Background
Maria Romanovna Sotskova was born on 12 April 2000 in Reutov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. Sotskova began skating at the age of four after her mother decided to bring her to the ice rink.
Maria Romanovna Sotskova was born on 12 April 2000 in Reutov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. Sotskova began skating at the age of four after her mother decided to bring her to the ice rink.
At her next JGP assignment, in Ostrava, Czechoslovakian Republic, she finished 2nd to Alexandra Proklova by over 15 points.
Svetlana Panova has coached her from the beginning. Her figure skating idol is Carolina Kostner. 2012−13 season
2013−14 season
Sotskova"s silver medals qualified her for the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where she defeated teammates Sakhanovich and Medvedeva for the gold.
She then took silver behind Sakhanovich at the 2014 Russian Junior Championships and was assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria.
She withdrew due to a meniscus injury. 2014−15 season
She finished 4th in Barcelona, Spain at her second JGP Final.
Making her senior national debut, she placed 6th at the Russian Championships before winning the junior silver medal. Concluding her season, she placed 5th at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn.
2015−16 season
In June 2015, Sotskova went to Artesia, California to get her programs choreographed, and work with Rafael Arutyunyan on her jumps.
Her first senior gold medal came at the Tallinn Trophy, an International Skating Union Challenger Series event in November. At the 2015-2016 JGP Final in Barcelona, Sotskova placed fourth in the short and second in the free skate, taking the silver medal ahead of Japan"s Marin Honda. In February, Sotskova represented Russia at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway, winning the silver medal behind teammate Polina Tsurskaya.
In March, she was awarded silver at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, after finishing between Honda and Higuchi.