Sofia Dmitrievna Akateva(Russian:Софья Дмитриевна Акатьева,born 7 July 2007) is a Russianfigure skater.She is the2023 Russianchampion. At the junior level, she is the2021 JGP Russiachampion, the2021 JGP Polandchampion, a two-time Russian junior national champion (2021,2022), and currently holds the junior women's world records for the highesttotalandfree skatescores.
| Sofia Akateva | |
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 Akateva at the 2023 Russian Test Skates | |
| Full name | Sofia Dmitrievna Akateva |
| Native name | Софья Дмитриевна Акатьева(Russian)[1] |
| Other names | Akatyeva, Akatieva |
| Born | July 7, 2007 Moscow,Russia |
| Hometown | Moscow |
| Height | 1.51 m (4 ft11+1⁄2in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Russia |
| Coach | Eteri Tutberidze Sergei Dudakov |
| Skating club | Sambo 70 (Khrustalny) |
| Began skating | 2011 |
Akateva is the 11th woman to land aquadjump and the 14th to land atriple Axelin international competition. She is the second woman after American skaterAlysa Liuto land a quad jump and triple Axel in one program successfully.
Personal life
editAkateva was born inMoscowon 7 July 2007. She has a younger brother, Aleksandr. Sonik (Russian:Соник) is a Russiandiminutiveform of Sofia, so she is affectionately nicknamedSuper Soniсby her fans and teammates for her strong technical ability.
Career
editEarly years
editAkateva began learning to skate in 2011 as a four-year-old at Sambo 70. She transitioned into the Khrustalnyi rink under her current coachEteri Tutberidze's group within the Sambo 70 training complex in 2017.[2]
Akateva began training her first quadruple jump, the quad toe loop, with the support of a harness in December 2018 and the triple Axel in January 2019. She landed her first attempts of both jumps independently in March and April 2019, respectively.[3]
As a novice and domestic junior skater under Tutberidze, Akateva placed second at the2019 Russian Youth Championships(Russia's equivalent of a novice national championship) behind her teammateKamila Valieva.[4]In 2020, she won the silver medal at the2020 Russian Junior Championships,again behind Valieva, and won her first junior national title the following year at the2021edition. During the domestic Cup of Russia series held during the2020–21 season,Akateva was lauded as the first female skater to land a triple Axel and two quadruple jumps in a program during her free skate.
2021–22 season: International junior debut
editAkateva made her junior international debut at the2021 JGP Russiaheld inKrasnoyarskin mid-September. At the event, she surpassed teammate Kamila Valieva's junior world record scores for the free program and total combined score and came close to matching teammateAlena Kostornaia's junior world record for the short program to take the title by a comfortable 27 point margin ahead of silver medalistAnastasia Zinina.Across her two programs, Akateva landed two triple Axels, one in combination, and three quad jumps, the toe loop, and the Salchow, two in combination. She is the first woman to land three quads and a triple Axel in one program.
At her second JGP assignment, the2021 JGP Poland,Akateva skated two clean programs, again executing two triple Axels and three quad jumps over the course of the competition to claim the title ahead of compatriotElizaveta Kulikovaand South Korean competitorShin Ji-a.Due to her results over her two events, Akateva qualified to the2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Finalas the top-seeded competitor in the junior women's event. Akateva's results also automatically qualified her a spot in the senior-level2022 Russian Championships,but she was barred from competing there by theRussian Figure Skating Federationas her birthday fell after the age-eligibility cutoff date.[5]
In February 2022, Akateva handily won her second consecutive junior national title at the2022 Russian Junior Championships.She placed first in both segments of competition to take the gold medal by an over 23-point margin ahead of silver medalistSofia Samodelkina.
2022–23 season: Russian national title
editAkateva competed on the domestic Russian Grand Prix (in lieu of the ISU Grand Prix, as Russian skaters were banned from competing internationally due to theRussian Invasion Of Ukraine) Akateva was assigned to the first and fourth stages of the Russian Grand Prix series.
At the first stage of the Russian Grand Prix, Akateva ranked second in the short program with a score of 72.70. in the free skate she successfully landed a triple axel, and two quad toes, one of which was landed in combination with a double axel. She won the free skate and ranked second overall, 7.98 points behind Kamila Valieva.
At the fourth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, Akateva ranked second in the short program with a score of 83.39, before ranking third in both the free skate and the overalls, taking the bronze medal behind Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Sofia Muravieva. Her results at the first and fourth stages of the Russian Grand Prix series qualified Akateva for the Russian Grand Prix Finale.
Akateva competed at the2023 Russian Figure Skating Championships.She successfully landed a triple axel in the short program and ranked in first place. She ranked in second place in the free skate after falling on her opening triple axel, though she otherwise skated cleanly, landing two quad Toe loops and ranking in first place overall and winning the gold medal.
Akateva competed next at the2023 Channel One Trophywere she was assigned to the team titled “The Red Machine” and was captained byAlina Zagitova.Akateva ranked in third place after the short program but landed a Triple Axel and both quad Toe loops in the free skate to rank in first place in the individual standings and help the Red Machine claim victory in the team standings.
Akateva’s last competition of the season was the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final. She fell on her Triple Axel in the short program causing her to rank in fifth place and 10.22 points behindAdeliia Petrosian.She landed a Triple Axel and two quad Twos in the free skate, although both quads were marked as under-rotated and she moved up to only fourth place overall, missing out on a medal by only 0.52 points.
