Betina Popova

Betina Popova
Popova/Vlasenko in December 2014
Personal information
Full name	Betina Vadimovna Popova
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1996-11-02) 2 November 1996 (age 20) Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Residence	Moscow
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Partner	Sergey Mozgov
Former partner	Yuri Vlasenko
Coach	Elena Kustarova
Former coach	Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva
Former choreographer	Mikhail Kolegov
Former skating club	Sambo 70
Training locations	Moscow
Began skating	2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	150.94 2015 JGP Spain
Short dance	61.85 2015–16 JGP Final
Free dance	90.54 2015 JGP Spain
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2014–15 Barcelona Ice dancing

Betina Vadimovna Popova (Russian: Бетина Вадимовна Попова, born 2 November 1996) is a Russian ice dancer. With former partner Yuri Vlasenko, she is the 2014–15 JGP Final bronze medalist.

Betina Vadimovna Popova was born on 2 November 1996 in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia. She started skating in 2002. Her first coach was Marina Selitskaya.

Popova and Yuri Vlasenko began competing together in 2009. The two were coached by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Zhurina at the Sambo-70 club in Moscow.

Popova/Vlasenko's international debut came at the 2011 NRW Trophy. They placed 7th at the Russian Junior Championships in the 2012–13 season.

Popova/Vlasenko made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2013–14 season. They won the silver medal in Minsk, Belarus and then gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Their results qualified them for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they placed fourth. After taking the bronze medal at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, the two were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships and finished seventh in Sofia, Bulgaria.