Alena Kostornaia

Alena Kostornaia
Kostornaia at the 2018 Junior Worlds
Full name	Alena Sergeyevna Kostornaia
Native name	Алёна Сергеевна Косторная (Russian)
Other names	Alyona Kostornaya
Born	(2003-08-24) 24 August 2003 Moscow, Russia
Height	1.48 m (4 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Eteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Skating club	Sambo 70
Began skating	2007
Medal record Representing Russia Figure skating: Ladies' singles World Junior Championships 2018 Sofia Ladies' singles Junior Grand Prix Final 2017–18 Nagoya Ladies' singles

Alena Sergeyevna Kostornaia (pron. Al-ee-YOH-nah 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 2017–18 JGP Final silver medalist and 2018 Russian Junior silver medalist. She won three gold medals at the ISU Junior Grand Prix series — 2018 JGP Austria, 2018 JGP Czech Republic, and 2017 JGP Poland. She is the 2018 Russian national bronze medalist on the senior level.

Personal life

Kostornaia was born on 24 August 2003 in Moscow.

Career

Early career

Kostornaia began learning to skate in 2007. From 2012 to 2017 she was coached by Elena Zhgun in Moscow.

Kostornaia had an injury in 2016. She finished 16th at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships. Eteri Tutberidze and Sergei Dudakov became her coaches in 2017.

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. She won silver behind Sofia Samodurova at JGP Italy by a margin of 0.04 points. 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.

2018–2019 season

Kostornaia started her season by competing in the 2018 JGP series. At her first JGP event of the season she won the gold medal in Linz, Austria. She was ranked first in both the short program and the free skate and won the gold medal by a margin of more than 11 points over the silver medalist, her teammate Alena Kanysheva.

She skated her 2nd JGP event of the season at JGP Czech Republic, where she was again ranked first in both the short program and the free skate. She won the gold medal by a margin of about 2 points over the silver medalist, Kim Ye-lim. With two JGP gold medals she has qualified to the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2018–2019	The Departure (Lullaby) (from The Leftovers) by Max Richter November by Max Richter choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz	Romeo and Juliet Kissing You by Des'ree, Timothy Atack arranged by Craig Armstrong Forbidden Love (from Romeo & Juliet (2013 film)) by Abel Korzeniowski Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota arranged by Henry Mancini choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz
2017–2018	Dos cadencias sobre "Adiós Nonino" originally by Astor Piazzolla by Pablo Ziegler	Stella's Theme by William Joseph	Dos cadencias sobre "Adiós Nonino" originally by Astor Piazzolla by Pablo Ziegler Carmen by Moscow Virtuosi Chamber

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.
• Set the junior-level ladies' record of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system for the free program (132.42 points) at the 2018 JGP Austria.

Competitive highlights

Kostornaia (left) with Alexandra Trusova (center) and Mako Yamashita (right) at the 2018 World Junior Championships podium

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event	16–17	17–18	18–19
Junior Worlds		2nd
JGP Final		2nd	TBD
JGP Austria			1st
JGP Czech Republic			1st
JGP Italy		2nd
JGP Poland		1st
National
Russian Champ.		3rd
Russian Junior Champ.	16th	2nd
TBD = Assigned

Detailed results

Junior level

Kostornaia at the 2017–18 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Previous ISU world best highlighted in bold. Personal best highlighted in bold.

2018–19 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
6–9 December 2018	2018–19 JGP Final	Junior	TBD
26–29 September 2018	2018 JGP Czech Republic	Junior	1 70.24	1 128.14	1 198.38
29 Aug. – 1 Sept. 2018	2018 JGP Austria	Junior	1 71.08	1 132.42	1 203.50
2017–18 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
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

External links

• Alena Kostornaia at the International Skating Union
• Alena Kostornaia on Instagram