Daria Andreevna Sadkova (, born 26 June 2008) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2025 Russian national silver medalist.

Early and personal life

Sadkova was born on 26 June 2008 in

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. Her mother, Anna, is a former lawyer who quit her job to move with her daughter to

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for figure skating. She has a younger brother who is an

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Career

Sadkova began figure skating in 2013 in

under coaches Oksana Nizova, Olga Yazkova, and Lyudmila Skvortsova. She then moved to Moscow to train under Mikhail Magerovski at the CSKA club. She was accepted into

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's training group at the Sambo 70 skating club in 2020. She missed most of the 2021–22 season due to an injury.

2022–23 season

Sadkova competed at the 2023 Russian Junior Championships and finished second in the short program behind Alina Gorbacheva. However, she only finished 14th in the free skate and dropped to eighth overall. She then competed at the Russian Cup Final and won the short program with a personal best score of 72.61. She then placed third in the free skate after falling twice and received the silver medal behind

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2023–24 season

Sadkova began competing at senior domestic competitions during the 2023–24 season. She won a bronze medal at the fourth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, behind

Sofia Muravieva Sofia Andreevna Muravieva (; born 4 August 2006) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2021 JGP Cup of Austria champion, the 2021 JGP Slovakia silver medalist, the 2024 Russian national silver medalist, and a two-time Russian junior national ...

and Alina Gorbacheva. Then at the fifth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, she won the silver medal behind

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. At her first senior Russian Championships, she finished in eighth place after mistakes in the short program. She then placed fifth in the Russian Cup Final.

2024–25 season

Sadkova won the bronze medal at the second stage of the Russian Grand Prix. She then won the silver medal at the fourth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, behind

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, after performing two clean quadruple toe loops in the free skate. At the Russian Championships, she crashed into the side of the rink and fell during the short program, finishing fifth. She then jumped up the rankings to win the silver medal behind Petrosian after performing two clean quadruple toe loops in the free skate. She then finished sixth at the Russian Cup Final after falling on a quadruple toe loop and a triple Lutz in the free skate.

Programs

Competitive highlights

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; JGP:

Junior Grand Prix The ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (titled the ISU Junior Series in the 1997–98 season) is a series of international junior-level competitions organized by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men ...

; CS:

ISU Challenger Series The ISU Challenger Series is a series of international figure skating competitions. Established by the International Skating Union in the 2014–15 figure skating season, 2014–15 season, it is a group of senior-level events ranked below the ISU ...

References

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