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Daria Danilova (born 8 September 2002) and Michel Tsiba (born 21 December 1997) are a Dutch Pair team. Together they are the 2020 Dutch national champions and the 2020 NRW Trophy bronze medalist. They competed in the final segment at the 2020 European Championships and are the first Dutch pair to qualify for the World Championships. As the WC in 2020 were cancelled they could not take part. However, they took part in the 2021 WC in Stockholm as the first Dutch pair ever at a WC, but did not make it to the Free Skate. Although they missed the OG in 2022, they were 9th at the WC in the same year albeit with a low number of Pairs entrants. In 2023 they were 13th. but the number of entrants had gone up substantially.
Danilova was born in Moscow, Russia. She started as a single's skater but did not qualify for the Russian National Championships. She started pair skating in 2017 with her first (Russian) partner but it did not work out. She is currently learning Dutch. Danilova is attempting to obtain Dutch citizenship to become eligible for the 2022 Winter Olympics. She has a pet dog. Tsiba was born in Groningen to a Russian father and a Ukrainian mother. He has an older sister. Tsiba is fluent in Russian. Tsiba first skated singles but after becoming the Dutch National Champion in 2018 he switched to pairs and joined up with Danilova. Danilova/Tsiba alternate training in Berlin and Moscow every three months due to the differences in their respective citizenships' visa requirements. The pair fund over half of their training costs out of pocket via Tsiba's student finances. They now also take part in training at the National Dutch Training Centre, even if they are not there all the time. They experience some difficulties internationally due to Daria originally coming from Moskou. Both skaters try not to let the harrowing war influence their skating,
They are coached by Dmitri Savin, Fedor Klimov, Aljona Savchenko, Pavel Kitashev, and Knut Schubert
Biographical lnformation
ISU bio:
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00106631.htm
Wikipedia
Daria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria_Danilova
Michel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Tsiba
Social Media
Instagram:
Daria: https://www.instagram.com/da.ryad/
Michel: https://www.instagram.com/micheltsiba/
Michel's Website: https://micheltsiba.com/
Season 2018-2019
Danilova/Tsiba won their debut international competition, the 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb on the junior level. They then placed tenth at the 2019 Bavarian Open. In February, Danilova/Tsiba won the 2019 Dutch junior national title unopposed. However, they missed achieving the minimum TES requirements for the 2019 World Junior Championships.
Season 2019-2020
Danilova/Tsiba competed at three Challenger Series events to open the season, finishing tenth at 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, 17th at 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, and 15th at 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the 2020 European Championships in January, Danilova/Tsiba became the first Dutch pair in 24 years to compete at a European Championships since Jeltje Schulten / Alcuin Schulten last represented the country at the event in 1996. They qualified to the final segment and finished 16th overall. In February 2020, they finished eighth at the Bavarian Open and tenth at the Challenge Cup; the latter event doubled as the Dutch Championships where, as the only Dutch pair, Danilova/Tsiba won their first senior national title.
At the Challenge Cup, Danilova/Tsiba earned the necessary TES minimums for the 2020 World Championships. They are the first Dutch pair in history to qualify for the World Championships. The event was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season 2020-2021
During the offseason, Tsiba underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus. However, the pair did not start training together again until the end of August due to issues with Danilova's Dutch visa. Danilova/Tsiba made their season debut at the 2020 NRW Autumn Trophy in November and won their first senior international medal, bronze behind Germans Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel and Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert.
Season 2021-2022
Beginning the season at the 2021 Lombardia Trophy, Danilova/Tsiba placed eighth. They competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, placing ninth and failing to qualify a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Their third Challenger event, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, Danilova/Tsiba were fifteenth. They finished twenty-first at the 2022 European Championships, missing the free skate.
Danilova/Tsiba concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, where they finished a career-best ninth in a field depleted due to Russia being banned as a result of their invasion of Ukraine and the Chinese Skating Association opted not to send athletes to compete in Montpellier.
Season 2022-2023
For the first time ever Dutch Pairs skaters took part in the GP series. Daria and Michel started the season by competing at Finlandia Trophy where they were 6th. They were announced to take part in the Skate America GP but withdrew due to visa problems for Daria. Later they were listed for NHK in Japan and the Finland Espoo GP's where they were 6th and 5th respectively. They are scheduled to compete at Golden Spin as well.
Season 2023-2024
They started off the season at the Challenger Lombardia Trophy where they ended 6th.
Programmes
Results:
Danilova was born in Moscow, Russia. She started as a single's skater but did not qualify for the Russian National Championships. She started pair skating in 2017 with her first (Russian) partner but it did not work out. She is currently learning Dutch. Danilova is attempting to obtain Dutch citizenship to become eligible for the 2022 Winter Olympics. She has a pet dog. Tsiba was born in Groningen to a Russian father and a Ukrainian mother. He has an older sister. Tsiba is fluent in Russian. Tsiba first skated singles but after becoming the Dutch National Champion in 2018 he switched to pairs and joined up with Danilova. Danilova/Tsiba alternate training in Berlin and Moscow every three months due to the differences in their respective citizenships' visa requirements. The pair fund over half of their training costs out of pocket via Tsiba's student finances. They now also take part in training at the National Dutch Training Centre, even if they are not there all the time. They experience some difficulties internationally due to Daria originally coming from Moskou. Both skaters try not to let the harrowing war influence their skating,
They are coached by Dmitri Savin, Fedor Klimov, Aljona Savchenko, Pavel Kitashev, and Knut Schubert
Biographical lnformation
ISU bio:
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00106631.htm
Wikipedia
Daria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daria_Danilova
Michel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Tsiba
Social Media
Instagram:
Daria: https://www.instagram.com/da.ryad/
Michel: https://www.instagram.com/micheltsiba/
Michel's Website: https://micheltsiba.com/
Season 2018-2019
Danilova/Tsiba won their debut international competition, the 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb on the junior level. They then placed tenth at the 2019 Bavarian Open. In February, Danilova/Tsiba won the 2019 Dutch junior national title unopposed. However, they missed achieving the minimum TES requirements for the 2019 World Junior Championships.
Season 2019-2020
Danilova/Tsiba competed at three Challenger Series events to open the season, finishing tenth at 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, 17th at 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, and 15th at 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. At the 2020 European Championships in January, Danilova/Tsiba became the first Dutch pair in 24 years to compete at a European Championships since Jeltje Schulten / Alcuin Schulten last represented the country at the event in 1996. They qualified to the final segment and finished 16th overall. In February 2020, they finished eighth at the Bavarian Open and tenth at the Challenge Cup; the latter event doubled as the Dutch Championships where, as the only Dutch pair, Danilova/Tsiba won their first senior national title.
At the Challenge Cup, Danilova/Tsiba earned the necessary TES minimums for the 2020 World Championships. They are the first Dutch pair in history to qualify for the World Championships. The event was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Season 2020-2021
During the offseason, Tsiba underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus. However, the pair did not start training together again until the end of August due to issues with Danilova's Dutch visa. Danilova/Tsiba made their season debut at the 2020 NRW Autumn Trophy in November and won their first senior international medal, bronze behind Germans Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel and Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert.
Season 2021-2022
Beginning the season at the 2021 Lombardia Trophy, Danilova/Tsiba placed eighth. They competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, placing ninth and failing to qualify a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Their third Challenger event, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, Danilova/Tsiba were fifteenth. They finished twenty-first at the 2022 European Championships, missing the free skate.
Danilova/Tsiba concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, where they finished a career-best ninth in a field depleted due to Russia being banned as a result of their invasion of Ukraine and the Chinese Skating Association opted not to send athletes to compete in Montpellier.
Season 2022-2023
For the first time ever Dutch Pairs skaters took part in the GP series. Daria and Michel started the season by competing at Finlandia Trophy where they were 6th. They were announced to take part in the Skate America GP but withdrew due to visa problems for Daria. Later they were listed for NHK in Japan and the Finland Espoo GP's where they were 6th and 5th respectively. They are scheduled to compete at Golden Spin as well.
Season 2023-2024
They started off the season at the Challenger Lombardia Trophy where they ended 6th.
Programmes
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| 2022-2023 |
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| 2020–2022 |
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| 2018–2019 |
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Results:
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