Darya Grimm
| Darya Grimm | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  Germany |
| Born | 13 November 2006 Wuppertal, Germany |
| Home town | Oberstdorf, Germany |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) |
| Partner | Michail Savitskiy |
| Coach | Rostislav Sinicyn, Natalia Karamysheva |
| Choreographer | Mariia Tumanovska-Chaika, Natalia Karamysheva |
| Skating club | EC Oberstdorf |
| Training locations | Oberstdorf |
| Began skating | 2010 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 161.42 2022 JGP Latvia |
| Short dance | 63.05 2022 JGP Latvia |
| Free dance | 98.37 2022 JGP Latvia |
Darya Grimm (born 13 November 2006) is a German ice dancer. With her skating partner, Michail Savitskiy, she is the 2022 JGP Latvia champion, the 2022 German junior national champion, and placed in the top five at the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Personal life
Grimm was born on 13 November 2006 in Wuppertal, Germany.
Career
Early career
Grimm competed initially in women's singles figure skating, twice standing on the German national novice podium with bronze in 2018 and silver in 2019.[1] However, by the end of the 2018–19 season, she found herself losing interest in the discipline, later saying "I didn't really have the feeling for singles anymore and girls started doing quads. I said right away, 'I'm not doing this' and a lot of people told me I should do ice dance."[2]
In September of 2019, Grimm formed an ice dance partnership with Michail Savitskiy. They began training in Oberstdorf, coached by former Soviet ice dancers Rostislav Sinicyn and Natalia Karamysheva.[2]
2021–22 season
With the onset of COVID-19 pandemic having cancelled international junior competitions in the 2020–21 season, Grimm/Savitskiy had the opportunity to make their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut in the fall of 2021. Given two assignments, they placed sixth at both the 2021 JGP France in Courchevel and the 2021 JGP Austria in Linz. They went on to place fourth at both the Ice Challenge and the Egna Dance Trophy, and won the German junior national title.[3]
Their national title earned Grimm/Savitskiy the German berth at the 2022 World Junior Championships. The championships could not be held as scheduled in Sofia in early March, and as a result were rescheduled for Tallinn in mid-April.[4] The championships were further upended when Vladimir Putin ordered a Russian invasion of Ukraine. As a result of the invasion, the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in competitions, which had a significant impact on the junior dance field.[5] In the leadup, Grimm briefly tested positive for COVID, but only lost a few training days.[2] Competing in Tallinn, Grimm/Savitskiy placed an unexpected fourth in the rhythm dance.[6] Seventh in the free dance, they were fifth overall.[7] Reflecting on their result, Savitskiy noted "I don't think many people expected that and it was a surprise for us as well, but of course we are very happy."[2]
2022–23 season
Beginning the Junior Grand Prix at the 2022 JGP Latvia in Riga, Grimm/Savitskiy were the pre-event favourites in light of their Junior World result, but were narrowly second in the rhythm dance. They decisively overtook Canadians Gauthier/Thieren in the free dance, taking the gold medal. This was their first international win, and the first Junior Grand Prix gold for a German dance team since 2002.[8] At their second event in Gdańsk, they took the silver medal behind reigning World bronze medalists Bashynska/Beaumont, despite Grimm falling in the free dance. Their results qualified them for the Junior Grand Prix Final.[9]
Programs
With Savitskiy
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
|---|---|---|
| 2022–2023 [10] |
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| 2021–2022 [11] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Savitskiy
| International: Junior [3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 5th | ||||||
| JGP Final | TBD | ||||||
| JGP Austria | 6th | ||||||
| JGP France | 6th | ||||||
| JGP Latvia | 1st | ||||||
| JGP Poland | 2nd | ||||||
| Egna Dance Trophy | 4th | ||||||
| Ice Challenge | 4th | ||||||
| National | |||||||
| German Champ. | 1st J | ||||||
| TBD = Assigned Levels: J = Junior | |||||||
Women's singles
| International: Advanced novice [1] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | |||||
| Alpen Trophy | 5th | ||||||
| Bavarian Open | 9th | ||||||
| Challenge Cup | 18th | ||||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 2nd | ||||||
| National | |||||||
| German Champ. | 3rd N | 2nd N | |||||
| Levels: N = Novice | |||||||
References
- ^ a b "Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY". RinkResults.com. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d Flade, Tatjana (May 17, 2022). "Germany's Grimm and Savitskiy hungry for more". Golden Skate.
- ^ a b "Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY: Competition Results". International Skating Union. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022.
- ^ "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022.
- ^ Slater, Paula (April 15, 2022). "Siblings Brown and Brown dance to lead at 2022 Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (April 17, 2022). "USA's Oona Brown and Gage Brown 'overjoyed' with Junior World title". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Memola (ITA), Smith/Deng (USA) sealing spots in Junior Final with win at ISU JGP Riga". International Skating Union. September 12, 2022.
- ^ "More Skaters secure spots for the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final". International Skating Union. October 10, 2022.
- ^ "Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
- ^ "Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022.