Alena Kostornaia
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 Kostornaia at the 2017–18 JGP Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Alena Sergeyevna Kostornaia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Native name | Алёна Сергеевна Косторная (Russian) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Other names | Alyona Kostornaya | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 August 2003 Moscow, Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.46 m (4 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Figure skating career | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Russia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Skating club | Sambo 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alena Sergeyevna Kostornaia (pron. Kos-tor-NY-ah; Russian: Алёна Сергеевна Косторная; Alyona Sergeyevna Kostornaya; born 24 August 2003) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2018 World Junior silver medalist, the 2017 JGP Final silver medalist, 2017 JGP Poland champion, and 2018 Russian national bronze medalist on the senior level. As of March 2018, she has the third highest score achieved in an international junior ladies competition – 207.39 points.
Personal life
Kostornaia was born on 24 August 2003 in Moscow.[1]
Career
Early career
Kostornaia began learning to skate in 2007.[1] From 2012 to 2017 she was coached by Elena Zhgun in Moscow.[2]
Kostornaia had an injury in 2016.[citation needed] She finished 16th at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships. Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov became her coaches in 2017.[2]
2017–2018 season
Kostornaia's international debut came in early October 2017 at a 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Gdansk, Poland; ranked first in the short program and second in the free skate, she won the gold medal by a margin of 1.36 points over the silver medalist, her teammate and training partner Daria Panenkova.[3] She won silver behind Sofia Samodurova at JGP Italy by a margin of 0.04 points.[4] Her placements qualified her for the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, where she won silver, placing second in the short program, and first in the free skate. On the senior level, Kostornaia won bronze at the 2018 Russian Figure Skating Championships. She later won silver at the 2018 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships behind teammate Alexandra Trusova by a margin of 0.58 points.
In March 2018 Kostornaia competed at the 2018 Junior Worlds. She placed 2nd in the short program and 2nd in the free skate and won the silver medal behind her teammate Alexandra Trusova.
Programs
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2017–2018 [1] |
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Records and achievements
- Set the junior-level ladies' record for the short program with score of 71.65 points at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final, previously held by Russian teammate Alina Zagitova. Her record was broken by Russian teammate Alexandra Trusova at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final on December 7, 2017 with 73.25 points.
Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 |
| Junior Worlds | 2nd | ||
| JGP Final | 2nd | ||
| JGP Italy | 2nd | ||
| JGP Poland | 1st | ||
| National[2] | |||
| Russian Champ. | 3rd | ||
| Russian Cup Final | 1st | ||
| Russian Junior Champ. | WD | 16th | 2nd |
| TBD = Assigned | |||
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Previous ISU world best highlighted in Italic. Personal best highlighted in bold.
| 2017–18 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
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| 5–11 March 2018 | 2018 World Junior Championships | Junior | 2 71.63 |
2 135.76 |
2 207.39 |
| 23–26 January 2018 | 2018 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 3 69.88 |
1 141.63 |
2 211.51 |
| 21–24 December 2017 | 2018 Russian Championships | Senior | 4 73.59 |
4 142.98 |
3 216.57 |
| 7–10 December 2017 | 2017–18 JGP Final | Junior | 2 71.65 |
1 132.93 |
2 204.58 |
| 11–14 October 2017 | 2017 JGP Italy | Junior | 1 67.72 |
2 124.43 |
2 192.15 |
| 4–7 October 2017 | 2017 JGP Poland | Junior | 1 69.16 |
2 128.75 |
1 197.91 |
| 2016–17 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 1–5 February 2017 | 2017 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 12 57.77 |
16 103.48 |
16 161.25 |
References
- ^ a b c "Alena KOSTORNAIA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b c "Алёна Сергеевна Косторная" [Alena Kostornaia]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
- ^ "Junior Ladies Result". International Skating Union. 6 October 2017.
- ^ "Junior Ladies Result". International Skating Union. 14 October 2017.
- ^ "Competition Results: Alena KOSTORNAIA". International Skating Union.