Daria Danilova

Russian pair skater
Daria Danilova
Danilova/Tsiba at the 2020 European Championships
Native nameДарья Данилова (Russian)
Born (2002-09-08) 8 September 2002 (age 21)
Moscow, Russia
HometownMoscow, Russia
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country Netherlands
PartnerMichel Tsiba
CoachPavel Kitashev
Knut Schubert
Aljona Savchenko
Dmitri Savin
Fedor Klimov
Skating clubEkijsa Amsterdam
Began skating2006

Daria Danilova (Russian: Дарья Данилова; born 8 September 2002) is a Russian pair skater who competes for the Netherlands. With her skating partner, Michel Tsiba, she is the 2020 Dutch national champion and the 2020 NRW Trophy bronze medalist. They competed in the final segment at the 2020 European Championships and are the first Dutch pair to qualify for the World Championships.

Personal life

Danilova was born on 8 September 2002 in Moscow. She is learning Dutch.[2] Danilova received her Dutch residence permit c. 2020[3] and she became a naturalized Dutch citizen in 2024.[4] She has a pet dog.[5]

Career

Early career

Danilova started skating at age three in 2006. She competed in ladies' singles in her native Russia, but never qualified to the Russian Championships.[1] In 2017, Danilova briefly competed pairs with Dmitry Shulgin under coaches Pavel Kitashev, Arina Ushakova, and Nina Mozer.[1] They split after six months and she skated alone for a year.[2]

Danilova teamed up with Dutch skater Michel Tsiba for the Netherlands in May 2018. Earlier in the season, he had met one of her coaches at a seminar in Berlin and they arranged a tryout.[6] At the start of their partnership, Danilova/Tsiba alternated training in Berlin and Moscow every three months due to the differences in their respective citizenships' visa requirements.[7] The pair fund over half of their training costs out of pocket via Tsiba's student finances.[8]

2018–2019 season

Danilova/Tsiba won their debut international competition, the 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb on the junior level. They then placed tenth at the 2019 Bavarian Open. In February, Danilova/Tsiba won the 2019 Dutch junior national title unopposed. However, they missed achieving the minimum TES requirements for the 2019 World Junior Championships.[2]

2019–2020 season

Danilova/Tsiba competed at three Challenger Series events to open the season, finishing tenth at 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, 17th at 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, and 15th at 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

At the 2020 European Championships in January, Danilova/Tsiba became the first Dutch pair in 24 years to compete in a European Championships since Jeltje Schulten / Alcuin Schulten last represented the country at the event in 1996.[7] They qualified to the final segment and finished 16th overall. In February, they finished eighth at the Bavarian Open and tenth at the Challenge Cup; the latter event doubled as the Dutch Championships where, as the only Dutch pair, Danilova/Tsiba won their first senior national title.

At the Challenge Cup, Danilova/Tsiba earned the necessary TES minimums for the 2020 World Championships.[9] They are the first Dutch pair in history to qualify for the World Championships.[10] The event was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11]

2020–2021 season

During the offseason, Tsiba underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus. However, the pair did not start training together again until the end of August due to issues with Danilova's Dutch visa.[12] Danilova/Tsiba made their season debut at the 2020 NRW Autumn Trophy in November and won their first senior international medal, bronze behind Germans Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel and Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert. Making their debut at the World Championships in Stockholm, they placed twenty-second.[13]

2021–2022 season

Beginning the season at the 2021 Lombardia Trophy, Danilova/Tsiba placed eighth.[14] They competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, placing ninth and failing to qualify a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Their third Challenger event, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, Danilova/Tsiba were fifteenth. They finished twenty-first at the 2022 European Championships, missing the free skate.[15]

Danilova/Tsiba concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, where they finished a career-best ninth in a field depleted due to Russia being banned as a result of their invasion of Ukraine and the Chinese Skating Association opted not to send athletes to compete in Montpellier.[16][15]

2022–2023 season

Danilova/Tsiba decided that the Russian invasion of Ukraine would not affect their training in Russia, opting to spend about half their time in Sochi, Russia, and half in Heerenveen, Netherlands.[17] On training in Russia, they commented: "We don't notice the war here. It's shockingly quiet."[3] They were unable to compete at the 2022 Skate America because Danilova's visa application was declined.[3]

Danilova/Tsiba began their season with a sixth-place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished sixth as well at the 2022 NHK Trophy, their Grand Prix debut, and then fifth at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.[15] Domestic rivals Osipova/Epstein won the Netherlands' only pair skating berth at the 2023 European Championships.[17] However, due to Danilova/Tsiba's ninth-place finish at the prior year's World Championships, both teams were able to attend the 2023 edition in Saitama. Both Dutch teams qualified for the free skate segment, a first in the history of the event, with Danilova/Tsiba finishing thirteenth, the higher-ranked of the two.[18]

