Anna Anatolevna Levandi (Russian: Анна Анатольевна Леванди, née Kondrashova, Кондрашова; born 30 June 1965) is a Russian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union in international competition. She was the 1984 World silver medalist and four-time European bronze medalist. She competed at two Winter Olympic Games.

Anna Levandi
Levandi in 2010
Personal information
Full name	Anna Anatolevna Levandi
Alternative names	Anna Kondrashova
Country represented	Soviet Union
Born	(1965-06-30) 30 June 1965 (age 57) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Residence	Tallinn, Estonia
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Skating club	Trud Moskva
Retired	1988 (competitive)
Medal record Representing the  Soviet Union Ladies' Figure skating World Championships 1984 Ottawa Ladies' singles European Championships 1984 Budapest Ladies' singles 1986 Copenhagen Ladies' singles 1987 Sarajevo Ladies' singles 1988 Prague Ladies' singles

Following her marriage, she took her husband's surname and moved to Estonia. She works as a coach in Tallinn.

Personal life

Anna Kondrashova was born in Moscow, then part of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union. She is married to Allar Levandi, an Estonian Olympic Nordic combined skier. They live in Tallinn. Their son, Arlet Levandi, is a figure skater who competes for Estonia.[1]

Competitive career

Kondrashova began competing at senior ISU events in 1983.

She won the silver medal at the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships, which was a controversial result and had the Canadian crowd booing. She did however produce three clean triples in her free programme: two toe-loops and a triple loop. She won four bronze medals at the European Figure Skating Championships: in 1984, and from 1986 through 1988.

She represented the Soviet Union at the 1984 Winter Olympics, where she placed 5th, and the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics, where she placed 8th. She retired from competitive skating following that season.

Coaching career

Levandi works as a coach and choreographer at Anna Levandi Figure Skating Club in Tallinn. Among her current and former students and choreography clients are Johanna Allik,[2] Jasmine Alexandra Costa,[3] Alisa Drei,[4] Jelena Glebova,[5] Mari Hirvonen,[6] Christian Horvath[7] Svetlana Issakova,[8] Taru Karvosenoja,[9] Viktor Romanenkov,[10] Viktoria Shklover & Valdis Mintals,[11] Dmitri Tchumak,[12] and Eva-Lotta Kiibus.

Honors and awards

In 2007, she was named Woman of the Year of Estonia and in 2008 Coach of the Year of Estonia.[13] On 4 February 2009, she was decorated with the Third Class Order of the White Star.[14]

Results

Other

In 2011, Levandi participated as a celebrity contestant on the fifth season of Tantsud tähtedega, an Estonian version of Dancing with the Stars. Her professional dancing partner was Mairold Millert.

References

• Remmel, Ia (2010). "Anna Levandi: The popularity of a sport is built over the years". AbsoluteSkating.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2010.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Anna Levandi.

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Anna Kondrashova". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
• Anna Levandi Iluuisutamisklubi, treener Anna Levandi

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[ru] Кондрашова, Анна Анатольевна