In late June, Akateva was diagnosed with astress fractureof the foot and had to suspend training.[6]By late July she was able to resume training.[7]
2023-2024 season: Injury
editAlthough Akateva debuted two new programs at the 2023-2024 Russian Test Skates she did not compete at all during the 2023-2024 season due to her ongoing struggle with injury.
Programs
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2024–2025 |
byVictoria Daynekochoreo byDaniil Gleikhengauz |
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| 2023–2024 | Did not compete this season | ||
| 2022–2023 |
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| 2021–2022 [8] |
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| 2020–2021 |
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| 2019–2020 |
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Competitive highlights
editJGP:Junior Grand Prix;GPR: Grand Prix of Russia
| International[9] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| JGPFinal | C | ||||
| JGPPoland | 1st | ||||
| JGPRussia | 1st | ||||
| National[9] | |||||
| Russian Champ. | 1st | ||||
| Channel One Trophy | 1st | ||||
| Russian Cup Final[a] | 4th | ||||
| Russian Junior Champ. | 2nd | 1st | 1st | ||
| GPRGolden Skate | 2nd | ||||
| GPRMoscow Stars | 3rd | ||||
| GPRVolga Pirouette | WD | ||||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Canceled Levels: J = Junior | |||||
Records and achievements
editJunior world record scores
editAkateva is currently the junior world record holder for the women's free program and total combined score.
| Junior women's free program | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Score | Event | Note |
| 18 September 2021 | 157.19 | 2021 JGP Russia | Current junior world record. |
| Junior women's total score | |||
| Date | Score | Event | Note |
| 18 September 2021 | 233.08 | 2021 JGP Russia | Current junior world record. |
• Akateva is the first woman to land a triple Axel and three quadruple jumps in one program.
Detailed results
editSmall medals for short and free programs awarded only atISU Championships.Personal bests highlighted inbold.
Although she participated in senior level competitions in Russia in the 2022–23 season, she is still considered a junior competitor according to the ISU classification.
Senior level
edit| 2024–25 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23–24 November 2024 | 2024 Cup of Russia Series, 5th Stage | 1 75.54 |
TBD |
TBD | |
| 9–10 November 2024 | 2024 Cup of Russia Series, 3rd Stage | 3 65.37 |
3 143.26 |
3 208.63 | |
| 2022–23 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
| 4–5 March 2023 | 2023 Russian Cup Final | 5 76.40 |
2 164.69 |
4 241.09 | |
| 21–22 January 2023 | 2023 Channel One Trophy | 3 74.37 |
1 177.75 |
1T/1P 252.12 | |
| 20–26 December 2022 | 2023 Russian Championships | 1 85.59 |
2 164.15 |
1 249.74 | |
| 11–14 November 2022 | 2022 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage | 2 83.39 |
3 141.98 |
3 225.37 | |
| 22–23 October 2022 | 2022 Cup of Russia Series, 1st Stage | 2 72.70 |
1 163.98 |
2 236.68 | |
Junior level
edit| 2021–22 season | |||||
| 18–22 January 2022 | 2022 Russian Junior Championships | 1 78.84 |
1 158.25 |
1 237.09 | |
| 29 September – 2 October 2021 | 2021 JGP Poland | 1 71.91 |
1 153.73 |
1 225.64 | |
| 15–18 September 2021 | 2021 JGP Russia | 1 75.89 |
1 157.19 |
1 233.08 | |
| 2020–21 season | |||||
| 1–5 February 2021 | 2021 Russian Junior Championships | 2 72.80 |
1 147.20 |
1 220.00 | |
| 2019–20 season | |||||
| 4–8 February 2020 | 2020 Russian Junior Championships | 3 69.22 |
2 149.22 |
2 218.44 | |
References
edit- ^The 2023 Russian Cup Final was renamed as the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.
- ^"Софья Дмитриевна Акатьева"[Sofia Dmitrievna Akateva].fskate.ru(in Russian).Archivedfrom the original on 14 July 2019.
- ^Kuznetsova, Ekaterina."Record-breaker Sofia Akatyeva:" I am courageous, ambitious and kind. "".Olympic Channel.
- ^Zhukov, Vladislav.""Не думать о падении". Софья Акатьева — о работе с Этери Тутберидзе и четверных прыжках "[ "Don't think about falling." Sofia Akateva - about working with Eteri Tutberidze and quadruple jumps] (in Russian).TASS.
- ^"Russian Youth Figure Skating Championships 2019".AllSkaters(in Russian). 2020-04-19.Retrieved2023-09-29.
- ^Lapteva, Anna."Пресс-атташе ФФКР:" Акатьева не сможет участвовать в чемпионате России из-за возрастных ограничений ""[FFKR press officer: "Akateva will not be able to participate in the Russian Championship due to age restrictions" ] (in Russian). Sports.ru.
- ^"Figure skater Akatyeva received a stress fracture of the foot".wellnews.ru.Retrieved2023-09-11.
- ^"Wall posts".VK.Retrieved2023-09-11.
- ^"Sofia AKATEVA: 2021/22".International Skating Union.
- ^ab"Sofia AKATEVA: Competition Results".International Skating Union.
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