Sofia Vladimirovna Samodelkina (Russian: Софья Владимировна Самоделкина; born 18 February 2007) is a Russian-Kazakh figure skater that currently competes for Kazakhstan.
She fell on an underrotated triple Axel jump in the short program, missing her combination as a result, ending up sixth in that segment.
[7] Later in autumn, at the 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, Samodelkina became the fifteenth woman to land a triple Axel jump in international competition and won the event.
[9] At the 2022 Russian Junior Championships, Samodelkina performed her short program cleanly, including the triple Axel-triple toe loop combination, and placed second behind Sofia Akatieva.
Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine Samodelkina was not allowed to participate in the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships as all athletes representing Russia were barred from international competition.
She instead closed her season at the 2022 Channel One Trophy where she competed at the senior level for the Red Machine team captained by Anna Shcherbakova.
At the second stage of the Russian Grand Prix series, Samodelkina scored 63.66 points in the short program and ranked in fifth place.
At the fifth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, Samodelkina won both segments of the competition, winning the gold medal 4.07 points ahead of Olympic silver medalist Alexandra Trusova.
[1] Following a disappointing end to the 2023–24 season and conscious of the emerging talent of young female skaters in Russia, Samodelkina began considering skating for another country.
[11] Samodelkina would later reveal that it had been Sokolovskaya's decision to end their working relationship shortly after she had decided to represent Kazakhstan.
[15] Upon watching Samodelkina's performances and her decreased level of technical difficulty, Tatiana Tarasova publicly mocked her, saying, "What Olympic medals?
"[1][18] In late September, Samodelkina competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit for the first time in three years at the 2024 JGP Turkey, where she finished in fourth place.
[8] Going on to make her senior international debut at the 2024 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, Samodelkina won the silver medal.
[15] Toward the end of October, Samodelkina traveled to Los Angeles, California, where she began a three-week internship with Rafael Arutyunyan.