Sofia Akatyeva

2021–22 season: International junior debut Akateva made her junior international debut at the 2021 JGP Russia held in Krasnoyarsk in mid-September. At the event, she surpassed teammate Kamila Valieva's junior world record scores for the free program and total combined score and took the title by a comfortable 27 point margin ahead of silver medalist Anastasia Zinina. Across her two programs, Akateva landed two triple Axels, one in combination, and three quad jumps, the toe loop, and the Salchow, two in combination. She is the first woman to land three quads and a triple Axel in one program.

At her second JGP assignment, the 2021 JGP Poland, Akateva skated two clean programs, again executing two triple Axels and three quad jumps over the course of the competition to claim the title ahead of compatriot Elizaveta Kulikova and South Korean competitor Shin Ji-a. Due to her results over her two events, Akateva qualified to the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final as the top-seeded competitor in the junior women's event. Akateva's results also automatically qualified her a spot in the senior-level 2022 Russian Championships, but she was barred from competing there by the Russian Figure Skating Federation as her birthday fell after the age-eligibility cutoff date.

2022–23 season: Russian national title Akateva competed on the domestic Russian Grand Prix (in lieu of the ISU Grand Prix, as Russian skaters were banned from competing internationally due to the Russian Invasion Of Ukraine) Akateva was assigned to the first and fourth stages of the Russian Grand Prix series.

At the first stage of the Russian Grand Prix, Akateva ranked second in the short program with a score of 72.70. in the free skate she successfully landed a triple axel, and two quad toes, one of which was landed in combination with a double axel. She won the free skate and ranked second overall, 7.98 points behind Kamila Valieva.

At the fourth stage of the Russian Grand Prix, Akateva ranked second in the short program with a score of 83.39, before ranking third in both the free skate and the overalls, taking the bronze medal behind Elizaveta Tuktamysheva and Sofia Muravieva. Her results at the first and fourth stages of the Russian Grand Prix series qualified Akateva for the Russian Grand Prix Finale.

Akateva competed at the 2023 Russian Figure Skating Championships. She successfully landed a triple axel in the short program and ranked in first place. She ranked in second place in the free skate after falling on her opening triple axel, though she otherwise skated cleanly, landing two quad Toe loops and ranking in first place overall and winning the gold medal.

Akateva competed next at the 2023 Channel One Trophy where she was assigned to the team titled “The Red Machine” and was captained by Alina Zagitova. Akateva ranked in third place after the short program but landed a Triple Axel and both quad Toe loops in the free skate to rank in first place in the individual standings and help the Red Machine claim victory in the team standings.

Akateva’s last competition of the season was the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final. She fell on her Triple Axel in the short program causing her to rank in fifth place and 10.22 points behind Adeliia Petrosian. She landed a Triple Axel and two quad Toe loops in the free skate, although both quads were marked as under-rotated and she moved up to only fourth place overall, missing out on a medal by only 0.52 points.

In late June, Akateva was diagnosed with a stress fracture of the foot and had to suspend training. By late July she was able to resume training. She suffered a reoccurrence of the same injury in November, causing her to recovery to be prolonged. In the 2025 documentary series “The Tutberidze Method”, Tutberidze spoke about how Akateva sustained the injury, saying, “She got this injury because she was very unfocused during training. Her training process was always very difficult – it was necessary to convince, push, and motivate her.”

2023–24 season: Injury Although Akateva debuted two new programs at the 2023–24 Russian Test Skates, she did not compete at all during the 2023–24 season due to injury.

2024–25 season: Return from injury Akateva performed at the 2024–25 Russian Test Skates, confirming she would compete with her programs originally intended for the previous season. Her short program was set to the music Masquerade (Khachaturian) and her free skate was set to various pieces of music from the 2008 film Admiral.

The third stage of the Russian Grand Prix held in Krasnoyarsk in November of 2024 marked Akateva’s first competition since March of 2023. She ranked in third place in the short program behind Anna Frolova and Sofia Muravieva. In the free skate she popped her opening quad toe loop, her only quad attempt of the competition. She skated the rest of the program cleanly and ranked in third place overall winning the bronze medal behind Frolova and Alina Gorbacheva.

2025–26 season In November, Akateva competed at the Russian Grand Prix Stage 5 in Omsk where she finished in 8th place. Sofia was named to compete at the 2026 Russian National Championships in December 2025. However, she withdrew due to injury.

2026–27 season During the off season, media outlets shared that Akatyeva was suffering foot injury problems, preventing her from preparing for the upcoming season.

Programs Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2026–2027

Wild Garden of Eden

La terre vu du ciel Shadow Hunter 2025–2026 Clouds, The Mind on the (Re)Wind Smiles for Y... 2024–2025 Masquerade Waltz Admiral Trinity Hijo de la Luna 2023–2024

2022–2023

Clouds, The Mind on the (Re)Wind Smiles for Y... Welcome to Earth Mosquito Bay Arrival of the Birds Reflection

Hijo de la Luna 2021–2022