Adeliia Petrosian

1.1. Birth and upbringing

Adeliia Petrosian was born in Moscow, Russia, on June 5, 2007. She began her journey in figure skating at a very young age, starting to skate in 2011 when she was four years old. Her initial coaching was under Irina Strakhova. In 2019, she transitioned to the renowned training group of Eteri Tutberidze, where she continued to develop her skills under the guidance of coaches Tutberidze, Sergei Dudakov, and Daniil Gleikhengauz at the Sambo 70 (Khrustalni) club. Petrosian stands at a height of 4.9 ft ^{(1.5 m)}.

1.2. Background

Petrosian is of Armenian descent through her father's side of the family. Outside of her rigorous training schedule, she is known to have a dog named Alma.

2.1. Early Career

Petrosian commenced her competitive career in the junior division of the 2019-20 Cup of Russia circuit. In September, at the first stage, she finished fifth overall after placing fourth in the short program and sixth in the free skate. The following month, she earned a bronze medal at the second stage, finishing behind teammate Sofia Akateva and Alina Gorbacheva. These early results qualified her for the 2020 Russian Junior Championships held in Saransk, where she secured a sixth-place finish with a total score of 201.07 points. In February, she competed in the Russian Cup final in Veliky Novgorod, winning another bronze medal with a total score of 205.22, placing behind Sofia Samodelkina and Sofia Akateva. Her final competition of the season was the Moscow Championships, where she claimed the silver medal with a total score of 199.89, finishing second to Akateva.

2.2. Junior Career

The COVID-19 pandemic led to the cancellation of the 2020-21 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit, which would have been Petrosian's first opportunity to compete internationally at the junior level. Despite this, she continued to compete domestically in the junior division of the Russian Cup circuit. In October, she won the gold medal at the third stage of the Russian Cup in Sochi. At the fifth stage, she finished fourth overall. These performances earned her a spot at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in Krasnoyarsk in February, where she won the silver medal with a total score of 211.87, finishing behind her teammate Sofia Akateva. In March, she secured another bronze medal at the Russian Cup final in Moscow, placing behind Akateva and Sofia Samodelkina with a total score of 204.22.

Petrosian made her international junior debut in the 2021-22 season, assigned to two events on the 2021-22 ISU Junior Grand Prix series. In September, at the 2021 JGP Slovakia in Košice, she earned a bronze medal with a total score of 201.21, placing third in both the short program and free skate behind Russian compatriots Veronika Zhilina and Sofia Muravieva. During her free skate, she attempted a quadruple toe loop, though it was marked as underrotated. Later that month, at her second JGP assignment, the 2021 JGP Slovenia in Ljubljana, Petrosian won the short program with a score of 70.86. Despite touching her hands on the ice during another quadruple toe loop attempt in the free skate, she won the gold medal overall with a total score of 210.57. Her gold medal at the JGP Slovenia qualified her for the 2021-22 Junior Grand Prix Final, which was scheduled for Osaka, Japan, but was later canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.

2.3. Senior Career

Following her junior Grand Prix assignments, Petrosian began competing domestically at the senior level on the Cup of Russia circuit during the 2021-22 season. At the fifth event of the series in Perm, she made history by attempting two quadruple loops, landing one in combination. This marked her as the first woman to land a quadruple loop in competition, although this achievement, occurring in a domestic event, could not be officially recognized by the International Skating Union. She won the silver medal at this event, finishing behind Sofia Muravieva.

Due to her qualification for the canceled 2021-22 Junior Grand Prix Final, Petrosian was eligible to compete at the senior level at the 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships. She placed sixth in the short program with a score of 73.29. In the free skate, she again attempted two quadruple loops, successfully landing both, which earned her a third-place finish in that segment with a score of 160.68. She initially placed fourth overall with a total score of 233.97, behind training mates Kamila Valieva, Alexandra Trusova, and Anna Shcherbakova. She was the highest-scoring junior competitor at the event. Following Valieva's disqualification due to doping charges in 2023, Petrosian was retroactively awarded the bronze medal. Later in the season, Petrosian participated in the Channel One Trophy, a team event for Russian skaters due to the ISU ban on Russian athletes from international championships. She placed fifth in the short program with a clean skate. In the free skate, she attempted two new Ultra-C elements-a quadruple flip and a quadruple toe loop-along with a quadruple loop, but fell on these attempts.

In the 2022-23 season, with Russia still banned from international competition, Petrosian competed on the Russian Grand Prix series. At the second stage in Ufa, Bashkortostan, she won both segments and secured the gold medal. At the 2023 Russian Figure Skating Championships, she ranked fifth in the short program after cleanly landing a triple axel but falling on her triple lutz. In the free skate, she fell on her opening quad loop attempt but cleanly landed two quad toeloops, placing third in the free skate segment and remaining fifth overall. Petrosian was assigned to the "Red Machine" team, captained by Alina Zagitova, at the 2023 Channel One Trophy. She ranked second in the short program and third in the free skate, finishing third overall in the individual standings behind Akateva and Muravieva, and contributing to the Red Machine's team victory. Her final competition of the season was the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final. In the short program, she landed all her jumps, including a triple axel, achieving a new personal best score of 85.62 points. In the free skate, she cleanly landed a quad flip and a quad toeloop, though she stepped out and put a hand down on her second quad toeloop attempt and fell on a triple axel attempt. Despite these errors, she achieved new personal best scores in the free skate (169.39) and combined total score (255.01), winning the gold medal.

Petrosian continued her success into the 2023-24 season, winning the 2024 Russian Figure Skating Championships. She also won the 2024 Russian Grand Prix Final with a score of 252.97 and participated in the 2024 Channel One Trophy, where she placed 2nd in the individual free skate segment, contributing to her team's victory.

In the 2024-25 season, Petrosian again claimed first place at the 2025 Russian Figure Skating Championships. She also won the 2025 Russian Grand Prix Final, despite an error on an intended triple axel.

5.1. International Competitions

5.2. National Competitions

5.3. Team Events