Sofya Tyutyunina

Sofya Alexandrovna Tyutyunina (Russian: Софья Александровна Тютюнина; born 13 June 2003) is a Russian ice dancer. With her skating partner, Alexander Shustitskiy, she is the 2020 Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2019 JGP Croatia silver medalist, the 2019 JGP Latvia bronze medalist, and a silver medalist with the team at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics.

Sofya Tyutyunina
Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Native nameСофья Александровна Тютюнина (Russian)
Full nameSofya Alexandrovna Tyutyunina
Alternative namesSofia
Country represented Russia
Born (2003-06-13) 13 June 2003
Moscow, Russia
Home townMoscow
ResidenceMoscow
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4 1⁄2 in)
PartnerAlexander Shustitskiy
CoachEkaterina Rubleva
Ivan Shefer
Former coachNatalia Maryanski
ChoreographerSergei Plishkin
Ekaterina Vinogradova
Skating clubSokolniki Sport School
Training locationsMoscow
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total159.15
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Short dance64.34
2019 JGP Croatia
Free dance96.51
2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dance
Representing  Russia
Winter Youth Olympics
2020 LausanneIce dance
Representing Mixed-NOCs
Winter Youth Olympics
2020 LausanneTeam

Personal life

Tyutyunina was born on 13 June 2003 in Moscow. She enjoys reading, drawing, and web design.[1]

Career

Early career

Tyutyunina began skating in 2007. She originally trained under Natalia Maryanski.[2]

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.[3] 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 at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

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.[4] 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.[5] Their results qualified them as first alternates to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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/Shustiskiy were unable to compete at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in February after Tyutyunina fractured her leg in December.[9]

Programs
With Shustitskiy
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2020–2021
[1]
2019–2020
[10]
2018–2019
[11]
  • Tango Gosselin
    by Quadro Nuevo
    choreo. by Sergin Plishkin, Ekaterina Vinogradova

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Shustitskiy
Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy (left) on the podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy (center) on the team podium at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
International: Junior[12]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Youth Olympics2nd
JGP Croatia2nd
JGP Latvia3rd
Santa Claus Cup5th
International: Advanced novice[3]
NRW Trophy2nd
Volvo Open Cup3rd
National[12]
Russian Junior14th8th5thWD
Team events[12]
Youth Olympics2nd T
2nd P
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
T = Team result; P = Personal result. Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

ISU Personal Bests highlighted in bold.

With Shustitskiy
Tyutyunina/Shustitskiy at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Junior results
2020–21 season
Date Event RD FD Total
1–5 February 2021 2021 Russian Junior Championships
TBD
TBD
TBD
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships 6
63.91		 5
102.50		 5
166.41
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Team – 2
96.39		 2T/2P
10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics 2
62.64		 2
96.51		 2
159.15
25–28 September 2019 2019 JGP Croatia 2
64.34		 3
90.05		 2
154.39
4–7 September 2019 2019 JGP Latvia 4
60.82		 3
91.97		 3
152.79
2018–19 season
Date Event RD FD Total
31 Jan. – 4 Feb. 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships 10
59.83		 8
94.86		 8
154.69
2017–18 season
Date Event SD FD Total
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships 8
56.88		 15
67.42		 14
124.30
4–10 December 2017 2017 Santa Claus Cup 5
50.63		 6
70.83		 5
121.46

References
  1. "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2020/2021". International Skating Union.
  2. "Тютюнина Софья Александровна" [Tyutyunina Sofya Alexandrovna]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.
  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).
  10. "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020.
  11. "Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 March 2019.
  12. "Competition Results: Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY". International Skating Union.
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