Dmitry Vladimirovich Sopot, (, born 1 May 1998) is a Russian retired pair skater. With former partner Ekaterina Borisova, he is the 2016 Youth Olympic champion, the 2016 World Junior bronze medalist, and 2015 Junior Grand Prix Final champion. He later competed with Anastasia Poluianova.

Career Sopot began learning to skate in 2001. He competed as a single skater before teaming up with Alexandra Evsiukova, in 2013. They skated together for one season.

Partnership with Borisova Sopot teamed up with Ekaterina Borisova in the summer of 2014. The two qualified for the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished in 8th place.

Borisova/Sopot made their international debut competing in the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. They took the bronze medal at their first assignment, the JGP in Latvia, before winning gold at the JGP in Poland. These results qualified them for the 2015–16 JGP Final in Barcelona. In Spain, they outscored the Czech Republic's Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař by 9.53 points for the gold medal.

In January 2016, Borisova/Sopot were awarded the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, having finished third to Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev (gold) and Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov (silver). In February, they represented Russia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. Ranked second in the short program and first in the free skate, they won the gold by a margin of 2.53 points over Dušková/Bidař. On March 17–21, competing at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Borisova/Sopot placed fourth in the short and third in the free, taking the bronze medal overall behind Czech pair skaters Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař and teammates Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev who took the gold and silver medals respectively.

2017–2018 season: Partnership with Poluianova Sopot teamed up with Anastasia Poluianova in 2017. They made their international debut at the 2017–18 JGP event in Minsk, Belarus where they placed 2nd behind teammates Daria Pavliuchenko / Denis Khodykin. They placed 3rd at their second JGP assignment, in Gdańsk, Poland. Their results qualified them for the 2017–18 JGP Final in Nagoya, Japan, where they placed 6th.

In November 2017 Poluianova/Sopot made their international senior debut at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy where they won the bronze medal.

At the 2018 Russian Championships, they placed 10th on the senior level and 8th at the junior event.

2018–2019 season

Poluianova/Sopot started their season by competing in the 2018 JGP series. At their first JGP event of the season they won the silver medal in Linz, Austria. They were ranked 3rd in the short program and 2nd in the free skate and they were part of a Russian sweep of the pairs' podium. Poluianova/Sopot were more than 14 points behind the gold medalists, Polina Kostiukovich / Dmitrii Ialin but they beat the bronze medalists, Alina Pepeleva / Roman Pleshkov, by more than 7 points.

At their 2nd JGP event of the season they placed 4th in Ostrava, Czech Republic. With these results they qualified for the 2018–19 Junior Grand Prix Final where they finished 5th.

According to Tamara Moskvina, head coach of the Tamara Moskvina skating school where Anastasia and Dmitri trained, they have split up. He went on a cruise ship to skate in shows there. She apparently is not looking for a partner to continue her competitive career but plans to join the cruise ship once she is old enough.

Programs

With Poluianova Season Short program Free skating 2018–2019 Rain, In Your Black Eyes Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia 2017–2018 Gabriel's Realm The Unforgiven Nothing Else Matters

With Borisova

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2016–2017 Dance of the Knights Still Loving You 2015–2016 Ninja Lawrence of Arabia Crazy in Love 2014–2015 Korobeiniki

Competitive highlights JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Poluianova International Event 2017–18 2018–19 Tallinn Trophy 3rd Universiade 2nd International: Junior Final 6th 5th Austria 2nd Belarus 2nd Czech Republic 4th Poland 3rd National Russian Champ. 10th 12th Russian Jr. Champ. 8th WD TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Borisova International Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 Junior Worlds 3rd Youth Olympics 1st Final 1st WD Estonia 3rd Latvia 3rd Poland 1st Russia 3rd National Russian Jr. Champ. 8th 3rd 8th Team events Youth Olympics 4th T 1st P TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew T = Team result; P = Personal result Medals awarded for team result only.

Detailed results

With Poluianova

2018–19 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 7–9 March 2019 2019 Winter Universiade Senior 1 58.92 2 111.07 2 169.99 19–23 December 2018 2019 Russian Championships Senior 11 59.08 11 113.81 12 172.89 6–9 December 2018 2018–19 JGP Final Junior 5 59.28 5 99.05 5 158.33 26–29 September 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic Junior 3 59.80 4 95.81 4 155.61 29 August – 1 September 2018 2018 JGP Austria Junior 3 54.07 2 112.04 2 166.11 2017–18 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 7 58.42 9 106.77 8 165.19 21–24 December 2017 2018 Russian Championships Senior 10 56.10 9 118.02 10 174.12 7–10 December 2017 2017–18 JGP Final Junior 5 57.28 6 103.19 6 160.47 21–26 November 2017 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy Senior 4 53.86 2 107.74 3 161.60 4–7 October 2017 2017 JGP Poland Junior 3 56.81 3 102.37 3 159.18 20–24 September 2017 2017 JGP Belarus Junior 1 56.37 2 105.77 2 162.14

With Borisova

2016–17 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 1–5 February 2017 2017 Russian Junior Championships Junior 11 53.02 6 104.87 8 157.89 28 September – 2 October 2016 2016 JGP Estonia Junior 4 56.34 3 93.91 3 150.25 14–18 September 2016 2016 JGP Russia Junior 3 54.74 2 96.02 3 150.76 2015–16 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 14–20 March 2016 2016 World Junior Championships Junior 4 58.56 3 110.44 3 169.00 12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics - Team Event Junior - 1 104.80 4 12–21 February 2016 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 1 60.80 1 107.86 1 168.66 19–23 January 2016 2016 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2 64.73 3 105.52 3 170.25 10–13 December 2015 2015−16 JGP Final Junior 1 60.29 1 111.57 1 171.86 23–27 September 2015 2015 JGP Poland Junior 2 55.40 1 103.42 1 158.82 26–30 August 2015 2015 JGP Latvia Junior 2 49.77 4 85.65 3 135.42 2014–15 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 4–7 February 2015 2015 Russian Junior Championships Junior 6 50.98 11 82.71 8 133.69

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