Background
Anastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova was born on 8 November 2000 in Moscow, Russia.
Anastasia Ilinichna Skoptsova was born on 8 November 2000 in Moscow, Russia.
Early years
Skoptsova made her international debut in autumn 2010 competing with Nikita Nazarov on the advanced novice level at the Tirnavia Ice Cup and North Rhine-Westphalia Trophy. The two placed 13th at the 2012 Russian Junior Championships. They were coached by Denis Samokhin in Moscow.
Partnership with Aleshin
Skoptsova began competing with Kirill Aleshin in October 2013.
They qualified for the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished 9th, having ranked 9th in the short and 7th in the free dance. Skoptsova/Aleshin"s first Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments came in the 2015-2016 season.
Ranked 6th in the JGP standings, they took the final spot at the 2015-2016 JGP Final in Barcelona, where they finished sixth. Fifth at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships (7th in the short dance, 4th in the free), the two were named in Russia"s team to the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar.
Ranked second in the short dance and third in the free, they were awarded the bronze medal in the ice dancing event in Norway.
(with Aleshin).