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Anastasiia Gubanova (singles skater)

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Vitalyevna and the family name is Gubanova.
Anastasiia Gubanova
Gubanova performing her free program at the 2022 World Championships
Full nameAnastasiia Vitalyevna Gubanova
Native nameანასტასია გუბანოვა (Georgian)
Анастасия Витальевна Губанова (Russian)
Other namesAnastasia Gubanova
Born (2002-12-02) 2 December 2002 (age 22)
Tolyatti, Russia
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Georgia (since 2021)
 Russia (2013–20)
CoachEvgeni Rukavicin
Skating clubSt. Petersburg Figure Skating Academy
Began skating2006
Representing  Georgia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Espoo Singles
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kaunas Singles
Representing  Russia
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2016–17 Marseille Singles

Anastasiia Vitalyevna Gubanova (Georgian: ანასტასია გუბანოვა, Russian: Анастасия Витальевна Губанова; born 2 December 2002), is a Russian-Georgian figure skater who represents Georgia in women's singles.[1] She is the 2023 European champion, the 2024 European silver medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time ISU Challenger Series gold medalist.

Competing for Russia, she is the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2016 JGP Czech Republic champion, and the 2016 JGP Germany champion.

At the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final, Gubanova became the first junior lady to break the 130-points barrier for the free program, a record beaten few minutes later by teammate Alina Zagitova.

Personal life

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Gubanova was born on December 2, 2002 in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia. In addition to figure skating, Gubanova took part in both artistic and rhythmic gymnastics as a child. Until the age of fifteen, she also took ballet lessons at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Gubanova obtained Georgian citizenship in 2021.[2]

In fall 2023, her boyfriend, Roman Galay, began regularly attending international competitions with her, where he would stand in as her coach. During the 2023 NHK Trophy, Galay proposed to Gubanova. The couple married on July 26, 2024.[2][3]

In 2024, Gubanova opened up about her past struggles with disordered eating from the ages of fourteen to eighteen.[2]

She cites Carolina Kostner and Kaori Sakamoto as her biggest skating inspirations.[2]

Career

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Early years

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Gubanova began skating in 2006 at the age of four after doctors advised her parents to enroll her in an outdoor sport to combat her allergies. A few months later, the family moved from Tolyatti to St. Petersburg in the hopes that Gubanova could join a stronger skating school. Angelina Turenko would become her coach at the age of six.[4][2]

Gubanova began competing internationally in the advanced novice category in November 2013, taking gold at the Warsaw Cup. In the following years, she won the Rooster Cup, Gardena Spring Trophy, and NRW Trophy.

2016–17 season: Junior international debut

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Gubanova during her short program at the 2016-17 Junior Grand Prix Final

Gubanova's junior international debut came at the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Ostrava, Czech Republic; she won the gold medal by a margin of 0.08 over Japan's Rika Kihira, after placing second in the short program and first in the free skate. At the JGP in Dresden, Germany, she ranked first in both segments, setting a new world record for the free skate and outscoring the silver medalist, Yuna Shiraiwa, by 17.91 points. Gubanova qualified for the JGP Final in Marseille, France, where she won the silver medal scoring a new personal best in free skate of 133.77 and with a total of 194.07 points, just behind teammate Alina Zagitova who won the gold medal respectively.[5]

At the 2017 Russian Championships, she placed seventh both on the senior level and at the junior event.[5]

2017–18 season

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At the 2018 Russian Championships, Gubanova placed sixth on the senior level and fourth at the junior event. During the season she won two international junior events, 2017 Cup of Nice and 2017 Tallinn Trophy.[5] In March, it was announced that Gubanova had moved to Moscow, where Elena Buianova became her new coach.[6]

2018–19 season: Senior international debut

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Gubanova at the 2019 Russian Championships

In late November, Gubanova made her senior international debut at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy where she finished fourth. One week later she competed at 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where she won her first international senior and Challenger Series medal (silver) with a personal best score of 198.65 points. She would finish ninth at the 2019 Russian Championships.[5]

2019–20 season and 2020–21 seasons

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Prior to the 2019–20 season, Gubanova moved back to St. Petersburg and began training under Evgeni Rukavicin.

She competed at the 2020 Russian Championships, where she finished tenth.[5]

During the 2020–21 season she competed only at the Saint Petersburg Championships,[7] and in August 2021, it was announced that she would continue her career competing for Georgia.[8]

2021–22 season: Debut for Georgia

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Gubanova performing her short program at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy

Gubanova opened the 2021–22 season at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, her first international assignment since 2018. She placed fourth in the short program, scoring just shy of her personal best, but fell to seventh in the free skate and fifth overall, despite setting new personal bests for both the free program and total score.[5] She was initially scheduled to compete next at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria in November, but withdrew from the event after contracting COVID-19.[9]

