Anastasia Alexandrovna Platonova (russian: Анастасия Александровна Платонова; born 28 August 1986) is a Russian former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

. With Alexander Grachev, she is a two-time (2008–2009)

Finlandia Trophy The Finlandia Trophy is a senior-level international figure skating competition. Since 1995, it is held annually in Finland in Greater Helsinki region, including Helsinki, Vantaa, and Espoo. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014 ...

silver medalist and 2008

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champion. With Andrei Maximishin, she is the 2006

Karl Schäfer Memorial The Karl Schäfer Memorial (other titles: Asko Cup (1987), Vienna Cup (1994), or Vienna Trophy) was a senior-level international figure skating competition held in Vienna, Austria. Medals were awarded in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' ...

silver medalist and won three gold medals on the

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series.

Career

Early in her career, Platonova competed with Dmitri Ponomarev. Platonova competed with Andrei Maximishin from 2003 to 2007. They placed 6th at the 2005 World Junior Championships and 5th in 2006, as well as competing twice at the

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. Platonova and Maximishin placed 5th at 2006 Skate Canada International, their senior Grand Prix debut. They parted ways due to Platonova's back problem. They were coached by

Alexei Gorshkov Alexei Yurievich Gorshkov (russian: Алексей Юрьевич Горшков; born 30 January 1967) is a Russian ice dancing coach. Coaching career Gorshkov coaches in Odintsovo, near Moscow. His notable senior dance teams are: * Albena D ...

Odintsovo Odintsovo ( rus, Одинцово, , ɐdʲɪnˈtsovə) is a city and the administrative center of Odintsovsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Western suburb of Moscow. Population: History The village of Odintsovo was established in the late ...

. After recuperating from her back issues, Platonova teamed up with Alexander Grachev. They were coached initially by

Elena Kustarova Elena Vladimirovna Kustarova (russian: Елена Владимировна Кустарова; born 26 July 1976) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. She is a two-time (1990, 1991) World Junior medalist with Sergei Romashkin, a ...

and Svetlana Alexeeva in Moscow. In the summer of 2009, they switched to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov. They decided to retire from competition in 2010.

Programs

With Grachev

With Maximishin

Competitive highlights

''GP:

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; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

With Grachev

With Maximishin

With Ponomarev

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Platonova, Anastasia Living people Russian female ice dancers Figure skaters at the 2007 Winter Universiade Figure skaters from Moscow 1986 births Medalists at the 2007 Winter Universiade Universiade medalists in figure skating Universiade silver medalists for Russia