Sofia Andreevna Muravieva (; born 4 August 2006) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2021 JGP Cup of Austria champion, the 2021 JGP Slovakia silver medalist, the 2024 Russian national silver medalist, and a two-time Russian junior national bronze medalist (2021, 2022).
Personal life Muravieva was born on August 4, 2006, in Moscow, Russia. Her mother, Olga, sews and designs all of Muravieva's figure skating costumes. Muravieva has few older brothers.
Career Early years Muravieva began figure skating in 2009 at the age of three; enrolling at the Tchaikovskaia Konyok Sports Mastery School, where she was coached by Elena Tchaikovskaia and Maria Kleymenova. At the age of seven, she transferred to the CSKA Moscow, where she was coached by Sergei Davydov. Muravieva trained there for six years before deciding to leave at the age of thirteen in December 2019 after being offered a tryout period to join Eteri Tutberidze's group at Sambo 70 (Khrustalny). However, she was ultimately not accepted into the group and because of this, Muravieva made her national debut at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships without a coach. After finishing the event in ninth place, Muravieva and her mother reached out to Evgeni Plushenko to see if she would be able to join his then newly established skating school. Following a successful tryout, Muravieva was ultimately enrolled into Plushenko's school.
2020–2021 season Although Muravieva was age eligible to compete in the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, the series was ultimately canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. At the 2020 Russian Grand Prix II, Moscow, Muravieva won the silver medal behind Elizaveta Berestovskaya. Going on to compete at the 2020 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan, she placed third in the short program but ended up withdrawing from the free skate segment.
Muravieva went on to compete at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships, where she won the bronze medal behind Sofia Akateva and Adeliia Petrosian.
2021–2022 season: International debut Muravieva became age-eligible to compete at the senior level in domestic competitions for the 2021–2022 season; however, she was not eligible for senior international competitions due to her birthday being one month after the cutoff, July 1, 2006. She received two assignments in the 2021–22 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) circuit. She made her international debut at the 2021 JGP Slovakia, where she placed first in the short program, second in the free skate, and second overall behind Veronika Zhilina with a total score of 208.25. She then competed at the 2021 JGP Austria where she won the gold medal with a total score of 211.81. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Skating Union announced an alternate qualifying procedure for the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final which allowed each winner of the Junior Grand Prix events to qualify for the final as opposed to evaluating the results of each skater over two events. Therefore, Muravieva's gold medal at the Junior Grand Prix in Austria qualified her a spot for the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final. The event was scheduled to be held in Osaka in December; however, the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
Going on to compete domestically, Muravieva won the silver medal behind Sofia Samodelkina at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix III, Sirius. She then went on to win the gold medal at the 2021 Russian Grand Prix V, Perm.
Debuting on the senior national level, Muravieva competed at the 2022 Russian Championships. She initially finished second in the short program behind Kamila Valieva with a score of 81.87. However, her score was ultimately given a one-point deduction after it was determined that she took thirty-two seconds to take her start position rather than the maximum thirty seconds. This change in score moved Muravieva down to third place behind Anna Shcherbakova. She placed sixth overall with a total score of 230.31.
At the 2022 Russian Junior Championships, Muravieva won the bronze medal for a second consecutive time.
2022–2023 season: Bronze national medal All Russian figure skaters were banned from competing international competition by the International Skating Union. Thus, Muravieva instead competed domestically on the Russian Grand Prix series (a series of all-Russian competitions in the same format as the international Grand Prix series). Competing at the 2022 Russian Grand Prix IV, Moscow and the 2022 Russian Grand Prix VI, Perm, she took silver at both events.
Going on to compete at the 2023 Russian Championships, Muravieva finished the event in third place. She then closed the season by placing fifth at the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.
2023–2024 season: Silver national medal Muravieva began the season by competing at the 2023 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan and the 2023 Russian Grand Prix VI, Moscow, winning gold and bronze, respectively. She then finished the season by finishing second at the 2024 Russian Championships behind Adeliia Petrosian.
2024–2025 season Muravieva started the season by competing at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix III, Krasnoyarsk and the 2024 Russian Grand Prix V, St. Petersburg, placing fourth at both events. She then went on to compete at the 2025 Russian Championships, where she finished fourth overall.
In February, Muravieva competed at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix Final. Although she won the short program, Muravieva struggled during the free skate, only placing seventh in that segment. She ultimately finished the event in fourth place.
It was later revealed that Muravieva struggled with health-related issues throughout the season. On April 14, 2025, it was announced that Muravieva was leaving Evgeni Plushenko’s academy “Angels of Plushenko.” An article by RIA Novosti said “Sofia Muravieva was expelled from Evgeni Plushenko’s academy for "systematic violations" of the training process. This was alleged to have included disruption of training, rudeness towards coaches, and breaking the ice. In spite of this announcement, Muravieva took to her social media accounts, expressing gratitude towards everyone that worked with her at the FS Academy of Evgeni Plushenko. The following week, it was announced that Muravieva had moved to Saint Petersburg, where Alexei Mishin became her new coach.
2025–2026 season: Request to change citizenship Muravieva opened the season by finishing fifth at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix V, Omsk and fourth at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix III, Kazan. She then went on to finish fifth at the 2026 Russian Championships. In early March, Sofia finished 4th at the 2026 Russian Grand Prix Final, missing the podium by 0.2 points.
