Darya Popova

Darya Popova
Popova/Byelikov at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Native name Дар'я Попова
Country represented Ukraine
Born (2001-09-29) 29 September 2001
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Partner Volodymyr Byelikov
Former partner Volodymyr Nakisko
Vadym Kravtsov
Coach Halyna Churylova, Mariana Kozlova
Choreographer Larysa Fiodorova
Skating club Kolos Kharkiv
Training locations Kharkiv
Began skating 2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 142.29
2018 JGP Amber Cup
Short dance 58.09
2018 JGP Amber Cup
Free dance 84.20
2018 JGP Amber Cup

Darya Popova (Ukrainian: Дар'я Попова; born 29 September 2001) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Volodymyr Byelikov, she is the 2017 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist and a two-time Ukrainian national silver medalist on the senior level. The team has finished within the top twelve at two World Junior Championships (2017, 2018).

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 a 2018 Junior Grand Prix event in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Programs

With Byelikov

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2018–2019
[4]
  • Waltz: Larrons en foire
    (from Micmacs)
    by Raphaël Beau
  • Tango
Short dance
2017–2018
[1]		 Junior level

Senior level

  • Cha Cha: Bla Bla Bla Cha Cha Cha
    by Petty Booka
  • Merengue: Can Can Can
    by Los Reyes del Ritmo
2016–2017
[3]

With Nakisko

Season Short dance Free dance
2015–2016
[2]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Byelikov

International[5]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19
European Champ.22nd
CS Tallinn Trophy9th
Santa Claus Cup8th
Volvo Open Cup2nd
International: Junior[5]
World Junior Champ.12th11th
JGP Belarus6th
JGP Czech Republic8th
JGP Estonia7th
JGP Lithuania3rd
JGP Poland5th
Jegvirag Cup1st J
NRW Trophy4th J
National[5]
Ukrainian Champ.2nd2nd
Ukrainian Junior Champ.1st1st
J = Junior level

With Nakisko

International[6]
Event 2015–16
JGP Austria13th
JGP Croatia10th
NRW Trophy8th J
Santa Claus Cup6th J
National
Ukrainian Junior Champ.3rd
J = Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr NAKISKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018.
  5. 1 2 3 "Competition Results: Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Competition Results: Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr NAKISKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.

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