Anastasiia Gubanova

Anastasiia Vitalyevna Gubanova (Georgian: ანასტასია გუბანოვა, ; born 2 December 2002), is a Russian-Georgian figure skater who represents Georgia in women's singles. She is the 2023 European champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2024, 2025), a two-time ISU Grand Prix bronze medalist, and a four-time ISU Challenger Series gold medalist. She represented Georgia at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.

Competing for Russia, she is the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb silver medalist. On the junior level, she is the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the 2016 JGP Czech Republic champion, and the 2016 JGP Germany champion.

At the 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final, Gubanova became the first junior lady to break the 130-points barrier for the free program, a record beaten a few minutes later by teammate Alina Zagitova.

Personal life Gubanova was born on December 2, 2002 in Tolyatti, Samara Oblast, Russia. In addition to figure skating, Gubanova took part in both artistic and rhythmic gymnastics as a child. Until the age of fifteen, she also took ballet lessons at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet. Gubanova obtained Georgian citizenship in 2021.

In November 2023, during the 2023 NHK Trophy, Gubanova's boyfriend, Roman Galay, proposed to her. The couple married on July 26, 2024.

In 2024, Gubanova opened up about her past struggles with disordered eating from the ages of fourteen to eighteen.

2018–19 season: Senior international debut

In late November, Gubanova made her senior international debut at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy where she finished fourth. One week later she competed at 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where she won her first international senior and Challenger Series medal (silver) with a personal best score of 198.65 points. She would finish ninth at the 2019 Russian Championships. and in August 2021, it was announced that she would continue her career competing for Georgia.

With Georgia qualifying a team to compete at the 2025 World Team Trophy, Gubanova was selected to compete in the women's singles event. She delivered two clean skates and scored new personal bests in the free skate and combined total segments to finish in fourth place overall. Team Georgia went on to finish sixth overall. She subsequently competed at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy, winning the gold medal.

On 6 February, Gubanova competed in the short program of the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event, finishing in fifth place. "I enjoyed my program," said Gubanova. "As for the jumps, it is a shame for the Lutz. I've worked on it a lot between Europeans and the Olympic Games, but I am glad it went better than at Europeans. It is a progress." Two days later, she competed in the free skate segment, where she finished second behind Kaori Sakamoto. Gubanova's placement, combined with those of her teammates, allowed Team Georgia to finish in fourth place overall. Two days later, she placed eleventh in the free skate segment and finished in ninth place overall.

One month later, Gubanova competed at the 2026 World Championships in Prague, finishing in tenth place overall after placing sixth in the short program and tenth in the free skate. She confirmed that she plans to compete in the upcoming season, "I am staying for another season. I will probably have a less full season - I will not go to all the competitions." She also added that Adam Solya would create her new programs for next season.

Records and achievements Historical world record scores Note: Because of the introduction of the new +5 / -5 GOE (Grade of Execution) system which replaced the previous +3 / -3 GOE system, ISU has decided that all statistics start from zero for the season 2018–19. All previous records are now historical.

Date Score Event Note 8 October 2016 129.14 2016 JGP Germany Gubanova broke Marin Honda's record from September 2016. 9 December 2016 133.77 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix Final Gubanova upgraded her record from October 2016. At the same event, it was later broken by Alina Zagitova.

Other achievements The first Georgian skater to win the European Championships and also the first figure skater to win a senior-level ISU Championship for Georgia (2023). The first female Georgian skater to win an ISU Grand Prix medal (bronze at 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy). The best female athlete of the year in Georgia (2023) Order of Honor (2026)

Programs

Competitive highlights

Women's singles (for Georgia)

Women's singles (for Russia)

Detailed results

Senior level

Single skating (for Georgia)

Single skating (for Russia) 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total 24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 12 60.87 8 129.19 10 190.06 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total 19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships 8 70.54 11 133.22 9 203.76 5–8 December 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 69.56 2 129.09 2 198.65 26 Nov. – 2 Dec. 2018 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy 4 60.29 4 120.44 4 180.73

Junior level

2017–18 season Date Event Level SP FS Total January 23–26, 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 72.10 4 133.82 4 205.92 December 21–24, 2017 2018 Russian Championships Senior 5 71.69 5 134.91 6 206.60 November 21–26, 2017 2017 Tallinn Trophy Junior 1 64.63 1 124.68 1 189.31 October 11–15, 2017 2017 Cup of Nice Junior 1 63.28 1 125.02 1 188.30 Aug. 31 – Sep. 2, 2017 2017 JGP Austria Junior 6 53.99 4 106.76 4 160.75 2016–17 season Date Event Level SP FS Total April 6–9, 2017 2017 Egna Spring Trophy Junior 1 57.75 1 117.24 1 174.99 February 1–5, 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 11 62.18 6 123.61 7 185.79 December 20–26, 2016 2017 Russian Championships Senior 10 63.34 6 133.92 7 197.26 December 8–11, 2016 2016−17 JGP Final Junior 3 60.30 2 133.77 2 194.07 November 9–13, 2016 2016 Volvo Open Cup Junior 1 65.96 1 125.22 1 191.18 October 6–8, 2016 2016 JGP Germany Junior 1 65.43 1 129.14 1 194.57 September 1–4, 2016 2016 JGP Czech Republic Junior 2 63.51 1 122.08 1 185.59 2015–16 season Date Event Level SP FS Total January 21–23, 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 9 60.26 16 96.47 12 156.73 2014–15 season Date Event Level SP FS Total February 4–7, 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 7 60.77 5 117.67 6 178.44 2013–14 season Date Event Level SP FS Total January 22–25, 2014 2014 Russian Junior Championships Junior 9 58.75 7 114.96 7 173.71