After recovering from illness, Gubanova returned to competition in December at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where she earned her first international senior title. She won the short program despite a mistake on her final spin but fell to third in the free program. However, her lead from the short was enough to keep her narrowly in the lead, and she took the gold medal ahead of American skater Amber Glenn and Estonian Niina Petrõkina. She stated in an interview after the event with Russian media outlet Sports.ru, "I'm not in full shape after the illness, the COVID damaged my lungs and respiratory system...but of course, I'm very happy that I got the gold medal here, even if it's not quite ideal yet."[9]

Making her debut at the European Championships in Tallinn, Gubanova placed sixth in the short program with a clean skate. She struggled in the free skate, making several errors and dropping to seventh overall. Despite this, she said that the "impressions, however, are amazing after such a competition. It’s a huge experience for me and for my future career."[10]

Gubanova was officially named to the Georgian team for the 2022 Winter Olympics by the Georgian Figure Skating Federation on 19 January.[11] She began the Olympics on 5 February as the women's entry for Georgia in the team event, where she skated a clean program to place fourth in the segment, and earn 7 points towards Team Georgia's combined score. However, despite scoring 22 team points overall to tie for fifth place with Team China going into the free skate, Team Georgia lost the tie-breaker and did not advance.[12] In the women's event, Gubanova was tenth in the short program.[13] She was tenth in the free skate as well and finished tenth overall.[14]

At 2022 World Championships, the field was noticeably affected by the banning of all Russian skaters as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War.[15] In this more open contest, Gubanova placed sixth.[16]

2022–23 season: European champion

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Gubanova began the new season at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where she won the bronze medal, finishing 7.95 points behind South Korean silver medalist Kim Chae-yeon.[5] She was then invited to make her senior Grand Prix debut at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy. She finished third in the short program and, while fifth in the free skate, remained third overall and won the bronze medal. She said she was "very pleased with my performance today and very happy to be here and glad I could do my job. I'm happy that my work has paid off!"[17] Gubanova then finished seventh at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.[18]

Entering the 2023 European Championships as a podium contender, Gubanova unexpectedly placed first in the short program after pre-event favourite Loena Hendrickx of Belgium made a jump error.[19][20] Hendrickx fell twice in the free skate, while Gubanova made only a minor jump error, finishing first in that segment as well and taking the gold medal. This was the first ISU championship title for a Georgian skater.[21] She said that "at the end of my performance, there were a lot of emotions. Mostly I was happy that I was able to overcome myself. This medal means a lot to me."[22]

Gubanova entered the 2023 World Championships in Saitama as a potential medal contender, but struggled at the event and finished fourteenth.[23]

2023–24 season: European silver

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Gubanova won the gold medal at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy to start the season, before taking bronze at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy.[5] On the Grand Prix, she placed second in the short program at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, but errors in the free skate dropped her to sixth place.[24] She was sixth as well at the 2023 NHK Trophy, after coming tenth in the short program and rising to fourth in the free skate, which she considered an improvement after "disappointment" in France.[25]

Seeking to defend her title at the 2024 European Championships, Gubanova finished third in the short program, behind Belgians Loena Hendrickx and Nina Pinzarrone. A strong free skate with five clean triple jumps lifted her above Pinzarrone to second place overall, reaching her second European podium. She claimed afterward that due to her difficulties in the first half of the season she "didn't expect a medal here at all," and was "really happy" with the result.[26]

Gubanova ended the season at the 2024 World Championships, coming in thirteenth place.[5]

2024–25 season

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Gubanova started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing fourth at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy and winning gold at the 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Gubanova finished eighth at the 2024 Grand Prix de France and at the 2024 Cup of China.[5]

Records and achievements

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Historical world record scores

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Note: Because of the introduction of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system which replaced the previous +3 / -3 GOE system, ISU has decided that all statistics start from zero for the season 2018–19. All previous records are now historical.[27]

Date Score Event Note
8 October 2016 129.14 2016 JGP Germany Gubanova broke Marin Honda's record from September 2016.
9 December 2016 133.77 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final Gubanova upgraded her record from October 2016. At the same event, it was later broken by Alina Zagitova.

Other achievements

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Programs

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Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2024–2025
[31][2]
  • Balder
  • Freya
    by Power-Haus, Christian Reindl, & Lucie Paradis
    choreo. by Adam Solya
2023–2024
[32]
2022–2023
[34]
  • Istanbul Wedding
  • Historiette No. 5
    by Fabrizio Paterlini
    choreo. by Alena Leonova
2021–2022
[35]
2020–2021
2019–2020
[4]
2018–2019
[36]
2017–2018
[37]
2016–2017
[38]
2014–2015
2013–2014
2012–2013
  • À Paris (Valzer)
    by Barimar

Competitive highlights

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Singles skating (for Georgia)

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Competition placements at senior level [39]
Season 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winter Olympics 10th
Winter Olympics
(Team event) 		6th
World Championships 6th 14th 13th
European Championships 6th 1st 2nd
GP Cup of China 8th
GP Grand Prix of Finland 7th
GP France 6th 8th
GP NHK Trophy 6th
GP Wilson Trophy 3rd
CS Denis Ten Memorial 1st
CS Finlandia Trophy 5th 3rd 3rd
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1st
CS Lombardia Trophy 1st 4th

