| Sofiia Holichenko | |
| Native Name Lang: | uk |
| Fullname: | Sofiia Yuriyivna Holichenko |
| Also Known As: | Sofia/Sofiya Golichenko |
| Birth Date: | 23 November 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Hometown: | Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Partner: | Artem Darenskyi (since 2020) Ivan Pavlov (2018–19) |
| Coach: | Ihor Marchenko |
| Skating Club: | MDUSH of Winter Sport, Dnipro |
| Beganskating: | 2007 |
| Discipline: | Pair skating |
Sofiia Yuriyivna Holichenko (uk|Софія Юріївна Голіченко; born 23 November 2004) is a Ukrainian pair skater. With her skating partner, Artem Darenskyi, she competed in the final segment at the 2022 European Championships and is a three-time Ukrainian national champion (2022-24) and the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist.
As a singles skater, Holichenko most notably won the bronze medal at the 2018 Ukrainian junior championships. She competed a single season in pairs with Ivan Pavlov, winning a bronze medal at the senior Ukrainian championships.
In June, it was announced that she had formed a new partnership with Artem Darenskyi.
After obtaining the required minimum technical elements scores, Holichenko/Darenskyi were nominated to represent Ukraine at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm. They withdrew a few days before the start of the competition, having tested positive for coronavirus.
Holichenko/Darenskyi began the season at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, attempting to qualify a berth for Ukraine at the 2022 Winter Olympics. They placed eleventh at the event, outside the qualifications. However, Ukraine qualified to the Olympic team event due to Anastasiia Shabotova qualifying to the women's competition at Nebelhorn, allowing for a Ukrainian pair to be sent for that. Holichenko/Darenskyi went on to finish fifth at the Budapest Trophy.
After winning their first Ukrainian national title, Holichenko/Darenskyi placed fifteenth at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn. Days later, they were named to the Ukrainian Olympic team. They finished ninth among nine pairs entered in the short program of the Olympic team event. This was their only performance at the Games, as Team Ukraine did not advance to the second stage of the competition and finished tenth.
The team returned home to Dnipro after the Olympics and immediately found themselves in the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They enlisted Canadian music editor Hugo Chouinard to change their short program music in advance of the 2022 World Championships in Montpellier, hoping to inspire the country with Ukrainian music. They undertook a six-day journey to France, via Romania, Italy, and Poland, with Darenskyi saying that their goal was "to show that Ukrainian athletes are fighting for their country." On arrival, they received a standing ovation and placed thirteenth in the short program with very limited training. In light of this, they opted not to compete in the free skate. They temporarily left home to live and train in Toruń for the foreseeable future.
Prior to the season beginning, it was announced that Holichenko/Darenskyi had left Toruń and returned to Dnipro to train.
Holichenko/Darenskyi's lone competitive appearance for the season came at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, where they finished in twelfth place. They missed the rest of the season due to injury and only returned to compete at the 2023 Ukrainian Championships in April, which they won.
In August 2023, it was announced that Holichenko/Darenskyi had switched coaches from Lilia Batutina to Ihor Marchenko.
Starting the season at the 2023 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Holichenko/Darenskyi came in eighth place. At the 2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, Holichenko/Darenskyi placed third in the short program and third in the free skate, placing third overall and earning their first ISU Challenger Series medal.
In the second half of the season, Holichenko/Darenskyi came eleventh at the 2024 European Championships and seventeenth at the 2024 World Championships.
Due to the constant shelling taking place in Ukraine as a result of the ongoing war, Holichenko and Darenskyi had limited access to ice rinks where they could train in throughout the off-season. Their first competition of the season was on the 2024–25 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. Competing at the 2024 JGP Poland, Holichenko and Darenskyi won the silver medal.[1]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2024–25 | ||
| 2023–24 |
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| 2022–23 |
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| 2021–22 |
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| 2020–21 |
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