Anna Shcherbakova

Born

2004-03-28

Birthplace

Moscow, Russia

Biography

Anna Stanislavovna Shcherbakova (Russian: Анна Станиславовна Щербакова; born 28 March 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2022 Olympic champion in women's singles, the 2021 World champion, the 2022 European champion, and a three-time Russian national champion (2019–2021). Shcherbakova was the first female figure skater to land a quad Lutz in senior competition and the first woman to land two quad Lutz jumps in a single program. She was also the first to land a quad flip in combination with a triple jump, as well as the first to land two quad flips in one program. She remains the only Olympic champion in women's singles to have performed quad jumps. Shcherbakova is also the 2020 European silver medalist, the 2019–20 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2019 Skate America champion, the 2019 Cup of China champion, the 2021 Internationaux de France champion, the 2021 Gran Premio d'Italia champion, the 2019 CS Lombardia Trophy champion, the 2021 Budapest Trophy silver medalist, and the 2022 Russian national silver medalist. At the junior level, Shcherbakova was the 2019 World Junior silver medalist, the 2018 JGP Slovakia champion, the 2018 JGP Canada champion, the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival champion, and the 2019 Russian junior national bronze medalist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Shcherbakova, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.