Daria Dmitrievna Svatkovskaya (russian: Дарья Дмитриевна Сватковская; born 4 December 1996 in
Moscow
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) is a retired
Russian
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individual
rhythmic gymnast
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. She is the 2012 Russian National All-around silver medalist. She retired in August 2014, due to a serious
back injury
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.
Career
Junior
Svatkovskaya had a successful junior career, winning gold in rope and bronze in ball finals at the 2010 Pesaro Junior World Cup as well as gold in all-around and all event finals (rope, hoop, ball and clubs) at the junior Schmiden International. She also won the all-around junior gold medal at the 2010 Aeon Cup in
Japan
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. Svatkovskaya also briefly competed as a member of the Russian group, winning gold in 5 Ropes and silver in Group all-around at the 2011 European Junior Championships held in
Minsk
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, Belarus.
Senior
In 2012, Svatkovskaya made her senior individual debut at the Moscow Grand Prix and then competed at the International Schmiden tournament. Her breakthrough came at the 2013 Moscow Grand Prix where she won the bronze in all-around, gold in ribbon and silver in hoop final. At the
Thiais
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The name Thiais comes from Medieval Latin ''Theodasium'' or ''Theodaxium'', meaning "estate of Theodasius", a Gallo-Roman landowner.
The A ...
Grand Prix, she won the silver medal in All-around and hoop final.
Svatkovskaya's first World Cup competition was the 2013 Irina Deleanu Cup in
Romania
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. She won the bronze medal in All-around behind Ukrainian
Alina Maksymenko
Alina Oleksandrivna Maksymenko ( ua, Аліна Олександрівна Максименко, born 10 July 1991) is a retired individual rhythmic gymnast.
Career
In 2008, Maksymenko participated as a member of the Ukrainian Group at the ...
, gold in Clubs and Ribbon, and bronze in the Ball final. She was the all-around bronze medalist at the 2013 Pesaro World Cup. At the 2013 Minsk World Cup, she won silver in All-around ahead of Belarusian
Melitina Staniouta
Melitina Dmitryevna Staniouta ( be, Меліціна Дзмітрыеўна Станюта, russian: Мелитина Дмитриевна Станюта; born 15 November 1993) is a Belarusian retired individual rhythmic gymnast.2013 European Championships in
Vienna
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, Austria. She won gold in her sole apparatus, hoop, and together with her teammates (
Yana Kudryavtseva
Yana Alexeyevna Kudryavtseva (russian: Я́на Алексе́евна Кудря́вцева; born 30 September 1997) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around silver medalist, three-time World Champi ...
and
Margarita Mamun
Margarita Mamun (russian: Маргарита Мамун; born 1 November 1995) is a retired Russian individual rhythmic gymnast of Bangladeshi-Russian descent. She is the 2016 Olympic All-around champion, two-time (2015, 2014) World All-arou ...
) won the team gold medal for Russia. An ankle injury kept her out of the 2013 World Cup series held in
Saint Petersburg
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, Russia. Svatkovskaya returned to competition at the 2013 Grand Prix Brno and won the silver in all-around ahead of
Melitina Staniouta
Melitina Dmitryevna Staniouta ( be, Меліціна Дзмітрыеўна Станюта, russian: Мелитина Дмитриевна Станюта; born 15 November 1993) is a Belarusian retired individual rhythmic gymnast.2013 Grand Prix Final in
Berlin
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, she placed fourth in the all-around behind Miteva and qualified to two event finals, winning gold in clubs and finishing sixth in ribbon.
In 2014, recovering from injuries; Svatkovskaya sat out from competition in the
World Cup
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and
Grand Prix
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series early in the season. She resumed training in April but will miss out both Russian Nationals and qualifying for a spot in the
European Championships
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. After missing half of the season in competition, In August 2014, Svatkovskaya announced her retirement due her persistent
back injury
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after a series of treatments.
Personal life
Svatkovskaya is the daughter of
Oksana Skaldina
Oksana Valentinovna Skaldina ( uk, Оксана Валентинівна Скалдіна; russian: Оксана Валентиновна Скалдина) is a retired Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast and current coach. She is the 1992 Ol ...
, the former Rhythmic Gymnastics World Champion and 1992 Olympic bronze medalist. Her father, Dmitri Svatkovsky is the individual 2000 Olympic gold medalist in
modern pentathlon
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