Daria Popova
| Daria Popova | |
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Popova and Massot at the 2012 World Team Trophy
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| Personal information | |
| Country represented | France |
| Born |
28 July 1993 Moscow, Russia |
| Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) |
| Former partner | Andrei Novoselov, Bruno Massot, Ilja Glebov, Sergei Karev |
| Former coach | Claude Péri, Inna Utkina, Jean-François Ballester, Ingo Steuer |
| Former choreographer | Karine Arribert, Pierre-Loup Bouquet |
| Former skating club | Les Français Volants SC, Paris / Bercy ACSEL, Caen |
| Former training locations |
Paris Moscow Caen Chemnitz |
| Began skating | 1999 |
| Retired | July 31, 2015 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 157.12 2013 Europeans |
| Short program | 53.91 2012 Europeans |
| Free skate | 103.37 2013 Europeans |
Daria Popova (born 28 July 1993) is a Russian former competitive pair skater. From 2011 to 2014, she competed with Bruno Massot, winning the 2014 Challenge Cup and the 2012 French national title. The pair finished in the top ten at the 2012 and 2013 European Championships. Popova also briefly skated for France with Andrei Novoselov.
Popova and her family moved to Germany when she was seven. She speaks German, Russian, English, and French.
Popova began skating in Moscow. She was initially a singles skater and competed on the Nachwuchs and Jugend levels in Germany in 2006 and 2007. She took up pair skating in 2009 and trained with coach Ingo Steuer in Germany. She skated with Ilja Glebov and Sergei Karev but did not compete with either in any major event.
Popova and French skater Bruno Massot decided to team up in March 2011 and began serious training in June. They trained mainly in Caen, France with Jean-Francois Ballester. In their first season together, they also trained about three weeks every three months with Ingo Steuer in Chemnitz, Germany.
Popova/Massot's first competition together was the 2011 Master's de Patinage, where they won the silver medal. They were tenth in their international debut at the 2011 Coupe de Nice and placed fourth at the 2011 NRW Trophy. In December 2011, they won the 2012 French national title ahead of Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres. Visa and administrative delays led to uncertainty about their participation at the 2012 European Championships but the situation was resolved just before the event. Popova/Massot placed sixth in the short program and eighth overall. They were not assigned to the 2012 World Championships, but were part of the French team for the World Team Trophy.
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