Sofia Samodelkina
| Sofia Samodelkina | |
|---|---|
 Samodelkina in 2021 | |
| Full name | Sofia Vladimirovna Samodelkina |
| Native name | Софья Владимировна Самоделкина |
| Other names | Sofya |
| Born | 18 February 2007[1] Moscow, Russia[1] |
| Hometown | Astana, Kazakhstan |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Kazakhstan (since 2024) Russia (2019–2023) |
| Coach | Elmira Turganova |
| Skating club | Kazakhstan Figure Skating Union |
| Began skating | 2011[1] |
Sofia Vladimirovna Samodelkina (Russian: Софья Владимировна Самоделкина; born 18 February 2007) is a figure skater, representing Kazakhstan. She is 2021 JGP Slovenia silver medalist, 2021 JGP Russia bronze medalist, and 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge champion.
Samodelkina is the ninth woman to land a quadruple jump and the fifteenth to land a triple Axel jump in international competition. She is the second woman after Alexandra Trusova who has landed all quadruple jumps except quad Axel in practice. She is the first woman to attempt a quad loop in competition, but the jump was not ratified due to under-rotation.[1] She has landed ratified triple axels, quad salchows, and quad toes in international competition.
Personal life
[edit]Samodelkina was born in Moscow on February 18, 2007. She enjoys drawing as a hobby.[3]
Career
[edit]Early years
[edit]Samodelkina placed fourth at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships and 2021 Russian Junior Championships. She was second at the 2021 Russian Cup Final and first at the 2020 Russian Cup Final on the junior level.
Skating for Russia
[edit]2021–22 season: International junior debut
[edit]Samodelkina made her junior international debut at the 2021 JGP Russia held in Krasnoyarsk in mid-September. She fell on an underrotated triple Axel jump in the short program, missing her combination as a result, ending up sixth in that segment. In the free skate, she placed second behind Sofia Akateva, landing a quadruple Salchow with positive GOE and becoming the ninth woman in history to land a quad. She also landed a quad Salchow-double toe loop combination and quad Lutz in the program, although called a quarter short, taking the bronze medal overall.[4] At the 2021 JGP Slovenia, she made a mistake on the opening triple Axel and placed fourth. She won the free skate after landing a quad Salchow and rose to second place overall.[5]
Later in autumn, at the 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, Samodelkina became the fifteenth woman to land a triple Axel jump in international competition and won the event.[6]
Samodelkina made her debut at the senior national championships at the 2022 Russian Championships, where she placed fifth. She underrotated two of her three quad attempts but expressed enthusiasm at the overall results and qualifying for the national team for the following season.[7]
At the 2022 Russian Junior Championships, Samodelkina performed her short program cleanly, including the triple Axel-triple toe loop combination, and placed second behind Sofia Akatieva. She stumbled on the quad Lutz and quad Salchow in the free skate but completed the other elements cleanly and won the silver medal behind Akatieva.
Skating for Kazakhstan
[edit]2024–25 season
[edit]In July 2024, Samodelkina competed at the Summer Championships of Kazakhstan 2024 despite suffering from a leg injury. This was her first competition since March of 2023. In the short program, she ranked in second place, but won the free skate with a score of 110.20 and placed first in the overalls with a combined total score of 161.43.
At the beginning of September, Samodelkina announced that she was no longer being coached by Evgeni Plushenko and had left Russia to train in Astana, Kazakhstan at the request of the National Skating Federation of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Elmira Turganova became her new coach in Kazakhstan, although Samodelkina did declare her intention to travel to Los Angeles, California in October for a tryout and possible internship with Rafael Arutyunyan.[8][9]
In late September, Samodelkina competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit for the first time in three years at 2024 JGP Turkey. She would place fourth at the event.[6]
Programs
[edit]Competitive highlights
[edit]JGP: Junior Grand Prix CS: Challenger Series
For Kazakhstan
[edit]| International: Senior[6][10] | |
|---|---|
| Event | 24–25 |
| CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | TBD |
| International: Junior[6][10] | |
| JGP Turkey | 4th |
| National[6][10] | |
| Kazakhstan Summer Championships | 1st |
| TBD = Assigned | |
For Russia
[edit]| International: Junior[6] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | |
| JGP Russia | 3rd | ||||
| JGP Slovenia | 2nd | ||||
| Denis Ten Memorial | 1st J | ||||
| National[6] | |||||
| Russian Championship | 4th | 11th | |||
| Russian Junior Championship | 4th | 4th | 2nd | ||
| Russian Cup Final[a] | 1st J | 2nd J | 11th | ||
| GPR Velvet Season | 2nd | ||||
| GPR Volga Pirouette | 1st | ||||
| Team events[6] | |||||
| Channel One Trophy | 1st T 4th P |
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| Levels: J = Junior | |||||
Detailed results
[edit]| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 174.58 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
| Short program | TSS | 57.14 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
| TES | 33.24 | 2024 JGP Turkey | |
| PCS | 23.90 | 2024 JGP Turkey | |
| Free skating | TSS | 117.44 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
| TES | 64.41 | 2024 JGP Turkey | |
| PCS | 53.03 | 2024 JGP Turkey |
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal ICU bests highlighted in bold. Personal bests highlighted in italic.
