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Anastasia Shpilevaya

Anastasia Shpilevaya
2016 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final Anastasia Shpilevaya Grigory Smirnov IMG 3294.jpg
Shpilevaya/Smirnov at the 2016−17 JGP Final
Personal information
Native name Анастасия Андреевна Шпилевая
Full name Anastasia Andreyevna Shpilevaya
Country represented Russia
Born (1999-06-26) 26 June 1999 (age 17)
Odessa, Ukraine
Residence Moscow, Russia
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Partner Grigory Smirnov
Former partner Andrei Lebed
Coach Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Choreographer Alena Samarskaia
Former choreographer Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
Skating club Moscow UOR 4
Training locations Moscow
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 152.66
2017 Junior Worlds
Short dance 63.26
2017 Junior Worlds
Free dance 90.62
2016 JGP Japan

Anastasia Andreyevna Shpilevaya (Russian: Анастасия Андреевна Шпилевая, born 26 June 1999) is a Russian competitive ice dancer. With partner Grigory Smirnov, she is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion and 2017 Russian junior national champion.

Anastasia Andreyevna Shpilevaya was born on 26 June 1999 in Odessa, Ukraine. She resides in Moscow, Russia.

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 7th.

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 9th the following month in Tallinn, Estonia. The two placed fifth at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.


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