Career Highlights

Alternate for the senior group at the 2023 Pan American Games
Alternate for the senior group at the 2023 World Championships

Personal Information

Nickname: Dasha
Birthplace: Park Ridge, IL
Instagram: Instagram.com/_merkulovadasha_
Name of High School: Grayslake Central High School
High School Graduation Year: 2020
Name of College: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
College Graduation Year: 2026
Year you began gymnastics: 2009
Favorite Event: Clubs/Ribbon
Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Nadia & Vladimir
Names of sibling(s): Ian & Andrei
Family members in sports: Mother: table tennis, tennis, cross country skiing. Father: boxing. Brothers- swimming, chess, track, parkour

Interests Outside the Gym

Other sports involvement: Swimming (2004-2013)

National Competition Results

2023 USA Gymnastics Championships, Tulsa, Okla. - 1st-AA, 3BA2RB, 5HP (Sr. Group)
2022 USA Gymnastics Championships, Des Moines, Iowa - 3rd-RB; 4th-CL; 8th-AA, HP
2022 Elite Qualifier, Grand Rapids, Mich. - 2nd-RB; 6th-AA; 7th-CL
2022 Rhythmic Challenge, Des Moines, Iowa - 5th-CL, RB; 6th-AA; 7th-HP; 8th-BA
2021 USA Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo. - 4th-BA, RB; 5th-AA; 6th-HP, CL
2021 Elite Qualifier, Birmingham, Ala. - 2nd-RB; 6th-AA, CL
2021 Rhythmic Challenge, Des Moines, Iowa - 5th-BA, CL; 8th-AA
2020 Rhythmic Challenge, Lake Placid, N.Y. - 6th-BA(T)
2019 USA Gymnastics Championships, Des Moines, Iowa - 7th-AA, RB(T)
2019 Elite Qualfier, Lake Placid, N.Y. - 5th-BA, RB; 7th-AA, CL
2019 Rhythmic Challenge, Indianapolis, Ind. - 8th-CL(T)
2018 USA Gymnastics Championships, Greensboro, N.C. -
2018 National Qualifier, Lake Placid, N.Y. - 3rd-RB; 6th-AA, HP, BA, CL
2018 Level 9/10 Invitational, Lake Placid, N.Y. - 1st-CL, RB; 2nd-AA, BA; 6th-HP (L10 Sr.)

International Competition Results

2023 Pan American Championships, Guadalajara, Mexico - 3rd-AA, 5HP; 4th-3RB2BA (Sr. Group)
2023 Portimao World Challenge Cup, Portimao, Portugal - 8th-3RB2BA (Sr. Group)
2023 Baku World Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan - (Sr. Group)
2023 Faliro World Cup, Athens, Greece - (Sr. Group)
2023 Aphrodite Cup, Athens, Greece - 2nd-AA, 5HP; 3rd-3RB2BA (Sr. Group)
2023 Miss Valentine International Gymnastics Competition, Tartu, Estonia - 2nd-5HP; 3rd-AA (Sr. Group)
2022 International Tournament Sofia Cup, Sofia, Bulgaria - 6th-RB; 8th-AA, CL
2021 Ritam Cup, Belgrade, Serbia - 8th-AA
2019 MTM Ljubljana International Tournament, Ljubljana, Slovenia - 1st-AA, BA, CL (Sr. A)