Anna Levandi,

née The birth name is the name of the person given upon their birth. The term may be applied to the surname, the given name or to the entire name. Where births are required to be officially registered, the entire name entered onto a births registe ...

Kondrashova, (born 30 June 1965) is an Estonian former competitive

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, with its introduction occurring at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic d ...

of Russian origin who represented the former

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in international competition. She was the 1984 World silver medalist and four-time European bronze medalist. She competed at two

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. Levandi was born Anna Anatolevna Kondrashova, and grew up in Moscow, Russia (then Soviet Union). She is married to Allar Levandi, an Estonian former Olympic

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skier she met at the

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. The couple lives in

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

and she now works as a coach in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

. Their son,

Arlet Levandi Arlet Levandi (born 28 November 2005) is an Estonian figure skater. He is the 2022 Tallink Hotels Cup champion and a five-time Estonian Figure Skating Championships, Estonian national medalist. At the junior level, he is the Figure skating at the ...

, is a figure skater who competes for Estonia.

Competitive career

Kondrashova began skating at age 6 and was trained by Edouard Pliner. She started competing at senior ISU events in 1983. At her second

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in 1984, she won the bronze medal, and she represented the

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, where she placed 5th. She won the silver medal at the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships after performing a free program with three triple jumps. Her marks were considered high by the crowd, which booed. She changed coaches to

Stanislav Zhuk Stanislav Alekseyevich Zhuk (, ; 25 January 1935 – 1 November 1998) was a pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his wife Nina Zhuk, Nina, he won three silver medals at the European Figure Skating Championships and finished sixth at ...

in 1984, but in 1986 she and

Marina Zoueva Marina Olegovna Zoueva or Zueva (; born 9 April 1956) is a Russian figure skating coach, choreographer, and former competitor in ice dancing. Representing the Soviet Union with Andrei Vitman, she placed 5th at the 1977 World Championships and ...

sent a letter of complaint about his abusive behavior to the

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, and he was made to retire. After Zhuk, she trained with

Stanislav Leonovich Stanislav Viktorovich Leonovich (; 22 July 1958 – 1 July 2022) was a Russian figure skating coach and pair skater who represented the Soviet Union. With his skating partner, Marina Pestova, he became a two-time World medalist (silver in 198 ...

. Kondrashova was fifth at the 1985 European championships, but she won three more bronze medals at the European championships from 1986 through 1988, for a total of four. She once again represented the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where she placed 8th. She retired from competitive skating following that season.

Coaching career

Levandi works as a coach and choreographer at Anna Levandi Figure Skating Club in Tallinn. Among her current and former students and choreography clients are

Johanna Allik Johanna Allik born on 7 April 1994 in Tallinn, is an Estonian figure skater. She initially competed in singles skating and achieved two senior international medals. Additionally, she secured the Estonian national silver medal twice, in 2008 and ...

, Jasmine Alexandra Costa,

Alisa Drei Alisa Drei (born 28 February 1978) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She finished in the top ten at seven European Championships. Life and career Drei began skating at the age of three in Moscow; she and her mother subsequently mo ...

, Jelena Glebova, Mari Hirvonen, Christian Horvath

Svetlana Issakova Svetlana Issakova (born 14 June 1993) is an Estonian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2008 Estonian national champion and won three medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series. She competed at three World Junior Championships —achi ...

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, Viktor Romanenkov, Viktoria Shklover & Valdis Mintals, Dmitri Tchumak, Arlet Levandi and Eva-Lotta Kiibus. On February 21, 2024, it was reported that the Estonian Anti-Doping and Sports Ethics Foundation had received allegations of abuse, such as derisive language and directing skaters to ignore injuries, from multiple former students of Levandi's. Levandi said that she was a demanding coach but denied that her behavior was abusive. Allar Levandi ja Anna Levandi

Honors and awards

In 2007, she was named Woman of the Year of Estonia and in 2008 Coach of the Year of Estonia. On 4 February 2009, she was decorated with the Third Class

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Results

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Levandi, Anna 1965 births Living people Figure skaters from Moscow Soviet female single skaters Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters for the Soviet Union Russian figure skating coaches Russian expatriates in Estonia Russian emigrants to Estonia Soviet emigrants to Estonia World Figure Skating Championships medalists European Figure Skating Championships medalists Russians in Estonia Female sports coaches Estonian female single skaters Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 3rd Class