Darya Andreyevna Dmitriyeva ( rus, Дарья Андреевна Дмитриева, , ˈdarʲɪ̯ə ˈdmʲitrʲɪ(ɪ̯)ɪvə; born 22 June 1993) is a Russian
rhythmic gymnast
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and co ...
. She is the
2012 Olympic all-around silver medalist, the
2010 World ribbon champion, the
2012 Grand Prix Final all-around champion,
2011 Grand Prix Final all-around silver medalist and
2010 Grand Prix Final all-around bronze medalist.
Personal life
In May 2015, Dmitriyeva married
ice hockey
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player
Alexander Radulov
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who currently is playing for
Dallas Stars
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of the
National Hockey League
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(NHL). She gave birth to their first child, a son named Makar, on November 11, 2015. The pair divorced on June 7, 2017.
Career
Dmitriyeva appeared internationally competing at the
2008 Kyiv World Cup winning the gold in juniors all-around. She became the
2008 European Junior champion in ribbon in
Torino
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, Italy and also won the Junior Team gold medal.
She is coached by
Olga Buyanova, who has also coached gymnasts
Oxana Kostina
Oksana Alexandrovna Kostina (russian: Оксана Александровна Костина; 15 April 1972 – 11 February 1993) was a Soviet and Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She was the 1992 World All-around champion and 1992 Euro ...
and
Natalia Lipkovskaya who are also both from Irkutsk.
In 2009, Dmitriyeva broke onto the international scene competing in important competitions like
Corbeil-Essonnes
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Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry, the sub-prefecture building ...
. She was selected by Irina Viner to be a part of the main Russian national team. Dmitrieva went to the 2009 World Championships in
Mie as a part of the national team with
Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...
,
Olga Kapranova
Olga Sergeyevna Kapranova (russian: Ольга Серге́евна Капра́нова; born 6 December 1987) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2005 World All-around champion, the 2007 World All-around bronze medal ...
and
Daria Kondakova. In qualifications she only competed with ball and helped her team to win the gold in the team competition. She qualified to the ball final with a score of 27.500 and finished in fourth place behind Ukraine's
Anna Bessonova
Ganna Volodymyrivna Bessonova ( uk, Ганна Володимирівна Безсонова/Ganna Volodymyrivna Bessonova; born 29 July 1984) is a Ukrainian former individual rhythmic gymnast. She is one of the most decorated rhythmic gymnast of ...
.
In 2010, Dmitriyeva was again part of the Russian national team. She had a successful season winning silver in all-around at the
2010 World Cup St.Petersburg ahead of teammate
Daria Kondakova, she also won two silver medals in hoop and rope final behind
Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...
. At the 2010 World Championships in
Moscow
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, she helped her team to win the gold medal in the team competition and qualified for the ball and ribbon final. In the ball final she scored 28.650 to win the silver medal, finishing 0.050 points behind her teammate
Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...
. In the ribbon final she scored 28.825 to win the gold medal.
In 2011, At the
2011 World Cup in
Corbeil-Essonnes
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Although neighboring Évry is the official seat of the Arrondissement of Évry, the sub-prefecture building ...
Dmitriyeva won silver in all-around, she won another pair of silver medals in clubs and ribbon final. She then competed at the
2011 Summer Universiade where she won the all-around silver medal, she won gold in the ribbon final ahead of teammate and 2008 Olympic champion
Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...
. She won the gold medal in all-around at the
2011 World Cup series held in
Tashkent
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.
In 2012, Dmitriyeva started her season at the
Moscow Grand Prix where she won the bronze medal in all-around, at the event finals; she won gold in ball and silver in hoop. She competed at the World Cup in
Kyiv
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Kyi ...
where she won a total of 4 gold medals in all-around and apparatus finals in clubs, hoop and ribbon ahead of Ukrainian
Alina Maksymenko. A foot injury led her to withdraw from the World Cup series in Tashkent and the selection for a
2012 European spot in the Russian national team.
The head coach of Russia, President of the
Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics,
Irina Viner
Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (russian: Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова; born July 30, 1948) is an Uzbek-born Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the ...
said the question of participation in the Olympics remained open and would be resolved only after the June Grand Prix in Austria and the World Cup in Belarus in July.
Dmitriyeva returned to competition at the Grand Prix Vorarlberg in
Austria
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. She won the silver medal in all-around behind
Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...
and ahead of
Alexandra Merkulova
Alexandra Sergeyevna Merkulova (russian: Алекса́ндра Серге́евна Мерку́лова; born 25 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 Youth Olympic Games champion and the 2012 Euro ...
who won the bronze medal. In the event finals, Dmitriyeva won the gold medal in ribbon, as well as silver medals in ball and clubs. She then again won the silver medal in the all-around at the World Cup series in Minsk as well as silver medals for the event finals in hoop, ball and ribbon. Despite these results,
Alexandra Merkulova
Alexandra Sergeyevna Merkulova (russian: Алекса́ндра Серге́евна Мерку́лова; born 25 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 Youth Olympic Games champion and the 2012 Euro ...
was named as Russia's nominal second entry in rhythmic gymnastics, together with reigning
2008 Olympic Champion Evgenia Kanaeva. Viner stated that the final decision was yet to be confirmed and she would fly on July 21 to the pre-Olympic training camp in the UK.
