Daša Grm


Daša Grm is a Slovenian figure skater. She is a two-time Dragon Trophy champion, the 2015 Hellmut Seibt Memorial champion, the 2017 Ice Challenge champion, a two-time Golden Bear of Zagreb silver medalist, and a seven-time Slovenia national champion. She has competed in the final segment at six ISU Championships, including three World Championships.

Personal life

Daša Grm was born on 18 April 1991 in Celje, Slovenia. She studied kinesiology at university. Her father, Stanislav Grm, is a former ski jumper.

Career

Grm appeared on the novice level until the end of the 2003–04 season. She competed at her first ISU Junior Grand Prix event in autumn 2004. Her ISU Championship debut came in March 2006 at the World Junior Championships in Ljubljana, Slovenia. She finished 25th that year and 43rd in 2007 in Oberstdorf, Germany.
Grm made her senior international debut in November 2008 at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, finishing 15th, but continued to appear sporadically on the junior level. She ranked 46th at the 2009 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Grm made her first appearance in a senior ISU Championship in January 2011 at the European Championships in Bern, Switzerland. She qualified for the free skate and finished 20th overall. Competing in April 2011 at the World Championships in Moscow, she advanced from the preliminary round to the short program, where she was eliminated. Grm did not reach the short program at the World Championships in Nice, France. She was coached by Anja Bratec at the time.
Jan Čejvan became Grm's coach by 2013. In January 2014, she placed 27th in the short program at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary; she did not qualify to the next segment. In the 2014–15 season, Grm competed at two ISU Challenger Series events, placing 12th at the Warsaw Cup and then 4th at the Golden Spin of Zagreb. In January 2015, she won a bronze medal at the Toruń Cup but was unable to reach the free skate at the European Championships, placing 30th in the short program in Stockholm, Sweden. The following month, she won gold at the Hellmut Seibt Memorial. In March 2015, she competed at the World Championships in Shanghai, China. Ranked 22nd in the short program, she qualified for the free skate where she placed 18th, pulling her up to 18th overall.
In the 2015–16 season, Grm was invited to her first Grand Prix event, the 2015 Rostelecom Cup.

Programs

Results

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

Seasons: 2010–2011 to present

Seasons: 2004–2005 to 2009–2010