Maria Stavitskaia

Maria Ivanovna Stavitskaia (Russian: Мария Ивановна Ставицкая; born 1 September 1997)[1] is a Russian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2013 Ukrainian Open silver medalist, 2012 JGP Germany bronze medalist, and a two-time Cup of Nice junior champion.[2]

Maria Stavitskaia
Full nameMaria Ivanovna Stavitskaia
Born (1997-09-01) 1 September 1997
Melitopol, Ukraine
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia
CoachAlexander Zhulin
Skating clubMoskvich
Began skating2002
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Singles
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place2013 Poiana BrașovSingles

Career

In the 2011–12 season, Stavitskaia finished 6th in her ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Estonia and won the junior event at 2011 Cup of Nice.

Assigned to two 2012–13 JGP events, Stavitskaia finished 7th in Austria and won the bronze medal in Germany. She then won her second Cup of Nice junior title and ended her season with the gold medal at the 2013 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival.[2]

Stavitskaia won the silver medal in her senior international debut at the 2013 Ukrainian Open.

On 5 June 2015 it was announced that Stavitskaia had decided to switch divisions from ladies singles to ice dance, and would start skating with Anton Shibnev as her partner, coached by Alexander Zhulin.[3] In summer 2016 it became known that Stavitskaia and Andrei Bagin would skate together in season 2016–17.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2013-2015
[4][5]
  • Raba Lyubvi (A Slave of Love)
    by Eduard Artemyev
    choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva
2012-2013 Romeo and Juliet:
2011-2012

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Bagin
International
Event 2016–17
Winter Universiade12th
National[6]
Russian Championships8th

Ice dance with Shibnev
International
Event 2015–16
Lombardia Trophy8th

Singles career

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[2]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
GP Rostel. Cup7th
Cup of Nice10th
Ukrainian Open2nd
International: Junior[2]
JGP Austria7th
JGP Germany3rd
JGP Estonia6th
EYOF1st J.
Cup of Nice1st J.1st J.
Volvo Open Cup1st J.
National[6]
Russian Champ.18th11th11th
Russian Jr. Champ.10th10th
J. = Junior level

References
  1. "Maria STAVITSKAIA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013.
  2. "Competition Results: Maria STAVITSKAIA". International Skating Union.
  3. Vorobyov, Maria. "Фигуристка Ставицкая, перейдя в группу Жулина, попала в надежные руки - Мишина". RSport. RSport. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  4. "Biography". ISU Results. ISU. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  5. "Maria STAVITSKAIA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013.
  6. Мария Ивановна Ставицкая [Maria Ivanovna Stavitskaia] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
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