Sofia Shevchenko
Shevchenko/Eremenko at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Full nameSofia Antonovna Shevchenko
Native nameСофья Антоновна Шевченко
Born (2001-12-14) 14 December 2001 (age 22)
Moscow, Russia
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryRussia
PartnerAndrei Yezhlov
CoachIrina Zhuk, Alexander Svinin
Skating clubUOR 4 Moscow
Began skating2005
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Zagreb Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
Gold medal – first place 2018–19 Vancouver Ice dancing

Sofia Antonovna Shevchenko (Russian: Софья Антоновна Шевченко, born 14 December 2001) is a Russian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Igor Eremenko, she is the 2019 World Junior bronze medalist and the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final champion. She has also won seven ISU Junior Grand Prix medals, including gold medals at 2017 JGP Latvia and 2018 JGP Austria, and she has finished within the top five at the 2018 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Sofia Antonovna Shevchenko was born on 14 December 2001 in Moscow, Russia.[1]

Career

Early career

Shevchenko began learning to skate in 2005.[1] She was a single skater until 2013–2014 season. She then switched to ice dancing and teamed up with Igor Eremenko. They started to compete together in 2014–2015 season. They are coached by Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin.

Shevchenko/Eremenko placed seventh at the 2015 Russian Junior Championships.

2015–2016 season

Shevchenko/Eremenko received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) assignments in the 2015–2016 season. They won bronze medals at both events, competing in late August in Bratislava, Slovakia and in October in Zagreb, Croatia.

They placed seventh at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships. In February 2016, they won the junior gold medal at the Bavarian Open.

2016–2017 season

Competing in the 2016 JGP series, Shevchenko/Eremenko placed fifth in August in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France, and received a bronze medal in September in Saransk, Russia.

In November 2016, they won the gold medal at the NRW Trophy. They placed sixth at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships.

2017–2018 season

Shevchenko & Eremenko compete at the 2017–18 JGP Final

Shevchenko/Eremenko won their first JGP gold medal in September at the 2017 JGP event in Riga, Latvia. They beat the silver medalists, their teammates and training partners Anastasia Shpilevaya / Grigory Smirnov, by only about one point.[2] Three weeks later, at their second JGP event of the season, they won the silver medal in Zagreb, Croatia. With these results they qualified for the 2017–18 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final, where they finished fourth.

In January 2018, Shevchenko/Eremenko won the silver medal at the 2018 Russian Junior Championships after placing third in the short program and second in the free skate. In March 2018, they placed fourth in the short program, fourth in the free skate, and fifth overall at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.

2018–2019 season

Shevchenko/Eremenko started their season with gold at the 2018 JGP event in Linz, Austria. They ranked first in both segments and outscored the silver medalists, Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha, by a margin of about five points.[3] At their second JGP event of the season they won a silver medal in Ljubljana, Slovenia. With one JGP gold medal and one silver medal they qualified for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final.

At the Final, Shevchenko/Eremenko won the gold medal after placing first in the rhythm dance and second in the free dance. They were part of a Russian sweep of the ice dance podium. Shevchenko/Eremenko beat the bronze medalists, Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov, by about 6 points but the race for the gold medal was extremely tight. Shevchenko/Eremenko won the gold medal by a margin of only 0.01 point over the silver medalists, Arina Ushakova / Maxim Nekrasov.[4]

Shevchenko/Eremenko faced Ushakova/Nekrasov again at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, and again prevailed, winning gold with first-place finishes in both segments. They concluded the season at the 2019 World Junior Championships, where they placed third in the rhythm dance, behind both Lajoie/Lagha and Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov, having achieved only a Level 1 on the second part of the tango pattern dance.[5] Shevchenko/Eremenko placed second in the free dance, but this was insufficient to overcome Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov's lead from the rhythm dance, and they won the bronze medal. Reflecting afterward, Shevchenko said "this was an amazing season for us, so emotional, and it was the best season of our career." Eremenko noted that they would move to the senior level next.[6]

2019–2020 season

Shevchenko/Eremenko moved to the senior level for the 2019–2020 season.

Making their senior Grand Prix debut at 2019 Skate America, they placed ninth.[7] They went on to win the Volvo Open Cup. They were seventh at the 2019 NHK Trophy, setting three new personal bests.[8] At the 2020 Russian Championships, they placed sixth.

2020–2021 season

Shevchenko/Eremenko debuted their programs at the senior Russian test skates.[9] Competing on the domestic Cup of Russia series, they won the bronze medal at the first stage in Syzran.[10] They were scheduled to compete on the Grand Prix at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup, but withdrew after a COVID-19 outbreak at their training center.[11]

Competing at the 2021 Russian Championships, Shevchenko/Eremenko placed fifth in both segments of the competition, for fourth place overall due to volatility from other competitors.[12][13]

Following the national championships, Shevchenko/Eremenko participated in the 2021 Channel One Trophy, a televised team competition held in lieu of the cancelled European Championships. They were selected for the Time of Firsts team captained by Evgenia Medvedeva.[14] They placed sixth in both their segments of the competition, while their team finished in second overall.[15][16]

