Darya Popova ( uk, Дар'я Сергіївна Попова; born 29 September 2001) is a Ukrainian
ice dancer
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Volvo Open Cup
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Popova began learning to skate in 2005. 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
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(JGP) events and won the bronze medal at the Ukrainian Junior Championships. They were coached by Halyna Churylova and
Mariana Kozlova
Mariana Olehivna Kozlova ( uk, Мар'яна Олегівна Козлова; born 4 August 1983) is a Ukrainian former competitive ice dancer. With Sergei Baranov, she is the 2003 Winter Universiade silver medalist, the 2003 Skate Israel bronze ...
in
Kharkiv
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ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic
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in early September 2016. They placed 8th in
Ostrava
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and 7th at their next JGP assignment, in
Tallinn
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Taipei
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, 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
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, Belarus, and 5th in early October in
Gdańsk
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, Poland. Their senior international debut came in November at the
Volvo Open Cup
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in
Riga
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, Latvia. They won silver at the event, finishing second to Germany's
Katharina Müller
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Tim Dieck
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and ahead of Hungary's
Anna Yanovskaya
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Ádám Lukács
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.
Continuing on the senior level, Popova/Byelikov placed 9th at the
2017 CS Tallinn Trophy
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, 8th at the
Santa Claus Cup
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, and second at the Ukrainian Championships. They were included in Ukraine's team to the
2018 European Championships
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, held in January in
Moscow
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, but did not reach the free dance, placing 22nd in the short. In March, they competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in
Sofia
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(Bulgaria), ranking 9th in the short, 11th in the free, and 11th overall.
Slovenia
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. Following that, they competed at the
2018 CS Tallinn Trophy
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Challenger
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events, Popova/Byelikov placed twelfth at the
2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
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and tenth at the
2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
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. 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
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On August ...
, which due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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was attended only by European skaters. They won the bronze medal.