Anastasia Polibina (russian: Анастасия Полибина; born 30 June 2000) is a Polish

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 her skating partner, Pavel Golovishnikov, she is the 2022 Bosphorus Cup champion, 2022

NRW Trophy The NRW Trophy (also known as the NRW Summer Trophy or NRW Autumn Trophy) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf ...

silver medalist, and 2023 Polish national champion.

Career

Early years

Polibina began learning to skate in 2004. In 2015, she teamed up with Radosław Barszczak to compete for Poland in ice dancing. The two made their international debut in September, placing 17th at an

ISU 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 ...

event in

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, Poland.

2017–18 season

Polibina/Barszczak's senior debut came in November 2017, at the

Volvo Open Cup Volvo Open Cup is a figure skating competition held in Riga, Latvia. It was part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season. The competition may include men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing at various levels. ...

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, Latvia. Later that month, they placed 12th at two

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. E ...

events — the

2017 CS Warsaw Cup The 2017 CS Warsaw Cup was a senior international figure skating competition, held in November 2017 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, ...

and

2017 CS Tallinn Trophy The 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition, held in November 2017 at the Tondiraba Ice Hall in Tallinn, Estonia. Its senior categories were part of the 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded i ...

. In December, they finished ninth at the

Santa Claus Cup The Santa Claus Cup is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Hungarian National Skating Federation. It is held annually in late November or early December in Budapest, Hungary. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of ...

in Hungary, and then took bronze at the Polish Championships.

2020–21 season

Polibina teamed up with Russian ice dancer Pavel Golovishnikov to skate for Poland. The two decided to train in

under Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka. In December 2020, they became the Polish national silver medalists at the Four Nationals in

Cieszyn Cieszyn ( , ; cs, Těšín ; german: Teschen; la, Tessin; szl, Ćeszyn) is a border town in southern Poland on the east bank of the Olza River, and the administrative seat of Cieszyn County, Silesian Voivodeship. The town has 33,500 inhabitant ...

. They had no appearances at ISU events in their first season together.

2021–22 season

In October 2021, Polibina/Golovishnikov placed fourth at the Mezzaluna Cup in Italy and then won bronze at the Viktor Petrenko Cup in

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, Ukraine. In November, they finished 13th at the

2021 CS Warsaw Cup The 2021 CS Warsaw Cup was held on November 17–20 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2021–22 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Entries The Inter ...

. In December, competing at Four Nationals, they repeated as national silver medalists. They were assigned to the

2022 European Championships The 2022 European Championships were the second edition of the European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Munich, Germany from 11 to 21 August 2022. The tournament began three days after the conclusion of the 2022 Commo ...

but withdrew before the event due to a positive test for

SARS-CoV-2 Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) is a strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), the respiratory illness responsible for the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The virus previously had a ...

. They placed 28th at the 2022 World Championships, which took place in March in

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, France.

2022–23 season

In November, Polibina/Golovishnikov took silver at the

in Germany. In December, they won gold at the Bosphorus Cup in Turkey and then claimed the Polish national title at the Four National Championships hosted by Hungary. They were subsequently nominated to compete at the 2023 European Championships in

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, Finland.

Programs

With Golovishnikov

With Barszczak

Competitive highlights

''CS: Challenger Series; 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 Golovishnikov

With Barszczak

References

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