Athlete

Murzhak Daria

Kyiv, Ukraine

- cm / - kg

Info

Occupation

Student

Spoken languages

English, Finnish

Club

Turun Urheiluliitto [Turku, FIN]

Coach

Maxim Podobed [national]; Jenni Lindroos [national] (voimistelu.fi, 19 Jul 2018)

Injuries

In 2018 she tore two ligaments in her ankle during training and was unable to compete at the European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. (voimistelu.fi, 03 Aug 2018; yle.fi, 03 Aug 2018; suomiurheilu.com, 02 Aug 2018)

In 2016 she sustained two injuries to her shoulder - the first a fracture and the second was a rotator cuff [shoulder joint] rupture. She was unable to compete in senior competitions that year due to the injuries. (helmi.murto.net, 02 Aug 2018)

She was unable to attend the 2014 European Junior Championships after she sustained an injury while training and fractured her ankle. (helmi.murto.net, 25 May 2018)

An injury to her ankle meant she was unable to compete her full floor routine at the 2013 National Junior Championships in Finland. (helmi.murto.net, 02 Aug 2018)

Start sporting career

She took up the sport at age four and was immediately noticed by a coach who asked her to move into a competition group. (helmi.murto.net, 02 Aug 2018; turunurheiluliitto.fi, 2017)

Ambitions

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (helmi.murto.net, 02 Aug 2018)

Trainings

She trains for 25 hours a week at the Alfa Sports Centre in Turku, Finland. She has sessions six days a week, and does not train on Sundays. (helmi.murto.net, 25 May 2018, 14 May 2017)

Philosophy / Motto

"What's more important than talent is to work hard, and one must never give up." (helmi.murto.net, 19 Jun 2018)

Awards

She was named an Academy Athlete of the Year 2017 at the Best Sports of the Middle of Finland Awards. (helmi.murto.net, 02 Aug 2018; sss.fi, 27 Jan 2018)

Last update : 2018-10-11