Background
Anastasia Georgievna Galustyan was born 25 June 1999 in Moscow, Russia. Her mother, Irina, is a figure skating coach.
Anastasia Georgievna Galustyan was born 25 June 1999 in Moscow, Russia. Her mother, Irina, is a figure skating coach.
Galustyan debuted on the International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in the 2013-2014 season. She finished 7th in Košice, Slovakia in September 2013, and 10th in Ostrava, Czechoslovakian Republic the next month.
2013-2014 season
She made her senior international debut in December, placing 5th at the Ukrainian Open. In March 2014, she competed at her first International Skating Union Championship, the World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, but was eliminated after placing 27th in the short program 2014-2015 season
During the 2014-2015 JGP series, Galustyan placed 8th in Tallinn, Estonia, and 12th in Zagreb, Croatia.
In January 2015, she placed 7th at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Austria and then qualified for the first time to an International Skating Union Championship free skate, at the European Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, where she finished 13th.
In March, Galustyan finished 12th at the World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, but missed the cut-off for the free skate at the World Championships in Shanghai, China, having placed 29th in the short program 2015-2016 season
Competing in the 2015-2016 JGP series, Galustyan placed 11th in Colorado Springs, Colorado and 9th in Logroño, Spain.
She then appeared at a pair of Challenger Series events, placing fourth at the 2015 Mordovian Ornament and taking bronze at the 2015 Warsaw Cup. She is representing Armenia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
She has won two medals on the International Skating Union Challenger Series and qualified for the free skate at four International Skating Union Championships. Competing on the senior level, she finished 6th at the 2014 Volvo Open Cup and won silver at the 2014 Warsaw Cup, both International Skating Union Challenger Series (CS) events, and then took silver at the Tallinn Trophy. In January 2016, she won silver at the MNNT Cup and finished 15th at the European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, having placed 16th in the short program and 13th in the free skate.
