Ana Sofia Beşchea is a Romanian figure skater. At the 2020 Romanian championships, she won both the senior and junior women's titles.
Career
Early years Beşchea began learning to skate in 2010 in Bucharest. She competed internationally from a young age, initially in the novice categories. In the 2016–17 season, she competed as an advanced novice, winning the Romanian Youth Championships and the Olympic Hopes competition in Romania.
In the following season she moved to the junior level. She made her ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2017 JGP Egna, finishing 23rd. During the season, she also won the junior event at the Edu Sport Trophy and finished second at the Romanian Junior Championships.
2018–19 season Beşchea competed at the Junior Grand Prix event in Bratislava, placing 25th with a total score of 101.87 points.
She represented Romania at the 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in Sarajevo, finishing 25th. She was subsequently selected for the 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Zagreb. Beşchea scored 39.95 points in the short program and finished 37th, failing to advance to the free skate.
2019–20 season Beşchea continued on the Junior Grand Prix circuit at the 2019 JGP Egna/Neumarkt, where she placed 23rd with 97.33 points. She also competed at several international events, including the Denkova-Staviski Cup, Edu Sport Trophy, Skate Helena and Sofia Trophy.
At the Romanian championships she won both the senior and junior women's titles.
Beşchea represented Romania for a second consecutive year at the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, where she placed 47th in the short program and did not advance to the free skate.
2020–21 season The international season was substantially affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Beşchea had limited opportunities to compete internationally but retained her Romanian senior national title.
2021–22 season Returning to the ISU Junior Grand Prix, Beşchea competed at the 2021 JGP Austria in Linz, finishing 29th. Later in the season, she won the Romanian junior title and took the silver medal in the senior competition.
She competed internationally as a senior at Skate Helena before winning the Bellu Memorial in Otopeni, scoring 156.51 points.
Beşchea represented Romania at the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn. She placed 42nd in the short program and did not qualify for the free skate.
2022–23 season Beşchea opened her international season on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, finishing 30th at the 2022 JGP Latvia in Riga. In December, she won the junior women's competition at the Cupa Magie de Crăciun in Romania.
She also competed at senior level, finishing fifth at the Edu Sport Trophy and participating in the Bellu Memorial.
At the 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Calgary, Beşchea placed 44th in the short program and did not advance to the free skate. It was her fourth appearance at the World Junior Championships.
2023–24 season Beşchea competed exclusively at senior level internationally during the season. Her early events included the Denkova-Staviski Cup, where she finished 13th, Skate Celje, where she placed seventh, and the Bosphorus Cup, where she finished tenth.
At the Edu Sport Trophy in Otopeni, she placed fifth with a total score of 147.33 points. She also finished as the Romanian national silver medalist.
Beşchea made her senior European debut at the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania. She scored 37.52 points in the short program and finished 33rd, failing to advance to the free skate.
She concluded the season with a tenth-place finish at the Bellu Memorial.
2024–25 season Beşchea began the season by finishing fifth at the Crystal Skate of Romania. This also served as the Romanian national championships; she finished second among the competitors from Romania and won the silver medal. She subsequently placed eleventh at the NRW Trophy in Dortmund and fourth at the Edu Sport Trophy, where she scored 140.88 points.
Beşchea was selected to represent Romania at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn. She scored 36.60 points in the short program and finished 31st, missing qualification for the free skate.
2025–26 season Beşchea began the season at the 2025–26 ISU Challenger Series, competing at the 2025 Nepela Memorial in Bratislava. She finished 21st with a total score of 103.42 points. Her free-skating score of 66.77 points became an ISU personal best.
She subsequently finished 20th at the Denkova-Staviski Cup and eighth at Skate Fehérvár in Székesfehérvár, Hungary. The Romanian national championships were held concurrently with Skate Fehérvár; Beşchea finished second among the Romanian competitors.
In January 2026, Beşchea finished fourth at the Crystal Skate of Romania with 120.17 points. The following month, she was fourth at the Bellu Memorial, scoring 113.57 points.
