Daria Usacheva

Daria Romanovna Usacheva (Russian: Дарья Романовна Усачёва, born 22 May 2006) is a Russian figure skater. On the junior level, she is the 2020 World Junior silver medalist, the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalist, the 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion, and the 2020 Russian junior national bronze medalist.[3]

Daria Usacheva
Personal information
Native nameДарья Романовна Усачёва
Full nameDaria Romanovna Usacheva
Alternative namesDaria Usachyova
Country represented Russia
Born (2006-05-22) 22 May 2006
Khabarovsk, Russia
ResidenceMoscow, Russia
Height1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
CoachEteri Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov
Former coachOksana Bulycheva, Anna Tsareva
ChoreographerDaniil Gleikhengauz
Skating clubSambo 70 (Khrustalnyi)
Training locationsMoscow
Began skating2009
World standing125 (As of February 19, 2020) (2019-20)[1]
Season's bests47 (As of February 19, 2020) (2019-20)[2]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total207.74
2020 Junior World Championships
Short program71.09
2019 JGP Croatia
Free skate139.29
2020 Junior World Championships
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ladies' singles
Junior World Championships
2020 TallinnLadies' singles
Junior Grand Prix Final
2019–20 TorinoLadies' singles

Personal life

Usacheva was born in Khabarovsk on May 22, 2006.[4] Her figure skating idol is her training mate, 2018 Olympic champion Alina Zagitova.[5]

Career

Early years

Usacheva began learning how to skate in 2009 at the age of three in her native Khabarovsk. After moving to Moscow with her family, Usacheva trained for several years in the group of Oksana Bulycheva at Sambo 70. After parting ways with Bulycheva, she trained under Anna Tsareva for a year before finally moving into Eteri Tutberidze's group within the same training complex.[6]

2019–2020 season: Junior international debut

Usacheva made her junior international debut in September 2019 at the 2019 JGP Latvia. She placed first in the short program at the event, but fell to third in the free skate to finish second overall behind South Korean skater Lee Hae-in. At her second Junior Grand Prix assignment, 2019 JGP Croatia, Usacheva duplicated her result from JGP Latvia, again earning a silver medal behind Lee Hae-in. In light of her results, and with 26 qualifying points in hand, Usacheva advanced to her first Junior Grand Prix Final.

Usacheva next competed in the junior ladies category at the inaugural Denis Ten Memorial Challenge where she won both the short program and the free skate to earn her first international gold medal ahead of training mate Maiia Khromykh in second and Bulgarian competitor Maria Levushkina in third.

In December 2019, Usacheva competed at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final in Torino, Italy. She set new personal best scores in both the free skate (despite errors) and overall to win the bronze medal behind gold medalist and training mate Kamila Valieva and American silver medalist Alysa Liu.[7] In an interview with Sports.ru following the event, Usacheva stated that she'd begun training a triple axel and that she hoped to debut the element at the 2020 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships in February 2020.[6]

Usacheva did not compete again until the 2020 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships where she won the bronze medal behind training mates Kamila Valieva and Sofia Akatieva. Usacheva executed both of her programs cleanly for the first time in competition all season, and due to her result was named to the Russian team for the 2020 World Junior Championships in March along with Valieva and training mate and fifth-place finisher Maiia Khromykh, as silver medalist Akatieva and fourth-place finisher Sofia Samodelkina were ineligible due to age. Usacheva was the sole skater among the top five to not attempt a triple axel or quadruple jump.

At the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Usacheva placed third in the short program behind training partner Kamila Valieva and Lee Hae-in of South Korea after under-rotating the second jump in her triple flip-triple toeloop combination.[8] In the free skate, Usacheva delivered a clean performance for the first time internationally to rise to second place behind Valieva and ahead of American Alysa Liu, setting new personal bests in the free skate and overall. Usacheva and Lee were the only two skaters in the top five to not attempt a triple axel or quadruple jump.[9]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2020–2021
      2019–2020
      [4]
      2018–2019
      • Please Don't Make Me Love You
        (from Dracula, the Musical)
        by Frank Wildhorn and Jeremy Roberts, feat. Katherine Shindle
        choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz
      • James Bond Theme
        by John Barry
      • Skyfall
        by Adele
        choreo. by Daniil Gleikhengauz
      2017–2018

      Competitive highlights

      JGP: Junior Grand Prix

      International[4]
      Event 18-19 19–20
      Junior Worlds2nd
      JGP Final3rd
      JGP Croatia2nd
      JGP Latvia2nd
      Denis Ten Memorial1st J
      National[4]
      Russian Junior Champ.10th3rd
      Russian Cup2nd J1st J
      Levels: J = Junior
      TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

      Detailed results

      Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests highlighted in bold.

      Junior level
      Usacheva (right) on the podium at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final with Kamila Valieva (center) and Alysa Liu (left).
      2019–20 season[10]
      Date Event Level SP FS Total
      2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships Junior 3
      68.45      		 2
      139.29      		 2
      207.74
      4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
      73.77      		 3
      143.53      		 3
      217.30
      5–8 December 2019 2019–20 JGP Final Junior 2
      70.15      		 3
      130.22      		 3
      200.37
      10–13 October 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Junior 1
      74.46      		 1
      136.79      		 1
      211.25
      25–28 September 2019 2019 JGP Croatia Junior 1
      71.09      		 2
      126.10      		 2
      197.19
      4–7 September 2019 2019 JGP Latvia Junior 1
      69.04      		 3
      125.36      		 2
      194.40
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      References
      1. "ISU World Standings 2019/2020. Ladies". isu.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
      2. "ISU Season's World Ranking 2019/2020. Ladies". isu.org. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
      3. , "Usacheva Daria Romanovna", FSkate, November 16, 2019
      4. "Daria USACHEVA". International Skating Union.
      5. "Дарья Усачева: "Мой кумир – Алина Загитова. У нее очень сильный характер"" [Daria Usacheva: "My idol is Alina Zagitova. She has a very strong character."]. sport.business-gazeta.ru (in Russian).
      6. "Интервью призера юниорского финала Гран-при 2019 года Дарьи Усачевой: о медали и группе Тутберидзе!" [Interview with the bronze medalist of the Junior Grand Prix Final of 2019, Daria Usacheva: about the medal and the Tutberidze group!]. sports.ru (in Russian).
      7. "Kamila Valieva beats Alysa Liu to junior ladies' Grand Prix Final crown". Olympic Channel Services S.L. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
      8. Slater, Paula (March 6, 2020). "Kamila Valieva front runner at Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
      9. Slater, Paula (March 7, 2020). "Kamila Valieva captures Junior World gold in season debut". Golden Skate.
      10. "Skating Scores. Daria Usacheva". skatingscores.com. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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