Russian figure skater
Sofia Biryukova
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Full name
| Sofia Sergeyevna Biryukova
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Born
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1994-07-19
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19 July 1994
(age 29)
Moscow
, Russia
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Height
| 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
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Country
| Russia
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Partner
| Andrei Filonov
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Coach
| Dmitri Savin
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Skating club
| Vorobyovy Gory
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Began skating
| 2001
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Sofia Sergeyevna Biryukova
(
Russian
:
Софья Серге?евна Бирюкова
; born 19 July 1994) is a Russian
figure skater
. She is the 2013
Winter Universiade
champion and 2011
Finlandia Trophy
champion.
[1]
Career
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Biryukova competed in the
2009?10 ISU Junior Grand Prix
series, winning a silver medal in Turkey. The
following season
, she began competing on the senior level internationally. She appeared at her first senior
Grand Prix
event, the
2010 Cup of Russia
.
Biryukova began the
2011?12
season by winning gold at the
2011 Finlandia Trophy
. She placed 4th at the
2011 Cup of Russia
, setting personal bests in both programs. Toward the end of the season, she sustained four fractures.
[2]
In the 2012?2013 season, Biryukova was assigned to two
ISU Grand Prix
events, the
2012 Cup of China
and
2012 NHK Trophy
, and finished 9th at both.
Biryukova won the gold medal at the
2013 Winter Universiade
.
[3]
Since Butsaeva was unable to attend, Svetlana Sokolovskaya stepped in to work with her at the event.
[4]
Pair Skating career
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In spring 2014, Biryukova decided to try
pair skating
.
[5]
After telling her coach, Butsaeva, Butsaeva contacted pairs coach,
Nina Mozer
, and Mozer invited Biryukova to watch the pair skating at the Vorobyovy Gory where she coaches. After deciding she wanted to switch to pair skating, Mozer agreed to let her train at the rink and paired her up with
Aleksandr Stepanov
in the fall of 2014, who was also a singles skater that wanted to switch to pair skating. Pavel Alexandrovich Kitashev became the pair team's coach.
[6]
On January 13, 2015, however, Biryukova stated she was unsure if she would continue pair skating or start coaching, feeling as though she hadn't made a lot of progress as a pair skater.
[7]
Deciding to end her pair skating career, Biryukova ended her partnership with Stepanov. Four months later, however, Biryukova was contacted by Nina Mozer, who convinced her to tryout with pair skater
Andrei Filonov
, who was looking for a partner. After a successful tryout, the pair decided to skate together and are coached by Dmitri Savin.
[8]
The pair made their skating debut at the
2016 Russian Figure Skating Championships
, where they placed 7th.
Programs
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With Filonov
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Singles Skating
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Competition highlights
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With Filonov
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Singles Skating
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References
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"Competition Results: Sofia BIRYUKOVA"
. International Skating Union.
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Biryukova, Sofia (29 December 2012).
Сильно не ругайте!
.
rsport.ru
(in Russian).
Archived
from the original on 16 January 2013.
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Фигуристка Бирюкова победила на Универсиаде, Мишина завоевала бронзу
[Figure skater Biryukova won at the Universiade, Mishina achieved bronze].
ria.ru
(in Russian). Ria Novosti. 15 December 2013
. Retrieved
25 December
2014
.
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Ermolina, Olga (29 April 2014).
Софья Бирюкова получила благодарность от президента РФ
[Sofia Biryukova recognized].
Russian Figure Skating Federation
(in Russian).
Archived
from the original on 29 April 2014.
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Simonenko, Andrei (10 June 2014).
Софья Бирюкова: устала от одиночного катания ? и решила попробовать что-то новое
[Sofia Biryukova has left singles to try something new].
R-Sport
(in Russian).
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Simonenko, Andrew.
"Софья Бирюкова: устала от одиночного катания ? и решила попробовать что-то новое"
.
rsport.ru
. rsport.ru
. Retrieved
20 April
2015
.
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Воробьева, Мария.
"Фигуристка Бирюкова сказала, что может перейти на постоянную тренерскую работу"
.
rsport.ru
. rsport
. Retrieved
20 April
2015
.
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Simonenko, Andrew.
"Кататься в паре приятнее ? мальчика за ручку подержать можно, поболтать"
.
SovSport
. SovSport. Archived from
the original
on January 4, 2016
. Retrieved
4 January
2016
.
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"Sofia BIRYUKOVA: 2012/2013"
. International Skating Union. Archived from
the original
on 25 September 2013.
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"Sofia BIRYUKOVA: 2011/2012"
. International Skating Union. Archived from
the original
on 22 January 2012.
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"Sofia BIRYUKOVA: 2010/2011"
. International Skating Union. Archived from
the original
on 16 August 2011.
External links
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