Anastasia Igorevna Golubeva (, born 3 January 2006) is a Russian pair skater who currently represents Australia. With her skating partner, Hektor Giotopoulos Moore, she is the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup champion. 

On the junior level, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore are a two-time World silver medalist (2022 and 2023) and the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final champions.

Personal life 
Golubeva was born on January 3, 2006 in Moscow, Russia.

Career 
Golubeva began skating as a singles skater and trained in Moscow.

In the fall of 2019, she and her coach, Marina Dezhina, were contacted by Galina and Andrei Pachin, asking if she would be interested in trying out for pair skating with Hektor Giotopoulos Moore of Australia. Deciding to give it a try, Golubeva immediately fell in love with pair skating and decided to team up with Giotopoulos Moore and skate for Australia with him.

Initially, wanting to finish the 2019–20 figure skating season, Golubeva continued participating in singles skating competitions in Russia while simultaneously beginning to train in pairs with Giotopoulos Moore. 

In February of 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic hit while Giotopoulos Moore was training with Golubeva, whom had yet to obtain a visa to relocate to Australia, in Moscow. Due to lockdowns, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore were unable to use Russian ice rinks to train so instead, they would meet daily to practice off-ice training. The pair would also temporarily train in Belarus because the country allowed a three-month visa-free entry. 

The team would finally relocate to Sydney, Australia after the country re-opened its borders.

2021–22 season 
Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore debuted as a pair team on the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix and finished fifth at both their ISU Junior Grand Prix events in Russia and Austria. The pair would also go on to compete on the 2021–22 Challenger Series, placing eighth at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy and tenth at the 2021 Golden Spin of Zagreb.

At the 2022 Winter Star in Minsk, Belarus, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore would win the gold medal. Although the pair were assigned to compete at the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships, they withdrew from the event.

Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore would then close their season by delivering two strong performances at the 2022 World Junior Championships, where they won the silver medal.

2022–23 season 
Although Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore were selected to compete on the Grand Prix circuit at 2022 Skate America and 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, the pair elected to compete on the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix instead. They would go on to take gold at both their assigned Junior Grand Prix events in Gdańsk, Poland, thus qualifying for the 2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino, Italy. 

The pair also competed at the 2022 Warsaw Cup, which they won.

At the Final, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore placed second in the short program after Golubeva struggled to cleanly land the throw triple toe-loop, but the pair would go on to deliver a strong free skate and take the gold medal.

Although assigned to compete at the 2023 Four Continents Championships, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore withdrew from the event.

At the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, Golubeva/Giotopoulos Moore placed second in the short program after unexpectedly missing their death spiral. The pair were able to deliver a solid free skate, however, and win the silver medal behind Sophia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev of the United States.

Making their World Championship debut at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, the pair placed eleventh in the short program after Golubeva fell on a throw triple loop attempt but the pair would go on to deliver an almost-perfect free skate, earning a new personal best and placing fifth in that segment of the competition, moving up to eighth-place overall.

Programs

With Giotopoulos Moore

Competitive highlights 
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Giotopoulos Moore for Australia

Detailed results 
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

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

With Giotopoulos Moore

Senior results

Junior results

References

External links 
 

2006 births
Living people
Australian female pair skaters
Russian female pair skaters
Figure skaters from Moscow
World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists