19 Facts About Daria Usacheva

Daria Romanovna Usacheva is a retired Russian figure skater.

Daria Usacheva made her junior international debut in September 2019 at the 2019 JGP Latvia.

Daria Usacheva placed first in the short program at the event, but fell to third in the free skate to finish second overall behind South Korean skater Lee Hae-in.

At her second Junior Grand Prix assignment, 2019 JGP Croatia, Daria Usacheva duplicated her result from JGP Latvia, again earning a silver medal behind Lee Hae-in.

Daria Usacheva next competed in the junior ladies category at the inaugural Denis Ten Memorial Challenge where she won both the short program and the free skate to earn her first international gold medal ahead of training mate Maiia Khromykh in second and Bulgarian competitor Maria Levushkina in third.

Daria Usacheva set new personal best scores in both the free skate and overall to win the bronze medal behind gold medalist and training mate Kamila Valieva and American silver medalist Alysa Liu.

Daria Usacheva did not compete again until the 2020 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships where she won the bronze medal behind training mates Kamila Valieva and Sofia Akatieva.

Daria Usacheva executed both of her programs cleanly for the first time in competition all season, and due to her result was named to the Russian team for the 2020 World Junior Championships in March along with Valieva and training mate and fifth-place finisher Maiia Khromykh, as silver medalist Akatieva and fourth-place finisher Sofia Samodelkina were ineligible due to age.

Daria Usacheva was the sole skater among the top five to not attempt a triple axel or quadruple jump.

At the 2020 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Daria Usacheva placed third in the short program behind training partner Kamila Valieva and Lee Hae-in of South Korea after under-rotating the second jump in her triple flip-triple toeloop combination.

Daria Usacheva made her senior domestic debut at the second stage of the Russian Cup in Moscow.

Daria Usacheva placed second after the short program and third in the free skate behind teammate Kamila Valieva and former teammate Alexandra Trusova, skating two clean programs and earning the bronze medal.

Daria Usacheva was selected for the Red Machine team captained by Alina Zagitova, and placed third in the short program and fourth in the free skate.

Daria Usacheva debuted her programs for the Olympic season along with her fellow Russian national team members at the 2021 Russian test skate event in September.

Daria Usacheva mentioned in an interview with Channel One Russia at the event that she'd suffered a minor injury two weeks before that affected her preparation for the season, as well as her work towards attaining a triple Axel.

Daria Usacheva entered her second Grand Prix, the 2021 NHK Trophy, as one of the favorites for the gold medal following Trusova's withdrawal due to injury.

Match TV initially reported that she was suffering from a hip fracture, but in subsequent Russian Figure Skating Federation announced that Daria Usacheva suffered detachment of the ligament of one of the internal muscles of the right upper leg in the growth zone of the femur and that was not considered to be a long-term problem.

Nevertheless, the injury prevented Daria Usacheva from competing at the 2022 Russian Championships in December.

Daria Usacheva announced her retirement from competitive figure skating on 7 September 2023.