Anastasia Kristina Vaipan-Law (born 31 August 1999) is a Scottish figure skater who currently represents Great Britain in pairs. With her partner, Luke Digby, she is a three-time British National Champion (2022-2024).
| Anastasia Vaipan-Law | |
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 Vaipan-Law and Digby performing a death spiral at the 2023 Warsaw Cup | |
| Full name | Anastasia Kristina Vaipan-Law |
| Born | 31 August 1999 Blackpool, Lancashire, England |
| Hometown | Dundee, Scotland |
| Height | 1.50 m (4 ft 11 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Great Britain |
| Partner | Luke Digby |
| Coach | Simon Briggs, Debi Briggs, Jason Briggs |
| Skating club | Dundee ISC |
| Began skating | 2007 |
Personal life
Vaipan-Law was born on 31 August 1999 in Blackpool, England.[1]
Career
Early years and singles career
Vaipan-Law began learning how to skate in 2007 at the age of eight in Dundee, Scotland.[2] She made her junior international debut in women's single skating at the 2013 NRW Trophy in December 2013 where she finished twenty-first.
Throughout her career as a single skater, Vaipan-Law competed at three ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments and placed second at the 2016 Open d'Andorra in the junior women's event. She is a three-time British junior national silver medalist (2017-2019).
Vaipan-Law began contemplating switching to pair skating after suffering a knee injury and undergoing surgery. She officially began her pair skating career in December 2019 when she teamed up with partner Luke Digby.[3]
2021–22 season: Pairs debut with Digby
Vaipan-Law/Digby made their international debut as a team at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished twelfth overall and recorded personal bests in all three segments of competition. The team competed at three more events throughout the fall, winning the 2021 Tayside Trophy and finishing fourth at both the 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur and the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup respectively.[1]
At their first British Championships in November, Vaipan-Law/Digby narrowly took the title ahead of the long-dominant team Jones/Boyadji. Jones/Boyadji initially received the assignment to Great Britain's single berth in the pairs' field at the 2022 European Figure Skating Championships, but after Jones recorded a positive COVID-19 test shortly before the event, Vaipan-Law/Digby were assigned to replace them.[1]
Vaipan-Law/Digby set a new personal best in the short program at 2022 Europeans but finished eighteenth in the segment and did not advance to the free skate.[1]
2022–23 season
Vaipan-Law/Digby began the 2022–23 figure skating season with a tenth-place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy and a silver medal at the 2022 Tayside Trophy. On the 2022-23 ISU Grand Prix, they were the host-picked pair team for the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy in Sheffield, where they finished seventh. Following this, the pair finished seventh at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup.[1]
Vaipan-Law/Digby went on to defend their title at the 2023 British Championships and were selected to compete at the European and World Championships.[4] The pair finished in tenth place at the European Championships in Espoo, Finland.[5] They then went on to place tenth at the 2023 International Challenge Cup.[1]
Making their World Championship debut in Saitama, Japan, Vaipan-Law/Digby qualified for the free skate after placing 17th in the short program and went on to place 16th in the free skate, finishing in 16th place overall.[6][7]
2023–24 season
Beginning the season with two Challenger series assignments, Vaipan-Law/Digby came eighth at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy and fifth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International.[1] They received an unexpected opportunity to compete on the Grand Prix when reigning world champions Miura/Kihara withdrew from the 2023 Skate America. They finished seventh at the event.[8]
Vaipan-Law/Digby were ninth at the 2024 European Championships.[9] At the 2024 World Championships in March, they attempted a more difficult jump in the short program than at the European Championships. Despite a mistake on it, they qualified for the free skate, and they ended in 20th place.[10]
Programs
With Digby
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–2024 [11][12] |
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| 2022–2023 [13] |
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| 2021–2022 [14] |
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Competitive highlights
Pairs with Digby
GP: ISU Grand Prix; CS: ISU Challenger Series
| International[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| Worlds | 16th | 20th | |
| Europeans | 18th | 10th | 9th |
| GP Skate America | 7th | ||
| GP Wilson Trophy | 7th | ||
| CS Autumn Classic | 5th | ||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 12th | 10th | |
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 8th | ||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 17th | 7th | |
| Challenge Cup | 10th | ||
| Tayside Trophy | 1st | 2nd | 2nd |
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 4th | ||
| Warsaw Cup | 2nd | ||
| National | |||
| British Champ. | 1st | 1st | 1st |
Women's singles
| International: Junior [15] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| JGP Austria | 17th | |||||
| JGP Croatia | 15th | |||||
| JGP Slovenia | 14th | |||||
| Alpen Trophy | 4th | |||||
| Cup of Nice | 13th | 16th | ||||
| Golden Bear | 11th | |||||
| Merano Cup | 4th | |||||
| NRW Trophy | 21st | |||||
| Open d'Andorra | 2nd | |||||
| Skate Helena | 5th | |||||
| Sportland Trophy | 8th | |||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 26th | 4th | ||||
| National [15] | ||||||
| British Champ. | 3rd J | 8th J | 11th | 2nd J | 2nd J | 2nd J |
Detailed results
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 159.82 | 2023 CS Autumn Classic |
| Short program | TSS | 56.79 | 2024 European Championships |
| TES | 30.94 | 2023 World Championships | |
| PCS | 26.20 | 2023 CS Autumn Classic | |
| Free skating | TSS | 107.18 | 2023 CS Autumn Classic |
| TES | 54.04 | 2023 CS Autumn Classic | |
| PCS | 53.14 | 2023 CS Autumn Classic |
With Digby
| 2023–2024 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 18–24, 2024 | 2024 World Championships | 20 54.69 | 20 98.37 | 20 153.06 |
| January 8–14, 2024 | 2024 European Championships | 8 56.79 | 9 102.22 | 9 159.01 |
| November 16–19, 2023 | 2023 Warsaw Cup | 2 61.84 | 3 102.50 | 2 164.34 |
| October 20–22, 2023 | 2023 Skate America | 6 50.60 | 7 83.24 | 7 133.84 |
| October 14–15, 2023 | 2023 Tayside Trophy | 3 50.70 | 2 107.59 | 2 158.29 |
| September 14–17, 2023 | 2023 CS Autumn Classic International | 6 52.64 | 4 107.18 | 5 159.82 |
| September 8–10, 2023 | 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy | 6 55.32 | 10 87.65 | 8 142.97 |
| 2022–2023 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 22–26, 2023 | 2023 World Championships | 17 55.42 | 16 97.96 | 16 153.38 |
| February 23–26, 2023 | 2023 International Challenge Cup | 10 41.12 | 10 85.81 | 10 126.93 |
| January 25–29, 2023 | 2023 European Championships | 9 49.43 | 10 88.06 | 10 137.49 |
| December 1–4, 2022 | 2023 British Championships | 1 55.20 | 1 105.76 | 1 160.96 |
| November 17–20, 2022 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup | 8 48.30 | 7 99.56 | 7 147.86 |
| November 11–13, 2022 | 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy | 7 50.29 | 6 93.52 | 7 143.81 |
| October 15–16, 2022 | 2022 Tayside Trophy | 2 52.31 | 2 93.19 | 2 145.50 |
| October 4–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 10 40.79 | 10 70.89 | 10 111.68 |
| 2021–2022 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 10–16, 2022 | 2022 European Championships | 18 51.11 | – | 18 51.11 |
| Nov. 30 – Dec. 5, 2021 | 2022 British Championships | 1 50.49 | 2 91.42 | 1 141.91 |
| November 6–7, 2021 | 2021 Tayside Trophy | 1 57.56 | 1 101.37 | 1 158.93 |
| October 20–24, 2021 | 2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur | 4 40.72 | 4 81.33 | 4 122.05 |
| October 7–10, 2021 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy | 13 45.79 | 12 86.77 | 12 132.56 |