Natalia_Popova Knowpia

Natalia Popova
Natalia Popova
	Popova in 2012
Full name	Natalia Ihorivna Popova
Native name	Наталія Ігорівна Попова
Born	September 15, 1993 (age 30); Simferopol, Ukraine
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Ukraine
Coach	Galina Zmievskaya ; Viktor Petrenko
Skating club	Dynamo Kyiv
Began skating	1999
Retired	2015?

Natalia Ihorivna Popova (Ukrainian: Наталія Ігорівна Попова; born September 15, 1993) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. She is a five-time Ukrainian national champion (2010, 2012–2015) and won five senior international medals.^[1] She represented Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics, competing in the team trophy and individual ladies' singles event.

During her competitive career, Popova trained in Hackensack, New Jersey, while her family lived in Ontario, Canada.^[2] She began coaching in 2013, in the United States, and later joined the Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario.^[3]

Programs edit

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2014–2015 ^[4]	Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo performed by Edvin Marton	Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) by Camille Saint-Saëns
2013–2014 ^[5]	Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquín Rodrigo performed by Edvin Marton	La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus	Opyat' Metel' (Russian: Опять Метель) (from The Irony of Fate 2) by Alla Pugacheva and Kristina Orbakaitė
2012–2013 ^[6]	Pourquoi me réveiller by Jules Massenet	La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus	(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story by Francis Lai performed by Nana Mouskouri
2011–2012 ^[7]	The Flight by Alfred Schnittke	Sur les ailes du temps by Saint-Preux
2010–2011	The Flight by Alfred Schnittke	The Tale of Wandering by Alfred Schnittke
2009–2010 ^[8]	Love Story by Francis Lai	La Vie d'Amour

Competitive highlights edit

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

International^[1]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13	13–14	14–15
Olympics					28th
Worlds			17th	15th	21st	25th
Europeans	18th		12th	19th	23rd	16th
GP Bompard					9th
GP Skate America						11th
GP Skate Canada					7th
CS Golden Spin						17th
Cup of Nice	16th	5th	2nd	4th		4th
Finlandia Trophy				4th
Ice Challenge		2nd	2nd
NRW Trophy	8th		10th	8th
Ukrainian Open					1st
Warsaw Cup				2nd
International: Junior^[1]
JGP Austria				10th
JGP Estonia			11th
JGP Romania			7th
National^[1]
Ukrainian Champ.	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st
Team events
Olympics					9th T 8th P
WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Competition Results: Natalia POPOVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
^ Rutherford, Lynn (September 13, 2010). "Makarova takes gold at Mid-Atlantic Championships". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 17, 2011.
^ "Natalia Popova". Richmond Training Centre. Archived from the original on December 2, 2018.
^ "Natalia POPOVA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 22, 2015.
^ "Natalia POPOVA: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 22, 2014.
^ "Natalia POPOVA: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 23, 2013.
^ "Natalia POPOVA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 21, 2012.
^ "Natalia POPOVA: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010.