Kseniia Akhanteva

Akhanteva/Kolesov at the2019 Russian Championships
Personal information
Native name	Ксения Андреевна Ахантьева
Full name	Kseniia Andreyevna Akhanteva
Other names	Ksenia Akhanteva
Born	(2002-10-07)7 October 2002 (age 23) Vladivostok, Russia
Home town	Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Fedor Klimov
Skating club	Olympic Sport School St. Petersburg
Began skating	2006
Medal record Representing Russia Figure skating:Pairs World Junior Championships 2020 Tallinn Pairs Junior Grand Prix Final 2019–20 Turin Pairs

Kseniia Andreyevna Akhanteva (Russian:Ксения Андреевна Ахантьева, born 7 October 2002) is a Russianpair skater. With her former partner,Valerii Kolesov, she is the2020 World Junior silver medalist, the2020 Russian Junior National silver medalist and2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist.

Akhanteva began learning to skate in 2006.^[1] She began competing with her firstpair skating partner,Valerii Kolesov, in 2014.^[2]

Coached by Vasilii Velikov inSaint Petersburg,^[1] Akhanteva/Kolesov made their international debut in late August 2016, placing seventh at theJunior Grand Prix (JGP) competition inOstrava,Czech Republic. In November, they won the junior silver medal at theVolvo Open Cup, finishing second behind their teammatesNika Osipova /Aleksandr Galiamov.

In September, Akhanteva/Kolesov placed sixth at the2017 JGP competition inRiga,Latvia. The pair had the same final result at the2018 Russian Junior Championships, which took place in January inSaransk. In April, they took silver at the Russian Youth Championships – Elder Age, where they finished second toAmina Atakhanova /Nikita Volodin and ahead ofApollinariia Panfilova /Dmitry Rylov.

Coached byLudmila Velikova,Nikolai Velikov and Vasilii Velikov,^[1] Akhanteva/Kolesov started their season in August on the2018 JGP series. Ranked second in the short and third in the free, they won the bronze medal inBratislava,Slovakia, contributing to a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium. Akhanteva/Kolesov were more than 11 points behind the champions, their training partnersAnastasia Mishina /Aleksandr Galiamov, but lost to the silver medalists,Apollinariia Panfilova /Dmitry Rylov, by a margin of only 0.13 points.^[3] In September, they outscored their teammates and training partners,Polina Kostiukovich /Dmitrii Ialin, by about four points for gold at the JGP inOstrava,Czech Republic, where they were second in the short program and first in the free skate.^[4] With these results they have qualified to the2018–2019 Junior Grand Prix Final, where they placed fourth overall.^[5] Akhanteva/Kolesov went on to compete at2019 Russian Nationals, their first ever senior competition, and finished tenth there. Unfortunately they had to withdraw from the junior event after Akhanteva seriously injured her leg.^[6]

Akhanteva/Kolesov started their season with a silver medal at the2019 Junior Grand Prix competition inLake Placid,United States. Ranked second in the short and second in the free, they finished 15 points behind the gold medalistsApollinariia Panfilova /Dmitry Rylov, in part due to costly jumping errors in both programs.^[7] Two weeks later Akhanteva/Kolesov took the gold atJGPChelyabinsk,Russia. Ranked first in the short program and first in the free skate, they finished eight points ahead of silver medalistsIuliia Artemeva /Mikhail Nazarychev, and led a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium at their home JGP.^[8] At this event Akhanteva/Kolesov became the first junior pairs team to break 40 TES in the short program.^[9] Their results qualified them to the2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final inTurin, where they won the bronze medal.^[10][11]

Competing at the2020 Russian Championships at the senior level, they placed tenth. Having then won the silver medal at the junior championships, they were named to Russia's team for the2020 World Junior Championships. Second in the short program with a clean skate, Kolesov nevertheless said he felt it was not their best performance and stated their goal was to achieve a season's best result in the free.^[12] In that segment, Akhanteva fell on both side-by-side jump attempts and put a foot and hand down on one of their two throw jumps, but they nevertheless remained in second place and won the silver medal overall due to errors by third- and fourth-place finishersArtemeva/Nazarychev andHocke/Kunkel. Kolesov acknowledged "the performance was bad today. I don't know the reason, but the result is good, because the short program was good."^[13]

Competing on the domestic Cup of Russia series, Akhanteva/Kolesov won the silver medal at the first stage inSyzran.^[14] They made theirGrand Prix debut at the2020 Rostelecom Cup, finishing sixth among the seven teams.^[15] They withdrew from the2021 Russian Championships at the senior level, and then won the junior silver medal later in the season.

With the resumption of theJunior Grand Prix, Akhanteva/Kolesov competed at the2021 JPG Slovakia. They placed second in the short program, but multiple falls in the free skate dropped them to fourth overall.^[16]

On April 18, it was announced that Akhanteva and Kolesov had split.^[17]

GP:Grand Prix; JGP:Junior Grand Prix

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only atISU Championships.

With Kolesov

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