Biography
For Sophia, sharpening figure skating was love at first sight, and after the debut out of the ice, she no longer wanted to leave there. It is not surprising that at a young age athlete managed to achieve impressive results and become a idol for numerous audience.Childhood
Sophia Ikotyev was born on July 7, 2007 in Moscow, by nationality she is Russian. About parents know little. Together with her in the family, brother named Alexander, with whom Sonya is friendly. He is fond of basketball and chess, and in his free time, like a sister, skating.
The love of figure skating came to the ancient in the early years of the biography when she first saw the Olympic Games. After that, Sophia persuaded Mama to buy her skates and take the rink. When she first turned out to be on the ice, he was not afraid at all, despite the young age and the lack of experience. The girl quickly mastered the slipping and insisted on the need for regular training, which later had to combine with school at school.
Figure skating
Olga Bulychev and Yulia Krasinskaya became the first coaches of a small athlete, under the guidance of which she was engaged in the Ice Palace "Crystal". In 2017, Sophia moved to the group Eteri Tutberidze, which opened the world of Alina Zagitova talents and Evgenia Medvedeva. It is not surprising that the girl quickly turned out to be the focus of public and press and managed not to deceive expectations.The next year was for the young pupil by Tutberidze Starre, because she marked victories at the Moscow and Russia championship among young figure skaters, where in the number of competitors there were no less promising athletes Sophia Samodelkin and Elizabeth Berezovskaya.
At this popularity of Akatyeva did not fade, and in 2019, the mentor shared the video, where she performs an incredibly complex cascade of Triple Axel and Triple Tuluup, which among adult figure skaters before Japanese Rica Kihir.
The roller scored a lot of views and comments in which users enthusiastically have a dream and its capabilities. But on this athlete did not stop surprising the public and continued to master new elements, more complicating its programs. At the same time, its technicality was supplemented with fascinating plastic and artistry.
Surely confident victories on the open championship of Moscow and the steps of the Russian Cup. On the Memorial of Sergey Volkova, the girl again demonstrated a high level of skiing, but lost to self-relocine, after which rumors and theories began to spread in the network that the athlete was abandoned and scores were removed.
This only added the popularity of the figure skater, which the fans from the distant corners of Russia arrived at the Moscow Cup. At this competition, Coteva did not disappoint the public and won a confident victory.
In 2020, the athlete had to face difficulties due to a coronavirus infection pandemic and abandon classes on the rink. But Sonya did not lose heart and continued to train at home. She recorded a video for fans where the main exercises, helping to stay in shape, and voiced their names.
After partial removal of the Quarantine restrictions, the Imekiyev appeared on the Moscow Championship. Her short program has become a sip of fresh air after disappointed the audiors of juniorca checks from Trebrianidze.
No less impressive was an arbitrary program in which Sonya appeared in the image of a mulanament from the cartoon of the same name. During the speech, she tried to perform a quadruple Tulup and Triple Axel, but made a mistake. Despite this, the experts praised her efforts and noted that before this, such accomplishments managed only to American Alice Liu, who demonstrated a quadruple Lutz and Triple Axel at the stage of the Junior Grand Prix in the United States.
The competition judges also highly appreciated the skill of the young figure skater, which confidently bypassed the rivals and took the 1st place. Behind her, Veronica Zilina and Elizabeth Berezovskaya is located in the standings. Later it became known that an athlete was declared for the 1st stage of the Russian Cup.
Sofya Ikoteva now
The figure skater declared itself on the famous show Eteri Tutberidze "Ice Champions" in April 2021. The young athlete brilliantly rolled back a short program, but instead of Triple Axel demonstrated to the audience the Quarter Tulup. Subsequently, in an interview with Icotyev admitted: this decision was due to the fact that it had to perform in the situation of muffled light.
The performance on the show became a big shock for Sony, and she could not share his impressions with fans. In such a solemn atmosphere, with filled with viewers, the hall and next to the famous athletes Muscovite went to the ice for the first time. At the same time, the figure skater stated that the presence of the public gave her strength, a desire to make the number not worse than experienced colleagues appeared.
Now Sonya continues to train hard, glad the fans with new achievements. She leads a page in "Instagram", where publishes the photo and reports about the news.
Achievements
- 2017 - the winner of the Open Tournament named after A.Ya. Gomelsky
- 2017 - Silver winner of Sergey Volkov Memorial
- 2018 - Winner of the Moscow Championship
- 2018 - Bronze medalist of the project "Ice Age. Children"
- 2019 - Winner of the Talented Kids Awards Prize
- 2019 - Winner of the Moscow Championship
- 2020 - Winner of the Moscow Championship