Stanislava Andreyevna Konstantinova (; born 14 July 2000) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2019 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki silver medalist, a two-time CS Tallinn Trophy champion (2016, 2017) and the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist.
On the junior level, she is the 2016 JGP Russia silver medalist, the 2017 JGP Belarus bronze medalist, the 2015 Tallinn Trophy champion, and the 2017 Russian junior national silver medalist.
Personal life Konstantinova was born on 14 July 2000 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Her mother trained in rhythmic gymnastics and track and field and her father in karate. Her sister, Kristina, is eleven years younger.
Career Konstantinova began learning to skate in 2006. Valentina Chebotareva became her coach when she was nine years old. She made her international debut in November 2012 at the 2012 Tallinn Trophy, where she won the junior gold medal. In the 2015–16 season she won second gold medal at the 2015 Tallinn Trophy. In 2016–17 season she made her Junior Grand Prix debut. She won silver medal at the JGP Russia, she then placed fourth at the JGP Germany.
Konstantinova made her international senior debut at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy where she won gold medal with a personal best score of 186.97 points. Placing first in both programs, she won the gold medal by a margin of more than 9 points over silver medalist Serafima Sakhanovich.
2017–18 season
In November 2017 Konstantinova competed the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy where she won the gold medal. This was her second consecutive victory at Tallinn Trophy. Two weeks later she won the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb with a personal best score of 199.68 points.
In December 2017 she placed fourth at the 2018 Russian Championships after placing tenth in the short program and third in the free skate. She then competed at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships where she won the bronze medal.
In March 2018 Konstantinova competed at the 2018 Junior Worlds where she placed fourth after placing sixth in the short program and fifth in the free skate. She was subsequently called up to replace Evgenia Medvedeva at the 2018 World Championships in Milan. She was later described as having "more or less bombed" the competition, placing sixteenth in the short program and twentieth in the free skate, for nineteenth place overall. Konstantinova would admit to being "really down after that." She described herself as "very grateful to my family that they supported me in this difficult time, thankful to the fans that didn’t turn away from me and continued to support me. I healed my soul through work and I drew a lot of conclusions for myself."
2018–19 season
Konstantinova started her season by competing at two ISU Challenger Series events. In mid September she won the bronze medal at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy and two weeks later she placed fourth at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy, fractions of a point behind Finnish skater Viveca Lindfors. In early November she made her Grand Prix debut at 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki where she won the silver medal behind her teammate Alina Zagitova. In late November she finished fifth at the 2018 Internationaux de France.
At the 2019 Russian Championships, Konstantinova initially placed fourth in the short program. In the free skate, she popped an Axel and underrotated a triple Lutz, placing fifth in the free skate and fourth overall. Konstantinova was the highest-ranked international senior skater in the competition, 0.89 points ahead of Alina Zagitova. Speaking afterward, she said she was "not too happy with my free as I made mistakes, but I proved that I am competitive in this field."
Konstantinova was assigned to the 2019 European Championships along with Zagitova and Sofia Samodurova, the other top senior qualifiers at the Russian Championships. In the short program, Konstantinova doubled her attempted triple Lutz and underrotated her triple flip, as a result placing eleventh. She placed second in the free skate, behind only Samodurova, and finished in fourth place overall, behind Samodurova, Zagitova, and Lindfors. Competing next at the domestic Russian Cup Final, she placed second in the short program, behind only Medvedeva, but fell to sixth in the free, and was again fourth overall. Although initially submitted as one of Russia's three entries for the 2019 World Championships, she was subsequently withdrawn and replaced by Medvedeva.
2019–20 season
Beginning the season at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, Konstantinova placed seventh. At her first Grand Prix assignment, 2019 Skate America, she had several falls and popped jumps, finishing eleventh out of twelve skaters. She was eleventh as well at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup. Konstantinova finished the season at the 2020 Russian Championships.
2020–21 season With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the international season, Konstantinova competed on the domestic Cup of Russia series, placing fifth at the second stage in Moscow and ninth at the fourth stage in Kazan. As a result, she qualified for the 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships. She placed sixteenth at the national championships. On January 13, Konstantinova announced that she'd be leaving coaches Alexander Volkov to train under Viktoria Butsaeva.
