Daniil Parkman

Parkman was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia on April 17, 1999.^[2] At the age of one-and-a-half years old, Parkman and his parents moved to Seattle, Washington, before moving back to Russia when Parkman was a pre-teen. He is bilingual and able to fluently communicate in Russian and English.^[3]

Outside of figure skating, he also enjoys surfing.^[4]

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Parkman began figure skating in 2003 while living in the United States, but began skating competitively after he and his family returned to Russia. As a singles skater, he won the gold medal on the junior level at the 2012 Tallinn Trophy. He switched to pair skating in 2015 at the age of sixteen due to his tall stature and was initially joined Nina Mozer's group in Moscow.^[3]

His first pair partners were Daria Lobova and Elena Pavlova, both of whom he competed with for Russia.^[5] In 2019, Parkman teamed up with fellow Russian pair skater, Viktoria Yatsenko, and had intended on representing Belarus with her, however, the couple never competed internationally together and would ultimately split.^[6]

In December 2020, it was announced that Parkman had teamed up with fellow Russian pair skater, Anastasia Metelkina, and that they would be representing Georgia together, while being coached by Vasili Velikov. In February 2021, it was announced that the pair had earned the minimum technical scores to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.^[7][1][3]

Making their debut as a pair team at these Championships, Metelkina/Parkman placed fourteenth in the short program and sixteenth in the free skate, finishing the event in sixteenth-place overall. They became the first Georgian pair team to compete at a World Championships.^[1][8]

Metelkina/Parkman began their season with a silver medal at the 2021 Budapest Trophy, before going on to finish fifth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup. At the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, the pair took the silver medal.^[9]

Although assigned to compete at both the 2022 European Championships and the 2022 World Championships, the pair ultimately withdrew from both events and were replaced by Karina Safina / Luka Berulava.^[10][11]

Metelkina/Parkman opened their season at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, finishing fifth. They went on to compete on the Grand Prix series, finishing fourth at the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy as well as taking bronze at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.^[12]

Despite being selected to compete at the 2023 European Championships, Metelkina/Parkman ultimately ended their partnership in December 2022 due to undisclosed issues between Parkman and the Georgian Figure Skating Federation.^[13][3]

In spring 2023, Parkman traveled to Irvine, California to have a pair skating tryout with American pair skater, Katie McBeath, whose previous partner, Nathan Bartholomay, had recently retired. The pair teamed up following the success of the tryout. In July 2023, it was announced that they would represent the United States together and that they would train at Great Park Ice under coaches Jenni Meno, Todd Sand, Christine Binder, and Brandon Frazier.^[14][15]

The pair debuted at the 2023 U.S. Pairs Final where they won the gold medal, thus qualifying for the 2024 U.S. Championships. McBeath/Parkman skated a strong solid short program, placing third in that segment of the competition. However, during practice the following day, McBeath's blade snapped and fractured into two pieces while landing a throw jump.^[16] As a result, McBeath had to complete the free skate on a new blade. The pair dropped to fifth place overall following an error-ridden free skate.^[17] Following the event, McBeath said, “It’ll make us stronger. We can call upon this moment if we have some other kind of emergency. Like, okay, what did we learn? That’s what we’ll take from it.”^[3]

McBeath/Parkman began their season by competing at the 2024 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition, where they finished fifth. Selected as host picks for 2024 Skate America, they finished seventh at the event.^[2][17][18] They were later assigned to the 2024 Cup of China as well, where they placed fifth.^[2]

In January, at the 2025 U.S. Championships, McBeath/Parkman placed fourth in the short program and second in the free skate, winning the silver medal overall.^[19] “It feels absolutely amazing!” McBeath exclaimed. “It has been a dream to be on a national podium, and it came through today, so I’m very happy about that for us.”^[19] This result marked McBeath's first national medal. The team were then named as first alternates for the World Championship team.^[20]

McBeath/Parkman subsequently finished the season by winning silver at the Road to 26 Trophy, a test event for the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[17]

McBeath/Parkman opened the season by competing on the 2025–26 Challenger Series, winning bronze at the 2025 CS John Nicks International Pairs Competition and finishing fifth at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. Going on to compete on the 2025–26 Grand Prix series, they placed fourth at the 2025 Grand Prix de France and seventh at the 2025 Cup of China. They followed this up by winning bronze at the 2025 Warsaw Cup.^[17]

In January, McBeath/Parkman competed at the 2026 U.S. Championships, winning the bronze medal.^[17][21] Due to Parkman not having American citizenship, the pair were not eligible for the 2026 Winter Olympic U.S. team selection.^[22] They were instead named to the 2026 Four Continents team and the 2026 World team.^[23][24]

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2025–2026 [25][26]	Vale by Christian Reindl, Lucie Paradis, & Power-Haus choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo	Caruso (Live) by Lucio Dalla performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
2024–2025 [27]	Love Is a Lie by Beth Hart choreo. by Brandon Frazier	Per te by Josh Groban In nome dell’amore by Karl Hugo choreo. by Nikolai Morozov	Caruso (Live) by Lucio Dalla performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Nikolai Morozov American Woman by The Guess Who performed by Lenny Kravitz
2023–2024 [14]	Requiem for a Dream by Clint Mansell performed by Cihat Aşkın Prince Negaafellaga Introduction by Prince Fellaga choreo. by Yura Min, Shae-Lynn Bourne	Wicked Game by Chris Isaak performed by Ursine Vulpine & Annaca choreo. by Yura Min, Brandon Frazier

Season	Short program	Free skate	Exhibition	Ref.
2020–21	"Nothing Else Matters" By Metallica Performed by Marlisa Choreo. by Yuri Anonian	"Rain, In Your Black Eyes" By Ezio Bosso Choreo. by Yuri Anonian	—N/a	[8]
2021–22	"Can't Help Falling in Love" Performed by Tommee Profitt, feat. brooke Choreo. by Yuri Anonian			[9]
2022–23	"I'll Take Care of You" Performed by Beth Hart & Joe Bonamassa Choreo. by Denis Lunin	"Lamentations" By Marimuz Choreo. by Denis Lunin	"Say Something" By A Great Big World, feat. Christina Aguilera Performed by James Harris	[12]

Competition placements at senior level ^[17]

Season	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
World Championships			12th
Four Continents Championships			6th
U.S. Championships	5th	2nd	3rd
GP Cup of China		5th	7th
GP France			4th
GP Skate America		7th
CS John Nicks Pairs		5th	3rd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy			5th
Road to 26 Trophy		2nd
Warsaw Cup			3rd

Competition placements at senior level ^[28]

Season	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23
World Championships	16th
GP Finland			3rd
GP Wilson Trophy			4th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb		2nd
CS Nebelhorn Trophy			5th
CS Warsaw Cup		5th
Budapest Trophy		2nd
Denis Ten Memorial		4th

Competition placements at junior level ^[5]

Season	2017-18
Golden Spin of Zagreb	4th

Competition placements at junior level ^[5]

Season	2012-13
Tallinn Trophy	1st