Sofia Sula (born 27 December 2002) is a former competitive Finnish

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

. She lives in

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. On the junior level, she is a two-time Nordics silver medalist (2017, 2018), and a two-time Finnish junior national champion (2017, 2018).

Career

Her coaches were Italian

Edoardo De Bernardis Edoardo De Bernardis (born 27 May 1978 in Turin) is an Italian figure skating coach and choreographer. Career De Bernardis has coached athletes of international and Winter Olympic Games, Olympic calibre. He advises technically and artistically ...

and Claudia Masoero. Sula practiced at

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. Her choreographer was Italian

. Sula started her skating career in 2007 in

Mäntsälä Mäntsälä () is a municipality in the province of Southern Finland, and is part of the Uusimaa region. It has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . The municipality is unilingually Finnish. ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bo ...

. Sula was part of

Finnish Figure Skating Association The Finnish Figure Skating Association (FFSA) ( fi, Suomen Taitoluisteluliitto, ''STLL'') is the national association for figure skating in Finland. The FFS has its origins in the Finnish Skating Association (''Suomen Luisteluliitto'') which was ...

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Programs

Competitive highlights

Track record

Sula performed in ''Les Stars de la Glace'' show with

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Miki Ando is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2007 and 2011 World champion, 2011 Four Continents champion, 2004 World Junior champion, and a three-time (2003, 2004 & 2010) Japanese national champion. Ando is the first female skater to c ...

and

Philippe Candeloro Philippe Candeloro (born 17 February 1972) is a French former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (1994, 1998), a two-time World medalist (1994 silver, 1995 bronze), a two-time European silver medalist (1993, 1997 ...

at Christmas 2017 in Vaujany,

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sula, Sofia Finnish female single skaters 2002 births Living people Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Italy Sportspeople from Lahti