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
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

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.

Career

Early years

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

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

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

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

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

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

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]
    • Foxtrot: Cheek to Cheek
    • Swing: I Won't Dance
    • Swing: Cheek to Cheek
      (from Top Hat)
      by Irving Berlin
    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

    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
    Worlds19th
    Europeans17th12th14th
    GP Skate America10th
    GP Wilson Trophy10th
    CS Autumn ClassicWD
    CS Nebelhorn8th
    CS Nepela Memorial9th
    CS Warsaw Cup9th5th
    Budapest Trophy4th
    Jégvirág CupWD
    Pavel Roman3rd
    University Games5th
    International: Junior[3]
    Junior Worlds18th14th
    Youth Olympics7th
    JGP Armenia5th
    JGP Croatia7th7th
    JGP Czechia5th
    JGP Germany5th
    JGP Italy9th
    JGP Japan10th
    JGP Latvia6th5th
    JGP Slovakia10th
    JGP Slovenia6th
    Bosphorus Cup1st
    Budapest Trophy1st
    GP Bratislava2nd
    Halloween Cup1st
    Ice Star6th
    Jégvirág Cup1st
    NRW Trophy13th
    Santa Claus Cup4th2nd
    Tallinn Trophy4th
    Toruń Cup3rd2nd4th
    Volvo Open Cup4th
    Warsaw Cup2nd
    National[3]
    Ukraine3rd4th3rd2nd2nd
    Ukraine, Junior2nd2nd
    Team events
    Youth Olympics5th T
    5th P
    TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
    T = Team result; P = Personal result

    References

    1. 1 2 "Mariia HOLUBTSOVA / Kyryl BIELOBROV: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2022.
    2. 1 2 "Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
    3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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. 1 2 "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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