Sofie Dossi Biography
Sofie Dossi Biography
Sofie Dossi is an American gymnast, contortionist, hand balancer, and aerialist. Check out this biography
to know about her birthday, childhood, family life, achievements, and fun facts about her.
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Sofie Dossi is an American gymnast, contortionist, television personality, and social media influencer.
She garnered initial fame after becoming a golden buzzer recipient in the 11th season of the reality TV
show ‘America's Got Talent’. A native of California, Dossi has always been interested in gymnastics and
dance. After watching the performance of the contortionist from ‘Cirque du Soleil’ online, she realised
that she could do it as well. In 2016, she appeared on ‘America’s Got Talent’ as a contestant and quickly
won the approvals of both the judges and the audience with her routine. Dossi eventually finished the
competition as one of the finalists of the season. Since then, she has emerged as a popular internet
personality. She has over 2.7 million subscribers and about 305 million views on her YouTube channel.
Moreover, she has accumulated more than 36 thousand, over 130 thousand, and about 1.6 million
followers on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, respectively. She also has an account on Live.Me, where
her live-streaming shows have brought her a 2017 Streamy Award nomination.
Personal Life
Sofie Dossi was born on June 21, 2001, in Cypress, California, to Abir and Mike Dossi. She has an older
brother named Zak. Her mother is a Pilates instructor while her father owns a company. Since she was a
child, she has loved gymnastics and dance and she ultimately became a contortionist as it perfectly
combines the two. The fact that she has a flexible back proved to be an advantage. She became aware
of her uniqueness after she watched the performance of the contortionist from ‘Cirque du Soleil’ and
realised that she could do it as well. She was 12 years old at the time.
She is predominantly self-taught and grew up watching TV by placing her head on her feet because she
found it to be “fun”. She revealed in an interview with ABC News that she would watch ‘SpongeBob
SquarePants’ or ‘Tom & Jerry’ and would often pull her feet over her head on the couch and enjoy her
time like that.
Having been self-taught, Dossi doesn’t simply practice her moves; she also comes up with new ones. The
family presently lives in Southern California. The living room of their house has been turned into Dossi’s
training area. There is no couch in the room any more as it is filled with mats and Dossi’s equipment.