Stanislava Konstantinova
Konstantinova at the 2019 Russian Figure Skating Championships
Full nameStanislava Andreyevna Konstantinova
Native nameСтанислава Андреевна Константинова (Russian)
Born (2000-07-14) 14 July 2000 (age 23)
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia Russia
CoachViktoria Butsaeva
Skating clubSports school of the Olympic reserve "Moskvich" (Moscow)
Began skating2006
RetiredJanuary 20, 2023
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Winter Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Krasnoyarsk Ladies' singles

Stanislava Andreyevna Konstantinova (Russian: Станислава Андреевна Константинова; born 14 July 2000) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2019 Winter Universiade bronze medalist, 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki silver medalist, a two-time CS Tallinn Trophy champion (2016, 2017) and the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist.

On the junior level, she is the 2016 JGP Russia silver medalist, the 2017 JGP Belarus bronze medalist, the 2015 Tallinn Trophy champion, and the 2017 Russian junior national silver medalist.

She is currently the 25th highest ranked ladies' singles skater in world by the International Skating Union following the 2019-20 figure skating season.

Personal life

Konstantinova was born on 14 July 2000 in Saint Petersburg, Russia.[4] Her mother trained in rhythmic gymnastics and track and field and her father in karate.[5] Her sister, Kristina, is eleven years younger.[5]

Career

Konstantinova began learning to skate in 2006.[4] Valentina Chebotareva became her coach when she was nine years old.[5] She made her international debut in November 2012 at the 2012 Tallinn Trophy, where she won the junior gold medal.[6] In the 2015–16 season she won second gold medal at the 2015 Tallinn Trophy. In 2016–17 season she made her Junior Grand Prix debut. She won silver medal at the JGP Russia, she then placed fourth at the JGP Germany.

Konstantinova made her international senior debut at the 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy where she won gold medal with a personal best score of 186.97 points. Placing first in both programs, she won the gold medal by a margin of more than 9 points over silver medalist Serafima Sakhanovich.

2017–18 season

In November 2017 Konstantinova competed the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy where she won the gold medal. This was her second consecutive victory at Tallinn Trophy. Two weeks later she won the 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb with a personal best score of 199.68 points.

In December 2017 she placed fourth at the 2018 Russian Championships after placing tenth in the short program and third in the free skate. She then competed at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships where she won the bronze medal.[5]

In March 2018 Konstantinova competed at the 2018 Junior Worlds where she placed fourth after placing sixth in the short program and fifth in the free skate. She was subsequently called up to replace Evgenia Medvedeva at the 2018 World Championships in Milan. She was later described as having "more or less bombed" the competition, placing sixteenth in the short program and twentieth in the free skate, for nineteenth place overall. Konstantinova would admit to being "really down after that." She described herself as "very grateful to my family that they supported me in this difficult time, thankful to the fans that didn’t turn away from me and continued to support me. I healed my soul through work and I drew a lot of conclusions for myself."[7]

2018–19 season

Konstantinova started her season by competing at two ISU Challenger Series events. In mid September she won the bronze medal at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy and two weeks later she placed fourth at the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy, fractions of a point behind Finnish skater Viveca Lindfors. In early November she made her Grand Prix debut at 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki where she won the silver medal behind her teammate Alina Zagitova. In late November she finished fifth at the 2018 Internationaux de France.

At the 2019 Russian Championships, Konstantinova initially placed fourth in the short program.[8] In the free skate, she popped an Axel and underrotated a triple Lutz, placing fifth in the free skate and fourth overall. Konstantinova was the highest-ranked international senior skater in the competition, 0.89 points ahead of Alina Zagitova. Speaking afterward, she said she was "not too happy with my free as I made mistakes, but I proved that I am competitive in this field."[9]

