Kseniia Akhanteva

Kseniia Andreyevna Akhanteva (Russian: Ксения Андреевна Ахантьева, born 7 October 2002) is a Russian pair skater. With her skating partner, Valerii Kolesov, she is the 2020 World Junior silver medalist, the 2020 Russian Junior National silver medalist and 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist.

Kseniia Akhanteva
Personal information
Native nameКсения Андреевна Ахантьева
Full nameKseniia Andreyevna Akhanteva
Alternative namesKsenia Akhanteva
Country representedRussia
Born (2002-10-07) 7 October 2002
Vladivostok, Russia
Home townSaint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
PartnerValerii Kolesov
CoachLudmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov, Vasilii Velikov
ChoreographerNatalia Pecherskaia
Skating clubOlympic Sport School St. Petersburg
Training locationsSaint Petersburg
Began skating2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total185.05
2019 JGP Russia
Short program67.62
2019 JGP Russia
Free skate118.72
2018 JGP Czech Republic
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Pairs
World Junior Championships
2020 TallinnPairs
Junior Grand Prix Final
2019–20 TorinoPairs

Career

Early years

Akhanteva began learning to skate in 2006.[1] She began competing with her first pair skating partner, Valerii Kolesov, in 2014.[2]

2016–2017 season

Coached by Vasilii Velikov in Saint Petersburg,[1] Akhanteva/Kolesov made their international debut in late August 2016, placing seventh at the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In November, they won the junior silver medal at the Volvo Open Cup, finishing second behind their teammates Nika Osipova / Aleksandr Galiamov.

2017–2018 season

In September, Akhanteva/Kolesov placed sixth at the 2017 JGP competition in Riga, Latvia. The pair had the same final result at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships, which took place in January in Saransk. In April, they took silver at the Russian Youth Championships – Elder Age, where they finished second to Amina Atakhanova / Nikita Volodin and ahead of Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov.

2018–2019 season

Coached by Ludmila Velikova, Nikolai Velikov and Vasilii Velikov,[1] Akhanteva/Kolesov started their season in August on the 2018 JGP series. Ranked second in the short and third in the free, they won the bronze medal in Bratislava, Slovakia, contributing to a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium. Akhanteva/Kolesov were more than 11 points behind the champions, their training partners Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galiamov, but lost to the silver medalists, Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov, by a margin of only 0.13 points.[3] In September, they outscored their teammates and training partners, Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin, by about four points for gold at the JGP in Ostrava, Czech Republic, where they were second in the short program and first in the free skate.[4] With these results they have qualified to the 2018–2019 Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth overall.[5] Akhanteva/Kolesov went on to compete at 2019 Russian Nationals, their first ever senior competition, and finished tenth there. Unfortunately they had to withdraw from the junior event after Akhanteva seriously injured her leg.[6]

2019–2020 season

Akhanteva/Kolesov started their season with a silver medal at the 2019 Junior Grand Prix competition in Lake Placid, United States. Ranked second in the short and second in the free, they finished 15 points behind the gold medalists Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov, in part due to costly jumping errors in both programs.[7] Two weeks later Akhanteva/Kolesov took the gold at JGP Chelyabinsk, Russia. Ranked first in the short program and first in the free skate, they finished eight points ahead of silver medalists Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev, and led a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium at their home JGP.[8] At this event Akhanteva/Kolesov became the first junior pairs team to break 40 TES in the short program.[9] Their results qualified them to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino, where they won the bronze medal.[10][11]

Competing at the 2020 Russian Championships at the senior level, they placed tenth. Having then won the silver medal at the junior championships, they were named to Russia's team for the 2020 World Junior Championships. Second in the short program with a clean skate, Kolesov nevertheless said he felt it was not their best performance and stated their goal was to achieve a season's best result in the free.[12] In that segment, Akhanteva fell on both side-by-side jump attempts and put a foot and hand down on one of their two throw jumps, but they nevertheless remained in second place and won the silver medal overall due to errors by third- and fourth-place finishers Artemeva/Nazarychev and Hocke/Kunkel. Kolesov acknowledged "the performance was bad today. I don't know the reason, but the result is good, because the short program was good."[13]