Programs
Season Short program Free skating 2025–26 The Sound of Silence Per Te 2024–25 Exogenesis Symphony Part 3 Per Te 2023–24 Exogenesis Symphony Part 3 Caruso 2022–23 Skyfall Caruso 2021–22 Skyfall Caruso
Competitive highlights
Event 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25 25–26 European Championships 33rd 31st Romanian Championships 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2ndRomanian Championships (Junior) 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 1st Nepela Memorial 21st Bellu Memorial 1st 8th 10th 4th Crystal Skate of Romania 5th 4th Denkova-Staviski Cup 13th 20th EduSport Trophy 5th 5th 4th NRW Trophy 11th Skate Celje 7th Skate Fehérvár 8th Bosphorus Cup 10th Skate Helena 6th Sofia Trophy 10th World Junior Championships 37th 47th 42nd 44th Austria 29th Italy 23rd 23rd Latvia 30th Slovakia 25th European Youth Olympic Festival 25th Cupa Magie de Crăciun 1st EduSport Trophy 1st 7th 2nd Crystal Skate of Romania 2nd 4th Denkova-Staviski Cup 4th 6th Skate Celje 4th Skate Helena 10th Black Sea Ice Cup 7th
Detailed results
Senior level
2025–26 season Date Event SP FS Total 25–28 February 2026 2026 Bellu Memorial 5 40.21 4 73.36 4 113.57 14–17 January 2026 2026 Crystal Skate of Romania 4 41.27 4 78.90 4 120.17 4–7 December 2025 2025 Skate Fehérvár 8 39.99 8 67.93 8 107.92 4–9 November 2025 2025 Denkova-Staviski Cup 15 46.76 23 74.21 20 120.97 25–27 September 2025 2025 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial 22 36.65 21 66.77 21 103.42 2024–25 season Date Event SP FS Total 28–31 January 2025 2025 European Figure Skating Championships 31 36.60 — 31 9–12 December 2024 2024 Edu Sport Trophy 6 48.47 5 92.41 4 140.88 13–17 November 2024 2024 NRW Trophy 12 37.00 11 72.79 11 109.79 23–26 October 2024 2024 Crystal Skate of Romania 5 40.99 5 71.97 5 112.96 2023–24 season Date Event SP FS Total 20–25 February 2024 2024 Bellu Memorial 9 42.02 10 69.17 10 111.19 8–14 January 2024 2024 European Figure Skating Championships 33 37.52 — 33 6–10 December 2023 2023 Edu Sport Trophy 5 53.90 4 93.43 5 147.33 27 November – 3 December 2023 2023 Bosphorus Cup 10 40.15 6 86.77 10 126.92 16–19 November 2023 2023 Skate Celje 7 37.46 7 69.56 7 107.02 7–12 November 2023 2023 Denkova-Staviski Cup 11 43.52 13 84.18 13 127.70 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total 22–26 February 2023 2023 Bellu Memorial 8 43.45 — 8 11–15 January 2023 2022 Edu Sport Trophy 5 44.98 5 83.61 5 128.59 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total 23–27 February 2022 2022 Bellu Memorial 1 53.58 1 102.93 1 156.51 19–23 January 2022 2022 Skate Helena 5 46.78 5 88.95 6 135.73 11–12 December 2021 2022 Romanian Championships 2 40.95 2 88.83 2 129.78 2020–21 season Date Event SP FS Total 2020–21 2021 Romanian Championships — — 1 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total 12–16 February 2020 2020 Sofia Trophy 12 41.05 10 79.43 10 120.48
Junior level 2022–23 season Date Event SP FS Total 27 February – 5 March 2023 2023 World Junior Figure Skating Championships 44 36.06 — 44 8–11 December 2022 Cupa Magie de Crăciun 2 49.62 1 89.44 1 139.06 6–10 September 2022 2022 JGP Riga 28 34.25 31 64.99 30 99.24 2021–22 season Date Event SP FS Total 13–17 April 2022 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships 42 35.53 — 42 11–12 December 2021 2022 Romanian Junior Championships 1 46.29 1 86.64 1 132.93 19–21 November 2021 2021 Skate Celje 6 46.48 4 78.96 4 125.44 7–9 October 2021 2021 JGP Austria 27 37.37 28 64.01 29 101.38 2019–20 season Date Event SP FS Total 2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships 47 33.77 — 47 16–19 January 2020 2020 Skate Helena 13 38.29 7 77.68 10 115.97 8–12 January 2020 2020 Edu Sport Trophy 2 39.48 2 76.73 2 116.21 12–17 November 2019 2019 Denkova-Staviski Cup 8 37.09 6 73.32 6 110.41 2–5 October 2019 2019 JGP Egna 21 36.13 23 61.20 23 97.33 19–22 September 2019 2019 Black Sea Ice Cup 8 32.27 5 71.77 7 104.04 2018–19 season Date Event SP FS Total 4–10 March 2019 2019 World Junior Figure Skating Championships 37 39.95 — 37 13–15 February 2019 2019 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 23 34.82 25 63.68 25 98.50 9–13 January 2019 2019 Edu Sport Trophy 4 38.27 7 68.62 7 106.89 24–27 October 2018 2018 Crystal Skate of Romania 2 44.30 4 72.83 4 117.13 22–25 August 2018 2018 JGP Bratislava 26 36.28 24 65.59 25 101.87 2017–18 season Date Event SP FS Total 14–17 February 2018 2018 Olympic Hopes 2 41.07 3 81.33 3 122.40 14–17 February 2018 2018 Romanian Junior Championships 1 41.07 2 81.33 2 122.40 6–11 February 2018 2018 Sofia Trophy 5 42.72 9 77.27 8 119.99 4–7 January 2018 2018 Edu Sport Trophy 2 40.12 1 81.04 1 121.16 31 October – 5 November 2017 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup 5 45.78 4 84.34 4 130.12 24–27 October 2017 2017 Crystal Skate of Romania 2 44.09 2 73.33 2 117.42 11–14 October 2017 2017 JGP Egna 26 29.80 23 65.64 23 95.44
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