Adelina Sotnikova is a famous Russian figure skater. She was born in Moscow, in nineteen ninety-six. Her great-grandfather, Alexandr Kochetov, is a hero of the Soviet Union. Adelina began to learn to skate when she was a girl of four. In two thousand eight she won the Russian Championship. She got ten thousand roubles and spent the money on treatment of her sister. In two thousand nine she won the Championship again and promised Vladimir Putin to win the Olympics. Five years later she kept her promise.
Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova (Russian: Адели́на Дми́триевна Со́тникова [ɐdʲɪˈlʲinə ˈsotʲnʲɪkəvə]; born 1 July 1996) is a Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time European silver medalist (2013–2014), a five-time medalist on the Grand Prix series, and a four-time Russian national champion (2009, 2011–2012, 2014). On the junior level, she is the 2011 World Junior champion, 2010 JGP Final champion, and 2012 Youth Olympics silver medalist. She is the first Russian to win the Olympic gold medal in ladies' singles figure skating.
Adelina began to learn to skate when she was a girl of four.
In two thousand eight she won the Russian Championship. She got ten thousand roubles and spent the money on treatment of her sister.
In two thousand nine she won the Championship again and promised Vladimir Putin to win the Olympics. Five years later she kept her promise.