Anastasiia Dmitrievna Guliakova (russian: Анастасия Дмитриевна Гулякова; born 29 August 2002) is a Russian

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

. She is the 2020

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bronze medalist, the 2018

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champion, the 2019 Tallink Hotels Cup champion, and the 2018 Skate Victoria champion. Earlier in her career, she won silver at the 2017 JGP Australia.

Career

Early years

Guliakova began learning to skate in 2005. She trained in

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, under Pyotr Kiprushev until 2015; she then moved to Moscow and began to be coached by

Ilia Klimkin Ilia Sergeyevich Klimkin (russian: Илья Серге́евич Климкин, born 15 August 1980) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2003 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2004 European bronze medalist, the 1999 ...

. Guliakova finished eighth at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships behind

Anastasiia Gubanova Anastasia or Anastasiia Vitalyevna Gubanova (Georgian: ანასტასია გუბანოვა, russian: Анастасия Витальевна Губанова; born 2 December 2002), is a Russian-Georgian figure skater who repre ...

. In the summer of 2018, she parted ways with Klimkin to move to

Alexei Mishin Alexei Nikolayevich Mishin (russian: link=no, Алексей Николаевич Мишин; born 8 March 1941) is a Russian figure skating coach and former pair skater. With partner Tamara Moskvina, he is the 1969 World silver medalist and ...

's camp.

2017–18 season

Guliakova made her international debut in the first Junior Grand Prix event at the 2017 Junior Grand Prix Australia in

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, Australia; she was ranked second in both segments and won the silver medal behind teammate

Alexandra Trusova Alexandra "Sasha" Vyacheslavovna Trusova ( rus, Александра Вячеславовна Трусова, , ɐlʲɪˈksandrə ˈtrusəvə; born 23 June 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic silver medalist, the 2021 Wor ...

. At the 2018 Russian Championships, Gulyakova placed thirteenth on the senior level and tenth at the junior event.

2018–19 season

In late November Guliakova made her international senior debut at the 2018 Warsaw Cup where she won the gold medal. In early December she competed at the

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where she finished fourth with a personal best score of 188.90 points.

2019–20 season

Competing internationally, Guliakova won silver medals at the

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and the

Tallinn Trophy The Tallinn Trophy is an international figure skating competition, typically held in November or December in Tallinn, Estonia. In some years, its senior categories are included in the ISU Challenger Series. Medals may be awarded in men's singles ...

. She placed seventh at the 2020 Russian Championships.

2020–21 season

Competing domestically in the Russian Cup series, Guliakova placed fifth at the third stage in

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. She was assigned to make her

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debut at the

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, the ISU having opted to run the Grand Prix based largely on geographic location due to the

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. She placed fourth in the short program. Third in the free skate, she rose to the bronze medal position following an unexpectedly poor performance from

, who dropped to fourth place. On December 3, it was announced that Guliakova had to withdraw from the fifth stage of the Cup of Russia series after training mate

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Elizaveta Sergeyevna Tuktamysheva ( ; rus, Елизавета Серге́евна Туктамышева, , jɪlʲɪzɐˈvʲetə tʊktɐˈmɨʂɨvə; born 17 December 1996) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2015 World champion, the 202 ...

contracted

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. She subsequently competed at the 2021 Russian Championships, placing eighth in the short program after stepping out on her triple Lutz. She then placed fourteenth in the free skate, dropping to twelfth overall.

Programs

Competitive highlights

''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 ...

Detailed results

Senior level

Junior level

References

External links

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