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Sofja Stepčenko
Sofja Stepčenko at the 2024 World Championships
Born	(2006-12-21) 21 December 2006 (age 18) Riga, Latvia
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Latvia
Discipline	Women's singles
Coach	Stéphane Lambiel Angelo Dolfini Giulia Isceri Gerli Liinamäe
Skating club	Kristal Ice
Began skating	2010
Medal record
Latvian Championships 2023 Riga Singles 2024 Riga Singles 2025 Riga Singles

Sofja Stepčenko (born 21 December 2006) is a Latvian figure skater. She is a two-time Latvian national champion (2022-23) and 2023 Volvo Open Cup champion. She placed eleventh at the 2023 European Championships.

Career

Early years

Stepčenko competed in the advanced novice category for two seasons and then moved up to the junior ranks. She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut in September 2021.

2022–23 season

Stepčenko began her season on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing twenty-first at the 2022 JGP France and twelfth at the 2022 JGP Latvia. In November, making her senior international debut, she placed fourth at the Volvo Open Cup and seventh at the Tallinn Trophy. Her first senior international medal, gold, came in December 2022 at the Latvia Trophy. The second-best Latvian woman at the event was Angelīna Kučvaļska, who finished in fifth place.

Stepčenko was nominated to represent Latvia at the 2023 European Championships, which took place in January in Helsinki, Finland. Ranked fourteenth in the short program, she qualified to the free skate and climbed to eleventh overall. This was the best European result by a Latvian woman since Angelina Kučvaļska's fourth place at the 2016 edition. Stepčenko came twenty-third at the 2023 World Championships.

2023–24 season

Stepčenko started the season by competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing sixth at the 2023 JGP Turkey. She went on to compete on the senior international level as well, winning the 2023 Jelgava Cup and placing twelfth at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial.

Appearing again on the Junior Grand Prix, Stepčenko finished tenth at the 2023 JGP Armenia. Her next event was the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy, where she finished eleventh. Going on to compete at two events in Latvia, Stepčenko won silver at the 2023 Volvo Open Cup and gold at the 2023 Latvia Trophy.

Selected to compete at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania, Stepčenko placed twenty-first in the short program and thirteenth in the free skate, finishing thirteenth overall. At this event, Stepčenko scored a new personal best free skate score. Soon after, Stepčenko competed on the junior level at the 2024 Volvo Open Cup, winning the gold medal.

Competing at the 2024 Youth Olympics, Stepčenko finished sixteenth.

2024–25 season

In July 2024, it was announced that Stepčenko was now being coached by Stéphane Lambiel in Champéry. Competing at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Stepčenko finished twelfth. Debuting on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit, Stepčenko finished twelfth at 2024 Skate America. She then went on to finish ninth at the 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy and at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup.

Programs

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

1. 48th Volvo Cup Open
2. 47th Volvo Cup Open

Detailed results

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

Junior results

References

1. ^ "Sofja STEPCHENKO". rinkresults.com. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
2. Druvietis, Gatis (18 December 2022). "Daiļslidotāja Stepčenko pārsteidzoši triumfē "Latvia Trophy", uzvar arī Vasiļjevs". sportacentrs.com. Archived from the original on 25 December 2022.
3. "Stepčenko izcīna 11. vietu Eiropas daiļslidošanas čempionātā". LETA (in Latvian). sports.tvnet.lv. 28 January 2023. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023.
4. Dilāns, Kristiāns (2 February 2023). "Daiļslidotājas Stepčenko trenere: "Būtu ļoti priecīgas arī par 24. vietu"". sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). Archived from the original on 3 February 2023.
5. ^ "Competition Results: Sofja STEPCENKO". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023.
6. ^ "LAT-Sofja STEPCENKO". Skating Scores.
7. Anything GOEs (July 9, 2024). "🇱🇻 Sofja Stepcenko is now being coached by Stéphane Lambiel and the rest of the team in Champéry" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
8. "Sofja STEPCENKO: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 September 2024.
9. "Sofja STEPCENKO: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 March 2024.
10. "Sofja STEPCENKO: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 February 2023.
11. "Sofja STEPCENKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 April 2022.

External links

• Sofja Stepcenko at the International Skating Union
• Sofja Stepčenko on Instagram

• 2006 births
• Latvian female single skaters
• Living people
• Figure skaters from Riga
• Figure skaters at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics