Betina Popova
Betina Popova
Betina Popova in 2018 Internationaux de France
Personal information
Full nameBetina Vadimovna Popova
Born (1996-11-02) 2 November 1996
Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia
PartnerSergey Mozgov
CoachAnjelika Krylova, Oleg Volkov
Began skating2002
RetiredFebruary 14, 2020
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  Russia (with Mozgov)
Winter Universiade
Gold medal – first place2019 KrasnoyarskIce dancing
Representing  Russia (with Vlasenko)
Junior Grand Prix Final
Bronze medal – third place2014–15 BarcelonaIce dancing

Betina Vadimovna Popova (Russian: Бетина Вадимовна Попова, born 2 November 1996) is a Russian retired competitive ice dancer. With partner Sergey Mozgov, she was the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup champion. With former partner Yuri Vlasenko, she was 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 seventh 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 eleventh 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]

Popova/Mozgov made their international debut at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where they placed fifth.

2017–18 season

In 2017–18 season they competed at three ISU Challenger Series competitions. They won the gold medal at the 2017 CS Warsaw Cup with a personal best score of 164.07 points. They also won the bronze medal at the 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. At the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy they placed fifth.

In October 2017 they made their Grand Prix debut at the 2017 Rostelecom Cup where they placed sixth. In December 2017 they competed at the 2018 Russian Championships where they placed fourth after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance.

In May 2018 Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Volkov became their new coaches.[6][7]

2018–19 season

Popova/Mozgov started their season in mid September at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy where they won the bronze medal with a personal best score of 170.47 points. In early November they placed seventh at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Three weeks later they finished eighth at the 2018 Internationaux de France. In early December they won their second Challenger Series bronze medal of the season at the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

They placed fourth at the Russian Championships for the second consecutive year.[8]

In March, Popova/Mozgov have participated in the 2019 Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk Russia. They finished first in the short and second in the free, earning the gold medal with a total of 183.01 points.[9]

2019–20 season

Popova/Mozgov took time off to heal injuries following their Universiade victory, and then resumed training for the new season. The two selected "Bohemian Rhapsody" as their free dance music, believing it would be a new sort of material for them.[9] They placed fourth at the 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial and then won the bronze medal at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. Given one Grand Prix assignment, they placed eighth at the 2019 Skate Canada International.[10][11]

Popova/Mozgov announced their retirement from competition on February 14, 2020, with Popova indicating that she was dealing with an eating disorder.[12][13]

Post-competitive life and career

Popova began working as a skating choreographer in Moscow, including with the pairs team of Daria Pavliuchenko and Denis Khodykin. Popova and Khodykin married in August 2020, but did not announce this until the following May.[14] However, they eventually divorced.

Popova indicated her disaffection with the realities of ice dancing at a young age, sharing in 2020 that she was asked to show “sex” and “passion” towards her older partner when she was fourteen.[15]

Programs

With Mozgov

Season Rhythm danceFree danceExhibition
2019–2020 [16][9]
  • Nevesta by Mummly Troll
2018–2019 [17][7]
  • Power Rangers soundtrack
Short dance
2017–2018 [3]
  • Cha Cha
  • Rhumba: Formidable by Stromae
  • Samba: Batacuda Mixes performed by D.J. Dero
2016–2017

With Vlasenko

Season Short danceFree dance
2015–2016 [18]
2014–2015 [19]
  • Cha Cha Danzon
  • Brazilian Samba
2013–2014 [20]
2012–2013
2011–2012
  • Tango medley

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Mozgov

International[21]
Event 16–1717–1818–1919–20
GPFinland7th
GPFrance8th
GPRostelecom Cup6th
GPSkate Canada8th
CSFinlandia Trophy5th3rd
CSGolden Spin5th3rd
CSNepela Trophy3rd3rd4th
CSWarsaw Cup1st
Volvo Open Cup1st
Universiade1st
National[4]
Russian Champ.4th4th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Vlasenko

International[1]
Event 10–1111–1212–1313–1414–1515–16
Junior Worlds7th11th6th
JGPFinal4th3rd4th
JGPBelarus2nd
JGPCzech Republic1st2nd
JGPGermany1st
JGPLatvia1st
JGPSpain2nd
NRW Trophy4th J8th J
National[4]
Russian Jr. Champ.14th12th7th3rd2nd2nd
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

2019–20 season
Date Event RDFDTotal
25–27 October 2019 2019 Skate Canada6 71.44 8 102.10 8 173.54
11–13 October 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy2 72.11 3 103.133 175.24
19–21 September 2019 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial4 73.305 100.82 4 174.12
2018–19 season
Date Event RDFDTotal
7–9 March 2019 2019 Winter Universiade1 71.46 2 111.55 1 183.01
19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships5 69.62 4 107.31 4 176.93
5–8 December 2018 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb5 62.84 3 102.89 3 165.73
23–25 November 2018 2018 Internationaux de France8 63.64 7 99.54 8 163.18
6–11 November 2018 2018 Volvo Open Cup1 64.31 1 104.16 1 168.47
2–4 November 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki7 62.35 8 95.21 7 157.56
19–22 September 2018 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy3 67.65 3 102.82 3 170.47
2017–18 season
Date Event SDFDTotal
21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships5 63.27 3 104.43 4 167.70
16–19 November 2017 2017 CS Warsaw Cup1 64.38 1 99.69 1 164.07
20–22 October 2017 2017 Rostelecom Cup6 64.14 6 99.88 6 164.02
6–8 October 2017 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy7 57.36 3 94.92 5 152.28
21–23 September 2017 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy3 60.98 2 100.94 3 161.92
2016–17 season
Date Event SDFDTotal
7–10 December 2016 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb4 60.70 5 94.52 5 155.22

With Vlasenko

2015–16 season
Date Event Level SDFDTotal
14–20 March 2016 2016 World Junior ChampionshipsJunior 7 58.56 5 87.65 6 146.21
19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunior 4 61.62 1 96.20 2 157.82
10–13 December 2015 2015−16 JGP FinalJunior 4 61.85 4 82.11 4 143.96
30 September – 4 October 2015 2015 JGP SpainJunior 2 60.40 2 90.54 2 150.94
26–30 August 2015 2015 JGP LatviaJunior 1 59.82 1 86.53 1 146.35
2014–15 season
Date Event Level SDFDTotal
2–8 March 2015 2015 World Junior ChampionshipsJunior 9 51.17 11 74.26 11 125.43
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunior 3 58.06 2 89.93 2 147.99
11–14 December 2014 2014–15 JGP FinalJunior 3 50.52 3 81.36 3 131.88
1–5 October 2014 2014 JGP GermanyJunior 1 59.91 1 87.40 1 147.31
3–7 September 2014 2014 JGP Czech RepublicJunior 2 52.42 4 79.00 2 131.42
2013–14 season
Date Event Level SDFDTotal
10–16 March 2014 2014 World Junior ChampionshipsJunior 8 53.29 6 79.18 7 132.47
23–25 January 2014 2014 Russian Junior ChampionshipsJunior 4 60.31 4 86.09 3 146.40
5–8 December 2013 2013–14 JGP FinalJunior 4 52.50 4 76.97 4 129.47
3–5 October 2013 2013 JGP Czech RepublicJunior 4 53.48 1 81.68 1 135.16
26–28 September 2013 2013 JGP BelarusJunior 3 51.82 2 76.89 2 128.71

References

  1. ^ ab"Competition Results: Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
  2. ^ abcПопова Бетина Вадимовна [Betina Vadimovna Popova] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014.
  3. ^ ab"Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  4. ^ abc"Попова Бетина Вадимовна" [Betina Vadimovna Popova]. fskate.ru (in Russian).
  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. ^"ru:Анжелика Крылова: "В России много возможностей, их нужно только правильно реализовать"" [Anjelika Krylova: "There are many opportunities in Russia, they only need to be properly implemented"] (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia.
  7. ^ abFlade, Tatjana (7 June 2018). "Popova and Mozgov feeling positive after coaching change". Golden Skate.
  8. ^Flade, Tatjana (21 December 2018). "Sinitsina and Katsalapov dance to first gold at Russian Nationals". Golden Skate.
  9. ^ abcFlade, Tatjana (28 May 2019). "Russia's Popova and Mozgov are 'on the right track'". Golden Skate.
  10. ^Slater, Paula (October 26, 2019). "Hubbell and Donohue dance to lead at 2019 Skate Canada". Golden Skate.
  11. ^Slater, Paula (October 27, 2019). "Canada's Gilles and Poirier snag Skate Canada title". Golden Skate.
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  13. ^"Бетина Попова - Сергей Мозгов объявили о завершении спортивной карьеры" [Betina Popova - Sergey Mozgov announced the completion of a sports career]. fsrussia.ru (in Russian). 14 February 2020.
  14. ^Flade, Tatjana (May 29, 2021). "Pavliuchenko and Khodykin aim to fly high as 'Black Swans'". Golden Skate.
  15. ^"В 14 лет меня просили показать в танце 'секс' и 'страсть', – российская фигуристка".
  16. ^"Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019.
  17. ^"Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 February 2019.
  18. ^"Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 May 2016.
  19. ^"Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  20. ^"Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014.
  21. ^"Competition Results: Betina POPOVA / Sergey MOZGOV". International Skating Union.

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