Konstantinova was assigned to the 2019 European Championships along with Zagitova and Sofia Samodurova, the other top senior qualifiers at the Russian Championships. In the short program, Konstantinova doubled her attempted triple Lutz and underrotated her triple flip, as a result placing eleventh. She placed second in the free skate, behind only Samodurova, and finished in fourth place overall, behind Samodurova, Zagitova, and Lindfors.[10] Competing next at the domestic Russian Cup Final, she placed second in the short program, behind only Medvedeva, but fell to sixth in the free, and was again fourth overall. Although initially submitted as one of Russia's three entries for the 2019 World Championships, she was subsequently withdrawn and replaced by Medvedeva.[11]

2019–20 season

Beginning the season at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial, Konstantinova placed seventh. At her first Grand Prix assignment, 2019 Skate America, she had several falls and popped jumps, finishing eleventh out of twelve skaters.[12][13] She was eleventh as well at the 2019 Rostelecom Cup. Konstantinova finished the season at the 2020 Russian Championships.

2020–21 season

With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting the international season, Konstantinova competed on the domestic Cup of Russia series, placing fifth at the second stage in Moscow and ninth at the fourth stage in Kazan.[14] As a result, she qualified for the 2021 Russian Figure Skating Championships. She placed sixteenth at the national championships. On January 13, Konstantinova announced that she'd be leaving coaches Alexander Volkov to train under Viktoria Butsaeva.

On July 29, 2022, it was reported that Stanislava Konstantinova had finished her career,[15] but the figure skater herself denied this information, saying that she had temporarily suspended her career and would miss the new season.[16]

Retirement

Not competing during season 2021–2022, Konstantinova has announced her retirement from competitive skating on her Instagram and mentioned that she stays in figure skating now as a coach and choreographer.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
2019–2020
[17]
  • February
    by Leonid Levashkevich
    choreo. by Olga Zotova
2018-2019
[18]

Anna Karenina

  • Unavoidable
  • She Is of the Heavens
  • Curtain
  • Anna's Last Train
    by Dario Marianelli
    choreo. by Olga Kliushnichenko
2017-2018
[19]

Anna Karenina

  • Unavoidable
  • She Is of the Heavens
  • Curtain
  • Anna's Last Train
    by Dario Marianelli
    choreo. by Olga Kliushnichenko
2016–2017
[4]
2015–2016
  • Alegría
    by Cirque du Soleil
2014–2015
2013–2014

Competitive highlights

Konstantinova (left) with Alina Zagitova (center) and Kaori Sakamoto (right) at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki podium.

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[20]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20-21
Worlds 19th
Europeans 4th
GP Finland 2nd
GP Skate America 11th
GP France 5th
GP Rostelecom Cup 11th
CS Finlandia 4th
CS Golden Spin 1st WD
CS Ondrej Nepela 3rd 7th
CS Tallinn Trophy 1st 1st
CS Warsaw Cup 2nd
Winter Universiade 3rd
International: Junior[20][21]
Junior Worlds 6th 4th
JGP Belarus 3rd
JGP Germany 4th
JGP Russia 2nd
Ice Challenge 1st
Tallinn Trophy 2nd 1st
International: Novice[20][21]
Tallinn Trophy 1st
National[21]
Russian Champ. 6th 4th 4th 13th 16th
Russian Junior Champ. 17th 8th 2nd 3rd
Russian Cup (Kazan) 9th
Russian Cup (Moscow) 5th
Russian Cup Final 5th J 1st J WD 4th
J = Junior; TBD = Assigned; R = Replaced

Detailed results

Senior level

Konstantinova at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki.

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests highlighted in italic.

