Daria Kondakova

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Daria Kondakova
Personal information
Full name	Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova
Nickname(s)	Dasha
Country represented	Russia
Born	(1991-07-30) 30 July 1991 (age 33) Sochi, Krasnodar Krai
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Club	Dinamo Dmitrov
Head coach(es)	Irina Viner
Assistant coach(es)	Anna Shumilova
Former coach(es)	Natalia Razgonjuk
Choreographer	Veronica Shatkova
Eponymous skills	Pivot Turn revolutions (pivot turn with forward free leg to half free leg position)
Retired	2012
World ranking	3 (2012 Season)[1] 1 (2011 Season)[2] 2 (2010 Season)[3] 5 (2009 Season)[4]
Medal record Representing  Russia Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships 2009 Mie Team 2010 Moscow Rope 2010 Moscow Team 2011 Montpellier Team 2009 Mie All-around 2009 Mie Rope 2009 Mie Hoop 2010 Moscow All-around 2010 Moscow Hoop 2010 Moscow Ribbon 2011 Montpellier All-around 2011 Montpellier Hoop 2011 Montpellier Ball 2011 Montpellier Clubs 2011 Montpellier Ribbon European Championships 2011 Minsk Team 2010 Bremen All-around 2011 Minsk Hoop 2011 Minsk Ribbon Junior European Championships 2006 Moscow Team 2006 Moscow Ribbon Grand Prix Final 2009 Berlin All-around 2009 Berlin Rope 2009 Berlin Ball 2010 Berlin All-around 2010 Berlin Rope 2010 Berlin Ribbon 2009 Berlin Ribbon Summer Universiade 2009 Belgrade Ball 2009 Belgrade Rope 2009 Belgrade Ribbon

Daria Vladimirovna Kondakova (Russian: Дарья Владимировна Кондакова; born 30 July 1991) is a Russian retired individual rhythmic gymnast. She is a three-time (2011, 2010, 2009) World all-around silver medalist, the 2010 European all-around silver medalist and two time (2010, 2009) Grand Prix Final all-around silver medalist. She was coached by Anna Shumilova. She now works as a rhythmic gymnastics coach and choreographer.

As a junior, Kondakova won gold in all-around at the 2006 Holon Junior Grand Prix and Calais International tournament. She also won gold at the 2006 European Junior Championships in ribbon as well as the junior team event. She briefly competed as a part of the Russian national group until 2008.

Kondakova's individual breakthrough came in 2009 when she won the 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. 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.

In 2012, Kondakova opted to participate at the London test qualifications for the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the qualifications event. 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. At the 2012 Moscow Grand Prix, she won the all-around competition.

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 minor surgery for her knee in Germany. A conference in June 2012 by Irina Viner she 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."^[5] Viner said that Alexandra Merkulova and Daria Dmitrieva would compete for the second Olympic berth.^[5]

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.” ^[6]

Kondakova has begun working as coach following her retirement, as well as choreographing for routines and music. She is coaching Iuliia Bravikova.

her past students/clients have included:

• Patricia Bezzoubenko
• Maria Titova
• Victoria Veinberg Filanovsky

Kondakova was born in Sochi, Russia.

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