Sofia Dmitrievna Tikhonova (russian: Со́фья Дми́триевна Ти́хонова; born 16 November 1998) is a Russian

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who has competed at

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level since the 2013/14 season.. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

Career

Tikhonova's best individual World Cup result is fourth place in

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on 5 December 2014; her best team result is third in Zaō on 20 January 2018. At the Junior World Championships, she won an individual gold medal and a team silver medal in 2015, individual bronze in 2016, and team silver in

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. At the

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, she won individual silver in

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. At the

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, she won individual gold and mixed team silver in

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References

1998 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg Russian female ski jumpers Ski jumpers at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ski jumpers at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ski jumpers of Russia Youth Olympic gold medalists for Russia {{Russia-skijumping-bio-stub