Anastasia Skoptsova Explained

Anastasia Skoptsova
Native Name:Анастасия Ильинична Скопцова
Native Name Lang:ru
Fullname:Anastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova
Also Known As:Skoptcova
Country:Russia
Birth Date:8 November 2000
Birth Place:Moscow, Russia
Formerpartner:Kirill Aleshin
Nikita Nazarov
Formercoach:Svetlana Alexeeva, Elena Kustarova, Olga Riabinina, Maria Borovikova, Denis Samokhin
Formerchoreographer:Sergei Nikulshin, Elena Kustarova, Olga Riabinina
Former Skating Club:Sport School No. 2 Moscow
Formertraininglocations:Moscow
Beganskating:2004
Retired:2022
Dance Score:195.06
Dance Date:2021 Denis Ten Memorial
Sd Score:78.39
Sd Date:2021 Denis Ten Memorial
Fd Score:116.67
Fd Date:2021 Denis Ten Memorial
Show-Medals:yes

Anastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova (Russian: Анастасия Ильинична Скопцова; born 8 November 2000) is a Russian retired ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Kirill Aleshin, she was the 2020 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy silver medalist, and 2021 Russian national bronze medalist.

Earlier in their career, they won gold at the 2018 World Junior Championships and 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final, as well as bronze at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.

Personal life

Anastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova was born on 8 November 2000 in Moscow, Russia.

Career

Early years

Skoptsova began learning to skate in 2004. 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. 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. They began competing together in October 2013. 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, 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. They won gold in the mixed NOC team event.

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.

2018–2019 season: Senior debut

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. 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.

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. Consequently, they started their competition season at the 2019 Cup of China on the Grand Prix, placing seventh. At the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, they were ninth of ten teams.

Skoptcova/Aleshin placed fifth at the 2020 Russian Championships.

2020–2021 season: Grand Prix and national bronze medals

Skoptcova/Aleshin debuted at the senior Russian test skates, repeating their programs from the previous season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They competed on the domestic Cup of Russia series, winning the gold medal at stage four in Kazan by almost 34 points.

With the Grand Prix allotted based mainly on geographic location, Skoptcova/Aleshin competed at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, placing third in the rhythm dance. Third in the free dance as well, they won their first Grand Prix medal, a bronze.

With reigning national champions Sinitsina/Katsalapov sitting out the 2021 Russian Championships due to COVID-19 illness, the bronze medal position on the national podium was widely perceived to be open to contest between several teams, Skoptcova/Aleshin among them. They placed third in the rhythm dance. Due to a twizzle error from Skoptcova, they placed fourth in the free dance, but remained in third place overall to take bronze, standing on the senior national podium for the first time.

Following the national championships, Skoptcova/Aleshin participated in the 2021 Channel One Trophy, a televised team competition held in lieu of the cancelled European Championships. They were selected for the Time of Firsts team captained by Evgenia Medvedeva. They placed third in both their segments of the competition, while their team finished in second overall. They did not participate in the Russian Cup Final.

2021–2022 season

Skoptsova and Aleshin debuted their programs at the Russian senior test skates. They won a gold medal at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and then were sixth at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup. They went on to win another gold at the Santa Claus Cup.

At the 2022 Russian Championships, Skoptsova/Aleshin placed sixth. Speaking after the free dance, Skoptsova noted that Aleshin had had twizzle problems, but that otherwise she felt it "was emotional, soulful, beautiful, sublime, and tender and we are very proud of ourselves and the coaches." This would prove to be their final competition, as they announced their retirement at the end of the season, with Skoptsova intending to become a journalist.

Programs

(with Aleshin)

SeasonRhythm danceFree dance
2021–2022
2019–2021
  • Raise a Little Hell
  • How 'bout a Dance
  • This World Will Remember Us
2018–2019
  • Viejos Aires
  • Yo Soy Maria
Short dance
2017–2018
  • Historia de un amor
  • Tango
2016–2017
  • At Last
  • Swing Baby
  • O Mar E Tu
2015–2016
  • Iko Iko
  • 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

Competitive highlights

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

With Aleshin

International
Event13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22
align=left 7th
align=left 7th
align=left 9th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 6th
align=left 10th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left WD
align=left WD
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left WD
International: Junior
align=left 5th bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left 6th bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left 4th
National
align=left 5th 5th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd 6th
align=left 9th 5th bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left Russian Youth
4th
Team events
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st T
2nd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

With Nazarov

International
Event2010–112011–12
align=left 13th N
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st N
National
align=left 13th
N: Advanced novice level

