Anna Litvinenko
Anna Victoria Litvinenko (born 15 February 2001) is a British figure skater and 2017 Team GB member.[1] She is a five-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, the 2016 ISU CS Warsaw Cup, the 2017 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Latvia, the 2017 ISU CS Finlandia Trophy, the 2018 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Lithuania and the 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy. In 2017 she was named Youth Sports Personality of the Year (Denninberg Shield) by Sport Godalming.[2]
Anna Litvinenko | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | United Kingdom |
Born | Norwich, England | 15 February 2001
Home town | Guildford, England |
Residence | Guildford, England |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Coach | Veronika Bogomolova |
Choreographer | Veronika Bogomolova, Mark Naylor, Katie Bennett |
Skating club | Guildford IFSC Surrey |
Training locations | Guildford, England |
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 |
Litvinenko is coached by Veronika Bogomolova at the Guildford IFSC in Guildford, England.[3]
Career
Early career
Litvinenko began ice skating in 2008 at the age of seven, after receiving ice skates as a present.[3][4] She began skating internationally in 2011,[5] and first skated at the British national championships in the 2012-13 season,[6] ultimately reaching number 1 in the national rankings at the advanced novice level in 2013.[7]
Junior career
At the junior level, Litvinenko's international debut was at the 2014 Merano Cup, where she was placed 11th.[8] 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.[9][10] She also debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2015-16 season, placing 20th in the United States.[11] In the 2016-17 season, she continued in the JGP series and was placed 20th in Slovenia.[12] She was placed on podium positions at the British national championships in five consecutive seasons: she was awarded the silver medal in the 2014-15 season[13] and bronze medals in the 2015–16,[14] 2016-17,[15] 2017-18[16] and 2018-19[17] seasons. She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Erzurum, Turkey.[18] She has also placed first at the Tirnavia Ice Cup in both the 2017-18[19] and 2018-19[20] seasons.
Senior career
At the senior level, Litvinenko made her international debut at the 2016 Denkova-Staviski Cup, where she was awarded the bronze medal.[21] She also came in 8th place at the 2017 Skate Helena competition.[22] In the 2016-17 season, she debuted in the ISU Challenger Series, achieving 18th place in Poland.[23] She was placed 6th in the British national championships in the same season.[24] She was placed 15th in Finland and 23rd in Austria in the ISU Challenger Series in the 2017-18[25] and 2018-19[26] seasons respectively. She was placed 7th in the British national championships in the 2018-19 season.[27]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2018–19 [28] |
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2017–18 |
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2016–17 [3] |
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2015–16 [4] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International[29] | ||||||||
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Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
CS Alpen Trophy | 23rd | |||||||
CS Finlandia | 15th | |||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 11th | |||||||
Denkova-Staviski | 3rd | |||||||
Skate Helena | 8th | |||||||
International: Junior [29] | ||||||||
JGP Latvia | 16th | |||||||
JGP Lithuania | 22nd | |||||||
JGP Slovenia | 20th | |||||||
JGP Poland | 33rd | |||||||
JGP U.S. | 20th | |||||||
EYOF | 7th | |||||||
Golden Bear | 3rd | |||||||
Ice Star | 9th | |||||||
Tirnavia Ice Cup | 2nd | 1st | 1st | |||||
Toruń Cup | 4th | |||||||
Merano Cup | 11th | |||||||
International: Advanced novice[29] | ||||||||
Crystal Skate | 3rd | |||||||
National[29] | ||||||||
British Champ. | 6th | 7th | ||||||
British Junior Champ. | 12th N | 28th N | 2nd J | 3rd J | 3rd J | 3rd J | ||
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior |
References
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- "Sport Godalming. Promoting Local Sport".
- "Biography: Anna LITVINENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.
- "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.
- "Kaunas Ice Christmas Cup 2011: Basic Novice A Girls Results". 18 December 2011. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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- "Advanced Novice Ladies preview, British Figure Skating Championships 2013". UK News on Ice. 23 November 2013. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
- "17th Merano Cup: Junior Ladies Results". Italian Ice Sports Federation (FISG). 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
- "Tirnavia Edea Ice Cup 2015: Junior Ladies Results". Kraso Trnava. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
- "Golden Bear 2015: Junior Ladies Results". 25 October 2015.
- "ISU JGP Colorado Springs 2015: Junior Ladies Results". International Skating Union. 5 September 2015. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
- "ISU JGP Ljubljana Cup 2016". International Skating Union. 24 September 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
- "British Figure Skating Championships 2014". IOW Skaters. 26 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
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- "British Figure Skating Championships 2018 Junior Ladies Result". 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- "Future winter stars announced as Team GB selects 17 athletes for Erzurum 2017". Team GB. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- "10th Tirnavia Riedell Ice Cup: Junior Ladies Results". 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- "11th Tirnavia Ice Cup: Junior Ladies Results". 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- "Denkova-Staviski Cup 2016 ISU: Senior Ladies Results". Denkova-Staviski Club. 23 October 2016. Archived from the original on 10 February 2017.
- "Skate Helena 2017 ISU: Senior Ladies Results". 21 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017.
- "ISU CS Warsaw Cup 2016: Ladies Results". Polish Figure Skating Association. 19 November 2016. Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- "British Figure Skating Championships 2016: Senior Ladies Results". 4 December 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- "Finlandia Trophy Espoo 2017 Ladies Results". 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- "CS Inge Solar Memorial - Alpen Trophy 2018 Ladies Results". 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- "British Figure Skating Championships 2018 Senior Ladies Result". 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- "Biography: Anna LITVINENKO". International Skating Union. 1 December 2018. Archived from the original on 1 December 2018.
- "Competition Results: Anna LITVINENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2017.