Anna Litvinenko

Early career

Litvinenko began ice skating in 2008 at the age of seven, after receiving ice skates as a present.^[3][4] She began skating internationally in 2011,^[5] and first skated at the British national championships in the 2012–13 season,^[6] ultimately reaching number 1 in the national rankings at the advanced novice level in 2013.^[7]

Junior career

At the junior level, Litvinenko's international debut was at the 2014 Merano Cup, where she was placed 11th.^[8] In the 2015–16 season, she went on to achieve podium positions at both the Tirnavia Edea Ice Cup and the Golden Bear of Zagreb.^[9][10] She also debuted in the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in the 2015–16 season, placing 20th in the United States.^[11] In the 2016–17 season, she continued in the JGP series and was placed 20th in Slovenia.^[12] She was placed on podium positions at the British national championships in five consecutive seasons: she was awarded the silver medal in the 2014–15 season^[13] and bronze medals in the 2015–16,^[14] 2016–17,^[15] 2017-18^[16] and 2018-19^[17] seasons. She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Erzurum, Turkey.^[18] She has also placed first at the Tirnavia Ice Cup in both the 2017-18^[19] and 2018-19^[20] seasons.

Senior career

At the senior level, Litvinenko made her international debut at the 2016 Denkova-Staviski Cup, where she was awarded the bronze medal.^[21] She also came in 8th place at the 2017 Skate Helena competition.^[22] In the 2016–17 season, she debuted in the ISU Challenger Series, achieving 18th place in Poland.^[23] She was placed 6th in the British national championships in the same season.^[24] She was placed 15th in Finland and 23rd in Austria in the ISU Challenger Series in the 2017-18^[25] and 2018-19^[26] seasons respectively. She was placed 7th in the British national championships in the 2018–19 season.^[27]

She announced her retirement from the sport in December 2020.^[28]