Sophia "Sonia" Baram (born November 24, 2008) is an American
pair skater
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
. With former partner,
Daniel Tioumentsev, she is the
2023 World Junior champion,
2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalist, the
2022 JGP Czech Republic champion, the
2022 JGP Poland II bronze medalist, and the
2022 U.S. junior national champion.
Personal life
Baram was born on November 24, 2008, in
Beverly Hills
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, California, to parents Pavel and Anna. She has a brother, Alex. Baram homeschools through Connections Academy, an online program.
Career
Early career
Baram began figure skating in 2010 at the age of one.
Her first pair skating partner was Blake Edwards whom she competed with from 2019 to early 2021. She ultimately teamed up with
Daniel Tioumentsev in April 2021.
2021–22 season
Baram/Tioumentsev made their debut together at the 2021 USCS Nevada and 2021 USCS Massachusetts, winning both events.
They then went on to win gold at the
2022 U.S. Junior Championships by over twenty points. Simultaneously, Baram competed in the junior women's singles event, finishing thirteenth.
2022–23 season: World Junior champion and Junior Grand Prix Final silver
Baram/Tioumentsev debuted internationally on the
2022–23 Junior Grand Prix series. They won the bronze medal at the
2022 JGP Poland II and gold at the
2022 JGP Czech Republic, ultimately qualifying for the
2022–23 Junior Grand Prix Final in
Turin
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,
Italy
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and won the silver medal.
The pair went on to compete at the
2023 Midwestern Sectional Championships, winning the gold medal.
At the Final, Baram/Tioumentsev won the short program, 3.43 points over
Anastasia Golubeva
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/
Hektor Giotopoulos Moore
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of
Australia
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. They then went on to place second in the free skate and won the silver medal behind the
Australians
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.
Competing as a senior pair team at the
2023 U.S. Championships, Baram/Tioumentsev won the pewter medal.
Selected to represent the United States at the
2023 World Junior Championships, Baram/Tioumentsev won the short program, scoring a personal best in the process. The morning of the free skate, Baram/Tioumentsev's coach,
Todd Sand
Todd Sand (born October 30, 1963) is an American pair skater. With his wife Jenni Meno, he is the 1998 World silver medalist, a two-time World bronze medalist (1995, 1996), and a three-time U.S. national champion (1994–96). With his previou ...
, suffered a
heart attack
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and had to be hospitalized in the
Intensive Care Unit
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An inten ...
. As a result, Baram/Tioumentsev had to skate the free skate without a coach. Despite this, the pair won the free skate and ultimately won the event, secure a gold medal, scoring personal best free skate and combined total scores in the process. Following the event, Tioumentsev said, "We skated for Todd and for everyone that has helped us through the season. It was very hard, and we tried to remember what Todd told us – to stay in the moment."
Arizona State University
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as well as his job at SpaceX
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. Regardless, Tioumentsev stated that he had no plans to retire but rather take a break from figure skating.[
]
Programs
Pair skating with Daniel Tioumentsev
Competitive highlights
Pair skating with Daniel Tioumentsev
Women's singles
Detailed results
Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.
''Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.''
Pair skating with Daniel Tioumentsev
Senior level
Junior level
References
External links
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2008 births
Living people
American female figure skaters
American female pair skaters
Sportspeople from Beverly Hills, California
21st-century American sportswomen
World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists