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Anastasiia Metelkina

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Nikolaevna and the family name is Metelkina.
Anastasiia Metelkina
Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava at the 2024 World Championships
Full nameAnastasia Nikolaevna Metelkina
Native nameАнастасия Николаевна Метёлкина (Russian)
Other namesAnastasia/Anastasiya Metyolkina
Born (2005-03-10) 10 March 2005 (age 19)
Vladimir, Russia
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country Georgia (since 2020)
 Russia (2019–20)
DisciplinePair skating
PartnerLuka Berulava (since 2023)
Daniil Parkman (2020–22)
Daniil Shvetsov (2019–20)
Ilya Krasnikov (2019)
CoachPavel Sliusarenko
Egor Zukroev
Maxim Trankov
Skating clubSSHOR
Began skating2009
Medal record
Representing  Georgia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Kaunas Pairs
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Tallinn Pairs
Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place 2024–25 Grenoble Pairs
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Taipei Pairs
Gold medal – first place 2025 Debrecen Pairs
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2023–24 Beijing Pairs

Anastasia Nikolaevna Metelkina (Russian: Анастасия Николаевна Метёлкина; Georgian: ანასტასია ნიკოლაევნა მეტელკინა; born 10 March 2005) is a Russian-born pair skater who competes for Georgia. With current partner Luka Berulava, she is a two-time European Championship medalist, 2024–25 Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, and the 2024 NHK Trophy champion. On the junior level, Metelkina/Berulava are two-time World Junior champions (2024, 2025), the 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a two-time ISU Junior Grand Prix gold medalist.

Metelkina previously competed with Daniil Parkman, winning a bronze medal at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo and a silver medal at the 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb. Metelkina/Parkman were the first Georgian pairs team to compete at a World Championships, doing so in 2021.[1]

Personal life

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Metelkina was born on March 10, 2005, in Vladimir, Russia.[2] She trains in Perm, Russia with partner Luka Berulava.[3]

Career

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Metelkina began figure skating in 2009.[2] Her first pair partners were Daniil Shvetsov and Ilya Krasnikov, with whom she represented Russia.[4]

Pair skating with Daniil Parkman

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2020–21 season

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In December 2020, it was announced that Metelkina had teamed up with fellow Russian pair skater, Daniil Parkman, and that they would be representing Georgia together. In February 2021, it was announced that the pair had earned the minimum technical scores to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.[5][1]

Making their debut as a pair team at these Championships, Metelkina/Parkman placed fourteenth in the short program and sixteenth in the free skate, finishing the event in sixteenth-place overall. They became the first Georgian pair team to compete at a World Championships.[1][6]

2021–22 season

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Metelkina/Parkman began their season with a silver medal at the 2021 Budapest Trophy, before going on to finish fifth at the 2021 Warsaw Cup. At the 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb, the pair took the silver medal.[7]

Although assigned to compete at both the 2022 European Championships and the 2022 World Championships, the pair ultimately withdrew from both events and were replaced by Safina/Berulava.[8][9]

2022–23 season

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Metelkina/Parkman opened their season at the 2022 Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing fifth. They went on to compete on the Grand Prix series, finishing fourth at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy as well as taking bronze at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.[2]

Despite being selected to compete at the 2023 European Championships, Metelkina/Parkman ultimately ended their partnership in December 2022.[10]

Pair skating with Luka Berulava

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2023–24 season

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In June 2023, it was announced that Metelkina had former a new partnership with Luka Berulava.[11] Metelkina/Berulava opted to make their competitive debut on the Junior Grand Prix, a first for Metelkina, winning the gold medal at the 2023 JGP Turkey in Istanbul. Despite two falls in their free skate, their margin of victory over American silver medalists Flores/Wang was almost 27 points.[12] Two weeks later they competed their second event, the 2023 JGP Hungary in Budapest. They again won easily, despite difficulties on their jump elements. Metelkina/Berulava's results qualified them to the Junior Grand Prix Final in December; they said they planned on getting senior-level experience in the meantime.[13]

Metelkina/Berulava made their senior debut at the Warsaw Cup, winning the gold medal.[14] They then entered the Junior Grand Prix Final as heavy favourites to take the title, and won by a 34-point margin over Canadian silver medalists Kemp/Elizarov. They were the first Georgian pair team to win the Junior Grand Prix Final gold.[15]

Entering the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas as among the favourites, Metelkina/Berulava took first place in the short program, winning a gold small medal. Metelkina erred on both of her jump sequences in the free skate, and they came fifth in that segment, dropping to second place overall. They finished 3.05 points back of champions Beccari/Guarise of Italy. Berulava remarked that "not everything worked out. But it's only our first season together and silver is also a medal."[16]

Having earned a medal at a senior championship event before returning to junior competition, Metelkina/Berulava were heavy favourites at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei. They won the short program by a margin of 9.20 points. Although they struggled in the free skate, with errors on all four jumping elements, they ultimately claimed the gold medal. Both vowed to work harder in training after the difficulties in the free program.[17]

Making their senior World Championship debut as a team at the 2024 edition in Montreal, Metelkina/Berulava were fifth in the short program. They were only 0.08 points behind fourth-place Germans Hase/Volodin, thus narrowly missing participation in the final flight of the free skate. In that segment, they struggled with several errors, including an aborted lift, which saw them come tenth in the free skate and drop to seventh overall. Speaking afterward, a "despondent" Berulava said: "Right now, I don't have words to comment on this performance."[18]

2024–25 season

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Metelkina and Berulava did not compete on the Challenger circuit at the start of the season, as he explained their belief that they had begun the prior season "too early," as a result of which "we ended up feeling exhausted by the time the most important tournaments came by."[19] They began the Grand Prix at the 2024 Skate America, where they came third in the short program but dropped to fourth overall after a fourth-place free skate that featured multiple jump errors and a fall in their death spiral element. They missed the bronze medal by a fraction of a point, but Metelkina said that the "short margin to the bronze medal is not what really matters. The mistakes are what we have to improve and work on."[20] At their second event, the 2024 NHK Trophy, Metelkina/Berulava won the gold medal, defeating reigning World champions Miura/Kihara in the process. This was the first Grand Prix medal of any colour for a Georgian pair team, of which Berulava said they were "just so proud."[21] Shortly afterward, they competed at and won the 2024 CS Warsaw Cup.[14]

The team's results at their Grand Prix events qualified them for the Grand Prix Final in Grenoble. They were third in the short program with a new personal best score of 72.26 points. They were second in the free skate with the lone error being an underrotated jump by Metelkina, remaining third overall and taking the bronze medal.[22] The following month at 2025 European Championships, Metelkina/Berulava entered as podium favourites, but came ninth in the short program after multiple errors, including an invalid death spiral. They rebounded in the free skate, coming third in that segment and rising to third overall for their second bronze medal at a major event of the season.[23]

Metelkina/Berulava opted to return to the junior level to compete at the 2025 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, for which they were subject to some criticism in skating circles. Berulava defended the decision, noting that it was allowed by the ISU's rules, and citing a desire to gain competitive experience and World Standing points.[23] They won both segments of the competition by a wide margin, taking their second consecutive World Junior title by a margin of almost 27 points.[24]

Programs

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Pair skating with Luka Berulava

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Season Short program Free skate Exhibition Ref.
2023–24
  • "Tango Sassetta"
    By Andreas Hinterseher & Martina Eisenreich
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2024–25
  • "A Necessary End"
    By Saltillo
    Choreo. by Sergei Plishkin & Ivan Malafeev
  • "Tango Sassetta"
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Pair skating with Daniil Parkman

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Season Short program Free skate Exhibition Ref.
2020–21
  • "Rain, In Your Black Eyes"
    By Ezio Bosso
    Choreo. by Yuri Anonian
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2021–22 [7]
2022–23
  • "Lamentations"
    By Marimuz
    Choreo. by Denis Lunin
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Competitive highlights

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Pair skating with Luka Berulava

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Competition placements at senior level [26]
Season 2023–24 2024–25
World Championships 7th TBD
European Championships 2nd 3rd
Grand Prix Final 3rd
GP NHK Trophy 1st
GP Skate America 4th
CS Warsaw Cup 1st 1st
Competition placements at junior level [26]
Season 2023–24 2024-25
World Junior Championships 1st 1st
Junior Grand Prix Final 1st
JGP Hungary 1st
JGP Turkey 1st

Pair skating with Daniil Parkman

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Competition placements at senior level [27]
Season 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
World Championships 16th
GP Finland 3rd
GP Wilson Trophy 4th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2nd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5th
CS Warsaw Cup 5th
Budapest Trophy 2nd
Denis Ten Memorial 4th

Detailed results

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Pair skating with Luka Berulava

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [26]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 213.05 2024 NHK Trophy
Short program TSS 72.02 2024 World Championships
TES 40.27 2024 European Championships
PCS 31.97 2024 World Championships
Free skating TSS 142.77 2024 NHK Trophy
TES 75.43 2024 NHK Trophy
PCS 67.34 2024 NHK Trophy
  • Small medals for the short program and free skating are only awarded at ISU Championships.

Senior level

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Results in the 2023–24 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 16–19, 2023 Poland 2023 Warsaw Cup 1 66.93 1 137.08 1 204.01
Jan 8–14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Championships 1 71.30 5 124.84 2 196.14
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 5 72.02 10 117.28 7 189.30
Results in the 2024–25 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 18–20, 2024 United States 2024 Skate America 3 68.64 4 122.79 4 191.43
Nov 8–10, 2024 Japan 2024 NHK Trophy 2 70.28 1 142.77 1 213.05
Nov 20–24, 2024 Poland 2024 CS Warsaw Cup 1 67.17 1 134.86 1 202.03
Dec 5–8, 2024 France 2024–25 Grand Prix Final 3 72.26 2 133.52 3 205.78
Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 Estonia 2025 European Championships 9 57.03 3 134.85 3 191.88

Junior level

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Results in the 2023–24 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 6–9, 2023 Turkey 2023 JGP Turkey 1 67.92 1 113.45 1 181.37
Sep 20–23, 2023 Hungary 2023 JGP Hungary 1 69.94 1 120.51 1 190.45
Dec 7–10, 2023 China 2023–24 Junior Grand Prix Final 1 70.48 1 131.63 1 202.11
Feb 26 – Mar 3, 2024 Taiwan 2024 World Junior Championships 1 71.53 1 107.79 1 179.32
Results in the 2024–25 season [26]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Feb 25 – Mar 2, 2025 Hungary 2025 World Junior Championships 1 69.18 1 121.83 1 191.01

Pair skating with Daniil Parkman

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [27]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 189.60 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Short program TSS 65.97 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES 35.81 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS 30.16 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Free skating TSS 123.63 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
TES 62.75 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
PCS 60.88 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Results in the 2020–21 season [27]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Mar 22–28, 2021 Sweden 2021 World Championships 14 56.13 16 100.60 16 156.73
Results in the 2021–22 season [27]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 14–17, 2021 Hungary 2021 Budapest Trophy 2 66.52 2 121.51 2 188.03
Oct 27–31, 2021 Kazakhstan 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 5 61.06 4 114.36 4 175.42
Nov 17–20, 2021 Poland 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 4 62.70 4 121.54 5 184.24
Dec 9–11, 2021 Croatia 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 4 65.97 4 123.63 2 189.60
Results in the 2022–23 season [27]
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 21–24, 2022 Germany 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 5 62.15 5 103.29 5 165.44
Nov 11–13, 2022 United Kingdom 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy 4 58.70 4 106.90 4 165.60
Nov 25–27, 2022 Finland 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 3 62.59 3 103.97 3 166.56

References

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  4. ^ "Anastasia Metelkina | Метёлкина Анастасия Николаевна". allskaters.info.
  5. ^ "Winter Star 2020: Pairs – Senior". Skating Union of Belarus. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
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  9. ^ "ISU World Championships 2022: Pairs". International Skating Union. March 2, 2022.
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  12. ^ "Ami Nakai (JPN) and Rio Nakata (JPN) secure Junior Grand Prix Final spot in Istanbul (TUR)". International Skating Union. September 11, 2023. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
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