Anna Vernikov ( he, אנה ורניקוב; born July 15, 2002) is an American-Israeli pair skater. With her former skating partner,

Evgeni Krasnopolski Evgeni Krasnopolski ( he, יבגני קרסנופולסקי ukr, Євгеній Краснопольський; born 4 October 1988) is a Ukrainian-born Israeli retired pair skater. Krasnopolski and Andrea Davidovich were the first pair represent ...

, she is the 2020 Israeli national champion and competed in the final segment at the 2020 European Championships.

Personal life

Vernikov was born on July 15, 2002, in

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Career

Early career

Vernikov competed in ladies' singles for the United States, but never qualified for the U.S. Championships.

2018–2019 season

In 2019, Vernikov teamed up with

, 14 years her senior, to compete in

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

for Israel. She had never competed the discipline prior to the partnership. In their debut international competition, the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup, Vernikov/Krasnopolski won the bronze medal behind Croatia's

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/ Antonio Souza-Kordeiru and Zoe Jones /

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of Great Britain.

2019–2020 season

Vernikov/Krasnopolski opened their season with a tenth-place finish at

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. They then won the bronze medal at the

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in November. At their second Challenger,

2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held in December 2019 in Zagreb, Croatia. It was part of the 2019–20 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance Ice d ...

, Vernikov/Krasnpolski set personal bests in all segments and finished 11th overall. In December, Vernikov/Krasnopolski won the national title at the Israeli Championships. As the only pair representing the country, they were assigned to both the 2020 European Championships and the 2020 World Championships. They qualified to the free skating and finished 13th overall at Europeans. Vernikov/Krasnopolski then competed at

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in February, finishing in fifth. The World Championships, scheduled for March, were postponed and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020–2021 season

In October, Vernikov/Krasnopolski, alongside their coaches and the Israeli national team, relocated their training base from

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, to Montclair State University in Montclair, New Jersey. They received their first-ever Grand Prix assignment, the

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, but withdrew due to pandemic travel restrictions. Since assignments for the 2020–21 Grand Prix were allotted based on proximity to skaters' home country and/or training location, they were later reassigned to

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to replace Russia's Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov; under normal circumstances, skaters who withdraw from a Grand Prix will not be assigned a replacement one. Vernikov/Krasnopolski finished eighth at Skate America. They placed nineteenth at the

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Programs

With Krasnopolski

Competitive highlights

''GP:

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; CS: Challenger Series''

With Krasnopolski

Ladies' singles

(for the United States)

Detailed results

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vernikov, Anna 2002 births Living people Jewish American sportspeople Jewish Israeli sportspeople Israeli female pair skaters People from Bridgewater Township, New Jersey Sportspeople from Somerset County, New Jersey Sportspeople from Hackensack, New Jersey 21st-century American Jews