Ksenia Sinitsyna

Ksenia Alexeyevna Sinitsyna (Russian: Ксения Алексеевна Синицына; born 5 August 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2020 Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2020 Youth Olympic Champion in the team event, the 2019 JGP Italy champion, the JGP Russia silver medalist, and the 2018 JGP Lithuania bronze medalist.

Ksenia Sinitsyna
Personal information
Native nameКсения Алексеевна Синицына
Full nameKsenia Alexeyevna Sinitsyna
Alternative namesKseniia
Country represented Russia
Born (2004-08-05) 5 August 2004
Tver
Home townMoscow, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
CoachSvetlana Panova, Tatiana Moiseeva, Ilona Protasenya
Former coachLyubov Maleva
ChoreographerNadezda Kanaeva, Anna Novichkina
Skating clubSC Snow Leopards
Training locationsMoscow
Began skating2008
World standing48 (As of 6 October 2019)[1]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total215.58
2019 JGP Italy
Short program74.65
2019 JGP Italy
Free skate140.93
2019 JGP Italy
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Winter Youth Olympics
2020 LausanneLadies' singles
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Winter Youth Olympics
2020 LausanneTeam

Personal life

Sinitsyna was born on 5 August 2004 in Tver.[2][3] She is a high school student.[2]

Career

Early years

Sinitsyna began learning to skate in 2008.[2] She finished 9th at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships.

2018–2019 season

In the 2018–2019 season, she debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

In February 2019 at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, Sinitsyna finished 4th (behind Trusova, Kostornaia and Shcherbakova).[4]

A few days later, she was one of the skaters who represented Russia on Sakhalin at the first Children of Asia Games, winning the bronze medal behind You Young and Alena Kanysheva.[5]

In March 2019, she (along with Alexandra Trusova and Anna Shcherbakova) represented Russia at the World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia (replacing Kostornaia who withdrew due to a medical condition). Ranked 4th in the short and 6th in the free skate, she finished fourth overall.

2019–2020 season
Sinitsyna at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

For the 2019–20 season, Sinitsyna was assigned to 2019 JGP USA in Lake Placid, New York. However, she withdrew due to visa issues. She was reassigned to 2019 JGP Russia in Chelyabinsk, Russia, where she won the silver medal with a score of 204.25 behind Kamila Valieva. At the 2019 JGP Italy, Sinitsyna placed first in both the short program and the free skate with a new personal best scores and won her first Junior Grand Prix gold medal. These results qualified her to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, where she placed fourth.

At the 2020 Russian Championships, an error in the short program led to her placing fifteenth, but she climbed to fifth place overall with a fourth-place finish in the free skate.[6]

Sinitsyna won the silver medal at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics behind You Young of South Korea and ahead of Russian teammate Anna Frolova. In the team event, she placed first individually to help her team (Arlet Levandi of Estonia, Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava of Georgia, and Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama of Japan) win the gold medal.

2020–2021 season

Sinitsyna injured her leg over the summer, and subsequently became ill, as a result of which she missed the fall competitive season and the 2021 Russian Championships.[7] She returned to the competitions in early February of 2021, winning domestic competition Prizes of Elena Tchaikovskaia with a score of 202.16. At the competition she landed difficult Triple Lutz-Triple Loop combination but popped planned Quadruple Toe Loop. However, she successfully landed it on a warm-up. That was the first time ever Sinitsyna has tried any quad jump.

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
[8]
2019–2020
[2]
2017–2019
[9]
2016–2017

    Competitive highlights
    Sinitsyna (left) at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics podium with You Young (center) and Anna Frolova (right).

    JGP: Junior Grand Prix

    International: Junior[10]
    Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20-21
    Youth Olympics2nd
    Junior Worlds4th
    JGP Final4th
    JGP Italy1st
    JGP Lithuania3rd
    JGP Russia2nd
    Children of Asia ISG3rd
    Volvo Open Cup1st
    National[11]
    Russian Champ.5thWD
    Russian Junior Champ.9th4th7th
    Prizes of E. Tchaikovskaia1st
    Team events
    Youth Olympics1st T
    1st P
    T = Team result; P = Personal result.
    TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

    Detailed results

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

    Junior level
    Sinitsyna at the 2019–20 JGP Final
    Sinitsyna at the 2019 World Junior Championships
    2019–20 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships Junior 11
    64.60    		 6
    135.81    		 7
    200.41
    10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team Junior – 1
    127.63    		 1T/1P
    10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 2
    71.77    		 2
    128.26    		 2
    200.03
    26–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships Senior 14
    59.72    		 4
    143.24    		 5
    202.96
    5–8 December 2019 2019–20 JGP Final Junior 3
    69.40    		 5
    126.17    		 4
    195.57
    5–10 November 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup Junior 6
    54.65    		 1
    122.22    		 1
    176.57
    2–5 October 2019 2019 JGP Italy Junior 1
    74.65    		 1
    140.93    		 1
    215.58
    11–14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia Junior 2
    73.04    		 3
    131.21    		 2
    204.25
    2018–19 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    4–10 March 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 4
    66.52    		 6
    122.32    		 4
    188.84
    13–15 February 2019 2019 WCAISG Junior 6
    61.26    		 1
    136.87    		 3
    198.13
    1–4 February 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4
    73.31    		 4
    139.47    		 4
    212.78
    14–19 December 2018 2018 Russian–Chinese Youth Winter Games Junior 3
    62.04    		 2
    125.10    		 2
    187.14
    5–8 September 2018 2018 JGP Lithuania Junior 2
    67.12    		 3
    120.79    		 3
    187.91
    2017–18 season
    Date Event Level SP FS Total
    23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 10
    67.46    		 10
    124.45    		 9
    191.91

    References
    1. "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ladies". International Skating Union. March 3, 2018.
    2. "Ksenia SINITSYNA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020.
    3. "SINITSYNA Kseniia". lausanne2020.sport. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020.
    4. {[cite web|url=https://www.sport-express.ru/figure-skating/news/trusova-pervaya-vospitannicy-tutberidze-zanyali-ves-pedestal-na-pervenstve-rossii-sredi-yuniorov-1508185/%7Ctitle=Трусова - первая. Воспитанницы Тутберидзе заняли весь пьедестал на первенстве России среди юниоров. Фигурное катание. СПОРТ-ЭКСПРЕСС
    5. 2019 Children of Asia results in figure skating
    6. Flade, Tatjana (December 28, 2019). "Shcherbakova defends national title in Krasnoyarsk". Golden Skate.
    7. "Источник: Синицына приболела, ее участие в стартах сезона под вопросом" [Source: Sinitsyna got sick, her participation in competitions of the season is questionable] (in Russian). R-Sport. 26 November 2020.
    9. "Ksenia SINITSYNA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019.
    10. "Competition Results: Kseniia SINITSYNA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 January 2020.
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