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Anastasiia Smirnova
Native nameАнастасія Смірнова (Ukrainian)
Other namesAnastasiya
Born (2004-04-20) April 20, 2004 (age 20)
Dnipro, Ukraine
HometownShakopee, Minnesota
Height1.49 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
PartnerDanil Siianytsia
CoachTrudy Oltmanns
Skating clubYarmouth Ice Club
Began skating2010

Anastasiia Smirnova (Ukrainian: Анастасія Смірнова; born April 20, 2004) is a Ukrainian-American pair skater. With her skating partner, Danil Siianytsia, she is the 2021 U.S. junior national champion, the 2020 U.S. junior national silver medalist, and finished in the top ten at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

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 coaches 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 2015 Ukrainian junior national silver medalist 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 Danil 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.

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 Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava.

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 Kate Finster / Balazs Nagy. As a result, they were named to the 2020 World Junior Championships team, alongside Finster/Nagy and Winter Deardorff / Mikhail Johnson.[3] Smirnova/Siianytsia finished tenth at the World Junior Championships.

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.[6] The Junior Grand Prix, where they would have competed, was also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled.

In January, Smirnova/Siianytsia won the junior title at the 2021 U.S. Championships by over 20 points ahead of Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard and Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez, despite Smirnova suffering a high ankle sprain on her right leg in practice the day before competition began.[7] Siianytsia reflected that they were "pretty excited" about the win and "hopefully it won't be our last one."[7]

Programs

With Siianytsia

Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[2]
  • Dixie Biscuits
    by Tape Five
    choreo. by Randi Strong
2019–2020
[8]

With Darenskyi

Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[9]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Siianytsia for the United States

International: Junior[10]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds 10th
JGP Russia 7th
Golden Spin 2nd
National[10]
U.S. Champ. 3rd N 2nd J 1st J
U.S. Pairs Final 3rd J
Eastern Sect. 2nd N
ISP Points Chall. 1st J
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: N = Novice; 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 2nd 1st

Detailed results

ISU Personal Best highlighted in bold.

With Siianytsia

Junior results

2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 11–21, 2021 2021 U.S. Championships 1
59.07 		1
110.78 		1
169.85
2019–20 season
Date Event 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, 2019 2019–20 U.S. Pairs Final 3
47.81 		3
87.79 		3
135.60
September 11–14, 2019 2019 JGP Russia 7
45.69 		7
81.20 		7
126.89

Novice results

2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 18–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships 3
44.92 		2
84.53 		3
129.45
November 13-17, 2018 2019 Eastern Sectionals 3
38.99 		2
66.34 		2
105.33

References

  1. ^ a b Cloutier, Claire (January 17, 2020). "Smirnova and Siianytsia's Skating Journey: From Ukraine to the United States". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating.
  2. ^ a b "Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia". U.S. Figure Skating.
  3. ^ a b "Skating to Worlds". City of Shakopee. March 16, 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Anastasiia SMIRNOVA / Artem DARENSKYI". International Skating Union.
  5. ^ "Смірнова/Даренський – Дев'яті hа Турнірі Юніорського Гран Прі У Ризі" [Smirnova / Darenskyi – Ninth at the Riga Junior Grand Prix Tournament] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. September 8, 2017.
  6. ^ Sandbulte, Eric (December 10, 2020). "All Seasons Center hosts champions". Sioux Center News.
  7. ^ a b Penny, Brandon (January 21, 2020). "Junior Champions Crowned as the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships Conclude". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating.
  8. ^ "Anastasiia SMIRNOVA / Danylo SIIANYTSIA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020.
  9. ^ "Anastasiia SMIRNOVA / Artem DARENSKYI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union.
  10. ^ a b "Competition Results: Anastasiia SMIRNOVA / Danylo SIIANYTSIA". International Skating Union.

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