Darya Popova
| Darya Popova | |
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.jpg) Popova/Byelikov at the 2018 European Championships | |
| Native name | Дар'я Попова |
| Born | 29 September 2001 Kharkiv, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Ukraine |
| Coach | Halyna Churylova, Mariana Kozlova |
| Skating club | Kolos Kharkiv |
| Began skating | 2005 |
Darya Popova (
Career
Early years
Popova began learning to skate in 2005.[1] Early in her career, she skated with Vadym Kravtsov and Volodymyr Nakisko. During the 2015–2016 season, Popova/Nakisko competed at two ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) events and won the bronze medal at the Ukrainian Junior Championships. They were coached by Halyna Churylova and Mariana Kozlova in Kharkiv.[2]
2016–2017 season
Popova and Volodymyr Byelikov teamed up in 2016, coached by Halyna Churylova and Mariana Kozlova in Kharkiv.[3] They made their international debut at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic in early September 2016. They placed 8th in Ostrava and 7th at their next JGP assignment, in Tallinn, Estonia. The duo took silver at the senior-level Ukrainian Championship before winning gold at the junior event.
Popova/Byelikov were selected to represent Ukraine at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan; they placed 11th in the short dance, 12th in the free dance, and 12th overall.
2017–2018 season
During the 2017 JGP series, Popova/Byelikov placed 6th competing in September in Minsk, Belarus, and 5th in early October in Gdańsk, Poland. Their senior international debut came in November at the Volvo Open Cup in Riga, Latvia. They won silver at the event, finishing second to Germany's Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck and ahead of Hungary's Anna Yanovskaya / Ádám Lukács.
Continuing on the senior level, Popova/Byelikov placed 9th at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy, 8th at the Santa Claus Cup, and second at the Ukrainian Championships. They were included in Ukraine's team to the 2018 European Championships, held in January in Moscow, but did not reach the free dance, placing 22nd in the short. In March, they competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia (Bulgaria), ranking 9th in the short, 11th in the free, and 11th overall.
2018–2019 season
Popova/Byelikov won bronze at their first 2018 Junior Grand Prix event in Lithuania, and then placed fourth in Slovenia. Following that, they competed at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy, placing fifth, and won their first Ukrainian national title. After a sixteenth-place finish at the 2019 European Championships, they competed at the 2019 World Junior Championships, placing eleventh.
2019–2020 season
Competing in two
2020–2021 season
Beginning the season at the 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, which due to the COVID-19 pandemic was attended only by European skaters. They won the bronze medal.[4]
Programs
With Byelikov
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance
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| 2019–2021 [5][6] |
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| 2018–2019 [7] |
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Short dance
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| 2017–2018 [1] |
Junior level
Senior level
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| 2016–2017 [3] |
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With Nakisko
| Season | Short dance
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Free dance
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| 2015–2016 [2] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Byelikov
| International[8] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 |
| European Champ. | 22nd | 16th | |||
| CS Golden Spin | 10th | ||||
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 12th | 3rd | |||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | 9th | 5th | |||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 7th | ||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 5th | ||||
| NRW Trophy | 2nd | ||||
| Santa Claus Cup | 8th | ||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 2nd | 4th | |||
| Winter Star | 1st | ||||
| International: Junior[8] | |||||
| World Junior Champ. | 12th | 11th | 11th | ||
| JGP Belarus | 6th | ||||
| JGP Czech Republic | 8th | ||||
| JGP Estonia | 7th | ||||
| JGP Lithuania | 3rd | ||||
| JGP Poland | 5th | ||||
| JGP Slovenia | 4th | ||||
| Jégvirág Cup | 1st | ||||
| NRW Trophy | 4th | ||||
| National[8] | |||||
| Ukrainian Champ. | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |
| Ukrainian Junior Champ. | 1st | 1st | |||
| J = Junior level | |||||
With Nakisko
| International: Junior[9] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
| JGP Austria | 13th | |||
| JGP Croatia | 10th | |||
| NRW Trophy | 8th | |||
| Santa Claus Cup | 6th | |||
| International: Advanced novice | ||||
| NRW Trophy | 9th | 2nd | 4th | |
| National | ||||
| Ukrainian Jr. Champ. | 3rd | |||
| J = Junior level | ||||
References
- ^ a b "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr NAKISKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
- ^ a b "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2020 Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.
- ^ "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
- ^ "Competition Results: Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr NAKISKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.
External links
Media related to Darya Popova at Wikimedia Commons