Anna Litvinenko

Anna Litvinenko
Personal information
Country represented Great Britain
Born (2001-02-15) 15 February 2001
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Home town Guildford, England
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Coach Veronika Bogomolova
Choreographer Veronika Bogomolova, Katie Bennett
Skating club Guildford IFSC Surrey
Training locations Guildford
Began skating 2008
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 136.60
2017 CS Finlandia Trophy
Short program 45.67
2017 CS Finlandia Trophy
Free skate 90.93
2017 CS Finlandia Trophy

Anna Victoria Litvinenko (born 15 February 2001) is a British figure skater. She is a four-time junior medallist at the British national championships and has most notably competed at the 2015 ISU Junior Grand Prix in the United States, the 2016 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Slovenia and the 2016 ISU CS Warsaw Cup,[1] 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Latvia, and 2017 ISU CS Finlandia Trophy.

Litvinenko is coached by Veronika Bogomolova at the Guildford IFSC in Guildford, England.[2]

Career

Early career

Litvinenko began ice skating in 2008 at the age of seven, after receiving ice skates as a present.[2][3] She began skating internationally in 2011,[4] and first skated at the British national championships in the 2012-13 season,[5] ultimately reaching number 1 in the national rankings at the advanced novice level in 2013.[6]

Junior career

At the junior level, Litvinenko's international debut was at the 2014 Merano Cup, where she was placed 11th.[7] In the 2015-16 season, she went on to achieve podium positions at both the Tirnavia Edea Ice Cup and the Golden Bear of Zagreb.[8][9] She also debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2015-16 season, placing 20th in the United States.[10] In the 2016-17 season, she continued in the JGP series and was placed 20th in Slovenia.[11] She was placed on podium positions at the British national championships in three consecutive seasons: she was awarded the silver medal in the 2014-15 season[12] and the bronze medals in both the 2015-16[13] and 2016-17 seasons.[14] She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Erzurum, Turkey.[15]

Senior career

At the senior level, Litvinenko made her international debut at the 2016 Denkova-Staviski Cup, where she was awarded the bronze medal.[16] She also came in 8th place at the 2017 Skate Helena competition.[17] In the 2016-17 season, she debuted in the ISU Challenger Series, achieving 18th place in Poland.[18] She was placed 6th in the British national championships in the same season.[19]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2016–17
[2]
2015–16
[3]
  • Tango de los Exiliados
    (performed by Vanessa-Mae)
    by Walter Taieb

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[1]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
CS Finlandia15th
CS Warsaw Cup11th
Tirnavia Ice Cup1st
Skate Helena8th
Denkova-Staviski Cup3rd
International: Junior and Novice[1]
JGP Latvia16th
JGP Slovenia20th
JGP United States20th
Golden Bear3rd J
Tirnavia Ice Cup2nd J
MNNT Cup4th J
Merano Cup11th J
Crystal Skate3rd N
National[1]
British Champ.6th3rd
British Junior Champ.2nd3rd3rd3rd
N = Novice level; J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Competition Results: Anna LITVINENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Biography: Anna LITVINENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Discover Anna Litvinenko, with 15 days until the British Championships". National Ice Skating Association of Great Britain and N.I. (NISA). 16 November 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kaunas Ice Christmas Cup 2011: Basic Novice A Girls Results". 18 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "British Figure Skating & Synchro Championships 2012: Novice Ladies Results". 28 November 2012. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "Advanced Novice Ladies preview, British Figure Skating Championships 2013". UK News on Ice. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "17th Merano Cup: Junior Ladies Results". Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG). 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Tirnavia Edea Ice Cup 2015: Junior Ladies Results". Kraso Trnava. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Golden Bear 2015: Junior Ladies Results". KKK Medvescak. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "ISU JGP Colorado Springs 2015: Junior Ladies Results". International Skating Union. 5 September 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "ISU JGP Ljubljana Cup 2016". International Skating Union. 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "British Figure Skating Championships 2014". IOW Skaters. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "British Figure Skating Championships 2015: Junior Ladies Results". 4 December 2015. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  14. ↑ "British Figure Skating Championships 2016: Junior Ladies Results". 2 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  15. ↑ "Future winter stars announced as Team GB selects 17 athletes for Erzurum 2017". Team GB. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Denkova-Staviski Cup 2016 ISU: Senior Ladies Results". Denkova-Staviski Club. 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
  17. ↑ "Skate Helena 2017 ISU: Senior Ladies Results". 21 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017.
  18. ↑ "ISU CS Warsaw Cup 2016: Ladies Results". Polish Figure Skating Association. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  19. ↑ "British Figure Skating Championships 2016: Senior Ladies Results". 4 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
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