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Sofya Tyutyunina
Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Full name	Sofya Alexandrovna Tyutyunina
Native name	Софья Александровна Тютюнина (Russian)
Other names	Sofia
Born	(2003-06-13) 13 June 2003 (age 21) Moscow, Russia
Hometown	Moscow
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Coach	Alexander Zhulin, Petr Durnev, Sergei Petushkov
Skating club	Sokolniki Sport School
Began skating	2007
Medal record Figure skating: Ice dance Representing  Russia Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Ice dance Representing Mixed-NOCs Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Team

Sofya Alexandrovna Tyutyunina (Russian: Софья Александровна Тютюнина; born 13 June 2003) is a Russian ice dancer. With her former skating partner, Alexander Shustitskiy, she is the 2020 Youth Olympic silver medalist and a three-time ISU Junior Grand Prix medalist, including silver at 2019 JGP Croatia. They also won a silver medal in the team event at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Personal life

Tyutyunina was born on 13 June 2003 in Moscow. She enjoys reading, drawing, and web design.

Career

Early career

Tyutyunina began skating in 2007. She originally trained under Natalia Maryanski.

Tyutyunina teamed up with Alexander Shustitskiy to compete in ice dance in May 2013. At the NRW Trophy, they won basic novice gold in 2013 and silver in 2014. Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy are also the 2015 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalists and the 2016 NRW Trophy silver medalists on the advanced novice level.

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy qualified to their first Russian Junior Championships in 2018, placing 14th. They did not compete internationally in 2018–19, but competed at the 2019 Russian Junior Championships, placing eighth.

2019–20 season

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy received their first Junior Grand Prix assignments, their first international appearances since a fifth-place finish at the 2017 Santa Claus Cup. At their first event in Latvia, they were fourth after the rhythm dance but placed third in the free dance to move up to third overall, narrowly winning the bronze medal by 0.67 points over Canada's Natalie D'Alessandro / Bruce Waddell. Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy were the silver medalists at their second event, JGP Croatia, nearly 15 points behind champions Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya of Georgia, who had also placed ahead of them in Latvia. Their results qualified them as first alternates to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.

In January, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy represented Russia at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne, Switzerland. They were second in both segments of the competition to win the silver medal behind teammates Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano and ahead of Americans Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen. Tyutyunina/Shustiskiy said they enjoyed the atmosphere created by the large crowd, composed primarily of local children, and called it a "very special" experience for them. During the team event, they were second individually behind Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama to help Team Focus (Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, Kate Wang of the United States, and Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell of the United States) win the silver medal.

At the 2020 Russian Junior Championships in February, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy were sixth in the rhythm dance and fifth in the free dance to finish fifth overall. As a result of their placement, they were named second alternates for the 2020 World Junior Championships.

2020–21 season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix, where Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy would have competed, was cancelled. They instead competed in several domestic competitions over the first half of the season. Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy could not compete at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in February after Tyutyunina fractured her leg in December.

2021–22 season

With the resumption of the Junior Grand Prix, Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy competed at 2021 JGP Slovakia in Košice, where they placed third in both segments to win the bronze medal.

Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy ended their partnership at the beginning of May 2022. On 17 May, it was announced that Tyutyunina had teamed up with Andrei Bagin, coached by Alexander Zhulin.

Programs

With Grachev

With Shustitskiy

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Grachev

With Bagin

With Shustitskiy

Detailed results

ISU Personal Bests highlighted in bold.

With Shustitskiy

Junior results

References

1. The 2023 Russian Cup Final was renamed as the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.

1. ^ "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021.
2. "Тютюнина Софья Александровна" [Tyutyunina Sofya Alexandrovna]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.
3. ^
   • "Sofya Tyutyunina & Alexander Shustitskiy". Stats on Ice.
   • "Sofya Tyutyunina & Aleksander Shustitskiy". Stats on Ice.
4. "Canadian ice dancers edged for bronze at ISU Junior Grand Prix". Skate Canada. 7 September 2019.
5. ^ Russell, Susan D. (4 December 2019). "Juniors Shine on Grand Prix Circuit". International Figure Skating Magazine.
6. "Russia's duo of Khavronina-Chirizano wins gold in Ice Dance at 2020 Winter Youth Olympics". TASS. 13 January 2020.
7. "Russian ice dancers live up to golden expectations". Olympic News. International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2020.
8. Browne, Ken (14 January 2020). "Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games Day 6: Highlights". Olympic Channel.
9. Tyutyunina, Sofya (28 January 2021). "Дорогие друзья! Уже многие заметили, что нас с Сашей нет в списках участников на Первенство России 2021" [Dear friends! Many have already noticed that Sasha and I are not on the list of participants for the Russian Championship 2021.] (Instagram) (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
10. "Russia's next generation shines in Kosice at ISU Junior Grand Prix". International Skating Union. September 6, 2021.
11. Lotsik, Lina (May 2, 2022). "Распался танцевальный дуэт Софья Тютюнина – Александр Шустицкий" [Ice dance duo Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy broke up] (in Russian). Sports.ru.
12. Sivkovich, Valentina (May 17, 2022). "Александр Жулин рассказал о начале работы с двумя новыми танцевальными дуэтами" [Alexander Zhulin spoke about the beginning of work with two new dance duets] (in Russian). Championat.
13. "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020.
14. "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019.
15. ^ "Competition Results: Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY". International Skating Union.

External links

• Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY at the International Skating Union
• Sofya Tyutyunina on Instagram

• 2003 births
• Living people
• Russian female ice dancers
• Figure skaters at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
• Figure skaters from Moscow
• 21st-century Russian sportswomen