Kseniia Alexeyevna Sinitsyna (russian: Ксения Алексеевна Синицына; born 5 August 2004) 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
Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2020 Youth Olympic Champion in the team event, the 2019
JGP Italy champion, the
JGP Russia silver medalist, and the 2018
JGP Lithuania bronze medalist.
Personal life
Sinitsyna was born on 5 August 2004 in
Tver
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Career
Early years
Sinitsyna began learning to skate in 2008.[ She finished 9th at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships.
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2018–2019 season: Junior international debut
In the 2018–2019 season, Sinitsyna debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series, taking the bronze medal at the 2018 JGP Lithuania.
At the 2019 Russian Junior Championships in February, she finished fourth behind 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 ...
, Alena Kostornaia
Alena Sergeyevna Kostornaia (russian: Алёна Сергеевна Косторная; born 24 August 2003) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 European champion, the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final champion, a six-time Grand Prix medal ...
, and Anna Shcherbakova
Anna Stanislavovna Shcherbakova ( rus, Анна Станиславовна Щербакова, , ˈanːə ɕːɪrbɐˈkovə, born 28 March 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic champion, the 2021 World champion, a two-time ...
.
Sinitsyna then represented Russia in Sakhalin
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...
at the first Children of Asia Games, winning the bronze medal behind You Young
You Young (Hangul: 유영; born May 27, 2004) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, a four-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, a four-time Challenger series medalist, and a five-time South Korean n ...
and Alena Kanysheva
Alena Dmitrievna Kanysheva (russian: Алёна Дмитриевна Канышева; born 15 June 2005) is a retired Russian ice dancer who formerly competed in women's singles. As a single skater, she is the 2018 Junior Grand Prix Final bro ...
.[2019 Children of Asia results in figure skating](_blank)
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In March 2019, Sinitsyna represented Russia, alongside countrymates Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova, at the World Junior Championships in Zagreb
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, Croatia
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after Alena Kostornaia withdrew due to a medical condition. Ranked fourth in the short and sixth in the free skate, Sinitsyna finished fourth overall.
2019–2020 season: Youth Olympics
For the 2019–20 season, Sinitsyna was assigned to 2019 JGP USA in Lake Placid, New York. However, she withdrew due to visa issues. She was reassigned to 2019 JGP Russia in Chelyabinsk, Russia, where she won the silver medal with a score of 204.25 behind Kamila Valieva
Kamila Valeryevna Valieva (russian: Камила Валерьевна Валиева; born 26 April 2006) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 European champion, 2021 Rostelecom Cup champion, 2021 Skate Canada International champion, ...
. At the 2019 JGP Italy, Sinitsyna placed first in both the short program and the free skate with new personal best scores and won her first Junior Grand Prix gold medal. These results qualified her to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, where she placed fourth.
At the 2020 Russian Championships, an error in the short program led to her placing fifteenth, but she climbed to fifth place overall with a fourth-place finish in the free skate.[
Sinitsyna won the silver medal at the ]2020 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (german: Olympische Jugend-Winterspiele 2020; french: Jeux olympiques de la jeunesse d'hiver de 2020; it, Giochi olimpici giovanili invernali del 2020; rm, Gieus olimpics da giuvenils d'enviern 2020), offic ...
behind You Young
You Young (Hangul: 유영; born May 27, 2004) is a South Korean figure skater. She is the 2020 Four Continents silver medalist, a four-time Grand Prix bronze medalist, a four-time Challenger series medalist, and a five-time South Korean n ...
of South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
and ahead of Russian teammate Anna Frolova
Anna Sergeevna Frolova (russian: Анна Сергеевна Фролова; born 7 August 2005) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic bronze medalist, the 2019 JGP Italy silver medalist, and the 2019 JGP Croatia bro ...
. In the team event, she placed first individually to help her team (Arlet Levandi of Estonia, Alina Butaeva
Alina Butaeva ( ka, ალინა ბუთაევა, born 9 December 2005) is a Georgian pair skater. With her former partner, Luka Berulava, she won two medals at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics − bronze in pairs and gold in the team event ...
/ Luka Berulava
Luka Berulava (russian: Лука Берулава; ka, ლუკა ბერულავა, born 27 November 2002) is a Georgian pair skater, who currently competes with Anastasia Metelkina. Together they are two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix go ...
of Georgia, and Utana Yoshida
is a Japanese ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Shingo Nishiyama, she is a two-time Japanese national junior ice dance champion (2020, 2021) and a 2020 Winter Youth Olympics champion in the team event.
Personal life
Utana Yoshida ...
/ Shingo Nishiyama
is a Japanese ice dancer. With his skating partner, Ayumi Takanami, he is the 2022 Japanese national bronze medalist. With his former skating partner, Utana Yoshida, he is a two-time Japanese national junior ice dance champion (2020, 2021) an ...
of Japan) win the gold medal.
Sinitsyna placed seventh at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships after falling on the downgraded combination in the short program. Therefore, Sinitsyna did not qualify for the 2020 World Junior Championships but was named the first alternative.
2020–2021 season
Sinitsyna injured her leg over the summer before the start of the 2020–21 season and subsequently became ill, causing her to miss the domestic fall competitive season and the 2021 Russian Championships.[ She returned to the competition in early February of 2021, winning the domestic Prizes of Elena Tchaikovskaia competition. She attempted a quad toe loop for the first time at the event but popped it into a single despite landing it successfully during her warm-up. This marked the first time Sinitsyna attempted a quadruple jump in competition.
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2021–2022 season: Senior international debut
Sinitsyna debuted her programs for the 2021–22 season at the 2021 Russian test skate event in early September, where she skated her short program cleanly but made several mistakes in her free program, including falling on an attempted quad toe loop. Sinitsyna and her team decided to remove the quad from her free skate in advance of her first Grand Prix
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assignment, the 2021 Skate America
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, due to an injury.[
At Skate America, Sinitsyna skated a clean short program to place third in the segment behind compatriots ]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 ...
and Daria Usacheva
Daria Romanovna Usacheva (pronounced Usachyova; russian: Дарья Романовна Усачёва, born 22 May 2006) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2021 Skate America silver medalist.
On the junior level, she is the 2020 World J ...
. She was fifth in the free skate, dropping to fifth place overall.[ She was again third after the short program at her second event, the ]2021 Internationaux de France
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, dropping to fourth overall after the free skate with three underrotated triple jumps.[
Competing at the 2022 Russian Championships, Sinitsyna placed ninth.][
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Programs
Competitive highlights
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; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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Detailed results
''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''
Senior
Junior
References
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2004 births
Living people
Russian female single skaters
Figure skaters from Moscow
Figure skaters at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics