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Anna Jansone

Latvia

SportShort Track
FederationIDSTLAT21111200301
NOCLatvia
Born11 Nov 2003 in Ventspils 
GenderWomen
ResidenceRiga, LAT
LanguagesEnglish, Latvian, Russian
OccupationAthlete, Student
Higher educationSports Science - Latvian Academy of Sport Education: Riga, LAT
Personal Bests
EventRecordDateLocation 
Personal Bests
  Event RecordDateLocation 
    500m 45.589 27 Jan 2023 Dresden  
    1000m 1:38.704 25 Jan 2019 Montreal  
    1500m 2:32.216 18 Nov 2018 Bialystok  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Club / TeamSporta Skola Spars: Ventspils, LAT  
Name of coachEvita Krievane, LAT; Karlis Kruzbergs, LAT  
Social Media
Social Media
www.facebook.com/anna.jansone.129  
General Interest
General Interest
HobbiesPainting, cooking, watching forensic crime shows. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2021)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
Reason for choosing this sport"My parents wanted me to learn how to skate. They didn't even know they had brought me to short track. They found out six months later, when I was already good at skating. So I continued training."  
General Interest
General Interest
Hero / IdolRussian short track skater Victor An, Dutch short track skater Suzanne Schulting. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2021)  
AmbitionsTo compete at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Milan-Cortina. (Athlete, 09 Nov 2021)  
Sport Specific Information
Sport Specific Information
When and where did you begin this sport?She began the sport in 2008 in Ventspils, Latvia.  
General Interest
General Interest
Memorable sporting achievementPlacing 18th in the 1500m at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Gdansk, Poland. (Athlete, 04 Nov 2022)  
Championships results
Year Competition Event Rank  
Championships results
    2022/2023 World Junior Championships 3000m Relay12  
    2021/2022 World Junior Championships 1500m18  
    2021/2022 World Junior Championships 500m23  
    2022/2023 European Championships 500m23  
    2021/2022 World Junior Championships 1000m24  
    2019/2020 European Championships 1000m24  
    2019/2020 World Junior Championships 1500m25  
    2020/2021 European Championships 1500m25  
    2020/2021 European Championships 500m25  
    2022/2023 European Championships 1000m26  
    2022/2023 European Championships 1500m26  
    2020/2021 European Championships Overall28  
    2020/2021 European Championships 1000m28  
    2020/2021 World Championships 1000m29  
    2020/2021 World Championships 1500m29  
    2019/2020 World Junior Championships 500m32  
    2020/2021 World Championships 500m33  
    2022/2023 World Junior Championships 1500m33  
    2020/2021 World Championships Overall33  
    2019/2020 European Championships 500m34  
    2018/2019 World Junior Championships 1500m36  
    2019/2020 European Championships Overall37  
    2019/2020 European Championships 1500m37  
    2019/2020 World Junior Championships 1000m39  
    2018/2019 World Junior Championships 500m45  
    2018/2019 World Junior Championships 1000m45  
    2022/2023 World Junior Championships 500m46  
    2022/2023 World Junior Championships 1000m48  
World Cups
Year Competition Event Rank  
World Cups
    2021/2022 World Cup Classification 500m71  
    2021/2022 World Cup Classification 1000m76  
    2021/2022 World Cup Classification 1500m77