Amina Atakhanova

Atakhanova/Spiridonov in December 2015

Personal information

Native name

Амина Геннадьевна Атаханова

Full name

Amina Gennadyevna Atakhanova

Country represented

Russia

Born

3 May 2002
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Residence

Moscow, Russia

Height

1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)

Partner

Ilia Spiridonov

Coach

Natalia Pavlova, Alexander Zaitsev

Former coach

Irina Lebedeva

Choreographer

Alla Mikhailova

Skating club

UOR 4 Moscow

Training locations

Moscow

Began skating

2005

ISU personal best scores

Combined total

162.50
2015 JGP Austria

Short program

64.79
2016 JGP Estonia

Free skate

106.39
2015 JGP Austria

Medal record

Figure skating: Pairs
Representing Russia
Junior Grand Prix Final
	2015–16 Barcelona	Pairs

Amina Gennadyevna Atakhanova (Russian: Амина Геннадьевна Атаханова, born 3 May 2002) is a Russian pair skater. With partner Ilia Spiridonov, she is the 2015–16 JGP Final bronze medalist.

Career

Atakhanova started skating in 2005.^[1] She and Ilia Spiridonov began competing together in December 2014, coached by Natalia Pavlova and Alexander Zaitsev in Moscow.^[2]

2015–16 season

Atakhanova/Spiridonov's international debut came in September 2015 at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Linz, Austria. Ranked first in both segments, Atakhanova/Spiridonov won gold by a margin of 3.79 points over the Czech Republic's Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař. At their second JGP assignment, in Toruń, Poland, they were awarded the silver medal behind Ekaterina Borisova / Dmitry Sopot of Russia. These results qualified them for the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona, Spain, where they won the bronze medal behind Borisova/Sopot and Dušková/Bidař. At the 2016 Russian Junior Championships Atakhanova/Spiridonov won the silver medal behind Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev and were selected to compete at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. They withdrew before the start of the competition due to an injury to Atakhanova.^[3]

2016–17 season

During the 2016–17 JGP series, Atakhanova/Spiridonov won silver in the Czech Republic and placed fourth in Estonia. Finishing fourth in the JGP rankings, they qualified to the JGP Final in Marseille, France.

Records and achievements

Set the junior-level pairs' record for the short program to 64.79 points at the 2016–17 ISU Junior Grand Prix competition in Tallinn, Estonia.

Programs

Atakhanova/Spiridonov at the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix Final pairs' medal ceremony

(with Spiridonov)

Season	Short program	Free skating
2016–17 ^[4]	Jimmy, Renda-se by Tom Zé	Singin' in the Rain by Gene Kelly
2015–16 ^[1]	The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (modern arrangement)	Funny Girl by Jule Styne Anchors Aweigh Roller Skate Rag Gigi by Frederick Loewe

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Spiridonov

International^[5]
Event	2015–16	2016–17
Junior Worlds	WD
JGP Final	3rd	TBD
JGP Austria	1st
JGP Czech Republic		2nd
JGP Estonia		4th
JGP Poland	2nd
National^[2]
Russian Jr. Champ.	2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

With Spiridonov

Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
2016–17 season
28 September – 2 October 2016	2016 JGP Estonia	Junior	1 64.79	7 83.01	4 147.80
31 August – 4 September 2016	2016 JGP Czech Republic	Junior	2 55.23	1 104.71	2 159.94
2015–16 season
Date	Event	Level	SP	FS	Total
14–20 March 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	Junior			WD
19–23 January 2016	2016 Russian Junior Championships	Junior	3 61.87	2 115.08	2 176.95
10–13 December 2015	2015−16 JGP Final	Junior	2 58.58	3 103.42	3 162.00
23–27 September 2015	2015 JGP Poland	Junior	1 59.70	4 89.82	2 149.52
9–13 September 2015	2015 JGP Austria	Junior	1 56.11	1 106.39	1 162.50

References

1 2 "Amina ATAKHANOVA / Ilia SPIRIDONOV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
1 2 Амина Геннадьевна Атаханова [Amina Gennadyevna Atakhanova] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
↑ "Атаханова -- Спиридонов не выступят на юниорском первенстве мира из-за травмы партнерши" [Atakhanova/Spiridonov won't compete at Junior Worlds due to her injury] (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. 10 March 2016.
↑ "Amina ATAKHANOVA / Ilia SPIRIDONOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
↑ "Competition Results: Amina ATAKHANOVA / Ilia SPIRIDONOV". International Skating Union.

External links

Media related to Amina Atakhanova at Wikimedia Commons

Record scores in figure skating

Combined total (Total) Short program (SP) Free skating (FS) Short dance (SD) Free dance (FD) Juniors (J)

Men	Total: Yuzuru Hanyu 330.43 SP: Yuzuru Hanyu 110.95 FS: Yuzuru Hanyu 219.48 Total (J): Cha Jun-hwan 239.47 SP (J): Shoma Uno 84.87 FS (J): Daniel Samohin 165.38

Ladies	Total: Kim Yuna 228.56 SP: Mao Asada 78.66 FS: Evgenia Medvedeva 150.10 Total (J): Polina Tsurskaya 195.28 SP (J): Polina Tsurskaya 69.02 FS (J): Anastasiia Gubanova 129.14

Pairs	Total: Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 237.71 SP: Volosozhar / Trankov 84.17 FS: Volosozhar / Trankov 154.66 Total (J): Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař 181.82 SP (J): Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov 64.79 FS (J): Sui Wenjing / Han Cong 118.54

Ice dance	Total: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 195.84 SD: Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 79.47 FD: Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron 118.17 Total (J): Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter 163.65 SD (J): Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons 67.88 FD (J): McNamara / Carpenter 97.40

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