Maria Ivanovna Stavitskaia (; born 1 September 1997) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2013 Ukrainian Open silver medalist, 2012 JGP Germany bronze medalist, and a two-time Cup of Nice junior champion.
Career In the 2011–12 season, Stavitskaia finished 6th in her ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Estonia and won the junior event at 2011 Cup of Nice.
Assigned to two 2012–13 JGP events, Stavitskaia finished 7th in Austria and won the bronze medal in Germany. She then won her second Cup of Nice junior title and ended her season with the gold medal at the 2013 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival.
Stavitskaia won the silver medal in her senior international debut at the 2013 Ukrainian Open.
On 5 June 2015 it was announced that Stavitskaia had decided to switch divisions from ladies singles to ice dance, and would start skating with Anton Shibnev as her partner, coached by Alexander Zhulin. In summer 2016 it became known that Stavitskaia and Andrei Bagin would skate together in season 2016–17.
Programs Season Short program Free skating 2013-2015 Raba Lyubvi (A Slave of Love) by Eduard Artemyev choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva 2012-2013 Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet: Juliet as a Young Girl Montagues and Capulets Introduction by Sergei Prokofiev 2011-2012 The River Cruise (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Main Titles by Danny Elfman Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev
Competitive highlights
Ice dance with Bagin International Event 2016–17 Winter Universiade 12th National Russian Championships 8th
Ice dance with Shibnev International Event 2015–16 Lombardia Trophy 8th
Singles career GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 GP Rostel. Cup 7th Cup of Nice 10th Ukrainian Open 2nd International: Junior JGP Austria 7th JGP Germany 3rd JGP Estonia 6th EYOF 1st J. Cup of Nice 1st J. 1st J. Volvo Open Cup 1st J. National Russian Champ. 18th 11th 11th Russian Jr. Champ. 10th 10th
References
External links
at sport-folio.net