Anastasia’s love of figure skating began while watching Olympic Champions Maya Usova and Alexander Zulin perform at the arena where her father worked.  Her own skating career began at the age of five at the renowned Spartak Figure Skating School of Olympic reserve and then at age seven she was specifically selected to attend and train under the tutelage of world renowned coach Elena Tchaikovskaya at The Professional Ballet on Ice. It is here that her love for dancing bloomed and she toured all across Europe during this time.  Upon her family moving to Israel Anastasia continued to improve and compete, eventually becoming Israeli National Champion in 1997/97 in both Junior Dance and Junior Single competitions.

Her coaching career began in Montreal in 1999.  She taught ballet and ice dancing initially and transitioned this into private coaching in free style, skills and dance.  She was the artistic director of choreography at Club l’Acadie and transitioned from this into the head coach between 2008 and 2010.

Anastasia enjoys all types of figure skating but she is especially drawn to beauty of ice dancing and the creation of beautiful choreography and dance routines.

Competition Career Highlights

1988-89 – Finished in 1st place at the Regional festival of Youth Ballet on Ice of Moscow, 1^st place at the  International Festival of Youth Ballet on Ice in Moscow, and 4^th place at the  International Festival of Youth Ballet on Ice in Paris France.
1994-5 – 2^nd place at the National Championship of Israel (junior singles)
1995-6 – 1^st place at the National Championship of Israel (junior singles)
1996-7 – 1^st place at the National Championship of Israel in both junior dance and junior single
1997 – 4^th place at the International Open Championship of Moscow (junior dance couple)

Coaching Career Highlights

2005-9 – Artistic Director and Director of Choreography for the Season Finale for Club L’Acadie in Montreal
2008-10 – Head Figure Skating Coach CPA Club L’Acadie