[Irina Viner RG Sports Conference]
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2012 Olympic season
On August 2, 2012, it was finally determined that Russia's entries at the Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a vari ...
in London would be Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...
and Darya Dmitriyeva, replacing teammate Alexandra Merkulova
Alexandra Sergeyevna Merkulova (russian: Алекса́ндра Серге́евна Мерку́лова; born 25 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2010 Youth Olympic Games champion and the 2012 Euro ...
who began to struggle with a foot injury at the Russian gymnastic test practices in London.[Final Composition of Rhythmic Gymnasts for Olympics]
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Dmitriyeva was ranked first on the first day of qualifications ahead of teammate Kanaeva, who fumbled and dropped the hoop. On the second day of qualifications, Dmitriyeva finished second overall with a total score of 114.525, behind Kanaeva who scored a total of 116.000.
In the Olympic all-around finals, Dmitriyeva took the highest in ribbon with 29.100 and scored a total of 114.500 points to win the silver medal behind compatriot Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...
. On winning her silver medal, Dmitriyeva said: "I am feeling excellent. It was hard for me to get it and I am very happy. It's a very worthwhile medal to have won. I'm not only proud of myself, I am proud of my country. There are so many people, wonderful coaches and our parents."
Dmitriyeva competed at the 2012 Aeon Cup in Japan and won the all-around gold medal. On November 4, Dmitriyeva competed at the 2012 Grand Prix Final in Brno, Czech Rep. and won her first Grand Prix Final all-around title. She also won the gold medal at the event finals in hoop, ball, clubs and ribbon.
Retirement
On 26 February 2013, at a press conference led by Russian head coach Irina Viner
Irina Alexandrovna Viner-Usmanova (russian: Ирина Александровна Винер-Усманова; born July 30, 1948) is an Uzbek-born Russian rhythmic gymnastics coach who is head coach of the Russian national team, president of the ...
, it was suggested that Dmitriyeva might retire from competition due to a recurring leg injury from severe stress, however her personal coach, Olga Buyanova, said she was only pausing her career in order to heal. She underwent surgery in Germany for her ankle ligament injury.
On 4 September 2013, Dmitriyeva announced her retirement, saying "I have finished competing and am moving on to the next phase of my life. I have finally decided on what I want to do in the future - try my hand at different areas. I convey my sincere good wishes back a thousandfold to all those people who wrote to me and still support and root for me. I am very grateful to all these people." Buyanova stated: "She has decided to end her career. It was her own decision and we have no right to challenge it. Not forgetting that her departure in the sport is associated with quite a serious injury, in the world of gymnastics time plays the most important role and the mode of intensive training and competitions can often have a very serious impact on the career of an athlete".
On February 15, 2015, a star-studded gala was held in Russia
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for the 80th founding anniversary of rhythmic gymnastics. The venue was held in the historical Mariinsky Theatre
The Mariinsky Theatre ( rus, Мариинский театр, Mariinskiy teatr, also transcribed as Maryinsky or Mariyinsky) is a historic theatre of opera and ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music th ...
in St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. Among those who performed at the gala were Russian former Olympic champions, Olympic medalists and World champions including: Dmitriyeva, Evgenia Kanaeva
Evgeniya Olegovna Kanaeva OMF (russian: Евгения Олеговна Канаева; born 2 April 1990) is a Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the only individual rhythmic gymnast in history to win two Olympic all-around gold meda ...
, Yulia Barsukova
Yulia Vladimirovna Barsukova (russian: Ю́лия Влади́мировна Барсуко́ва, born 31 December 1978) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2000 Olympic champion in the All-Around, the 2000 Grand Pri ...
, Irina Tchachina
Irina Viktorovna Tchachina (also Chashchina or Tchashchina, russian: Ирина Викторовна Чащина; born 24 April 1982) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2004 Olympic silver medalist in all-around, a ...
, and Yana Batyrshina.[.]
Routine music information
Detailed Olympic results
References
External links
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Дмитриева Дарья Андреевна at r-gymnastics.com
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1993 births
Living people
Russian rhythmic gymnasts
Sportspeople from Irkutsk
Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic gymnasts of Russia
Olympic medalists in gymnastics
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Recipients of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships
Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships
Universiade medalists in gymnastics
Universiade gold medalists for Russia
Universiade silver medalists for Russia