Anastasia Gracheva
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 Gracheva at the 2024 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Анастасия Грачева |
| Full name | Anastasia Gracheva |
| Born | 14 November 2001 |
| Home town | Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 166 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Russia (until 2020) Moldova (since 2022) |
| Coach | Julia Lebedeva |
| Skating club | Krystal Sports Complex |
| Began skating | 2005 |
Anastasia Gracheva (Russian: Анастасия Грачева; born 14 November 2001) is a Russian-Moldovan figure skater who currently competes for Moldova. She is the 2025 Skate Helena champion and the 2025 Budapest Trophy silver medalist.
She is the first female skater to represent Moldova at an ISU Championship event (2023 European Championships).[1][2]
Anastasia was born on 14 November 2001 in Moscow, Russia.[1]
Career
Early career
Skating for Russia
Gracheva debuted domestically for Russia in the 2015–16 season placing fourth at the Russian Cup 5th Stage, the following season, she won the silver medal at the Russian Cup 5th Stage.[3]
She debuted for Russia internationally at 2017 Ice Star in Minsk, Belarus finishing in fourth place with a score of 162.59.[4] The following month, she won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2017 Tallinn Trophy behind Anastasiia Arkhipova of Ukraine and Anastasiia Gubanova, also of Russia.[3] She later placed 17th at the 2018 Russian Championships.[5]
The following two seasons, Anastasia did not appear on the international circuit. She continued to compete domestically for Russia. She finished 7th at the 2019 Russian Cup Final[3] and 16th at the 2020 Russian Championships.[6]
2022–2023 season
Skating for Moldova
In 2022, Anastasia began to represent Moldova. She made her debut for Moldova at the 2022 Budapest Trophy finishing in 6th place [7] The following month she went onto win the 2022 Bosphorus Cup.[3][2]
Anastasia made her championship debut in January at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland making her the first female singles figure skater to represent Moldova at an ISU championship event.[2] She placed 28th in the short program segment and did not advance to the free skate.[8]
In March, she competed at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan where she finished 30th in the short program segment, unable to advance to the free skate.[9][10]
2023–2024 season
Gracheva won the silver medal at the 2024 Skate Helena, as well as at the 2024 Ephesus Cup.[3] She appeared at the 2024 World Championships where she placed 33rd in the short program, unable to advance to the free skate.
2024–2025 season
Gracheva won the silver medal at the 2024 Bosphorus Cup and gold at the 2025 Skate Helena.[3][3] In April, she closed out the season by winning silver at the 2025 Black Sea Ice Cup.[3]
Although having the technical minimums required, Anastasia did not make an appearance at the 2025 European Championships. [3]
2025–2026 season
Since Anastasia did not appear at the prior 2025 World Championships, Moldovan women did not have the opportunity to garner an Olympic quota for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics.[11] In September, Anastasia opened her season by competing at the 2025 Skate to Milano event – a second opportunity to earn Olympic spots. In the ladies event, skaters must finish in the top 5 to earn a spot for their country.[12] Gracheva placed 16th in the event leaving Moldova without an Olympic quota.[13]
Just two weeks later, Anastasia won the silver medal at the 2025 Budapest Trophy. [14]
At the 2026 European Championships, Gracheva finished 33rd after the short program and did not advance to the free skate.[15] The following week, she finished in 4th place and achieved her technical minimums for the upcoming World Championships at the 2026 Merano Trophy. [3]
At the 2026 World Championships, Anastasia achieved a new seasons best in the short program finishing in 25th place, unable to advance to the free skate by one point.[16][17]
