Natalia Popova | |
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Full name | Natalia Ihorivna Popova |
Native name | Наталія Ігорівна Попова |
Born | Simferopol, Ukraine | September 15, 1993
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
Figure skating career | |
Country | Ukraine |
Coach | Galina Zmievskaya Viktor Petrenko |
Skating club | Dynamo Kyiv |
Began skating | 1999 |
Retired | 2015? |
Natalia Ihorivna Popova (Ukrainian: Наталія Ігорівна Попова; born September 15, 1993) is a Ukrainian former competitive figure skater. She is a five-time Ukrainian national champion (2010, 2012–2015) and won five senior international medals.[1] She represented Ukraine at the 2014 Winter Olympics, competing in the team trophy and individual ladies' singles event.
During her competitive career, Popova trained in Hackensack, New Jersey, while her family lived in Ontario, Canada.[2] She began coaching in 2013, in the United States, and later joined the Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario.[3]