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Anastasia Vaipan-Law
Anastasia Kristina Vaipan-Law (born 31 August 1999) is a Scottish figure skater who currently represents Great Britain in pairs. With her partner, Luke Digby, she is a four-time British national champion (2022–2025) and the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup silver medalist. Personal lifeVaipan-Law was born on 31 August 1999 in Blackpool, England.[1] CareerEarly years and singles careerVaipan-Law began learning how to skate in 2007 at the age of eight in Dundee, Scotland.[2] She made her junior international debut in women's single skating at the 2013 NRW Trophy in December 2013 where she finished twenty-first. Throughout her career as a single skater, Vaipan-Law competed at three ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments and placed second at the 2016 Open d'Andorra in the junior women's event. She is a three-time British junior national silver medalist (2017-2019). Pair skating career2021–22 season: Pairs debut with DigbyVaipan-Law began contemplating switching to pair skating after suffering a knee injury and undergoing surgery. She officially began her pair skating career in December 2019 when she teamed up with fellow singles skater, Luke Digby.[3] Vaipan-Law/Digby made their international debut as a team at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished twelfth overall and recorded personal bests in all three segments of competition. The team competed at three more events throughout the fall, winning the 2021 Tayside Trophy and finishing fourth at both the 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup respectively.[1] At their first British Championships in November, Vaipan-Law/Digby narrowly took the title ahead of the long-dominant team Jones/Boyadji. Jones/Boyadji initially received the assignment to Great Britain's single berth in the pairs' field at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, but after Jones recorded a positive COVID-19 test shortly before the event, Vaipan-Law/Digby were assigned to replace them.[1] Vaipan-Law/Digby set a new personal best in the short program at 2022 Europeans but finished eighteenth in the segment and did not advance to the free skate.[1] 2022–23 season: World Championship debutVaipan-Law/Digby began the 2022–23 figure skating season with a tenth-place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy and a silver medal at the 2022 Tayside Trophy. On the 2022-23 ISU Grand Prix, they were the host-picked pair team for the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy in Sheffield, where they finished seventh. Following this, the pair finished seventh at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.[1] Vaipan-Law/Digby went on to defend their title at the 2023 British Championships and were selected to compete at the European and World Championships.[4] The pair finished in tenth place at the European Championships in Espoo, Finland.[5] They then went on to place tenth at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.[1] Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, Japan, Vaipan-Law/Digby qualified for the free skate after placing seventeenth in the short program and went on to place sixteenth in the free skate, finishing in sixteenth place overall.[6][7]  2023–24 season Beginning the season with two Challenger series assignments, Vaipan-Law/Digby came eighth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and fifth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International.[1] They received an unexpected opportunity to compete on the Grand Prix when reigning world champions Miura/Kihara withdrew from the 2023 Skate America. They finished seventh at the event.[8] Vaipan-Law/Digby subsequently took gold at the 2024 British Championships for a third time.[1] In January, the pair finished ninth at the 2024 European Championships.[9] At the 2024 World Championships, they attempted a more difficult jump in the short program than at the European Championships. Despite a mistake on it, they qualified for the free skate, and they ended in twentieth place.[10] 2024–25 seasonVaipan-Law/Digby started the season by finishing sixth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix series, the pair placed sixth at 2024 Skate America, earning personal best scores in the process. They subsequently placed sixth at the 2024 NHK Trophy.[11][1] In late November, the pair won their first ISU medal, a silver at the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup before going on to win their fourth consecutive national title at the 2025 British Championships.[1] ProgramsWith Digby
Competitive highlights
Pair skating with Luke Digby
Single skating
Detailed resultsPair skating with Luke Digby
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