2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
23–27 December 2020 2021 Russian Championships 13
61.55 		17
106.78 		16
168.33
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 9
66.00 		15
114.34 		13
180.34
15–17 November 2019 2019 Rostelecom Cup 11
54.36 		11
102.58 		11
156.94
18–20 October 2019 2019 Skate America 11
48.27 		12
95.12 		11
143.39
19–21 September 2019 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 5
58.19 		9
104.06 		7
162.25
2018–19 season
Date Event SP FS Total
7–9 March 2019 2019 Winter Universiade 2
70.25 		3
135.66 		3
205.91
18–22 February 2019 2019 Russian Cup Final
domestic competition 		2
75.47 		6
131.20 		4
206.67
21–27 January 2019 2019 European Championships 11
56.76 		2
132.96 		4
189.72
19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 4
74.40 		5
138.52 		4
212.92
23–25 November 2018 2018 Internationaux de France 10
54.91 		4
134.76 		5
189.67
2–4 November 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 4
62.56 		3
135.01 		2
197.57
4–7 October 2018 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 3
65.39 		4
121.74 		4
187.13
19–22 September 2018 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 3
65.03 		3
114.99 		3
180.02
2017–18 season
Date Event SP FS Total
19–25 March 2018 2018 World Championships 16
59.19 		20
93.84 		19
153.03
21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships 10
66.51 		3
144.77 		4
211.28
6–9 December 2017 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2
67.47 		1
132.21 		1
199.68
21–26 November 2017 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy 1
64.41 		1
126.34 		1
190.75
16–19 November 2017 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 2
59.84 		2
114.59 		2
174.43

Junior level

Konstantinova at the 2017 World Junior Championships.

Personal bests highlighted in italic.

2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
5–11 March 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 6
62.63 		5
123.72 		4
186.35
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 12
66.40 		2
139.87 		3
206.27
20–24 September 2017 2017 JGP Belarus Junior 3
59.85 		2
122.13 		3
181.98
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
15–19 March 2017 2017 World Junior Championships Junior 6
58.90 		6
103.94 		6
162.84
1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
70.25 		3
130.60 		2
200.85
20–26 December 2016 2017 Russian Championships Senior 7
68.34 		7
131.85 		6
200.19
20–27 November 2016 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 1
63.85 		1
123.12 		1
186.97
5–9 October 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 3
59.00 		4
113.06 		4
172.06
14–18 September 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 2
64.38 		3
110.82 		2
175.20
2015–16 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5
64.19 		11
105.36 		8
169.55
18–22 November 2015 2015 Tallinn Trophy Junior 1
68.36 		1
123.50 		1
191.86
27–31 October 2015 2015 Ice Challenge Junior 1
63.66 		1
105.35 		1
169.01
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 8
58.40 		17
74.28 		17
132.68
2012–13 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
29 November - 2 December 2012 2012 Tallinn Trophy Novice 2
42.86 		1
82.76 		1
125.62

References

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  2. ^ "Seasons Best Score 2017/2018". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "Seasons Best Score 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ a b c "Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Flade, Tatjana (5 March 2017). "Stanislava Konstantinova: 'Everyone has their own path'". Golden Skate.
  6. ^ "Tallinn Trophy 2012 Junior Ladies Result".
  7. ^ Flade, Tatjana (21 November 2018). "Stanislava Konstantinova: 'Focus on the positive'". Golden Skate.
  8. ^ Flade, Tatjana (21 December 2018). "Zagitova skates to confident lead in Saransk as Medvedeva falters". Golden Skate.
  9. ^ Flade, Tatjana (21 December 2018). "Anna Shcherbakova runs off with Russian National title in debut". Golden Skate.
  10. ^ Slater, Paula (January 25, 2019). "Samodurova shines; wins European ladies' title". Golden Skate.
  11. ^ Hersh, Philip (February 27, 2019). "In Russian Figure Skating Federation's no-win game to pick worlds team, Tuktamysheva the loser". Globetrotting by Philip Hersh.
  12. ^ Slater, Paula (October 19, 2019). "USA's Bradie Tennell leads at 2019 Skate America". Golden Skate.
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  14. ^ "2020 CUP OF RUSSIA SERIES".
  15. ^ ""ФИГУРИСТКА КОНСТАНТИНОВА ЗАВЕРШИЛА КАРЬЕРУ"" [FIGURIST KONSTANTINOVA COMPLETED CAREER] (in Russian).
  16. ^ ""Фигуристка Константинова объяснила, почему приостановила карьеру"" [Figure skater Konstantinova explained why she suspended her career] (in Russian).
  17. ^ "Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019.
  18. ^ "Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019.
  19. ^ "Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 March 2018.
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External links

Tallinn Trophy champions in figure skating – Women's singles
Golden Spin of Zagreb champions in figure skating – Women's singles
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