Anastasia Vaipan-Law
Full nameAnastasia Kristina Vaipan-Law
Born (1999-08-31) 31 August 1999
Blackpool, Lancashire, England
HometownDundee, Scotland
Height1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUnited Kingdom Great Britain
PartnerLuke Digby
CoachSimon Briggs, Debi Briggs, Jason Briggs
Skating clubDundee ISC
Began skating2007

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).

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]

Programs

With Digby

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[9][10]
2022–2023
[11]
2021–2022
[12]

Competitive highlights

Pairs with Digby

GP: ISU Grand Prix; CS: ISU Challenger Series

International[1]
Event 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds16th
Europeans18th10th9th
GP Skate America7th
GP Wilson Trophy7th
CS Autumn Classic5th
CS Finlandia Trophy12th10th
CS U.S. ClassicWD
CS Lombardia Trophy8th
CS Warsaw Cup17th7th
Challenge Cup10th
Tayside Trophy1st2nd2nd
Trophée Métropole Nice4th
Warsaw Cup2nd
National
British Champ.1st1st1st
TBD = Assigned, WD = Withdrew

Women's singles

JGP: ISU Junior Grand Prix

International: Junior [13]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19
JGP Austria17th
JGP Croatia15th
JGP Slovenia14th
Alpen Trophy4th
Cup of Nice13th16th
Golden Bear11th
Merano Cup4th
NRW Trophy21st
Open d'Andorra2nd
Skate Helena5th
Sportland Trophy8th
Volvo Open Cup26th4th
International: Advanced novice [13]
Triglav Trophy4th
National [13]
British Champ.27th N6th N3rd J8th J11th2nd J2nd J2nd J
Levels: N = Novice, J = Junior

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS159.822023 CS Autumn Classic
Short program TSS56.792024 European Championships
TES30.942023 World Championships
PCS26.202023 CS Autumn Classic
Free skating TSS107.182023 CS Autumn Classic
TES54.042023 CS Autumn Classic
PCS53.142023 CS Autumn Classic

With Digby

2023–2024 season
January 8–14, 2023 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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
  2. ↑ "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. 4 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Knight, Sarah (18 November 2022). "License to Thrill: Anastasia Vaipan-Law & Luke Digby on their new journey together". Anything GOEs.
  4. ↑ "British Figure Skating Championships". British Ice Skating. British Ice Skating. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "European Figure Skating Championships". ISU results. International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  6. ↑ "Dundee figure skating stars Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby hailed after 'brilliant' World Championships debut in Japan". The Courier. The Courier. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "World Figure Skating Championships". ISU results. International Skating Union. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "Vaipan-Law & Digby Reflect on Skate America". British Ice Skating. 24 October 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 August 2023. Retrieved 19 August 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. ↑ Vaipan-Law, Anastasia. "2023/24 Free Program". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  11. ↑ "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  12. ↑ "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW / Luke DIGBY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022.
  13. 1 2 3 "Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW: Competition Results". International Skating Union. 4 May 2019.
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