On July 29, 2022, it was reported that Stanislava Konstantinova had finished her career, but the figure skater herself denied this information, saying that she had temporarily suspended her career and would miss the new season.
Retirement Not competing during season 2021–2022, Konstantinova has announced her retirement from competitive skating on her Instagram and mentioned that she will stay connected with figure skating as a coach and choreographer.
Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2020–2021 Seven Nation Army My Love Santa Maria The Devil You Know 2019–2020 February Ascension/Nature Boy One Day I'll Fly Away El Tango de Roxanne 2018–2019 Malagueña Anna Karenina Unavoidable She Is of the Heavens Curtain Anna's Last Train Billie Jean
Someone Like You 2017–2018 Corazón Espinado I Like It You Don't Love Me 2016–2017 Swan Lake Alegría 2015–2016 The Sleeping Beauty 2014–2015 The Bolt 2013–2014 Jeeves and Wooster
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20-21 Worlds 19th Europeans 4th Finland 2nd Skate America 11th France 5th Rostelecom Cup 11th Finlandia 4th Golden Spin 1st WD Ondrej Nepela 3rd 7th Tallinn Trophy 1st 1st Warsaw Cup 2nd Winter Universiade 3rd International: Junior Junior Worlds 6th 4th Belarus 3rd Germany 4th Russia 2nd Ice Challenge 1st Tallinn Trophy 2nd 1st National Russian Champ. 6th 4th 4th 13th 16th Russian Junior Champ. 17th 8th 2nd 3rd Russian Cup Final5th J 1st J WD 4th
Detailed results
Senior level
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests highlighted in italic.
2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total 23–27 December 2020 2021 Russian Championships 13 61.55 17 106.78 16 168.33 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total 24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 9 66.00 15 114.34 13 180.34 15–17 November 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 11 54.36 11 102.58 11 156.94 18–20 October 2019 2019 Skate America 11 48.27 12 95.12 11 143.39 19–21 September 2019 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 5 58.19 9 104.06 7 162.25 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total 7–9 March 2019 2019 Winter Universiade 2 70.25 3 135.66 3 205.91 18–22 February 2019 2019 Russian Cup Final 2 75.47 6 131.20 4 206.67 21–27 January 2019 2019 European Championships 11 56.76 2 132.96 4 189.72 19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 4 74.40 5 138.52 4 212.92 23–25 November 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 10 54.91 4 134.76 5 189.67 2–4 November 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 4 62.56 3 135.01 2 197.57 4–7 October 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 3 65.39 4 121.74 4 187.13 19–22 September 2018 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3 65.03 3 114.99 3 180.02 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total 19–25 March 2018 2018 World Championships 16 59.19 20 93.84 19 153.03 21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships 10 66.51 3 144.77 4 211.28 6–9 December 2017 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 67.47 1 132.21 1 199.68 21–26 November 2017 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy 1 64.41 1 126.34 1 190.75 16–19 November 2017 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 2 59.84 2 114.59 2 174.43
Junior level
Personal bests highlighted in italic.
2017–18 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 5–11 March 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 6 62.63 5 123.72 4 186.35 23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 12 66.40 2 139.87 3 206.27 20–24 September 2017 2017 JGP Belarus Junior 3 59.85 2 122.13 3 181.98 2016–17 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 15–19 March 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 6 58.90 6 103.94 6 162.84 1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 70.25 3 130.60 2 200.85 20–26 December 2016 2017 Russian Championships Senior 7 68.34 7 131.85 6 200.19 20–27 November 2016 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 1 63.85 1 123.12 1 186.97 5–9 October 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 3 59.00 4 113.06 4 172.06 14–18 September 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 2 64.38 3 110.82 2 175.20 2015–16 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5 64.19 11 105.36 8 169.55 18–22 November 2015 2015 Tallinn Trophy Junior 1 68.36 1 123.50 1 191.86 27–31 October 2015 2015 Ice Challenge Junior 1 63.66 1 105.35 1 169.01 2014–15 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 8 58.40 17 74.28 17 132.68
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