In early May, it was announced that Muravieva ended her partnership with Alexei Mishin at the coach's initiative. Following this, Muravieva requested to be excluded from the Russian national team, citing future hopes of representing a different sports federation in the near future.
2026–2027 season During the early season, RIA Novosti shared that Muravieva would continue training in Russia and that changing her sports citizenship was no longer a top priority.
Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2025–2026 Carmen Regardons passer les gens Waltz Tango Finale A Model of the Universe Fuel to Fire Marvel Poker Face
Ne me quitte pas 2024–2025 The Black Swan Ethnic Vocals A Swan is Born Pas de Six Intrada The White Swan Swan Lake Mother Me Your Art (It Goes Like) Nanana
Ne me quitte pas 2023–2024 Horizon of Memories Pilgrims on a Long Journey Wicked Game Gefion The Swan 2022–2023 Proud Love Theme Ne me quitte pas 2021–2022 Ne me quitte pas The Great Gatsby "Gatsby Believed in the Green Light" Magic Tree And I Let Myself Go Young and Beautiful 2020–2021 Liebesträume Moonlight Sonata 2019–2020 The Four Seasons: Summer Crimson Peak Allerdale Hall Credits 2018–2019 Primavera The Barber of Siberia Jane and Andreï Cadets and Maidens The Love 2017–2018
Competitive highlights JGP: Junior Grand Prix International: Junior Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25 25–26 Final C Austria 1st Slovakia 2nd National Russian Champ. 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 4th Russian Cup Final 4th J 5th 4th 4th Russian Junior Champ. 9th 3rd 3rd Russian GP Stage 2 2nd J Russian GP Stage 3 2nd 4th 5th Russian GP Stage 4 12th J WD J 2nd 1st Russian GP Stage 5 3rd J 5th J 1st 4th 4th Russian GP Stage 6 2nd 3rd
Detailed results
Senior results 2025–26 season Date Event SP FS Total 21–24 November 2025 2025 Russian Grand Prix V, Omsk 3 71.18 4 132.71 4 203.89 7–10 November 2025 2025 Russian Grand Prix III, Kazan 2 72.60 7 125.31 5 197.9117–22 December 20252026 Russian Championships10 69.233 146.515 215.746–9 March 20262026 Russian Grand Prix Final 3 73.516 137.144 210.65 2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total 14–16 February 2025 2025 Russian Grand Prix Final 1 77.01 7 137.04 4 214.05 19–22 December 2024 2025 Russian Championships 6 73.10 3 150.80 4 223.90 22–25 November 2024 2024 Russian Grand Prix V, St. Petersburg 4 68.78 4 137.07 4 205.85 8–11 November 2024 2025 Russian Grand Prix III, Krasnoyarsk 2 73.47 5 127.01 4 200.48 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total 20–24 December 2023 2024 Russian Championships 3 78.33 2 161.07 2 239.40 24–27 November 2023 2023 Russian Grand Prix VI, Moscow 2 76.67 5 133.58 3 210.25 10–13 November 2023 2023 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 2 77.02 1 151.79 1 228.81 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total 3–5 March 2023 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final 4 77.94 6 155.10 5 233.04 20–26 December 2022 2023 Russian Championships 3 79.96 5 156.00 4 235.96 28–30 November 2022 2022 Russian Grand Prix VI, Perm 1 81.59 2 157.56 2 239.15 21–24 October 2022 2022 Russian Grand Prix IV, Moscow 3 82.24 2 148.32 2 230.56 2021–2022 season Date Event SP FS Total 21–26 December 2021 2022 Russian Championships 3 80.87 6 149.44 5 230.31 17–21 November 2021 2021 Russian Grand Prix V, Perm 1 83.05 2 133.59 1 216.64 24–28 October 2021 2021 Russian Grand Prix III, Sirius 2 73.33 2 141.49 2 214.82
Junior results 2021–2022 season Date Event SP FS Total 18–22 January 2022 2022 Russian Junior Championships 6 68.38 2 143.24 3 211.62 6–9 October 2021 2021 JGP Austria 1 73.28 1 138.53 1 211.81 1–4 September 2021 2021 JGP Slovakia 1 72.52 2 135.73 2 208.25 2020–2021 season Date Event SP FS Total 1–5 February 2021 2021 Russian Junior Championships 1 72.97 4 135.16 3 208.13 8–12 November 2020 2020 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 3 67.71 WD WD 10–13 October 2020 2020 Russian Grand Prix II, Moscow 2 72.72 3 126.38 2 199.10 2019–2020 season Date Event SP FS Total 18–22 February 2020 2020 Russian Cup Final 5 69.00 5 124.64 4 193.64 4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships 7 66.90 11 124.94 9 191.84 20–24 November 2019 2019 Russian Grand Prix V, Moscow 2 68.74 8 113.39 5 182.13 11–15 November 2019 2019 Russian Grand Prix IV, Kazan 12 56.39 8 119.08 8 175.47 2018–2019 season Date Event SP FS Total 20–24 November 2018 2018 Russian Grand Prix V, Moscow 4 63.01 3 126.60 3 189.61
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External links
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