Sofya Titova (Russian: Софья Титова, Armenian: Սոֆյա Տիտովա; born 27 January 2009) is a Russian-Armenian figure skater who currently competes for Armenia. Competing for Armenia, she is the 2025 Armenian Junior National champion.
Competing for Russia, she is the 2019–20 junior Moscow champion. She has performed the triple Axel and quadruple Salchow in domestic competition.
Personal life Sofya was born in Moscow, Russia on 27 January 2009. Her mother is a former figure skater.
Career
Skating for Russia
Early career Titova began skating at the age of four after her mother brought her to the rink before training with Irina Nifontova at CSKA. She trained at CSKA for four years before switching to train with Eteri Tutberidze whom asked her to leave the academy after two sessions. "I remember I went to the ice. Eteri Georgievna asked to jump a triple loop. And at that time I had no triple jumps at all – I only jumped double. Well, I under rotated it... She looked at it and immediately left... I was kicked out... Many weren't taken, they kicked them out. It turned out that in two seasons I did not jump ... Well, nothing. With what I came, with that I left."
Titova later began to train with Evgeni Plushenko at the Angels of Plushenko Academy during the 2018–19 season. She began to perform triple jumps, including the triple Axel.
At the 2020 Moscow Championships, Sofya won the gold medal on the junior level.
2021–2022 season Sofya competed at stages 1 and 3 of the Russian Cup, winning the gold medal in both competitions. In January, she placed 8th at the 2022 Russian Junior Championships. In February, she placed 8th at the Russian Cup Final.
2022–2023 season Sofya opened her season by competing at stages 1 and 3 of the Russian Cup, winning the gold medal in both competitions. She placed 4th at the 2023 Russian Junior Championships as well as the Russian Cup Final.
2023–2024 season: Request to represent Armenia Sofya competed at stage 2 of the Russian Cup where she won the bronze medal. She later went onto place 10th at stage 4.
In May 2024, it was announced that Titova requested to represent Armenia. The Figure Skating Federation of Russia approved her transfer request. The Armenian Figure Skating Federation has not confirmed yet the transition of Sofia Titova. "Our federation has no information on Titova's change of citizenship. We know nothing about this", said the president of the Armenian Figure Skating Federation, Melania Stepanyan.
Titova's citizenship was later approved. "The issue of Titova's Armenian citizenship has been resolved. The figure skater can legally represent Armenia," the Armenian Federation said. Skating for Armenia
2024–2025 season Sofya made her debut for Armenia at the junior national championships in December 2024 where she won the gold medal. She later won the bronze medal at the 2025 Volvo Open behind Kira Baranovska and Iida Karhunen. Titova additonally earned her technical minimums for the upcoming Junior World Championships.
At the 2025 World Junior Championships, Sofya placed 20th overall with a total score of 159.79.
2025–2026 season Titova was assigned to two competitions on the ISU Junior Grand Prix. She made her JGP debut in September in Italy finishing in 16th place overall. In October she competed at the JGP in Abu Dhabi placing 24th overall.
Programs +SeasonShort programFree skating2025–2026 The Man Who Drew God
by Guiliano Taviani and Carmelo Travia
choreo. by Dmitrii Mikhailov El Tango De Roxanne
by Machina Del Tango, Anna Derezowska, Sting, Mariano Martinez
choreo. by Dmitrii Mikhailov2024–20252023–2024 Derniere Danse
by Indila Moonlight Sonata
by Beethoven2022–2023 Csárdás
by Vittorio Monti Hidden Citizens
by Rånya
Paint It Black
by The Rolling Stones2021–2022 Не отрекаются, любя
by Alla Pugacheva Pirates of the Caribbean (Soundtrack)
by Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt2020–2021 Sing, Sing, Sing
by Benny Goodman Je Suis Malade
by Lara Fabian2019–2020 Schindler's List
by John Williams
Competitive highlights
Single skating (for Armenia)
Single skating (for Russia)
Detailed results Single skating (for Armenia)
References