Nickname
Dasha (Instagram profile, 09 Apr 2016)
Hobbies
Shopping, meeting friends, listening to music. (deutsche-olympiamannschaft.de, 2013)
Occupation
Athlete
Spoken languages
English, German, Russian
Club
TSV Schmiden [Germany]
Coach
Katja Kleinveldt [national] (dtb-online.de, 14 Apr 2016)
Sporting relatives
Her younger brother Artur Sajfutdinov is a youth player of German football club Hertha BSC Berlin. (herthabsc.de, 27 Nov 2015; Artur Sajfutdinov's Instagram profile, Oct 2015)
International senior debut
2013 for Germany, International Tournament in Prague, Czech Republic (stb.de, 27 Mar 2013)
Injuries
She had a hip injury in April 2016 and as a result was unable to compete at the Olympic test event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (dtb-online.de, 14 Apr 2016)
Start sporting career
She took up the sport at a young age in Berlin, Germany. (morgenpost.de, 17 Oct 2013)
Reason for taking up the sport
She was involved in figure skating but after watching a gymnastics training she decided to try gymnastics and she immediately enjoyed it. (morgenpost.de, 17 Oct 2013)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (morgenpost.de, 17 Oct 2013)
Hero / Idol
Russian rhythmic gymnast Daria Dmitrieva. (morgenpost.de, 17 Oct 2013)
Last update : 2016-04-15