Ksenia Sinitsyna

Kseniia Alexeyevna Sinitsyna (; born 5 August 2004) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2024 Russian bronze national medalist and the 2024 Russian Cup Final bronze medalist. She is the 2020 Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2020 Youth Olympic Champion in the team event, the 2019 JGP Italy champion, the JGP Russia silver medalist, and the 2018 JGP Lithuania bronze medalist.

Personal life Sinitsyna was born on 5 August 2004 in Tver, Russia. The following month, she finished fourth at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships behind Alexandra Trusova, Alena Kostornaia, and Anna Shcherbakova.

Sinitsyna was subsequently selected to represent Russia at the first Children of Asia Games, winning the bronze medal behind You Young and Alena Kanysheva.

In March, Sinitsyna was called up to compete at the World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia following the withdrawal of Alena Kostornaia. Ranked fourth in the short and sixth in the free skate, Sinitsyna finished in fourth place overall. Going on to compete at 2019 JGP Italy, Sinitsyna placed first in both the short program and the free skate with new personal best scores, winning the gold medal overall. These Junior Grand Prix results allowed her to qualify for the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, where she finished in fourth place. In addition, Sinitsyna won the 2019 Volvo Open Cup on the junior level one month before the Final. In the team event, she placed first individually to help her team (Arlet Levandi of Estonia, Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava of Georgia, and Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama of Japan) win the gold medal.

Sinitsyna subsequently concluded her season with a seventh-place finish at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships.

2022–2023 season Due to Russian skaters being banned from competing at international competitions, Sinitsyna instead competed domestically on the Russian Grand Prix series. She won the bronze medal at 2022 Russian Grand Prix III, Kazan and finishing fourth at 2022 Russian Grand Prix VI, Perm.

2023–2024 season: National bronze medal and Russian Grand Prix Final bronze medal

In September, while debuting her season's program at the Russian Test Skates, Sinitsyna fractured her metatarsal bone and as a result was forced to withdraw from 2023 Russian Grand Prix II, Omsk.

Sinitsyna made her return to competition in late November, winning gold at 2023 Russian Grand Prix V, Samara and finishing fourth at 2023 Russian Grand Prix VI, Moscow. She followed up these results with a fourth-place finish at the 2024 Russian Championships. Following bronze medalist, Kamila Valieva's, disqualification because of a doping violation, Sinitsyna was subsequently declared as the event's bronze medalist.

She then concluded her season with another bronze medal win at the 2024 Russian Grand Prix Final behind Adeliia Petrosian and Anna Frolova.

2024–2025 season In early October, Sinitsyna was in a car accident while on her way to compete at the Moscow Championships. According to the skater's coach, Svetlana Panova, "a reckless driver crashed into [Sinitsyna's] car." While her car was significantly damaged, Sinitsyna fortunately did not suffer any major injuries from the ordeal.

Later that same month, Sinitsyna won the bronze medal at 2024 Russian Grand Prix I, Magnitogorsk before going on to finish sixth at 2024 Russian Grand Prix IV, Moscow. In December, she finished tenth at the 2025 Russian Championships.

Then she competed in the Russian Grand Prix series, finishing seventh at 2025 Russian Grand Prix I, Magnitogorsk and fourth at 2024 Russian Grand Prix IV, Moscow. Going on to compete at the 2026 Russian Championships, Sinitsyna finished the event in eleventh place.

In May, it was announced that Sinitsyna had left her longtime coaches, Svetlana Panova and Tatiana Moiseeva to train under Evgeni Plushenko at the Angels of Plushenko Academy. Sinitsyna later admitted that she had initially approached Alexei Mishin, asking if he would be willing to coach her to which Mishin ultimately declined. Because of this, she decided to reach out to Plushenko, who agreed to become her new coach. "At first, when I first started thinking about "Angels," I mentally balked," she shared. "There were some prejudices and stereotypes. But the reality turned out to be much better than I imagined. I really enjoyed the feeling of community and belonging. I didn't expect everything to turn out this way. I'm so glad I finally decided to do it. It's the best decision of my life so far."

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026 Sotvoreniye mira (Creation of the World), Suite No. 3 Disco Dancer Goron ki na kalon ki Jimmy Jimmy Jimmy Aaja 2024–2025 The Mystic's Dream Spirits Shine On You Crazy Diamond Иван да Марья (Ivan and Marya) Летел голубь (A Dove Was Flying) Ой на Ивана, да на Купала (Oh, for Ivan, for Kupala) Иван Купала (Ivan Kupala) 2023–2024 Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1 Quizás, Quizás, Quizás Espiritu Last Boat Prodigy

Кабы не было зимы (If Only There Was No Winter) 2022–2023 Lullaby, Op. 16, No. 1 Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio G Minor Bach Concerto for 4 Pianos in A Minor, BWV 1065: III. Allegro 2021–2022 Alfonsina y el mar Vajrasattva Mantra Wrench and Numbers Dakini: Movement IV 2019–2020 2016–2017 Droit de cité Carrousel Zydeko Bahrein Flamenco Trip 2015–2016 Bepo Elizabeth Maria and the Violin's String

Competitive highlights Sinitsyna (left) at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics podium with You Young (center) and Anna Frolova (right).

Detailed results Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior level Figure skating detailed results season=2018–19|ref=