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| Full name | Betina Vadimovna Popova | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1996-11-02)2 November 1996 (age 29) Vladivostok,Primorsky Krai, Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Russia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Sergey Mozgov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Anjelika Krylova, Oleg Volkov | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Began skating | 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | February 14, 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Betina Vadimovna Popova (Russian:Бетина Вадимовна Попова, born 2 November 1996) is a Russian retired competitiveice dancer. With partnerSergey Mozgov, she was the2017 CS Warsaw Cup champion. With former partnerYuri Vlasenko, she was the2014–15 JGP Final bronze medalist.[1]
Betina Vadimovna Popova was born on 2 November 1996 inVladivostok,Primorsky Krai, Russia.[2] She started skating in 2002.[3] Her first coach was Marina Selitskaya.[2]
Popova andYuri Vlasenko began competing together in 2009.[4] The two were coached by Ksenia Rumiantseva and Ekaterina Zhurina at the Sambo-70 club inMoscow.[2]
Popova/Vlasenko's international debut came at the2011 NRW Trophy. They placed seventh at theRussian Junior Championships in the 2012–13 season.
Popova/Vlasenko made theirISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the2013–14 season. They won the silver medal inMinsk,Belarus and then gold inOstrava,Czech Republic. Their results qualified them for theJGP Final inFukuoka, Japan, where they placed fourth. After taking the bronze medal at the2014 Russian Junior Championships, the two were assigned to the2014 World Junior Championships and finished seventh inSofia, Bulgaria.
Popova/Vlasenko's first assignment of the2014–15 JGP season was inOstrava, Czech Republic. Ranked second in the short dance and fourth in the free dance, they finished second to Canada'sMackenzie Bent /Garrett MacKeen by a margin of 6.75 points. Popova/Vlasenko were awarded gold inDresden, Germany after placing first in both segments and outscoringLorraine McNamara /Quinn Carpenter of the United States by 7.96 points. At the2014–15 JGP Final inBarcelona, they won the bronze medal behindAlla Loboda /Pavel Drozd. The two finished eleventh at the2015 World Junior Championships inTallinn, Estonia.
Competing in the2015–16 JGP series, Popova/Vlasenko outscored Angélique Abachkina /Louis Thauron of France by 7.3 points for the gold inRiga, Latvia. They took silver at their JGP assignment inLogroño, Spain – finishing second to another French team,Marie-Jade Lauriault /Romain Le Gac, by a margin of 1.78 points – and qualified for their thirdJGP 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 theRussian Junior Championships, they were assigned to theWorld Junior Championships inDebrecen, Hungary.
On 2 May 2016, Popova confirmed that she andSergey Mozgov had formed a partnership, withElena Kustarova andSvetlana Alexeeva serving as their coaches.[5]
Popova/Mozgov made their international debut at the2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb where they placed fifth.
In 2017–18 season they competed at threeISU Challenger Series competitions. They won the gold medal at the2017 CS Warsaw Cup with a personal best score of 164.07 points. They also won the bronze medal at the2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. At the2017 CS Finlandia Trophy they placed fifth.
In October 2017 they made theirGrand Prix debut at the2017 Rostelecom Cup where they placed sixth. In December 2017 they competed at the2018 Russian Championships where they placed fourth after placing fifth in the short dance and third in the free dance.
In May 2018Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Volkov became their new coaches.[6][7]
Popova/Mozgov started their season in mid September at the2018 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 the2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. Three weeks later they finished eighth at the2018 Internationaux de France. In early December they won their secondChallenger Series bronze medal of the season at the2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.
They placed fourth at theRussian Championships for the second consecutive year.[8]
In March, Popova/Mozgov have participated in the2019 Winter Universiade inKrasnoyarsk Russia. They finished first in the short and second in the free, earning the gold medal with a total of 183.01 points.[9]
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 the2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial and then won the bronze medal at the2019 CS Finlandia Trophy. Given oneGrand Prix assignment, they placed eighth at the2019 Skate Canada International.[10][11]
Popova/Mozgov announced their retirement from competition on February 14, 2020, with Popova indicating that she was dealing with aneating disorder.[12][13]
Popova began working as a skating choreographer in Moscow, including with the pairs team ofDaria Pavliuchenko andDenis 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]
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2019–2020 [16][9] |
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| 2018–2019 [17][7] |
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| 2017–2018 [3] |
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| 2016–2017 |
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| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2015–2016 [18] |
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| 2014–2015 [19] |
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| 2013–2014 [20] |
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GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix
| International[21] | ||||
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| Event | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
| GPFinland | 7th | |||
| GPFrance | 8th | |||
| GPRostelecom Cup | 6th | |||
| GPSkate Canada | 8th | |||
| CSFinlandia Trophy | 5th | 3rd | ||
| CSGolden Spin | 5th | 3rd | ||
| CSNepela Trophy | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | |
| CSWarsaw Cup | 1st | |||
| Volvo Open Cup | 1st | |||
| Universiade | 1st | |||
| National[4] | ||||
| Russian Champ. | 4th | 4th | ||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | ||||
| International[1] | ||||||
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| Event | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
| Junior Worlds | 7th | 11th | 6th | |||
| JGPFinal | 4th | 3rd | 4th | |||
| JGPBelarus | 2nd | |||||
| JGPCzech Republic | 1st | 2nd | ||||
| JGPGermany | 1st | |||||
| JGPLatvia | 1st | |||||
| JGPSpain | 2nd | |||||
| NRW Trophy | 4th J | 8th J | ||||
| National[4] | ||||||
| Russian Jr. Champ. | 14th | 12th | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
| J = Junior level | ||||||
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only atISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.
| 2019–20 season | ||||
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| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| 25–27 October 2019 | 2019 Skate Canada | 6 71.44 | 8 102.10 | 8 173.54 |
| 11–13 October 2019 | 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy | 2 72.11 | 3 103.13 | 3 175.24 |
| 19–21 September 2019 | 2019 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial | 4 73.30 | 5 100.82 | 4 174.12 |
| 2018–19 season | ||||
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| 7–9 March 2019 | 2019 Winter Universiade | 1 71.46 | 2 111.55 | 1 183.01 |
| 19–23 December 2018 | 2019 Russian Championships | 5 69.62 | 4 107.31 | 4 176.93 |
| 5–8 December 2018 | 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 5 62.84 | 3 102.89 | 3 165.73 |
| 23–25 November 2018 | 2018 Internationaux de France | 8 63.64 | 7 99.54 | 8 163.18 |
| 6–11 November 2018 | 2018 Volvo Open Cup | 1 64.31 | 1 104.16 | 1 168.47 |
| 2–4 November 2018 | 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki | 7 62.35 | 8 95.21 | 7 157.56 |
| 19–22 September 2018 | 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 3 67.65 | 3 102.82 | 3 170.47 |
| 2017–18 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SD | FD | Total |
| 21–24 December 2017 | 2018 Russian Championships | 5 63.27 | 3 104.43 | 4 167.70 |
| 16–19 November 2017 | 2017 CS Warsaw Cup | 1 64.38 | 1 99.69 | 1 164.07 |
| 20–22 October 2017 | 2017 Rostelecom Cup | 6 64.14 | 6 99.88 | 6 164.02 |
| 6–8 October 2017 | 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy | 7 57.36 | 3 94.92 | 5 152.28 |
| 21–23 September 2017 | 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy | 3 60.98 | 2 100.94 | 3 161.92 |
| 2016–17 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SD | FD | Total |
| 7–10 December 2016 | 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 4 60.70 | 5 94.52 | 5 155.22 |
| 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 | ||
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