Singles skating (for Russia)

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Competition placements at senior level [40]
Season 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Russian Championships 7th 6th 9th 10th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2nd
CS Tallinn Trophy 4th
Competition placements at junior level [40]
Season 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd
Russian Championships 7th 6th 12th 7th 4th
JGP Austria 4th
JGP Czech Republic 1st
JGP Germany 1st
Cup of Nice 1st
Egna Spring Trophy 1st
Tallinn Trophy 1st
Volvo Open Cup 1st

Detailed results

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Gubanova performing her exhibition program at the 2022 World Championships
ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [41]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 206.52 2024 European Championships
Short program TSS 69.81 2023 European Championships
TES 39.75 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
PCS 32.91 2023 World Championships
Free skating TSS 137.56 2024 European Championships
TES 70.92 2022 World Championships
PCS 66.83 2024 European Championships
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System [41]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 194.57 2016 JGP Germany
Short program TSS 65.43 2016 JGP Germany
TES 37.58 2016 JGP Germany
PCS 29.40 2016−17 Junior Grand Prix Final
Free skating TSS 133.77 2016−17 Junior Grand Prix Final
TES 71.27 2016−17 Junior Grand Prix Final
PCS 62.50 2016−17 Junior Grand Prix Final

Senior level

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  • Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.

Single skating (for Georgia)

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Results in the 2024–25 season [39]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 13–15, 2024 Italy 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy 4 66.78 3 128.96 4 195.74
Oct 3–5, 2024 Kazakhstan 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 1 69.07 2 126.84 1 195.91
Nov 1-3, 2024 France 2024 Grand Prix de France 9 56.77 7 116.44 8 173.21
Nov 22–24, 2024 China 2024 Cup of China 11 52.11 7 125.23 8 177.34
2023–2024 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2024 2024 World Championships 20
58.66 		7
123.76 		13
182.42
January 10–14, 2024 2024 European Championships 3
68.96 		2
137.59 		2
206.52
November 24–26, 2023 2023 NHK Trophy 10
55.80 		4
128.52 		6
184.32
November 3–5, 2023 2023 Grand Prix de France 2
66.73 		7
120.93 		6
187.66
October 4–8, 2023 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 4
60.62 		2
118.99 		3
179.61
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 1
69.65 		4
115.95 		1
185.60
2022–2023 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 11
65.40 		15
119.52 		14
184.92
January 25–29, 2023 2023 European Championships 1
69.81 		1
130.10 		1
199.91
November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 9
56.03 		8
110.54 		7
166.57
November 11–13, 2022 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 3
66.82 		5
126.29 		3
193.11
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 2
68.03 		4
129.53 		3
197.56
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 14
62.59 		5
134.02 		6
196.61
February 15–17, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics 9
65.40 		9
135.58 		10
200.98
February 4–7, 2022 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event 4
67.56 		— 6
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 6
67.02 		9
121.15 		7
188.17
December 7–11, 2021 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1
65.68 		3
118.61 		1
184.29
October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 4
69.50 		7
134.41 		5
203.91

Single skating (for Russia)

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2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 12
60.87 		8
129.19 		10
190.06
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 8
70.54 		11
133.22 		9
203.76
5–8 December 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2
69.56 		2
129.09 		2
198.65
26 Nov. – 2 Dec. 2018 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy 4
60.29 		4
120.44 		4
180.73

Junior level

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Gubanova during her free skate at the 2016−17 Junior Grand Prix Final
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
72.10 		4
133.82 		4
205.92
21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships Senior 5
71.69 		5
134.91 		6
206.60
21–26 November 2017 2017 Tallinn Trophy Junior 1
64.63 		1
124.68 		1
189.31
11–15 October 2017 2017 Cup of Nice Junior 1
63.28 		1
125.02 		1
188.30
31 August – 2 September 2017 2017 JGP Austria Junior 6
53.99 		4
106.76 		4
160.75
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
6–9 April 2017 2017 Egna Spring Trophy Junior 1
57.75 		1
117.24 		1
174.99
1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 11
62.18 		6
123.61 		7
185.79
20–26 December 2016 2017 Russian Championships Senior 10
63.34 		6
133.92 		7
197.26
8–11 December 2016 2016−17 JGP Final Junior 3
60.30 		2
133.77 		2
194.07
9–13 November 2016 2016 Volvo Open Cup Junior 1
65.96 		1
125.22 		1
191.18
6–8 October 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 1
65.43 		1
129.14 		1
194.57
1–4 September 2016 2016 JGP Czech Republic Junior 2
63.51 		1
122.08 		1
185.59
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
21–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 9
60.26 		16
96.47 		12
156.73
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 7
60.77 		5
117.67 		6
178.44
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
22–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 9
58.75 		7
114.96 		7
173.71

References

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