Sofia Samodelkina

Sofia Vladimirovna Samodelkina (Russian: Софья Владимировна Самоделкина; born 18 February 2007) is a Russian-Kazakhstani figure skater who currently competes for Kazakhstan. She is the 2025 Kazakhstan national champion, the 2025 NHK Trophy silver medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and the 2025 World University Games bronze medalist. She represented Kazakhstan at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. As a junior skater, competing for Russia, she is the 2021 JGP Slovenia silver medalist, the 2021 JGP Russia bronze medalist, and the 2022 Russian Junior silver medalist. Samodelkina is the ninth woman to land a quadruple jump and the fifteenth to land a triple Axel jump in international competition. She is the second woman after Alexandra Trusova who has landed all quadruple jumps except quad Axel in practice. She is the first woman to attempt a quad loop in competition, but the jump was not ratified due to under-rotation.[1] She has landed ratified triple axels, quad salchows, and quad toes in international competition. She is the first woman from Kazakhstan to win a senior Grand Prix medal.