Darya Popova

Darya Popova (Ukrainian: Дар'я Сергіївна 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 2019 Ukrainian national champion on the senior level. The team has finished within the top twelve at two World Junior Championships (2017, 2018).

Not to be confused with Daria Popova.
Darya Popova
Popova/Byelikov at the 2018 European Championships
Personal information
Native nameДар'я Попова
Country representedUkraine
Born (2001-09-29) 29 September 2001
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
PartnerVolodymyr Byelikov
Former partnerVolodymyr Nakisko
Vadym Kravtsov
CoachHalyna Churylova, Mariana Kozlova
ChoreographerLarysa Fiodorova
Skating clubKolos Kharkiv
Training locationsKharkiv
Began skating2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total154.42
2018 CS Tallinn Trophy
Short dance60.01
2019 European
Free dance95.41
2018 CS Tallinn Trophy

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 Challenger events, Popova/Byelikov placed twelfth at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and tenth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They won the silver medal at the Ukrainian championships, and competed at a number of minor internationals.

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
2019–2021
[5][6]
  • Believer
    performed by Simply Three
  • I Can't Go On Without You
    by Kaleo
2018–2019
[7]
  • 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[8]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
European Champ.22nd16th
CS Golden Spin10th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy12th3rd
CS Tallinn Trophy9th5th
CS Warsaw Cup7th
Mentor Toruń Cup5th
NRW Trophy2nd
Santa Claus Cup8th
Volvo Open Cup2nd4th
Winter Star1st
LuMi Dance Trophy TBD
International: Junior[8]
World Junior Champ.12th11th11th
JGP Belarus6th
JGP Czech Republic8th
JGP Estonia7th
JGP Lithuania3rd
JGP Poland5th
JGP Slovenia4th
Jégvirág Cup1st
NRW Trophy4th
National[8]
Ukrainian Champ.2nd2nd1st2nd
Ukrainian Junior Champ.1st1st
J = Junior level


With Nakisko
International[9]
Event 2015–16
JGP Austria13th
JGP Croatia10th
NRW Trophy8th J
Santa Claus Cup6th J
National
Ukrainian Junior Champ.3rd
J = Junior level

References
  1. "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr NAKISKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  3. "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "ISU CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2020 Results". International Skating Union.
  5. "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 February 2020.
  6. "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 October 2020.
  7. "Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 September 2018.
  8. "Competition Results: Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 March 2018.
  9. "Competition Results: Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr NAKISKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 July 2016.

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