Born on December 24, 1983

Aged 25, Dasha has been skiing for several years and joined the World Cup circuit in 2006. At a recent competition, the NorAm Cup in Canmore, Alberta, where she has now been training for four years, Dasha won the gold medal in freestyle sprint, and ranked 3rd in the classic sprint and 7th in the 15 km classic. Throughout the last season, Dasha ranked among the top ten in numerous races held during European Cup and NorAm Cup events. She has also acted as alternate for the Canadian Cross-country Skiing Team during the Torino 2006 Winter Olympic Games, and represented Canada at the 2007 World Championships.

Her latest results :

• 20th in the pursuit and 30th in classic sprint at the world Cup, Whistler, Canada, 2009
• Gold medalist in sprint and bronze in the 15 km event at the NorAm Cup, Duntroon, Canada, 2008
• Gold medalist in sprint, 11th in freestyle and 11th in the 10 km classic at the NorAm Cup, Sovereign Lake, Canada, 2008
• 53 rd in the World Cup finals held in Sweden
• 29th in the sprint classic finals of the 2009 World Cup held in Sweden
• 37th in the 1.6 km sprint classic at the 2009 World Cup in the Netherlands