Anna Kondrashova
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n figure skater who represented the Soviet Union
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 in international competition. She was the 1984 World silver medalist
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 and four-time European bronze medalist
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. She competed at two Winter Olympic Games
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Following her marriage, she took her husband's surname and moved to Estonia. She works as a coach in Tallinn
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Personal life

Anna Kondrashova was born in Moscow
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, then part of the Russian SFSR in the Soviet Union
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. She is married to Allar Levandi
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, an Estonian Olympic Nordic combined
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 skier. They live in Tallinn
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Competitive career

Kondrashova began competing at senior ISU events in 1983.

She won the silver medal at the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships
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. She won four bronze medalists at the European Figure Skating Championships
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: in 1984, and from 1986 through 1988.

She represented the Soviet Union at the 1984 Winter Olympics
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, where she placed 5th, and the Soviet Union at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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, where she placed 8th. She retired from competitive skating following that season.

Coaching career

Levandi works as a coach and choreographer at Anna Levandi Figure Skating Club in Tallinn. Among her current and former students and choreography clients are
Johanna Allik
Johanna Allik
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,
Jasmine Alexandra Costa,
Alisa Drei
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Jelena Glebova,
Mari Hirvonen,
Christian Horvath
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Svetlana Issakova
Svetlana Issakova
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Taru Karvosenoja,
Viktor Romanenkov
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,
Viktoria Shklover
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 & Valdis Mintals
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and Dmitri Tchumak.

Honors and awards

In 2007, she was named Woman of the Year of Estonia and in 2008 Coach of the Year of Estonia. On 4 February 2009, she was decorated with the Third Class Order of the White Star
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Results

Event 1981-82 1982-83 1983-84 1984-85 1985-86 1986-87 1987-88
Winter Olympics
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5th 8th
World Championships
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5th 2nd 4th 7th 9th
European Championships
European Figure Skating Championships
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5th 3rd 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd
Soviet Championships
Soviet Figure Skating Championships
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3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Prize of Moscow News
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2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd

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