Anastasiia Smirnova (figure skater)

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Anastasiia Smirnova
Native nameАнастасія Смірнова
Born (2004-04-20) April 20, 2004 (age 20)
Dnipro, Ukraine
Hometown Shakopee, Minnesota
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Partner Danylo Siianytsia
CoachTrudy Oltmanns
Skating clubYarmouth Ice Club
Began skating2010
Retired28 August 2023

Anastasiia Smirnova [lower-alpha 1] (born April 20, 2004) is a former Ukrainian-born pair skater who represented the United States and Ukraine. With her skating partner, Danylo Siianytsia, she is the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion. They are also the 2021 U.S. junior national champions and finished in the top ten at two World Junior Championships.

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Personal life

Smirnova was born on April 20, 2004, in Dnipro, Ukraine in a Russian-speaking family. As of 2021, she is in her last year of an online Ukrainian high school. Smirnova came to the United States in mid-2018 on a P-1 visa and hopes to gain U.S. citizenship. [1]

Smirnova has a pet kitten named Bunny. [2] She previously coached Learn to Skate lessons at the Shakopee Ice Arena, where she trains. [3]

Career

Early career

Smirnova began skating in 2010 in Dnipro. Her first pairs partner was Artem Darenskyi. Coached by Lilia Batutina, Smirnova/Darenskyi were the 2015 Ukrainian junior national silver medalists and the 2016 Ukrainian junior national champion. [4] They competed at two Junior Grand Prix events, placing ninth at 2017 JGP Latvia and 11th at 2017 JGP Belarus, before splitting in fall 2017. [5]

Smirnova teamed up with Danylo Siianytsia in mid-2018 after he found her profile on IcePartnerSearch and asked his coach, Trudy Oltmanns, to arrange a tryout. [1] She moved from Ukraine to train with Siianytsia under Oltmanns in Shakopee, Minnesota. In their first season together, they won the novice bronze medal at the 2019 U.S. Championships. [6]

2019–20 season

Smirnova/Siianytsia made their junior international debut at 2019 JGP Russia, where they finished seventh overall. They then competed at the 2019–20 U.S. Pairs Final and won the bronze medal, qualifying them to the 2020 U.S. Championships. At the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb in December, Smirnova/Siianytsia earned their first international medal, silver behind Georgia's Butaeva/Berulava. [6]

At the 2020 U.S. Championships, Smirnova/Siianytsia were third in the short program but won the free skate to earn the silver medal behind Finster/Nagy. As a result, they were named to the 2020 World Junior Championships team. [3] Smirnova/Siianytsia finished tenth at the World Junior Championships. [6]

2020–21 season

After the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota caused their training rink to close, Smirnova/Siianytsia temporarily relocated with their coach to her old rink in Sioux Center, Iowa. [7] The Junior Grand Prix, where they would have competed, was also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and canceled.

In January, Smirnova/Siianytsia won the junior title at the 2021 U.S. Championships by over 20 points ahead of silver medalists Martins/Bedard, despite Smirnova suffering a high ankle sprain on her right leg in practice the day before competition began. [8] Siianytsia reflected that they were "pretty excited" about the win and "hopefully, it won't be our last one." [8]

2021–22 season

Smirnova/Siianytsia returned to international competition on the Junior Grand Prix. They were fourth overall in Poland despite placing third in each segment and finished sixth in Austria. They also competed on the senior level for the first time, placing ninth at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup. [6] Both skaters contracted COVID-19 in December and withdrew from the 2022 U.S. Junior Championships. [9]

Despite their absence from the national championships, Smirnova/Siianytsia were named to the American team for the 2022 World Junior Championships, which had been originally scheduled to be held in Sofia, but due to the pandemic were moved to Tallinn in mid-April. [10] Due to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the International Skating Union banned all Russian athletes from competing at the event. [11] This had a significant impact on the pairs field, long dominated by Russia. [12] The invasion of their native country was a difficult experience for both, with both having family members still living there, some of whom evacuated to Poland. Siianytsia called it "terrifying for our family." [13] Smirnova/Siianytsia placed third in the short program, winning a bronze small medal, their only error being Smirnova underrotating and stepping out of her double Axel. [14] However, the free program proved to be difficult, with Siianytsia falling on both jumps, Smirnova falling on their second throw jump, and then their second lift aborted. They dropped to fourth place overall. [15]

2022–23 season

Moving to the international senior level full-time, Smirnova/Siianytsia made their Challenger debut at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they finished in seventh place. [16] Given two Grand Prix assignments, they were scheduled to make their debut at the 2022 Skate America but had to withdraw after Siianytsia suffered a groin injury. Despite this, they were able to attend their second event, the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, five weeks later. They finished second in the short program. [17] However, they dropped to fourth place after the free skate. [18]

Prior to the 2023 U.S. Championships, Smirmova sustained an injury that forced the pair to withdraw from the competition. [19]

Programs

With Siianytsia

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[20]
2022–2023
[21]
2021–2022
[22]
2020–2021
[2]
  • Dixie Biscuits
    by Tape Five
    choreo. by Randi Strong
2019–2020
[23]

With Darenskyi

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[24]

Competitive highlights

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

With Siianytsia for the United States

International [6]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23
GP Finland 4th
CS Finlandia 7th
CS Golden Spin 1st
Cranberry Cup 9th
International: Junior [6]
Junior Worlds 10th4th
JGP Austria 6th
JGP Poland 4th
JGP Russia 7th
Golden Spin 2nd
National [6]
U.S. Champ. 2nd J1st JWDWD
U.S. Pairs Final3rd J
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
J = Junior

With Darenskyi for Ukraine

International: Junior [4]
Event 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
JGP Belarus 9th
JGP Latvia 11th
National [4]
Ukrainian Junior 2nd1st

Detailed results

ISU Personal Best highlighted in bold.

With Siianytsia

Senior results

2022–23 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
December 7–10, 2022 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2
62.44		1
116.82		1
179.26
November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 2
63.01		4
102.11		4
165.12
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 7
54.50		7
98.38		7
152.88

Junior results

2021–22 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 3
60.38		5
88.15		4
148.53
October 6–9, 2021 2021 JGP Austria 7
51.55		6
104.85		6
156.40
Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2021 2021 JGP Poland 3
55.07		3
98.56		4
153.63
2020–21 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
January 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 1
59.07		1
110.78		1
169.85
2019–20 season
DateEvent SP FS Total
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 11
51.19		10
93.86		10
145.05
January 20–26, 2020 2020 U.S. Championships 3
54.56		1
108.48		2
163.04
December 4–7, 2019 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 1
52.17		3
80.53		2
132.70
November 12–16, 20192019–20 U.S. Pairs Final3
47.81		3
87.79		3
135.60
September 11–14, 2019 2019 JGP Russia 7
45.69		7
81.20		7
126.89

Notes

  1. ↑ Ukrainian: Анастасія Смірнова, romanized: Anastasiia Smirnova

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