Maria Stavitskaia

Maria Stavitskaia
Full name	Maria Ivanovna Stavitskaia
Born	(1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 (age 27) Melitopol, Ukraine
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Alexander Zhulin
Skating club	Moskvich
Began skating	2002
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Singles European Youth Olympic Festival 2013 Poiana Brașov Singles

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]

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	Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus choreo. by Tatiana Prokofieva
2012-2013	Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Romeo and Juliet: Juliet as a Young Girl Montagues and Capulets Introduction by Sergei Prokofiev
2011-2012	The River Cruise (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory) Main Titles by Danny Elfman	Cinderella by Sergei Prokofiev

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Bagin

International
Event	2016–17
Winter Universiade	12th
National[6]
Russian Championships	8th

Ice dance with Shibnev

International
Event	2015–16
Lombardia Trophy	8th

Singles career

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[2]
Event	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
GP Rostel. Cup				7th
Cup of Nice				10th
Ukrainian Open			2nd
International: Junior[2]
JGP Austria		7th
JGP Germany		3rd
JGP Estonia	6th
EYOF		1st J.
Cup of Nice	1st J.	1st J.
Volvo Open Cup		1st J.
National[6]
Russian Champ.	18th	11th		11th
Russian Jr. Champ.	10th	10th

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.

External links

• Maria Stavitskaia at the International Skating Union
• Maria Stavitskaia at sport-folio.net