Mariia Holubtsova

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Mariia Oleksandrivna Holubtsova (Ukrainian: Марія Олександрівна Голубцова; born 20 December 2000) is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Kyryl Bielobrov, she is the 2021 Pavel Roman Memorial bronze medalist and a two-time Ukrainian national silver medalist. The duo competed in the final segment at the 2016 and 2020 World Junior Championships.

Mariia Holubtsova
Holubtsova with Bielobrov at the 2016 World Junior Championships
Native nameМарія Голубцова (Ukrainian)
Other namesMaria Holubtsova
Born (2000-12-20) 20 December 2000 (age 23)
Odesa, Ukraine
HometownKyiv, Ukraine
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUkraine
PartnerKyryl Bielobrov
CoachRomain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Josée Piché
Skating clubLeader Kyiv
Began skating2003

Career

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Early years

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Holubtsova began learning to skate in 2003.[1] She skated with Illia Bohomol before teaming up with Kyryl Bielobrov.[2]

Holubtsova/Bielobrov debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series in September 2014, placing tenth in Japan.[3]

2015–16 season

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Holubtsova/Bielobrov received two Junior Grand Prix assignments. They placed tenth at the 2015 JGP Slovakia in August and seventh at the 2015 JGP Croatia in October.[3]

In February, they represented Ukraine in Norway at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics. Ranked ninth in the short dance and sixth in the free dance, they finished seventh overall in the ice dancing competition. They also competed in the team event, placing fifth as members of Team Focus.[4] In March, they competed at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Hungary. Ranked twentieth in the short dance, they qualified to the final segment and went on to finish eighteenth overall with a rank of seventeenth in the free dance.[3]

2019–20 season

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Competing in the 2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix, Holubtsova/Bielobrov finished fifth in Latvia and seventh in Croatia. Ranked fourteenth in both segments, they placed fourteenth overall at the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[3]

2021–22 season

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Holubtsova/Bielobrov made their senior international debut in October 2021, placing fourth at the Budapest Trophy in Hungary. In November, they took bronze at the Pavel Roman Memorial in the Czech Republic and then finished ninth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, having ranked seventh in the rhythm dance and ninth in the free. In December, they finished second to Nazarova/Nikitin at the Ukrainian Championships and were selected to compete at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[3]

In late February, Vladimir Putin ordered an invasion of Ukraine, as a result of which the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian skaters from competing.[5] As a result, Holubtsova/Bielobrov had to change training locations from Kyiv to Oberstorf, Germany. In addition, they also began training at the Ice Dance Academy of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec.

2022–23 season

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Holubtsova/Bielobrov began their season with an eighth-place finish at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. They then went on to make their senior ISU Grand Prix debut at 2022 Skate America, where they placed tenth. They were tenth as well as the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy, their second Grand Prix.

Competing at the 2023 Winter University Games, Holubtsova/Bielobrov finished fifth.

At the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Holubtsova/Bielobrov placed twelfth, before finishing their season at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, where they placed nineteenth.[3]

2023–24 season

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Prior to the season, Holubtsova/Bielobrov permanently settled in Montreal to train at the Ice Academy of Montreal to be trained under Romain Haguenauer, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, and Josée Piché.[6]

Programs

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With Bielobrov
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2023–24
[6]
2022–23
[7]
  • I'll Keep Coming
  • Bones
  • Don't Be So Serious
  • Without You
    by Low Roar
    choreo. by Mariia Tumanovska-Chaika
2021–22
[1]
2020–21
2019–20
[8]
2018–19
[9]
  • Tango: Zitarossa
    performed by Bajofondo
  • Tango: Sabelo
    performed by Bajofondo
Rhythm dance
2017–18
[10]
  • Cha Cha: Kaboom
    performed by Ursula 1000
  • Rhumba: Love Freedom
    performed by DJ Maksy
  • Samba: Hip Hip Chin Chin
    performed by DJ Maksy
2016–17
[11]
2015–16
[12]
2014–15
[2]
  • Samba: La Bomba
  • Cha Cha: Pao Pao
  • Samba: Bombon Asesino

Competitive highlights

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

With Bielobrov
International[3]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds 19th 26th
Europeans 17th 12th 14th
GP Skate America 10th
GP Wilson Trophy 10th
CS Autumn Classic WD
CS Nebelhorn 8th
CS Nepela Memorial 9th
CS Warsaw Cup 9th 5th
Budapest Trophy 4th
Jégvirág Cup WD
Pavel Roman 3rd
University Games 5th
International: Junior[3]
Junior Worlds 18th 14th
Youth Olympics 7th
JGP Armenia 5th
JGP Croatia 7th 7th
JGP Czechia 5th
JGP Germany 5th
JGP Italy 9th
JGP Japan 10th
JGP Latvia 6th 5th
JGP Slovakia 10th
JGP Slovenia 6th
Bosphorus Cup 1st
Budapest Trophy 1st
GP Bratislava 2nd
Halloween Cup 1st
Ice Star 6th
Jégvirág Cup 1st
NRW Trophy 13th
Santa Claus Cup 4th 2nd
Tallinn Trophy 4th
Toruń Cup 3rd 2nd 4th
Volvo Open Cup 4th
Warsaw Cup 2nd
National[3]
Ukraine 3rd 4th 3rd 2nd 2nd
Ukraine, Junior 2nd 2nd
Team events
Youth Olympics 5th T
5th P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mariia HOLUBTSOVA / Kyryl BIELOBROV: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Competition Results: Mariia HOLUBTSOVA / Kyryl BIELOBROV". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Athletes: GOLUBTSOVA Maria". wyog2016.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 26 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Figure skating latest sport to ban Russian participation". CBC Sports. March 1, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Maria HOLUBTSOVA / Kyryl BIELOBROV: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Retrieved 16 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Mariia HOLUBTSOVA / Kyryl BIELOBROV: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 11 November 2022.
  8. ^ "Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020.
  9. ^ "Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019.
  10. ^ "Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  11. ^ "Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017.
  12. ^ "Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
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