Anastasia Vaipan-Law

Anastasia Kristina Vaipan-Law (born 31 August 1999) is a Scottish figure skater who currently competes in pairs. With her partner, Luke Digby, she is 2021–22 British national champion.

Anastasia Vaipan-Law
Personal information
Full nameAnastasia Kristina Vaipan-Law
Country represented Great Britain
Born (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
Home townDundee, Scotland
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
PartnerLuke Digby
CoachSimon, Debi, and Jason Briggs
ChoreographerMark Pillay, Andrew Smith
Skating clubDundee ISC
Training locationsDundee
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total132.56
2021 CS Finlandia Trophy
Short program51.11
2022 Europeans
Free skate86.77
2021 CS Finlandia Trophy

Personal life

Vaipan-Law was born on 31 August 1999 in Blackpool, England.

Career

Early years and singles career

Vaipan-Law began learning how to skate in 2007 at the age of eight in Dundee, Scotland.[1] She made her junior international debut in women's single skating at the 2013 NRW Trophy in December 2013 where she finished 21st.[2]

She competed in juniors at 2014 Nationals and finished third. Next year she competed there again but became eighth. In the same year she appeared at the juniors Cup de Nice and Volvo Open Cup, finished 13th and 26th, respectively.[3]

Vaipan-Law competed the only time at the seniors Nationals in 2016. She finished in eleventh place with 89.49 points. She lost 35.97 points in total to the champion, Danielle Harrison.[3][4] She won silver at the 2016 Open d' Andorra in ladies' juniors and finished eighth at the 2016 Sportland Trophy (juniors too).[3]

Then she never patricipated at the seniors but three times in a row became second in juniors Nationals (from 2017 to 2019).[3]

Anastasia Vaipan-Law appeared at her first JGP in Croatia in 2017.[3] She finished in fifteen place with 118.61 points.[5] She became fourth at the Merano Cup and the Volvo Open Cup, fifth at the Europa Cup Skate Helena and sixteenth at the International Cup of Nice (ladies' juniors).[3]

She participated at two stages of JGP. She finished 17th in Austria and 14th in Slovenia. Her best results in internationals was at the Alpen Trophy (4th place), she also placed 11th at the Golden Bear.[3]

2021–22 season: Pairs debut with Digby

Vaipan-Law/Digby made their international debut as a team at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished 12th overall and recorded personal bests in all three segments of competition. The team competed at three more events over the course of the fall, winning the 2021 Tayside Trophy and finishing fourth and 17th at the 2021 Trophee Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur and the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup respectively.[6] At their first British Championships in November, Vaipan-Law/Digby narrowly took the title ahead of long-dominant team Zoe Jones / Christopher Boyadji.[7] Jones/Boyadji initially received the assignment to Great Britain's single berth in the pairs' field at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, but after Jones recorded a positive COVID-19 test shortly before the event, Vaipan-Law/Digby were assigned to replace them.

Vaipan-Law/Digby set a new personal best in the short program at 2022 Europeans, but finished 18th in the segment and did not advance to the free skate.

Programs

With Digby

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2021–2022

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Digby

International
Event 2021–22
Europeans18th
CS Finlandia Trophy12th
Tayside Trophy1st
Trophée Métropole Nice17th
National
British Champ.1st

References

  1. "Biography". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  2. "NRW Trophy for Figure & Pair Skating 2013 - Junior Ladies". www.lev-nrw.org. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. "Competition Results". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  4. "British Championships 2015 - Senior Ladies". www.icephoto.co.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. "ISU JGP Croatia Cup 2017 - Junior Ladies". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  6. "Competition Results - Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY (GBR)". www.isuresults.com. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  7. "British Figure Skating Championships 2021 - Senior Pairs". iceresultsuk.org.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
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