Betina Popova
Betina Popova | |||||||||||||
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Popova/Vlasenko in December 2014 | |||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||
Full name | Betina Vadimovna Popova | ||||||||||||
Country represented | Russia | ||||||||||||
Born |
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia | 2 November 1996||||||||||||
Residence | Moscow | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
Partner | Sergey Mozgov | ||||||||||||
Former partner | Yuri Vlasenko | ||||||||||||
Coach | Elena Kustarova | ||||||||||||
Former coach | Ksenia Rumiantseva, Ekaterina Volobueva | ||||||||||||
Former choreographer | Mikhail Kolegov | ||||||||||||
Former skating club | Sambo 70 | ||||||||||||
Training locations | Moscow | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 2002 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total |
150.94 2015 JGP Spain | ||||||||||||
Short dance |
61.85 2015–16 JGP Final | ||||||||||||
Free dance |
90.54 2015 JGP Spain | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Betina Vadimovna Popova (Russian: Бетина Вадимовна Попова, born 2 November 1996) is a Russian ice dancer. With former partner Yuri Vlasenko, she is the 2014–15 JGP Final bronze medalist.[1]
Early life
Betina Vadimovna Popova was born on 2 November 1996 in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia.[2] She started skating in 2002.[3] Her first coach was Marina Selitskaya.[2]
Partnership with Vlasenko
Popova and Yuri Vlasenko began competing together in 2009.[4] The two were coached by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Zhurina at the Sambo-70 club in Moscow.[2]
Popova/Vlasenko's international debut came at the 2011 NRW Trophy. They placed 7th at the Russian Junior Championships in the 2012–13 season.
2013–14 season
Popova/Vlasenko made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the 2013–14 season. They won the silver medal in Minsk, Belarus and then gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Their results qualified them for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they placed fourth. After taking the bronze medal at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships, the two were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships and finished seventh in Sofia, Bulgaria.
2014–15 season
Popova/Vlasenko's first assignment of the 2014–15 JGP season was in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Ranked second in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, they finished second to Canada's Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen by a margin of 6.75 points. Popova/Vlasenko were awarded gold in Dresden, Germany after placing first in both segments and outscoring Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter of the United States by 7.96 points. At the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona, they won the bronze medal behind Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd. The two finished 11th at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.
2015–16 season
Competing in the 2015–16 JGP series, Popova/Vlasenko outscored Angélique Abachkina / Louis Thauron of France by 7.3 points for the gold in Riga, Latvia. They took silver at their JGP assignment in Logroño, Spain – finishing second to another French team, Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac, by a margin of 1.78 points – and qualified for their third JGP Final. At the final, held in December in Barcelona, Popova/Vlasenko finished fourth, having scored 0.45 less than the bronze medalists, Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons of the United States. After taking silver behind Loboda/Drozd at the Russian Junior Championships, they were assigned to the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
Partnership with Mozgov
On 2 May 2016, Popova confirmed that she and Sergey Mozgov had formed a partnership, with Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva serving as their coaches.[5]
Programs
(with Vlasenko)
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2015–16 [6] |
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2014–15 [7] |
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2013–14 [8] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Mozgov
International[9] | |
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Event | 2016–17 |
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 5th |
National[4] | |
Russian Championships |
With Vlasenko
International[1] | ||||||
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Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
Junior Worlds | 7th | 11th | 6th | |||
JGP Final | 4th | 3rd | 4th | |||
JGP Belarus | 2nd | |||||
JGP Czech Rep. | 1st | 2nd | ||||
JGP Germany | 1st | |||||
JGP Latvia | 1st | |||||
JGP Spain | 2nd | |||||
NRW Trophy | 4th J | 8th J | ||||
National[4] | ||||||
Russian Jr. Champ. | 14th | 12th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
J = Junior level |
Detailed results
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.
With Mozgov
2016–17 season | ||||
Date | Event | SD | FD | Total |
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7–10 December 2016 | 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 4 60.70 |
5 94.52 |
5 155.22 |
With Vlasenko
2015–16 season | |||||||
Date | Event | Level | SD | FD | Total | ||
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14–20 March 2016 | 2016 World Junior Championships | Junior | 7 58.56 |
5 87.65 |
6 146.21 | ||
19–23 January 2016 | 2016 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 4 61.62 |
1 96.20 |
2 157.82 | ||
10–13 December 2015 | 2015−16 JGP Final | Junior | 4 61.85 |
4 82.11 |
4 143.96 | ||
30 September – 4 October 2015 | 2015 JGP Spain | Junior | 2 60.40 |
2 90.54 |
2 150.94 | ||
26–30 August 2015 | 2015 JGP Latvia | Junior | 1 59.82 |
1 86.53 |
1 146.35 | ||
2014–15 season | |||||||
Date | Event | Level | SD | FD | Total | ||
2–8 March 2015 | 2015 World Junior Championships | Junior | 9 51.17 |
11 74.26 |
11 125.43 | ||
4–7 February 2015 | 2015 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 3 58.06 |
2 89.93 |
2 147.99 | ||
11–14 December 2014 | 2014–15 JGP Final | Junior | 3 50.52 |
3 81.36 |
3 131.88 | ||
1–5 October 2014 | 2014 JGP Germany | Junior | 1 59.91 |
1 87.40 |
1 147.31 | ||
3–7 September 2014 | 2014 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 2 52.42 |
4 79.00 |
2 131.42 | ||
2013–14 season | |||||||
Date | Event | Level | SD | FD | Total | ||
10–16 March 2014 | 2014 World Junior Championships | Junior | 8 53.29 |
6 79.18 |
7 132.47 | ||
23–25 January 2014 | 2014 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 4 60.31 |
4 86.09 |
3 146.40 | ||
5–8 December 2013 | 2013–14 JGP Final | Junior | 4 52.50 |
4 76.97 |
4 129.47 | ||
3–5 October 2013 | 2013 JGP Czech Republic | Junior | 4 53.48 |
1 81.68 |
1 135.16 | ||
26–28 September 2013 | 2013 JGP Belarus | Junior | 3 51.82 |
2 76.89 |
2 128.71 |
References
- 1 2 "Competition Results: Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
- 1 2 3 Попова Бетина Вадимовна [Betina Vadimovna Popova] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.
- ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 "Попова Бетина Вадимовна" [Betina Vadimovna Popova]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
- ↑ Golikova, Antonina (2 May 2016). "Бетина Попова: Мозгов предложил встать в пару, я согласилась" [Betina Popova: Mozgov suggested teaming up and I agreed]. news.sportbox.ru (in Russian).
- ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
- ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
- ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Betina Popova at Wikimedia Commons