Anastasia Andreyevna Shpilevaya (; born 26 June 1999) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Grigory Smirnov, she is the 2019 Bavarian Open champion, 2016 Youth Olympic champion, and 2017 Russian junior national champion.
Personal life Anastasia Andreyevna Shpilevaya was born on 26 June 1999 in Odesa, Ukraine. She resides in Moscow, Russia.
Career
Early years Shpilevaya began learning to skate in 2005. During the 2011–12 season, she competed with Andrei Lebed on the advanced novice level, winning silver at the Volvo Open Cup in Latvia and bronze at the Baltic Cup in Poland.
Shpilevaya teamed up with Grigory Smirnov ahead of the 2012–13 season. Competing on the junior level, they placed fifth at the Ice Challenge and won silver at the Pavel Roman Memorial. The following season, they qualified for the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, where they finished seventh.
2014–2015 season Shpilevaya/Smirnov received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2014–15 season. They won bronze in late August at the JGP in Courchevel, France, but finished ninth the following month in Tallinn, Estonia. The two placed fifth at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.
2015–2016 season Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first event of the 2015 JGP series took place in October in Logroño, Spain. They finished fourth, outscored for the bronze medal by Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit, resulting in the loss of their provisional assignment to Zagreb, Croatia. In January 2016, they won the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, behind Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd and Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko. They were named in Russia's teams to the Youth Olympics and World Junior Championships.
In February, Shpilevaya/Smirnov won gold at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, having placed first in both segments. Assigned to Team Courage for the mixed NOC team event, they placed first in their segment and their team finished sixth. On March 15–20, they competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary where they finished fifth.
2016–2017 season In the 2016–17 Season, Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first JGP assignment was at the 2016 JGP Japan where they won the silver medal with a total score of 151.50 points. A month later they achieved their second silver of the season at the 2016 JGP Germany. With two silver medals they qualified for the 2016−17 JGP Final where they placed sixth.
In February 2017 Shpilevaya/Smirnov won the gold medal at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships after placing second in the short dance and 1st in the free dance. They beat the silver medalist and the favourites, Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd, by almost 6 points, mainly due to the costly fall that Loboda had in the free dance.
In March 2017 they competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships where they finished fourth after placing fourth in both the short dance and free dance. At these championships they scored their personal best score of 152.66 points.
2017–2018 season In the 2017–18 Season, Shpilevaya/Smirnov's first JGP assignment was at the 2016 JGP Latvia where they won the silver medal behind their teammates and training partners, sofia Shevchenko / Igor Eremenko. Due to Smirnov's injury, which required a surgery, they had to skip the rest of the season.
2018–2019 season Shpilevaya/Smirnov started their season by competing in two ISU Challenger Series events. In early October they made their international senior debut at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy where they finished fifth and in mid November they competed at the 2018 CS Alpen Trophy where they placed fourth. They placed sixth at the 2019 Russian Championships.
2019–2020 & 2020–2021 seasons Beginning the season with two Challenger assignments, Shpilevaya/Smirnov placed fourth at 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy and then sixth at 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. Making their Grand Prix debut, they placed sixth at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup.
At the 2020 Russian Championships, they placed ninth.
In the off-season, Shpilevaya was hospitalized during the coronavirus pandemic, remarking afterward "I have never encountered such a illness (and God forbid, I won't in the future)."
In September 2020, it was announced that the pair had split to Shpilevaya's injury and being unable to practice.
Shpilevaya announced her retirement in January 2021, citing complications in her recovery from COVID. She will work as a skating coach.
Programs (with Smirnov)
Season Rhythm dance Free dance 2019–2020 Hopelessly Devoted to You You're the One That I Want How to Steal a Diamond 2018–2019 Tango Amore Skeletons Thunder Neverland Short dance 2017–2018 Kiss Baila Baila Conmigo Love Story 2016–2017 Ain't No Sunshine Air Mail Special Che Ne Parliamo A Fa 'O sole mio C'è la luna mezzo mare 2015–2016 Somewhere, My Love Die Fledermaus The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Lawrence of Arabia 2014–2015 Tongue Twister Out of My Mind Bye, Bye Johnny 2013–2014 Rendez-Vous Petite Fleur Hanuman Unidos Para La Musica Diablo Rojo 2012–2013 Mess Around Follia d'amore
Competitive highlights GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Smirnov International Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 Rostelecom Cup 6th Alpen Trophy 4th Finlandia 5th 6th Lombardia 4th Bavarian Open 1st Universiade 5th International: Junior Junior Worlds 5th 4th Youth Olympics 1st Final 6th Estonia 9th France 3rd Germany 2nd Japan 2nd Latvia 2nd Spain 4th Denkova-Staviski 1st Ice Challenge 5th Ice Star 1st Pavel Roman 2nd Volvo Open Cup 1st National Russia 6th 9th Russia, Junior 7th 5th 3rd 1st WD Team events Youth Olympics 6th T 1st P TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.
With Lebed International Event 2011–12 Baltic Cup 3rd N Volvo Open Cup 2nd N N = Advanced novice level
Detailed results
With Smirnov 2019–20 season Date Event RD FD Total 24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 8 70.34 9 105.33 9 175.67 15–17 November 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 6 67.04 5 105.89 6 172.93 11–13 October 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 6 68.04 5 97.77 6 165.81 13–15 September 2019 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy 6 67.04 5 103.58 4 170.62 2018–19 season Date Event RD FD Total 7–9 March 2019 2019 Winter Universiade 6 62.19 5 104.63 5 166.82 5–10 February 2019 2019 Bavarian Open 3 65.00 1 108.55 1 173.55 19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 7 68.00 6 105.23 6 173.23 11–18 November 2018 2018 CS Alpen Trophy 4 63.43 5 95.22 4 158.65 4–7 October 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 5 64.33 4 103.61 5 167.94
2017–18 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 6–9 September 2017 2017 JGP Latvia Junior 1 60.11 2 79.72 2 139.83 2016–17 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 15–19 March 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 4 63.26 4 89.40 4 152.66 1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 67.71 1 96.17 1 163.88 8–11 December 2016 2016−17 JGP Final Junior 6 59.29 6 81.35 6 140.64 18–20 November 2016 2016 Ice Star Junior 1 66.49 1 93.43 1 159.92 5–9 October 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 2 61.00 2 87.02 2 148.02 7–11 September 2016 2016 JGP Japan Junior 2 60.88 2 90.62 2 151.50 2015–16 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 14–20 March 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 4 59.15 6 87.40 5 146.55 12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics - Team Event Junior - 1 86.48 6 12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 1 57.93 1 83.95 1 141.88 19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 63.73 3 92.23 3 155.96 20–25 October 2015 2015 Denkova-Staviski Cup Junior 1 57.78 1 90.33 1 148.11 30 September – 4 October 2015 2015 JGP Spain Junior 4 57.15 4 83.24 4 140.39 2014–15 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4 55.47 4 84.39 5 139.86 5–9 November 2014 2014 Volvo Open Cup Junior 1 57.05 1 82.96 1 140.01 24–28 September 2014 2014 JGP Estonia Junior 8 42.96 9 68.70 9 111.66 20–24 August 2014 2014 JGP France Junior 3 47.94 4 73.48 3 121.42 2013–14 season Date Event Level SD FD Total 22–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 6 56.96 7 75.52 7 132.48
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