Retired 1988 (competitive) Country represented Soviet Union Name Anna Levandi | Residence Tallinn, Estonia Role Olympic athlete Skating club Trud Moskva Height 1.63 m | |
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Full name Anna Anatolevna Levandi Born 30 June 1965 (age 58) ( 1965-06-30 ) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||
Alternative names Anna Kondrashova | ||
Anna levandi tippsport on nagu loomariik kui sina ei s teisi pistetakse sind ennast kinni
Anna Anatolevna Levandi (née Kondrashova) (Russian: Анна Анатольевна Леванди (Кондрашова), born 30 June 1965 in Moscow) is a Russian 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.
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- Anna levandi tippsport on nagu loomariik kui sina ei s teisi pistetakse sind ennast kinni
- Personal life
- Competitive career
- Coaching career
- Honors and awards
- Other
- References
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.
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 medalists 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, Jasmine Alexandra Costa, Alisa Drei, Jelena Glebova, Mari Hirvonen, Christian Horvath Svetlana Issakova, Taru Karvosenoja, Viktor Romanenkov, Viktoria Shklover & Valdis Mintals, and Dmitri Tchumak.
Honors and awards
In 2007, she was named Woman of the Year of Estonia and in 2008 Coach of the Year of Estonia. On 4 February 2009, she was decorated with the Third Class Order of the White Star.
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.