Anna Shcherbakova is one of the most popular and richest Figure Skater who was born on March 28, 2004 in Moscow, Russia. Anna Stanislavovna Shcherbakova (Russian: Anna Stanislavovna Shcherbakova , born 28 March 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the European Silver Medalist for 2020 and the 2019 Grand Prix Final silver medalist as well as her 2019 Skate America champion, the 2019 Cup of China champion as well as her 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy champion and is twice-time Russian National champion (2019 2020, 2019).
In JGP Canada, she was again top of the line for both her short and the free skate . She won the gold medal with an average of 5 points, beating the silver medalist and the former partner of her Anastasia Tarakanova. With two gold medals at the Junior Grand Prix, she was able to participate in this year’s Junior Grand Prix Final. In the Final, Shcherbakova placed last in the short course after falling on her double Axel, and then getting out of an a triple Lutz but missing her combo. In the free event she was unable to land on both quads which resulted in her placing fifth overall. After the event, Shcherbakova said she “really wanted to land my quad Lutzes, but I couldn’t do them cleanly and I fell, so I’ll try to do it next time.”
Shcherbakova’s results qualified her for the Grand Prix Final in Torino, where she placed third in the short program. In the free skate, Shcherbakova landed two quad Lutzes (one deemed underrotated) and attempted, but fell on, the quad flip for the first time. She nevertheless placed first in the free skate, and won the silver medal overall behind Alena Kostornaia. Speaking of the flip attempt afterward, she said “I will do it better next time. I can do it in practice, but it’s my first time in competition.”
Shcherbakova made her ISU Grand Prix debut at the 2019 Skate America, where she won the gold medal after placing fourth in the short program and first in the free skate. At this competition she became the first ever lady to land two quadruple Lutz jumps in free skating in an international competition, and the first ever lady to land quadruple Lutz and a triple jump combination in an international competition. In the free skate she became the second lady behind Alexandra Trusova to achieve a score above 160 points under the current GOE system when she scored her personal best score of 160.16 points, only about three points short of Trusova’s world record. Shcherbakova also set new records for the highest valued single jump, earning 14.79 points for her quadruple Lutz, and for the highest valued jump combinations, when she earned 18.66 points for her quad Lutz-triple toe loop combination. Shcherbakova went on to win her second event, the 2019 Cup of China, albeit by a smaller margin.
In the summer of 2017, Shcherbakova broke her leg during the triple loop during a training camp. In the end, she was unable to participate in her 2017-18 campaign, not including the planned Junior Grand Prix debut. She finished 13th in the 2017 Russian Junior Championships.