Detailed results

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

With Aleshin

2021–22 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
21–26 December 20212022 Russian Championshipsalign=center 7
75.36		align=center 6
110.36		align=center 6
185.72
6–12 December 20212021 Santa Claus Cupalign=center 1
81.17		align=center 1
118.24		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
199.41
26–28 November 20212021 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 6
71.95		align=center 6
108.98		align=center 6
180.93
28–31 October 20212021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challengealign=center 1
78.39		align=center 1
116.67		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
195.06
2020–21 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
5–7 February 20212021 Channel One Trophyalign=center 3
81.42		align=center 3
123.34		align=center bgcolor=gold 2T/3P
204.76
23–27 December 20202021 Russian Championshipsalign=center 3
80.19 		align=center 4
116.78 		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
196.97
5–8 December 20202020 Cup of Russia Series, 5th Stage, Moscow
domestic competition		align=center 1
81.81		align=center 1
123.17		align=center bgcolor=gold1
204.98
20–22 November 20202020 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 3
79.75 		align=center 3
119.50		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
199.25
8–12 November 20202020 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage, Kazan
domestic competition		align=center 1
79.36		align=center 1
120.20		align=center bgcolor=gold1
199.56
2019–20 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
7–9 February 20202020 Egna Trophyalign=center 1
74.04		align=center 2
108.53		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
182.57
24–29 December 20192020 Russian Championshipsalign=center 4
73.98		align=center 5
112.83		align=center 5
186.81
2–8 December 20192019 Santa Claus Cupalign=center 1
72.75		align=center 1
109.34		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
182.09
15–17 November 20192019 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 7
66.52		align=center 9
98.12		align=center 9
164.64
8–10 November 20192019 Cup of Chinaalign=center 6
69.19 		align=center 8
100.15 		align=center 7
169.34
2018–19 season
DateEventRDFDTotal
19–23 December 20182019 Russian Championshipsalign=center 6
69.00		align=center 5
106.10		align=center 5
175.10
26 November – 2 December 20182018 CS Tallinn Trophyalign=center 1
71.17		align=center 3
108.61		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
179.78
9–11 November 20182018 NHK Trophyalign=center 6
64.53		align=center 7
95.43		align=center 7
159.96
26–28 October 20182018 Skate Canadaalign=center 7
62.68		align=center 10
85.31		align=center 10
147.99

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2017–18 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
5–11 March 20182018 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center bgcolor=gold 1
66.44		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
88.71		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
155.15
23–26 January 20182018 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 1
69.54		align=center 1
92.89		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
162.43
7–10 December 20172017–18 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 1
65.87		align=center 1
87.74		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
153.61
21–26 November 20172017 Tallinn TrophyJunioralign=center 1
67.53		align=center 1
88.94		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
156.47
4–7 October 20172017 JGP PolandJunioralign=center 1
64.63		align=center 1
86.15		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
150.78
20–24 September 20172017 JGP BelarusJunioralign=center 2
61.71		align=center 3
81.93		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
143.64
2016–17 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
15–19 March 20172017 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
63.38		align=center 5
89.15		align=center 5
152.53
1–5 February 20172017 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 3
62.37		align=center 3
89.68		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
152.05
20–27 November 20162016 Tallinn TrophyJunioralign=center 1
62.74		align=center 1
86.66		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
149.40
28 September – 2 October 20162016 JGP EstoniaJunioralign=center 2
62.53		align=center 2
85.92		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
148.45
21–25 September 20162016 JGP SloveniaJunioralign=center 2
56.80		align=center 2
86.98		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
143.78
2015–16 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
12–21 February 20162016 Winter Youth Olympics - Team eventJunioralign=center
-		align=center 2
80.28		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
12–21 February 20162016 Winter Youth OlympicsJunioralign=center 2
57.75		align=center 3
76.87		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
134.62
19–23 January 20162016 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 7
59.41		align=center 4
84.81		align=center 5
144.22
10–13 December 20152015−16 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 6
56.51		align=center 6
78.10		align=center 6
134.61
7–11 October 20152015 JGP CroatiaJunioralign=center 2
60.80		align=center 2
87.95		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
148.75
23–27 September 20152015 JGP PolandJunioralign=center 3
57.98		align=center 3
83.63		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
141.61
2014–15 season
DateEventLevelSDFDTotal
4–7 February 20152015 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 9
46.79		align=center 7
73.22		align=center 9
120.01
5–9 November 20142014 Volvo Open CupJunioralign=center 3
48.05		align=center 4
73.21		align=center 4
121.26