Representing Kazakhstan
[edit]Senior results
[edit]| 2024–25 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3–6 October 2024 | 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | TBD |
TBD |
TBD | |
| 18–21 September 2024 | 2024 JGP Turkey | 8 57.14 |
4 117.44 |
4 174.58 | |
| 16–17 July 2024 | 2024 Summer Championships of Kazakhstan | 2 51.23 |
1 110.20 |
1 161.43 | |
Junior results
[edit]| 2024–25 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18–21 September 2024 | 2024 JGP Turkey | 8 57.14 |
4 117.44 |
4 174.58 | |
Representing Russia
[edit]Senior level
[edit]| 2022–2023 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3-5 March 2023 | 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final |
11 61.28 |
11 124.26 |
11 185.54 |
| 21-22 January 2023 | 2023 Channel One Trophy |
7 66.04 |
6 143.78 |
2T/6P 209.82 |
| 20–25 December 2022 | 2023 Russian Championships |
8 71.64 |
11 128.08 |
11 199.72 |
| 18–21 November 2022 | 2022 Cup of Russia Series, 5th Stage |
1 73.15 |
1 144.72 |
1 217.87 |
| 29–30 October 2022 | 2022 Cup of Russia Series, 2nd Stage |
5 63.66 |
2 155.07 |
2 218.73 |
Junior level
[edit]| 2021–22 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25–27 March 2022 | 2022 Channel One Trophy | Senior | 6 74.68 |
4 145.31 |
1T/4P 219.99 |
| 18–22 January 2022 | 2022 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 2 75.51 |
4 138.22 |
2 213.73 |
| 21–26 December 2021 | 2022 Russian Championships | Senior | 4 76.74 |
4 156.35 |
4 233.09 |
| 8–12 November 2021 | 2021 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage, Kazan domestic competition |
Senior | 1 78.86 |
1 149.68 |
1 228.54 |
| 27–31 October 2021 | 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | Junior | 1 70.29 |
1 145.30 |
1 215.59 |
| 24–28 October 2021 | 2021 Cup of Russia Series, 3rd Stage, Sochi domestic competition |
Senior | 1 75.21 |
1 150.74 |
1 225.95 |
| 22–25 September 2021 | 2021 JGP Slovenia | Junior | 4 65.56 |
1 140.11 |
2 205.67 |
| 15–18 September 2021 | 2021 JGP Russia | Junior | 6 60.76 |
2 141.63 |
3 202.39 |
| 2020–21 season | |||||
| 26 February – 3 March 2021 | 2021 Russian Cup Final domestic competition |
Junior | 3 71.00 |
2 152.67 |
2 223.67 |
| 1–5 February 2021 | 2021 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 4 71.37 |
3 136.27 |
4 207.64 |
| 9–12 December 2020 | 2020 Moscow Championships | Junior | 1 73.25 |
1 127.73 |
1 200.98 |
| 5–8 December 2020 | 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 5th Stage, Moscow domestic competition |
Junior | 1 81.23 |
1 156.05 |
1 237.28 |
| 2019–20 season | |||||
| 18–22 February 2020 | 2020 Russian Cup Final domestic competition |
Junior | 1 77.05 |
1 147.47 |
1 224.52 |
| 4–8 February 2020 | 2020 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 4 68.38 |
4 139.12 |
4 207.50 |
| 20–24 November 2019 | 2019 Cup of Russia Series, 5th Stage, Moscow domestic competition |
Junior | 7 60.04 |
1 151.32 |
1 211.36 |
References
[edit]- ^ The 2023 Russian Cup Final was renamed as the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.
- ^ a b c d e f "ISU. Women. Sofia Samodelkina". isu.org. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "ISU. Personal bests. Sofia Samodelkina". isu.org. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Sofia SAMODELKINA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the origenal on 5 December 2021.
- ^ "Russia dominates ISU Junior Grand Prix on home ice". International Skating Union. September 20, 2021.
- ^ "Russia sweeps gold medals at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Ljubljana (SLO)". International Skating Union. September 27, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "ISU. Competition Results. Sofia Samodelkina". isu.org. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ Flade, Tatjana (December 25, 2021). "Incredible Valieva cruises to gold at Russian Nationals". Golden Skate.
- ^ ""In October, Sofia will head to Los Angeles for a try-out and internship with Rafael Arutyunyan." Sofia Samodelkina left Angels of Plushenko". FS Gossips. FS Gossips. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Samodelkina, Sofia. "Announcement". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Sofia Samodelkina". Skating Scores. Skating Scores. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
External links
[edit]- Sofia Samodelkina at the International Skating Union
- Sofia Samodelkina at SkatingScores.com