Sofia Sergeyevna Thorup ( née ''Prosvirnova'' (russian: Софья Сергеевна Просвирнова); 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 2014 Winter Olympics 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 Viktor Hald Thorup (born 14 August 1994) is a Danish speed skater who competes internationally. He participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics The 2018 Winter Olympics ( ko, 2018년 동계 올림픽, Icheon sip-pal nyeon Donggye Ollimpik), o ...

, Sofia Prosvirnova announced to switching nationality to represent

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

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* 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 Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg World Short Track Speed Skating Championships medalists FISU World University Games gold medalists for Russia Universiade medalists in short track speed skating Competitors at the 2019 Winter Universiade 21st-century Russian women 21st-century Danish women {{Russia-speed-skating-bio-stub