Sofiia Nesterova

Sofiia Nesterova (Ukrainian: Софія Нестерова; born 21 August 2003) is a retired Ukrainian pair skater. With her former partner, Artem Darenskyi, she is a two-time Ukrainian national senior champion. The pair has competed in the final segment at two World Junior Championships, finishing within the top eight at the 2019 edition.

Sofiia Nesterova
Nesterova / Darenskyi at the 2020 European Championships
Native nameСофія Нестерова
Born (2003-08-21) 21 August 2003
Dnipro, Ukraine
Height1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUkraine
CoachViacheslav Tkachenko
Skating clubSVHSM Dnipro
Began skating2006
RetiredMarch 20, 2020

Career

Early years

Nesterova began learning to skate in 2006.[1] In February 2017, she won the Ukrainian junior ladies' title ahead of Anastasia Arkhipova and Anastasia Hozhva.[2] She was too young to compete as a junior internationally.

Before 2016, she also trained in pair skating with Denys Strekalin.[1]

2017–2018 season

Nesterova became age-eligible for junior international events at the start of the season. Coached by Maryna Amirkhanova in Kyiv, she competed at two ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments, placing 8th in Minsk, Belarus, and then 12th in Egna, Italy.[3]

Around November 2017, Nesterova teamed up with Artem Darenskyi to compete in pairs, coached by Lilia Batutina in Dnipro.[4] Their training was limited due to a leg injury sustained by Nesterova but the pair decided to compete at the Ukrainian Championships in December.[4]

Nesterova/Darenskyi's international debut came in early February 2018 at the Toruń Cup in Poland. They won bronze and obtained the minimum technical scores required to compete at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia. At the March event in Bulgaria, they qualified to the final segment and went on to finish 14th overall.

2018–2019 season

Nesterova/Darenskyi competed at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events in September, placing fifth in Linz, Austria, and eighth in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In December, they won their second senior national title. Ranked eighth in both segments, they finished eighth at the 2019 World Junior Championships in March in Zagreb, Croatia.

2019–2020 season

Nestrova/Darenski placed twelfth and tenth at their two JGP events. They were fifth at the Volvo Open Cup in November. In December, they were nineteenth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. They placed third at Nationals. They were chosen to compete at the 2020 Youth Olympic Games. Their Junior Pairs result became disqualified, though they were part of the bronze-medalling winning team in the Team Event. They were disqualified at the 2020 European Championships.

On March 20, it was announced that Nestrova and Darenski were splitting up, as Nestrova had retired.[5]

Programs

Pairs with Darenskyi
Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[6]
2018–2019
[1]
  • Nerves at the Limit
    choreo. by Lilia Batutina
2017–2018
[7]
  • Dark Eyes
    choreo. by Yulia Horbacheva
  • Nerves at the Limit
    choreo. by Yulia Horbacheva

Ladies' singles
Season Short program Free skating
2017–2018
[3]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Darenskyi
International[8]
Event 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
EuropeansDSQ[9]
CS Golden Spin19th
Volvo Open Cup5th
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds14th8th
Youth OlympicsDSQ[10]
JGP Austria5th
JGP Croatia12th
JGP Czech Rep.8th
JGP Poland10th
Toruń Cup3rd
National[8]
Ukraine1st1st3rd
Ukraine: Junior1st1st
Team events
Youth Olympics3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; DSQ = Disqualified

Ladies' singles
International: Junior[11]
Event 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
JGP Belarus8th
JGP Italy12th
International: Advanced novice[2]
Bavarian Open3rd
Santa Claus Cup4th
National
Ukrainian Jr. Champ.6th1st

References
  1. "Sofiia NESTEROVA / Artem DARENSKYI: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019.
  2. "Sofiia NESTEROVA". rinkresults.com.
  3. "Sofiia NESTEROVA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  4. "Чемпіонат України: день перший" [Ukrainian Championships: Day One] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. 18 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
  5. Makarevskaya, Kateryna (March 23, 2020). "Чемпіонів України вигнали зі збірної: що призвело до конфлікту у фігурному катанні" [Ukrainian champions expelled from national team: what led to figure skating conflict] (in Ukrainian). Glavcom.ua. The only ones who could do this were Sofiia Nesterova and Artem Darenskyi, who in 2020 won the team bronze at the Youth Olympic Games and participated in the European Championship. But last week Sofiia announced she was leaving the sport.
  6. "Sofiia NESTEROVA / Artem DARENSKYI: 20190/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 March 2020.
  7. "Sofiia NESTEROVA / Artem DARENSKYI: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  8. "Competition Results: Sofiia NESTEROVA / Artem DARENSKYI". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 March 2019.
  9. "European Figure Skating Championships 2020 - Protocol, Pairs result revised" (PDF). International Skating Union. 3 April 2020.
  10. "Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games- Pair Skating Result (REVISED)". International Skating Union. 27 May 2020.
  11. "Competition Results: Sofiia NESTEROVA". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 8 March 2019.
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