Anna Shcherbakova has been in the news in the last two weeks for good and seemingly controversial. The 16-year-old Russian figure skating genius has just won the 2022 Olympic gold.

Anna Shcherbakova was also the 2021 world champion and two-time European silver medallist.

Anna was born on March 28, 2004, to parents Stanislav and Julia Shcherbakova. Her skating career which started in 2014, has seen her grow on the ice ring and become a young master at her kraft.

During the recent Olympics in Beijing, she was initially banned by the World Anti-Doping body before a court decision gave her the green light to perform due to a minor age.

Anna Shcherbakova siblings: Meet Inna and Yana

Anna is the middle child as it were, She has an older called sister Inna and a younger sister called Yana.

Who are her parents?

Anna’s parents are the proud Stanislav and Julia Shcherbakova. Her parents have been supportive and very loving.

Helping her to learn figure skating at the tender age of 3 at the Khrustalnyi Ring at the Olympic reserve school No 37 in Moscow.