Anna Pogorilaya

Anna Alexeyevna Pogorilaya (Анна Алексеевна Погорилая; born 10 April 1998) is a Russian figure skater.

Anna Alexeyevna Pogorilaya was born 10 April 1998 in Moscow, Russia.

Her parents are from Kharkiv, Ukraine.

She has a brother who is three years older.

Anna Tsareva became her coach around 2004.

Pogorilaya missed the 2009–2010 season due to Osgood–Schlatter affecting both of her legs, as well as a concussion.

She placed 15th at the Russian Junior Championships in 2011 and 13th in 2012.

In the 2012–2013 season, Pogorilaya made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut.

After taking bronze in Croatia, her first event, she then won gold at the JGP event in Germany.

She qualified for the JGP Final in Sochi, where she won the bronze medal.

At the Russian Championships, Pogorilaya placed fifth in her senior debut and sixth on the junior level.

She won gold at three Grand Prix events – the 2013 Cup of China, 2016 Rostelecom Cup, and 2016 NHK Trophy.

Earlier in her career, she won bronze at the 2013 World Junior Championships and at the 2012–13 Junior Grand Prix Final.

She took the bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, with teammates Elena Radionova and Yulia Lipnitskaya taking the gold and silver medals respectively.

Making her senior Grand Prix debut, Pogorilaya placed third in the short program and first in the free skate at the 2013 Cup of China.

She edged out teammate Adelina Sotnikova and Italian Carolina Kostner for the gold medal.

After winning bronze at the 2013 Trophee Eric Bompard, behind Sotnikova, she qualified for her first senior Grand Prix Final.

In early December 2013, Pogorilaya said she was receiving more ice time and training Twice as Much as before.

In Fukuoka, Japan, she placed sixth in the short program, fifth in the free skate, and sixth overall.

Following an eighth-place result at the 2014 Russian Championships, she was not assigned to the 2014 European Championships but was later named in the Russian team to the 2014 World Championships.

At Worlds in Saitama, Japan, Pogorilaya placed sixth in the short program and third in the free skate, scoring personal bests in both segments.

She won a small bronze medal for the free skate and finished fourth overall, behind Carolina Kostner.

Pogorilaya started her season at the 2014 Japan Open.

She placed third with a score of 122.52 points in her free skate, helping Team Europe win the gold medal.

Competing at her first Grand Prix event of the season, the 2014 Skate Canada, she placed first in both programs and won the gold medal with a total of 191.81 points.

She took the silver medal behind Rika Hongo at the 2014 Rostelecom Cup and qualified for her second GP Final.

She finished fourth at the 2014–15 Grand Prix Final in Barcelona after placing fourth in both segments.

She then finished fourth at the 2015 Russian Championships, having ranked fourth in both segments.

Pogorilaya was selected to compete at the 2015 European Championships and won the bronze medal after placing third in both segments.

She was also named in Russia's team for the 2015 World Championships in Shanghai, China.

Before the event, she had been off the ice for a month after spraining her ankle and partially tearing her ligament during practice.

Despite not having fully recovered from her injury, she chose to compete anyway.

In the short program she had a hard fall on her triple loop and hit her face, placing 9th.

She is the 2016 World bronze medalist, a three-time European medalist (silver in 2017; bronze in 2015 and 2016), and the 2016 Russian national bronze medalist.

In 2016, she enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture and Sports.

In May 2018, she became engaged to Russian ice dancer Andrey Nevskiy, whom she met in 2015.

They were married in July 2018.

Their daughter, Eva Andreyevna Nevskaya, was born on December 22, 2020.

Anna enjoys baking for her family in her free time.

Pogorilaya began skating at age four.