Darja Varfolomeev

[7] Varfolomeev moved from Russia to Germany in 2019 without her parents, who would follow three years later, to be coached by Olympic silver medalist Yulia Raskina.

[14] Varfolomeev continued collecting medals at World Challenge Cup Portimão, where she won silver in the all-around behind Israeli Adi Asya Katz.

[15] In June she competed at the European Championships in Tel Aviv, along Kolosov, the senior group and the two juniors Lada Pusch and Anna-Maria Shatokhin; she won two bronze medals in the ball and clubs finals.

[19] Due to a foot operation in December 2022, Varfolomeev competed with only two apparatuses in the Fellbach-Schmiden Tournament, where she won gold in both the ball and clubs finals.

[21] At the 2023 World Championships, Varfolomeev won every gold medal available in the all-around and the four apparatus finals, making her the only rhythmic gymnast to do so after Evgeniya Kanaeva.

[9] Afterward, she was a co-winner of the Piotr Nurowski Prize awarded by the European Olympic Committees to athletes under 18, along with Turkish swimmer Kuzey Tunçelli.

[9] In March, Varfolomeev competed at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Grand Prix stage in Marbella, where she won the all-around bronze medal and qualified for the hoop, clubs, and ribbon finals.

[24][25] The week after, she competed at the next World Cup in Tashkent, where she once again won the all-around, this time ahead of Takhmina Ikromova and Boryana Kaleyn.

[26] In May, she represented Germany at the 2024 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary and won the bronze medal in the all-around final behind Stiliana Nikolova and Sofia Raffaeli.

[29] The next day, during the event finals, she adjusted her routines for the ceiling of the venue and rebounded to win three of the four gold medals (hoop, clubs, and ribbon).

[35] Later in November, she competed in the final of the rhythmic gymnastics Bundesliga; she and Anna-Maria Shatokhin contributed the most points for their club, TSV Schmieden, which won the competition.