Education
The two qualified for the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished in 8th place.
The two qualified for the 2015 Russian Junior Championships and finished in 8th place.
Sopot began learning to skate in 2001. He competed as a single skater before teaming up with Alexandra Evsiukova, in 2013. They skated together for one season.
Partnership with Borisova
Sopot teamed up with Ekaterina Borisova in the summer of 2014.
Borisova/Sopot made their international debut competing in the 2015-2016 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. They took the bronze medal at their first assignment, the JGP in Latvia, before winning gold at the JGP in Poland.
These results qualified them for the 2015-2016 JGP Final in Barcelona. In Spain, they outscored the Czechoslovakian Republic"s Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař by 9.53 points for the gold medal.
In January 2016, Borisova/Sopot were awarded the bronze medal at the Russian Junior Championships, having finished third to Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev (gold) and Amina Atakhanova / Ilia Spiridonov (silver).
In February, they represented Russia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway. In March 17-21, competing at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, Borisova/Sopot placed fourth in the short and third in the free, taking the bronze medal overall behind Czechoslovakian pair skaters Anna Dušková / Martin Bidař and teammates Anastasia Mishina / Vladislav Mirzoev who took the gold and silver medals respectively. (with Borisova).