Betina Popova

Betina Popova

Popova/Vlasenko in December 2014
Personal information
Full name Betina Vadimovna Popova
Country represented Russia
Born (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia
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
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
2014–15 Barcelona Ice dancing

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
2015–16
[3]
2014–15
[6]
  • Cha Cha Danzon
  • Brazilian Samba
2013–14
[7]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Vlasenko

International[1]
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

References

  1. 1 2 "Competition Results: Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Попова Бетина Вадимовна [Betina Vadimovna Popova] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Попова Бетина Вадимовна" [Betina Vadimovna Popova] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
  5. ↑ 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).
  6. ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.

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