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Daria Kondakova

Daria Kondakova
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Personal information
Full name Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova
Nickname(s) Dasha
Country represented  Russia
Born (1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 25)
Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Club Dinamo Dmitrov
Head coach(es) Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es) Anna Shumilova
Former coach(es) Natalia Razgonjuk
Choreographer Veronica Shatkova
Eponymous skills Pivot Turn revolutions (pivot turn with forward free leg to half free leg position)
Retired 2012
World ranking 3 (2012 Season)
1 (2011 Season)
2 (2010 Season)
5 (2009 Season)

Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova (Russian: Дарья Владимировна Кондакова; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time (2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the 2010 European all-around silver medalist and two time (2010, 2009) Grand Prix Final all-around silver medalist. She was coached by Anna Shumilova. She now works as a rhythmic gymnastics coach and choreographer.

As a junior, Kondakova won gold in all-around at the 2006 Holon Junior Grand Prix and Calais International tournament. She also won gold at the 2006 European Junior Championships in ribbon as well as the junior team event. She briefly competed as a part of the Russian national group until 2008.

Kondakova's individual breakthrough came in 2009 when she obtained very good results in her first senior season, culminating in her all around silver medal at the Worlds Championships in Mie just behind teammate and 2008 Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva. She is a three-time World Championship silver medalist in all-around for three consecutive years, having won the silver medal in four individual apparatus in clubs, hoop, ribbon and ball.

In 2010, Kondakova repeated her success as the all-around silver medalist for World Cup events in Pesaro and Portimao as well as in Grand Prix and international tournaments.

In September 2011, at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier, France, she won the silver medal in the all-around and in all four individual apparatus, 0.05 points behind Kanaeva.


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