2021–2022 season

Despite being eligible, Shevchenko/Eremenko were not included among the initial assignments for the 2021–22 Grand Prix series. Eremenko publicly protested this, as a number of lower-ranked Russian dance teams had been selected.[17] They subsequently withdrew from the Russian test skates, citing medical reasons.[18] They were subsequently invited to the 2021 NHK Trophy to replace withdrawn Chinese team Wang/Liu, and placed ninth at the event.[19]

Programs

(with Eremenko)

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2021–2022
[20]
  • I Feel Like I'm Drowning (Royal Family Mix)
    by Two Feet'
2020–2021
[21]
2019–2020
[22]
2018–2019
[1]
Short dance
2017–2018
[23]
2016–2017
[24]
2015–2016
[25]
2014–2015

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Ezhlov

National
Event 23–24
Russian Champ. 11th
GPR Krasnoyarye 4th
GPR Volga Pirouette 5th
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Eremenko

International[26]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
GP NHK Trophy 7th 9th
GP Rostelecom Cup WD
GP Skate America 9th
CS Finlandia WD
Volvo Open Cup 1st
International: Junior[26]
Junior Worlds 5th 3rd
JGP Final 4th 1st
JGP Austria 1st
JGP Croatia 3rd 2nd
JGP France 5th
JGP Latvia 1st
JGP Russia 3rd
JGP Slovakia 3rd
JGP Slovenia 2nd
Alpen Trophy 1st J
Bavarian Open 1st J
Ice Star 1st J
NRW Trophy 1st J
Volvo Open Cup 1st J
National[27]
Russian Champ. 6th 4th WD
Russian Jr. Champ. 7th 7th 6th 2nd 1st
J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Eremenko

2021–22 season
Date Event RD FD Total
12–14 November 2021 2021 NHK Trophy 9
65.17 		9
95.96 		9
160.13
2020–21 season
Date Event RD FD Total
5–7 February 2021 2021 Channel One Trophy 6
79.04 		6
120.57 		2T/6P
199.61
23–27 December 2020 2021 Russian Championships 5
77.83 		5
116.46 		4
194.29
5–8 December 2020 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 5th Stage, Moscow
domestic competition 		2
76.39 		2
114.43 		2
190.82
20–22 November 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup WD
WD
WD
18–22 September 2020 2020 Cup of Russia Series, 1st Stage, Syzran
domestic competition 		3
72.18 		3
108.97 		3
181.15
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
24–29 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships 7
70.48 		6
111.19 		6
181.67
22–24 November 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 7
69.59 		5
108.49 		7
178.08
5–10 November 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 1
77.40 		1
117.11 		1
194.51
18–20 October 2019 2019 Skate America 9
66.79 		8
99.72 		9
166.51
2018–2019 season
Date Event Level RD FD Total
4–10 March 2019 2019 World Junior Championships Junior 3
67.56 		2
102.87 		3
170.43
1–4 February 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships Junior 1
73.03 		1
111.94 		1
184.97
6–9 December 2018 2018–19 JGP Final Junior 1
67.73 		2
102.93 		1
170.66
11–18 November 2018 2018 Alpen Trophy Junior 1
66.83 		1
101.97 		1
168.80
3–6 October 2018 2018 JGP Slovenia Junior 2
63.79 		2
97.88 		2
161.67
29 August – 1 September 2018 2018 JGP Austria Junior 1
64.26 		1
94.44 		1
158.70
2017–2018 season
Date Event Level SD FD Total
5–11 March 2018 2018 World Junior Championships Junior 4
60.95 		4
84.90 		5
145.85
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 3
63.69 		2
91.28 		2
154.97
7–10 December 2017 2017–18 JGP Final Junior 5
60.10 		4
84.28 		4
144.38
8–12 November 2017 2017 Volvo Open Cup Junior 1
61.85 		1
85.67 		1
147.52
26–29 October 2017 2017 Minsk-Arena Ice Star Junior 1
60.20 		1
82.83 		1
143.03
27–30 September 2017 2017 JGP Croatia Junior 3
59.97 		2
85.08 		2
145.05
6–9 September 2017 2017 JGP Latvia Junior 2
58.87 		1
82.04 		1
140.91
2016–2017 season
Date Event Level SD FD Total
1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 6
56.40 		6
83.48 		6
139.88
4–6 November 2016 2016 NRW Trophy Junior 1
56.60 		1
81.68 		1
138.28
14–18 September 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 3
57.88 		3
83.79 		3
141.67
24–27 August 2016 2016 JGP France Junior 3
56.20 		5
77.32 		5
133.52
2015–2016 season
Date Event Level SD FD Total
17–21 February 2016 2016 Bavarian Open Junior 1
60.68 		1
82.42 		1
143.10
19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 6
59.59 		8
79.72 		7
139.31
7–10 October 2015 2015 JGP Croatia Junior 3
57.80 		4
86.07 		3
143.87
19–22 August 2015 2015 JGP Slovakia Junior 3
58.04 		3
80.80 		3
138.84
2014–2015 season
Date Event Level SD FD Total
4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 7
49.39 		9
70.93 		7
120.32

References

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External links

Junior Grand Prix Final champions in figure skating – Ice dance
Russian junior champions in figure skating – Ice dancing
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