Kristina Astakhova

Kristina Andreyevna Astakhova (; born 25 February 1997) is a Russian former pair skater. With partner Alexei Rogonov, she is the 2015 Winter Universiade silver medalist.

Career Early in her career, Astakhova competed with Nikita Bochkov. They won the bronze medal at the 2011 Russian Junior Championships and were sent to the 2011 World Junior Championships, where they finished 7th.

In 2012, Astakhova teamed up with Maxim Kurdyukov. They competed together for two seasons.

2014–15 season: Partnership with Rogonov By June 2014, she formed a partnership with Alexei Rogonov, coached by Artur Dmitriev. At the 2016 Europeans Astakhova/Rogonov placed 7th after placing 7th in both the short program and the free skate.

2016–17 season Astakhova/Rogonov won silver at both of their 2016–17 ISU Challenger Series (CS) events, the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy and the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. In between their CS events they skated two Grand Prix competitions. They placed 6th at the 2016 Skate America but took the bronze medal at the 2016 Rostelecom Cup. Later they came in fourth at the 2017 Russian Championships.

2017–18 season Astakhova/Rogonov started their season by taking silver medal at their first 2017–18 ISU Challenger Series event, the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy They then finished 5th at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy. Competing on the Grand Prix series, they won two bronze medals, first at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup and then at the 2017 NHK Trophy where they scored their personal best score of 203.64 points. This was the first international event where they scored above 200 points. Because of this Astakhova/Rogonov were sent instead. Astakhova/Rogonov placed 12th at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Later they placed 8th at the 2018 World Championships.

Programs

With Rogonov Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2017–18