Sofia Sergeyevna Thorup (

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Prosvirnova, ; born 20 December 1997) is a Russian-born Danish short track and

long track speed skater 　 Long-track speed skating, usually simply referred to as speed skating, is the Olympic sport, Olympic discipline of speed skating where competitors are timed while crossing a set distance. It is also a sport for leisure. Sports such as ice skat ...

Career

She competed at the

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in the individual 500 m and 1,000 m events and in the 3,000 meters relay and placed 15th, 24th and 4th, respectively. In April 2023, after marrying Danish speed skater Viktor Hald Thorup, Sofia Prosvirnova announced to switching nationality to represent

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, while also leaving short track for long track speed skating.

World Cup results

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Sofia Prosvirnova
at ShortTrackOnLine.info * * * 1997 births Living people Russian female short-track speed skaters Danish female speed skaters Russian emigrants to Denmark Danish people of Russian descent Olympic short-track speed skaters for Russia Short-track speed skaters at the 2014 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Short-track speed skaters at the 2022 Winter Olympics Speed skaters from Saint Petersburg World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Winter World University Games medalists in short-track speed skating Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade 21st-century Russian sportswomen 21st-century Danish sportswomen {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub