Daniil Vladimirovich Parkman (; ka, დანიილ ვლადიმიროვიჩ პარკმანი; born April 17, 1999) is an American

pair skater Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

with his partner

Katie McBeath Katie McBeath (born February 12, 1994) is an American pair skater. Alongside partner Daniil Parkman, McBeath won the silver medal at the 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Personal life McBeath was born on February 12, 1994 in Garfield ...

. He previously skated for

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with

Anastasiia Metelkina Anastasia Nikolaevna Metelkina (; ka, ანასტასია ნიკოლაევნა მეტელკინა; born 10 March 2005) is a Russian-born pair skater who competes for Georgia (country), Georgia. With current partner Luk ...

. Together, they were the

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bronze medalists and the

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silver medalists. They also became the first Georgian pairs team to compete at a

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(

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Personal life

Parkman was born in

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on April 17, 1999. At the age of one-and-a-half years old, Parkman and his parents moved to

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, before moving back to Russia when Parkman was a pre-teen. He is

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and able to fluently communicate in

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and

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. Outside of figure skating, he also enjoys surfing.

Career

Early career

Parkman began figure skating in 2003 while living in the United States, but began skating competitively after he and his family returned to Russia. As a singles skater, he won the gold medal on the junior level at the 2012 Tallinn Trophy. He switched to pair skating in 2015 at the age of sixteen due to his tall stature and was initially joined

Nina Mozer Nina Mikhailovna Mozer (; born 28 August 1964) is a Russian pair skating coach based in Moscow. She is best known for coaching Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, the 2014 Olympic gold and silver medalists. ...

's group in

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. His first pair partners were Daria Lobova and Elena Pavlova, both of whom he competed with for Russia. In 2019, Parkman teamed up with fellow

pair skater, Viktoria Yatsenko, and had intended on representing

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with her, however, the couple never competed internationally together and would ultimately split.

Partnership with Metelkina

2020–21 season

In December 2020, it was announced that Parkman had teamed up with fellow

pair skater,

Anastasia Metelkina Anastasia Nikolaevna Metelkina (; ka, ანასტასია ნიკოლაევნა მეტელკინა; born 10 March 2005) is a Russian-born pair skater who competes for Georgia. With current partner Luka Berulava, she is ...

, and that they would be representing

together, while being coached by Vasili Velikov. In February 2021, it was announced that the pair had earned the minimum technical scores to compete at the 2021 World Championships in

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. Making their debut as a pair team at these Championships, Metelkina/Parkman placed fourteenth in the short program and sixteenth in the free skate, finishing the event in sixteenth-place overall. They became the first Georgian pair team to compete at a

2021–22 season

Metelkina/Parkman began their season with a silver medal at the 2021 Budapest Trophy, before going on to finish fifth at the

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. At the

, the pair took the silver medal. Although assigned to compete at both the

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and the 2022 World Championships, the pair ultimately withdrew from both events and were replaced by

Karina Safina Karina Ilgizarovna Safina (, ka, კარინა ილგიზაროვნა საფინა, born 28 May 2004) is a Russian- Georgian pair skater who competes for Georgia. With her former partner, Luka Berulava, she is the 2022 Wor ...

Luka Berulava Luka Berulava (; ka, ლუკა ბერულავა, born 27 November 2002) is a Russian-born pair skater who currently competes for Georgia. With current partner Anastasia Metelkina, he is a two-time European Figure Skating Championships, ...

2022–23 season

Metelkina/Parkman opened their season at the

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, finishing fifth. They went on to compete on the

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series, finishing fourth at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy as well as taking bronze at the

. Despite being selected to compete at the 2023 European Championships, Metelkina/Parkman ultimately ended their partnership in December 2022 due to undisclosed issues between Parkman and the Georgian Figure Skating Federation.

Partnership with McBeath

2023–24 season

In spring 2023, Parkman traveled to

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to have a pair skating tryout with

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pair skater,

, whose previous partner,

Nathan Bartholomay Nathan Bartholomay (born May 18, 1989) is an American pair skater. With his former partner Deanna Stellato-Dudek, he is the 2018 Ondrej Nepela Trophy silver medalist, the 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist, and a two-time U.S. national bronz ...

, had recently retired. The pair teamed up following the success of the tryout. In July 2023, it was announced that they would represent the United States together and that they would train at Great Park Ice under coaches

Jenni Meno Jenni N. Meno (born November 10, 1970, in Westlake, Ohio) is an American former competitive pair skater. With her husband Todd Sand, she is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. n ...

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, Christine Binder, and Brandon Frazier. The pair debuted at the 2023 U.S. Pairs Final where they won the gold medal, thus qualifying for the 2024 U.S. Championships. McBeath/Parkman skated a strong solid short program, placing third in that segment of the competition. However, during practice the following day, McBeath's blade snapped and fractured into two pieces while landing a throw jump. As a result, McBeath had to complete the free skate on a new blade. The pair dropped to fifth place overall following an error-ridden free skate. Following the event, McBeath said, “It’ll make us stronger. We can call upon this moment if we have some other kind of emergency. Like, okay, what did we learn? That’s what we’ll take from it.”

2024–25 season

McBeath/Parkman began their season by competing at the 2024 John Nicks International Pairs Competition, where they finished fifth. Selected as host picks for 2024 Skate America, they finished seventh at the event. They were later assigned to the

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as well, where they placed fifth. In January, at the 2025 U.S. Championships, McBeath/Parkman placed fourth in the short program and second in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall. The team were then named as first alternates for the World Championship team. McBeath/Parkman subsequently finished the season by winning silver at the Road to 26 Trophy, a test event for the

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Programs

Pair skating with Katie McBeath (for the United States)

Pair skating with Anastasiia Metelkina (for Georgia)

Competitive highlights

Pair skating with Katie McBeath (for the United States)

Pair skating with Anastasiia Metelkina (for Georgia)

Pair skating with Elena Pavlova (for Russia)

Detailed results

Pair skating with Katie McBeath (for the United States)

Pair skating with Anastasiia Metelkina (for Georgia)

References

External links

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