2023–2024 season

Danilova/Tsiba at the 2023 Skate Canada International

Beginning the season at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, Danilova/Tsiba came sixth.[15] On the Grand Prix, they were seventh at the 2023 Skate Canada International.[19] At the 2023 NHK Trophy they placed fifth, equaling their prior best placement, both praising the reception from the Japanese audience.[20]

Danilova/Tsiba came eighth at the 2024 European Championships.[21] Finishing the season at the 2024 World Championships, they came fourteenth.[22]

Programs

With Tsiba

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[23] 		The Hunger Games:
2022–2023
[24] 		Harriet:
2020–2022
[5][25]
2019–2020
[26]
2018–2019
[27]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

With Tsiba
International[15]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds C 22nd 9th 13th 14th
Europeans 16th 21st 8th
GP Finland 5th
GP NHK Trophy 6th 5th
GP Skate Canada 7th
CS Finlandia Trophy 10th 6th
CS Golden Spin 15th WD 8th
CS Lombardia Trophy 6th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 9th
CS Warsaw Cup 17th 15th
Bavarian Open 8th 2nd 1st
Budapest Trophy 3rd
Challenge Cup 10th 7th 2nd 5th
Lombardia Trophy 8th
NRW Trophy 3rd 1st
International: Junior[15]
Bavarian Open 10th
Golden Spin 1st
National[15]
Dutch Champ. 1st J 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: J = Junior

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [28]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 177.54 2023 NHK Trophy
Short program TSS 61.24 2023 World Championships
TES 35.21 2023 World Championships
PCS 27.36 2023 NHK Trophy
Free skating TSS 118.93 2023 NHK Trophy
TES 64.71 2023 NHK Trophy
PCS 55.22 2023 NHK Trophy

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

With Tsiba

2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 18–24, 2024 2024 World Championships 17
59.07 		12
113.17 		14
172.24
January 8–14, 2024 2024 European Championships 10
53.95 		8
113.37 		8
167.32
November 24–26, 2023 2023 NHK Trophy 6
58.61 		5
118.93 		5
177.54
October 27–29, 2023 2023 Skate Canada International 6
57.17 		6
107.84 		7
165.01
October 13–15, 2023 2023 Budapest Trophy 3
61.66 		4
107.73 		3
169.39
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 8
53.58 		6
106.89 		6
160.47
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 20–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 12
61.24 		12
112.61 		13
173.85
February 23–26, 2023 2023 International Challenge Cup 5
57.28 		5
100.50 		5
157.78
Jan. 31 – Feb. 5, 2023 2023 Bavarian Open 1
66.00 		2
101.49 		2
167.49
November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 5
56.41 		6
89.74 		5
146.15
November 17–20, 2022 2022 NHK Trophy 6
54.46 		6
101.38 		6
155.84
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 6
56.27 		5
102.65 		6
158.92
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 11
49.52 		9
99.03 		9
148.55
February 24–27, 2022 2022 International Challenge Cup 2
53.57 		2
95.83 		2
149.40
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 21
36.86 		– 21
36.86
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 14
55.45 		15
89.28 		15
144.73
November 4–7, 2021 2021 NRW Trophy 1
50.61 		1
101.85 		1
152.46
September 22–25, 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8
55.39 		9
89.87 		9
145.26
September 10–12, 2021 2021 Lombardia Trophy 7
45.14 		8
88.73 		8
133.87
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 22
43.12 		– 22
43.12
February 26–28, 2021 2021 International Challenge Cup 8
48.87 		6
88.23 		7
137.10
November 26–29, 2020 2020 NRW Trophy 3
43.86 		4
70.88 		3
114.74
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 20–23, 2020 2020 International Challenge Cup 5
51.81 		10
85.92 		10
137.73
February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 8
46.92 		9
83.91 		8
130.83
January 20–26, 2020 2020 European Championships 16
46.10 		16
70.20 		16
116.30
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 13
47.86 		16
87.85 		15
135.71
November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 18
38.90 		18
80.54 		17
119.44
October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
43.56 		10
75.34 		10
118.90

Junior results

2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 21–24, 2019 2019 Dutch Junior Championships Junior 1
43.33 		1
74.44 		1
117.77
February 5–10, 2019 2019 Bavarian Open Junior 12
36.74 		10
73.18 		10
109.92
December 5–8, 2018 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Junior 1
37.67 		1
76.33 		1
114.00

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