Anastasia Gracheva (Russian: Анастасия Грачева; born 14 November 2001) is a Russian-Moldovan figure skater who currently competes for Moldova. She is the 2025 Skate Helena champion and the 2025 Budapest Trophy silver medalist.
She is the first female skater to represent Moldova at an ISU Championship event (2023 European Championships).
Personal life Gracheva was born on 14 November 2001 in Moscow, Russia.
Career
Early career
Skating for Russia Gracheva debuted domestically for Russia in the 2015–16 season placing fourth at the Russian Cup 5th Stage. The following season, she won the silver medal at the Russian Cup 5th Stage.
She debuted for Russia internationally at 2017 Ice Star in Minsk, Belarus finishing in fourth place with a score of 162.59. The following month, she won the bronze medal on the junior level at the 2017 Tallinn Trophy behind Anastasiia Arkhipova of Ukraine and Anastasiia Gubanova, also of Russia. She later placed seventeenth at the 2018 Russian Championships.
The following two seasons, Gracheva did not appear on the international circuit. She continued to compete domestically for Russia. She finished 7th at the 2019 Russian Cup Final and 16th at the 2020 Russian Championships.
2022–2023 season
Skating for Moldova In 2022, Gracheva began to represent Moldova. She made her debut for Moldova at the 2022 Budapest Trophy finishing in sixth place. The following month she went onto win the 2022 Bosphorus Cup.
Gracheva made her championship debut in January at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland making her the first female singles figure skater to represent Moldova at an ISU championship event. She placed twenty-eighth in the short program segment and did not advance to the free skate.
In March, she competed at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan where she finished thirtieth in the short program segment, unable to advance to the free skate.
2023–2024 season Gracheva won the silver medal at the 2024 Skate Helena, as well as at the 2024 Ephesus Cup. She appeared at the 2024 World Championships where she placed thirty-third in the short program, unable to advance to the free skate.
2024–2025 season Gracheva won the silver medal at the 2024 Bosphorus Cup and gold at the 2025 Skate Helena. In April, she closed out the season by winning silver at the 2025 Black Sea Ice Cup.
Although having the technical minimums required, Gracheva did not make an appearance at the 2025 European Championships.
2025–2026 season Since Gracheva did not appear at the prior 2025 World Championships, Moldovan women did not have the opportunity to garner an Olympic quota for the upcoming 2026 Winter Olympics. In September, Gracheva opened her season by competing at the 2025 Skate to Milano event – a second opportunity to earn Olympic spots. In the ladies event, skaters must finish in the top five to earn a spot for their country. Gracheva placed sixteenth in the event leaving Moldova without an Olympic quota.
Just two weeks later, Gracheva won the silver medal at the 2025 Budapest Trophy.
At the 2026 European Championships, Gracheva finished thirty-third after the short program and did not advance to the free skate. The following week, she finished in fourth place and achieved her technical minimums for the upcoming World Championships at the 2026 Merano Trophy.
At the 2026 World Championships, Gracheva achieved a new season's best in the short program finishing in twenty-fifth place, unable to advance to the free skate by one point.
Programs +SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition2025–2026 February
by Leunid Levashkevich My Sweet and Tender Beast
by Evgeni Doga2024–2025 The St. Louis Blues
by Hugh Laurie Dulcea Si Tandra Mea Fiara
by Catalina Cara2023–2024 Nextango
by Alexei Aigui Hurrem's Lullaby
by Aytekin Atas, Soner Akazien and Fahir Atakoglu
The Magnificent Century
by Jamilya Serkebaeva2022–2023
Competitive highlights
Skating for Moldova
Skating for Russia
References