Daria Sadkova

In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Andreevna and the family name is Sadkova.

Daria Andreevna Sadkova (Russian: Дарья Андреевна Садкова, born 26 June 2008) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2025 Russian national silver medalist.

Daria Sadkova
Sadkova in 2024
Full name	Daria Andreevna Sadkova
Native name	Дарья Андреевна Садкова (Russian)
Other names	Dasha
Born	(2008-06-26) 26 June 2008 (age 17) Yoshkar-Ola, Russia
Height	1.45 m (4 ft 9 in)[1]
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Discipline	Women's singles
Coach	Eteri Tutberidze Sergei Dudakov Daniil Gleikhengauz
Skating club	Winter Sport School, Yoshkar-Ola
Began skating	2013
Medal record
Russian Championships 2025 Omsk Singles

Early and personal life

Sadkova was born on 26 June 2008 in Yoshkar-Ola.^[1] Her mother, Anna, is a former lawyer who quit her job to move with her daughter to Moscow for figure skating. She has a younger brother who is an artistic gymnast.^[2]

Career

Sadkova began figure skating in 2013 in Yoshkar-Ola under coaches Oksana Nizova, Olga Yazkova, and Lyudmila Skvortsova. She then moved to Moscow to train under Mikhail Magerovski at the CSKA club. She was accepted into Eteri Tutberidze's training group at the Sambo 70 skating club in 2020.^[3] She missed most of the 2021–22 season due to an injury.^[4]

2022–23 season

Sadkova competed at the 2023 Russian Junior Championships and finished second in the short program behind Alina Gorbacheva. However, she only finished 14th in the free skate and dropped to eighth overall.^[5] She then competed at the Russian Cup Final and won the short program with a personal best score of 72.61.^[6] She then placed third in the free skate after falling twice and received the silver medal behind Veronika Zhilina.^[7][8]

2023–24 season

Sadkova began competing at senior domestic competitions during the 2023–24 season.^[9] She won a bronze medal at the fourth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, behind Sofia Muravieva and Alina Gorbacheva.^[10] Then at the fifth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, she won the silver medal behind Kseniia Sinitsyna.^[11] At her first senior Russian Championships, she finished in eighth place after mistakes in the short program.^[12] She then placed fifth in the Russian Cup Final.^[13]

2024–25 season

Sadkova won the bronze medal at the second stage of the Russian Grand Prix.^[14] She then won the silver medal at the fourth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, behind Adeliia Petrosian, after performing two clean quadruple toe loops in the free skate.^[15] At the Russian Championships, she crashed into the side of the rink and fell during the short program, finishing fifth. She then jumped up the rankings to win the silver medal behind Petrosian after performing two clean quadruple toe loops in the free skate.^[16][17] She then finished sixth at the Russian Cup Final after falling on a quadruple toe loop and a triple Lutz in the free skate.^[18][19]

Programs

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2024–25	"The House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals performed by Haley Reinhart	"Je t'aime" performed by Lara Fabian
2023–24 [20]	"Bring Me to Life" performed by Evanescence	"Hello" "Someone like You" "Rolling in the Deep" performed by Adele
2022–23	Concerto pour une voix by Franck Pourcel	"Unchained Melody (Dance) / The Love Inside" (from the Ghost soundtrack)
2021–22	"Be Italian" (from Nine) performed by Fergie
2020–21		"Goodbye" "Dance Rehersal" by Jan Kaczmarek
2019–20	"Big God" performed by Florence and the Machine
2018–19		"Fetch" by Jan Kaczmarek

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix; CS: ISU Challenger Series

Event	20–21	21–22	22–23	23–24	24–25
National[21]
Russian Champ.				8th	2nd
Russian Cup (Final)			2nd J.	5th
Russian Junior Champ.			2nd
Team events
Channel One Trophy				1st