Daria Kondakova

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Daria Kondakova
Personal information
Nickname(s)	Dasha
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1991-07-30) July 30, 1991 (age 21) Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
Height	169 centimetres (5 ft 7 in)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Anna Shumilova
Choreographer	Veronica Shatkova
Eponymous skills	Pivots
Retired	yes
Medal record Competitor for  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Gold 2011 Montpellier Team Gold 2010 Moscow Rope Gold 2010 Moscow Team Gold 2009 Mie Team Silver 2011 Montpellier All-around Silver 2011 Montpellier Hoop Silver 2011 Montpellier Ball Silver 2011 Montpellier Clubs Silver 2011 Montpellier Ribbon Silver 2010 Moscow All-around Silver 2010 Moscow Hoop Silver 2010 Moscow Ribbon Silver 2009 Mie All-around Silver 2009 Mie Rope Silver 2009 Mie Hoop European Championships Gold 2006 Moscow Team (junior) Gold 2006 Moscow Ribbon (junior) Gold 2011 Minsk Team Silver 2011 Minsk Hoop Silver 2011 Minsk Ribbon Silver 2010 Bremen All-around World Cup Final Silver 2010 Pesaro All-around Silver 2010 Pesaro Rope Silver 2010 Pesaro Hoop Silver 2010 Pesaro Ribbon Silver 2009 Minsk All-around Silver 2009 Minsk Ball Silver 2009 Minsk Ribbon Bronze 2009 Minsk Rope Grand Prix Final Silver 2010 Berlin All-around Silver 2010 Berlin Rope Silver 2010 Berlin Ribbon Silver 2009 Berlin All-around Silver 2009 Berlin Rope Silver 2009 Berlin Ball Bronze 2009 Berlin Ribbon Summer Universiade Bronze 2009 Belgrade Ball Bronze 2009 Belgrade Rope Bronze 2009 Belgrade Ribbon

Daria Kondakova (Russian: Дарья Кондакова; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian rhythmic gymnast from Moscow, Russia. She is the 2010 World Champion in Rope, a three-time (2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the 2010 European all-around silver medalist, two time (2010, 2009) World Cup Final all-around silver medalist and two time (2010, 2009) Grand Prix Final all-around silver medalist. She was coached by Anna Shumilova.

Career [edit]

Kondakova was the gold medalist at the 2006 European Junior Championships in ribbon as well as the junior team event. She briefly competed as part of the Russian national group until 2008 where she competed again as an individual gymnast.

Kondakova's individual breakthrough was in 2009 when she obtained very good results in her first senior season, culminating in her all around silver medal at the Worlds Championships in Mie just behind teammate and 2008 Olympic champion Evgenia Kanaeva. She is a three-time World Championship silver medalist in all-around for three consecutive years, having won the silver medal in four individual apparatus in clubs, hoop, ribbon and ball.

In 2010, Kondakova repeated her success as the all-around silver medalist for World Cup events in Pesaro and Portimao as well as in Grand Prix and international tournaments.

In 2011 season, Kondakova won the all-around gold medal at World Cup events in Kiev, Sofia and in Portimao. She won against teammate Evgenia Kanaeva. In September 2011, at the 2011 World Championships in Montpellier, France, she won the silver medal in the all-around and in all four individual apparatus, 0.05 points behind Kanaeva.

2012 season and injury [edit]

In 2012, Kondakova opted to participate at the London test qualifications for the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the qualifications event. She then competed at the Moscow Grand Prix winning the all-around gold medal ahead of teammate Evgenia Kanaeva. At the World Cup event in Penza, she won gold in ball apparatus as well as the all around. In Sofia and Pesaro, she won the silver medal in all-around behind Evgenia Kanaeva. Kondakova sustained a knee injury and was replaced by Alexandra Merkulova at the 2012 European Championships.

Irina Viner, the Russian head coach and President of the Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, said the issue 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. Kondakova underwent a minor surgery for her knee in Germany. In an June 2012 conference, Irina Viner said that a relapse of an old Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury prevented Kondakova from competing: "Only a miracle could help Kondakova to recover in time for Olympic Games. We are now trying all possible ways for Kondakova to recover. She is not ready to compete at the World Cup. She will continue training after the World Cup (in Minsk) but it's not certain if it will be enough preparation up to August 9."^[1] Viner said that Alexandra Merkulova and Daria Dmitrieva would compete for the second Olympic berth.^[1]

Retirement [edit]

Kondakova retired from rhythmic gymnastics shortly after her knee surgery, her coach Anna Shumilova said “She had a very serious injury, the recovery from which takes about half a year, It’s too late to start all over again.” ^[2]

Personal life [edit]

Kondakova was born in Sochi, Russia, the host city and venue of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Daria Kondakova at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique