Anita Östlund
Östlund in January 2018
Born (2001-01-30) 30 January 2001
Odesa, Ukraine
HometownGråbo, Sweden
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySweden
CoachAndrea Dohany, Aksana Jolkin
Skating clubLandvetter SC
Began skating2006

Anita Östlund (born 30 January 2001) is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 2017 Nordic bronze medalist, 2017 Sofia Trophy silver medalist, and a two-time Swedish national champion (2017, 2019). She represented Sweden at the 2018 Winter Olympics and has competed in the final segment at three ISU Championships.

Personal life

Anita Östlund was born on 30 January 2001 in Odesa, Ukraine.[1] She is the daughter of Yulia, an ethnic Russian,[1][2] and Peter Östlund.[3] She has three younger sisters – Nicole, Melina, and Michelle.[3]

Career

Early years

Östlund started learning to skate in 2006.[1] For two seasons beginning in 2012–2013, she competed internationally on the advanced novice level. She won gold at the 2013 Ice Challenge, silver at the 2014 Nordics, and silver at the 2014 Bavarian Open.[4]

2014–2015 season: Junior debut

Östlund made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in the 2014–2015 season, placing 17th in Courchevel and 14th in Ostrava. She won the junior ladies' silver medal at the Swedish Championships and was sent to the 2015 World Junior Championships, but did not advance to the free skate after placing 32nd in the short program.

2015–2016 season

Östlund placed 9th at her 2015 JGP assignment in Linz, Austria, and 5th in junior ladies at the 2015 Tallinn Trophy. She won the junior silver medal at the Swedish Championships.

2016–2017 season: Senior debut

Östlund began her season on the JGP series, placing 12th in Yokohama, Japan, and 7th in Tallinn, Estonia. Making her senior international debut, she placed 7th at the Warsaw Cup, a Challenger Series event in November 2016. In December, she finished third to Joshi Helgesson and Matilda Algotsson at the Swedish Championships.

Östlund's first senior international medal, silver, came in February 2017 at the Sofia Trophy in Sofia, Bulgaria, where she finished second to Isadora Williams. At the Nordics Open, held in March in Reykjavík, Iceland, she outscored both of her national co-medalists for the bronze medal and joined former world champions Carolina Kostner and Elizaveta Tuktamysheva on the podium. Later in the same month, she competed at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. She qualified to the free skate by placing 15th in the short and went on to finish 13th overall.

2017–2018 season: Pyeongchang Olympics

In September, Sweden qualified a spot at the 2018 Winter Olympics due to Matilda Algotsson's result at the 2017 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.

In December, Östlund won the Swedish senior national title by a 19-point margin over Algotsson. In January, she finished as Sweden's top ladies' entry at the 2018 European Championships, having placed 6th in the short program, 20th in the free skate, and 17th overall. On 23 January 2018, the Swedish Olympic Committee selected Östlund to compete at the Olympics under the committee's "future" criterion.[5][6] The following month, she competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.[7] Ranked 28th in the short program, she did not advance to the final segment.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[1]
2018–2019
[8]
2017–2018
[1]
2016–2017
[9][10][11]
2015–2016
[12][13]
2014–2015
[14][15]
  • Bacchanale
    (from Samson and Delilah)
    by Camille Saint-Saëns

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[16]
Event 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics28th
Worlds29th30thWD
Europeans17th18th18th
CS Alpen Trophy16th
CS Cup of AustriaWD
CS Finlandia12thWD
CS Golden SpinWDWD
CS Ice Star8th
CS LombardiaWD
CS Nebelhorn8thWD
CS Warsaw Cup7th5th19thWD
Bavarian OpenWD
Budapest Trophy10th
Challenge CupWD
Egna TrophyWD
Halloween Cup2nd
Jégvirág Cup5th
Nordics3rdWD
Santa Claus Cup6th
Sofia Trophy2nd3rd
Tallink Hotels Cup9th
Toruń Cup11thWD
International: Junior[16]
Junior Worlds32nd13th
JGP Austria9th7th
JGP Czech Rep.14th
JGP Estonia7th
JGP France17th
JGP Italy9th
JGP Japan12th
Avas Cup1st
Coupe Printemps2nd
FBMA Trophy1st
Ice Star1st
Nordics6th4th
Tallinn Trophy5th
International: Advanced novice[4]
Bavarian Open2nd
Hellmut Seibt3rd
Ice Challenge1st
Nordics2nd
National[8]
Swedish Champ.2nd N11st N22nd J2nd J3rd1stWD1st
Levels: N1 = Novice U13; N2 = Novice U15; J = Junior

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Anita Östlund: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Supertalangen från Gråbo om OS-drömmen som blev sann". 6 February 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Anita Östlund: National Figure Skating Team". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Anita ÖSTLUND". rinkresults.com.
  5. ↑ "Anita Östlund klar för OS i Pyeongchang" (in Swedish). Svenska Konståkningsförbundet. 23 January 2018. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Carlsvärd, Emil (23 January 2018). "16-åriga stortalangen uttagen till OS". Aftonbladet (in Swedish).
  7. ↑ "Athlete Profile - Anita OESTLUND". pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 20 April 2018.
  8. 1 2 "Anita Östlund" (in Swedish). Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 23 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Anita Östlund: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  10. ↑ "Anita Östlund: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016.
  11. ↑ "Anita Östlund: 2016/2017". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "Anita Östlund: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Anita Östlund: 2015/2016". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 26 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "Anita Östlund: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "Anita Östlund: 2014/2015". Skate Sweden. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015.
  16. 1 2 "Competition Results: Anita ÖSTLUND". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018.
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