2022-23 Figure Skating Roster

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4   Sonia Baram and Daniel Tioumentsev

  • Level/Discipline Junior/Pairs
  • Training Town Irvine, Calif.
  • Club Los Angeles FSC | Dallas FSC
  • Birth Date Nov. 24, 2008 | March 14, 2002
  • Coach(es) Todd Sand, Jenni Meno-Sand, Chris Knierim, Christine Fowler-Binder, Anna Tarasova, Anna Baram
  • Birthplace Beverly Hills, Calif. | El Paso, Texas
  • Choreographer(s) Cindy Stuart
  • Hometown Los Alamitos, Calif. | Irvine, Calif.
  • Connect Sonia: Instagram
    Daniel: Instagram

Biography

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
World Junior champions (2023)
Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists (2022)
U.S. pewter medalists (2023)
U.S. junior champion (2022)

2022-23 SEASON NOTES
SP Music: "Bla, Bla, Bla, Cha, Cha, Cha" by Petty Booka
FS Music: "Pilgrims on a Journey" by Coeur de Pirate and "Primavera" by Lucovico Einaudi

IJS PERSONAL BESTS
International Competition
SP – 66.95 (2023 World Junior Championships)
FS – 116.52 (2023 World Junior Championships)
Final Score – 183.47 (2023 World Junior Championships)

U.S. Qualifying Competition
SP – 68.80 (2023 U.S. Pairs Final)
FS – 127.40 (2023 U.S. Pairs Final)
Final Score – 194.20 (2023 U.S. Pairs Final)

SKATING NOTES
Teamed up in April 2021.

Baram began skating when she was 1 ... First competed when she was 2.5 years old ... Is also a singles skater ... previously skated with Blake Edwards (2019-21).

Tioumentsev began skating since he was 3 ... Previously skated with Alexandra Prudsky (2020-21) and Natasha Mishkutionok (2017-20), with whom he won silver in intermediate at the 2019 U.S. Championships and gold in juvenile at the 2018 U.S. Championships.

PERSONAL NOTES
Baram's parents are Pavel and Anna Baram (figure skating coach) ... Has a brother named Alex ... Has  a dog named Deev ... Honor roll student at Connections Academy Online school ... Enjoys baking, doing her own hair and makeup, shopping and watching movies ... Her favorite thing to cook is healthy banana muffins.

Tioumentsev's parents are Andrei Tioumentsev (electrical engineer) and Anna Tarasova (figure skating coach) ... Has a brother named Dimitri ... Currently studying mechanical engineering at Irvine Valley College ... Graduated from Palmer Ridge High School ... Hopes to work for SpaceX and help humanity become inter-planetary ... Hobbies include rocket photography, photo/video editing about rockets and the aerospace Industry like SpaceX and NASA, and 3D printing. 

COMPETITIVE HISTORY
  • 2023 World Junior Championships – 1st
  • 2023 U.S. Championships – 4th
  • 2022 Junior Grand Prix Final – 2nd
  • 2023 U.S. Pairs Final – 1st
  • 2022 Junior Grand Prix (Poland 2) – 3rd
  • 2022 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) – 1st
  • 2022 U.S. Championships, Junior – 1st
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series, Junior (Norwood, Mass.) – 1st
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series, Junior (Henderson, Nev.) – 1st