2020–2021 season

Competing on the domestic Cup of Russia series, Akhanteva/Kolesov won the silver medal at the first stage in Syzran.[14] They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, finishing sixth among the seven teams.[15]

Programs

With Kolesov
Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[16]
2019–2020
[17]
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[18]
2016–2017
[19]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kolesov
International[20]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
GP Rostelecom Cup6th
International: Junior [20]
Junior Worlds2nd
JGP Final4th3rd
JGP Czech Republic7th1st
JGP Latvia6th
JGP Russia1st
JGP Slovakia3rd
JGP U.S.2nd
Volvo Open Cup2nd J
National[2]
Russian Champ.10th10thWD
Russian Jr. Champ.WD6thWD2nd2nd
Russia: Youth, Elder2nd2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew


Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Kolesov

Senior
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–22 November 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup 6
67.50		 6
109.13		 6
176.63

Junior
2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships Junior 2
70.44		 2
104.41		 2
174.85
4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
72.46		 2
129.74		 2
202.20
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships Senior 9
67.37		 11
112.24		 10
179.61
4–8 December 2019 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 2
66.64		 4
113.04		 3
179.68
11–14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia Junior 1
67.62		 1
117.43		 1
185.05
28–31 August 2019 2019 JGP United States Junior 2
58.66		 2
112.53		 2
171.19
2018–2019 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships Senior 12
57.90		 9
117.14		 10
175.04
6–9 December 2018 2018–19 JGP Final Junior 4
62.04		 4
110.47		 4
172.51
26–29 September 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic Junior 2
66.01		 1
118.72		 1
184.73
22–25 August 2018 2018 JGP Slovakia Junior 2
60.14		 3
113.10		 3
173.24
2017–2018 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5
60.01		 4
112.41		 6
172.42
6–9 September 2017 2017 JGP Latvia Junior 6
46.26		 6
83.27		 6
129.53
2016–2017 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
9–13 November 2016 2016 Volvo Open Cup Junior 2
54.51		 2
88.06		 2
142.57
31 August – 3 September 2016 2016 JGP Czech Republic Junior 7
48.55		 7
88.80		 7
137.35

References
  1. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018.
  2. Ксения Андреевна Ахантьева [Kseniia Andreevna Akhanteva]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
  3. "2018 JGP Slovakia: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 25 August 2018.
  4. "2018 JGP Czech Republic: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 29 September 2018.
  5. "2018-19 Junior Grand Prix Final: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 8 December 2018.
  6. Ксения Ахантьева - Валерий Колесов. Контрольные прокаты. Юниоры. 2019 [Kseniia Akhanteva - Valerii Kolesov. Interview from Junior Test Skates 2019]. Youtube (in Russian).
  7. "2019 JGP Lake Placid: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 31 August 2019.
  8. "2019 JGP Chelyabinsk: Junior Pairs Result". International Skating Union. 13 September 2019.
  9. "List of Highest Junior Scores in Figure Skating". Wikipedia.
  10. Slater, Paula (December 5, 2019). "Panfilova and Rylov: 'It was a practice version'". Golden Skate.
  11. Slater, Paula (December 7, 2019). "Panfilova and Rylov take junior Pairs' title in Russian sweep in Torino". Golden Skate.
  12. Slater, Paula (March 4, 2020). "Panfilova and Rylov: 'We didn't expect the points to be 70+"". Golden Skate.
  13. Slater, Paula (March 5, 2020). "Panfilova and Rylov claim Pairs' title at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
  14. "KOLYADA, TRUSOVA SHINE AT 2020 TEST SKATES". International Figure Skating. September 14, 2020.
  15. "ISU GP Rostelecom Cup 2020". International Skating Union.
  16. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 November 2020.
  17. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019.
  18. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  19. "Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 May 2017.
  20. "Competition Results: Kseniia AKHANTEVA / Valerii KOLESOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018.
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