Anna Sergeevna Frolova (; born 7 August 2005) is a Russian
figure skater
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. She is the
2020 Winter Youth Olympic bronze medalist,
[ the 2019 JGP Italy silver medalist,][
]
Personal life
Frolova was born on 7 August 2005 in Mytishchi
Mytishchi ( rus, Мыти́щи, p=mɨˈtʲiɕːɪ) is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and the administrative center of Mytishchinsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, which lies 19 km northeast of Russia's capital Moscow o ...
, Russia.[
]
Career
Early years
Anna began learning how to skate in 2010 at the age of five.[
]
2019–20 season: Junior international debut
Despite initially not receiving any Junior Grand Prix
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assignments, Frolova made her international junior debut in September 2019 at the 2019 JGP Croatia, replacing an injured Alena Kanysheva
Alena Dmitrievna Kanysheva (; her first name is properly pronounced Alyona as the Cyrillic ё is pronounced yo; born 15 June 2005) is a retired Russian ice dancer who formerly competed in women's singles. As a single skater, she is the 2018 J ...
. Frolova placed third in both the short program and the free skate to finish third overall behind South Korean gold medalist Lee Hae-in and fellow Russian silver medalist Daria Usacheva
Daria Romanovna Usacheva (pronounced Usachyova; , born 22 May 2006) is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2021 Skate America silver medalist.
On the junior level, she is the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 2020 World ...
.
At her second assignment, the 2019 JGP Italy in October, Frolova won the silver medal behind then training mate Ksenia Sinitsyna
Kseniia Alexeyevna Sinitsyna (; born 5 August 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2024 Russian Bronze medalist and the 2024 Russian Final Cup Bronze Medalist.She is the 2020 Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2020 Youth Olympic Cham ...
despite falling from second to fourth in the free skate standings. With her two medals, Frolova earned a total of 24 qualifying points toward the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, tying with Viktoria Vasilieva. However, due to Vasilieva's higher combined total score across both of her Junior Grand Prix events, Frolova was named the first alternate to the event.
Frolova next competed at the 2020 Russian Figure Skating Championships
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. She placed 7th in the short program and later climbed to 5th in the free skate to finish 6th overall, against just behind Ksenia Sinitsyna. Frolova was accompanied to the event by CSKA Moscow
CSKA Moscow () is a Russian sports club based in Moscow. It was created in 1911 in the Russian Empire on base of OLLS (Skiing Society, founded 1901). Later, during the Soviet Union, Soviet era, it was the central part of the Armed Forces (sports ...
coach Sergei Davydov, suggesting that she'd decided to part ways with Svetlana Panova and her team at SC Snow Leopards. Due to her result, she was initially named the first alternate to the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
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but was called up after Viktoria Vasilieva suffered an injury.
At the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games, Frolova placed third in the short program and fourth in the free skate to win the bronze medal overallYoung You
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in first place and Kseniia Sinitsyna in second.
2020–21 season
Frolova won the silver medal at the first stage of the domestic Russian Cup in Syzran
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History
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and placed fourth at the second stage in Moscow.
Programs
Competitive highlights
''JGP: Junior Grand Prix
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Detailed results
''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''
Senior results
Junior results
Notes
References
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Russian female single skaters
Sportspeople from Mytishchi
2005 births
Living people
Figure skaters at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
21st-century Russian sportswomen