center 2
61.00
align=center 2
87.02
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
148.02
7–11 September 20162016 JGP JapanJunioralign=center 2
60.88
align=center 2
90.62
align=center bgcolor=silver 2
151.50
2015–16 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
14–20 March 20162016 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 4
59.15
align=center 6
87.40
align=center 5
146.55
12–21 February 20162016 Winter Youth Olympics - Team EventJunioralign=center
-
align=center 1
86.48
align=center 6
12–21 February 20162016 Winter Youth OlympicsJunioralign=center 1
57.93
align=center 1
83.95
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
141.88
19–23 January 20162016 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 2
63.73
align=center 3
92.23
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
155.96
20–25 October 20152015 Denkova-Staviski CupJunioralign=center 1
57.78
align=center 1
90.33
align=center bgcolor=gold1
148.11
30 September – 4 October 20152015 JGP SpainJunioralign=center 4
57.15
align=center 4
83.24
align=center 4
140.39
2014–15 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
4–7 February 20152015 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 4
55.47
align=center 4
84.39
align=center 5
139.86
5–9 November 20142014 Volvo Open CupJunioralign=center 1
57.05
align=center 1
82.96
align=center bgcolor=gold1
140.01
24–28 September 20142014 JGP EstoniaJunioralign=center 8
42.96
align=center 9
68.70
align=center 9
111.66
20–24 August 20142014 JGP FranceJunioralign=center 3
47.94
align=center 4
73.48
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
121.42
2013–14 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
22–25 January 20142014 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 6
56.96
align=center 7
75.52
align=center 7
132.48

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Panina. Anastasia. 29 January 2021. Коронавирус сломал ей карьеру, но не характер. Искренний монолог Анастасии Шпилевой и ее новая жизнь в фигурном катании. The coronavirus ruined her career, but not her character. Anastasia Shpilevaya's sincere monologue and her new life in figure skating. Match TV. ru.
  2. Web site: Распался российский танцевальный дуэт Шпилевая – Смирнов . September 16, 2020 . Russian . The Russian dance duet Shpilevaya - Smirnov broke up.