# Sofia Frank

Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank (born October 6, 2005) is a Filipino-American figure skater. She is a two time Philippine national (2023, 2024) champion and has competed in the free skate segment of the 2022 Four Continents Championships and the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

## Early life and education

Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank was born on October 6, 2005, in Los Angeles, United States. She is the third child of former Filipino beauty queen Precious Tongko, who was crowned 1990 Binibining Pilipinas Maja International, and Noah Frank, an American. She has a sister, Natasha, who is 3 years younger than her.
Frank attends online classes at the elite athlete track program of Cheyenne Mountain High School.

## Career
### Early years

Frank was introduced to skating at the age of three, with her family later moving to Colorado Springs, Colorado to be able to train at the World Arena.

### 2021–2022 season

Having previously represented the United States, Frank began to compete for the Philippines in 2021.
At the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Frank attempted but failed to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics, placing twenty-fourth overall. Her results allowed her to qualify for the 2022 Four Continents Championships.
In October, Frank placed eighteenth at the Finlandia Trophy, becoming the Philippines' highest scorer in the short program, free skate, and overall for a female skater. She scored 53.30 points in the short program and 94.79 points in the free skate for a total of 148.09 points. As a result, she broke the national record previously held by Alisson Perticheto, who had posted an overall score of 139.70 at the 2019 ISU Challenger Series Warsaw Cup. Frank then ranked fifth at the 2021 Tallinn Trophy the following month.
Competing at the junior level, Frank qualified for the 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championshipsafter finishing thirteenth at the 15th Santa Claus Cup in Hungary.
In January, Frank participated at the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, where she placed sixteenth overall. She finished twenty-second at the 2022 World Junior Championships to end the season.

### 2022–2023 season

Frank began the season by competing at the senior-level 2022 Philadelphia Summer International, where she placed tenth overall. She then participated in the 2022 U.S. Classic, finishing eleventh in the event.
Making her Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut at the 2022 JGP Poland I, Frank placed sixteenth.
In December, Frank placed first in both the short program and free skate segments of the 2022 Asian Open Trophy in Jakarta, Indonesia, winning her first international competition. She shortly followed the victory with her first national title at the 2022 Philippine Figure Skating Championships.
At the 2023 World Junior Championships, Frank ranked forty-first in the short program. Since she did not place in the top twenty-fourth of the competition, she was not able to qualify for the free skate.

### 2023–2024 season

Frank began the season with a ninth-place finish at the 2023 Asian Open Trophy. In the same month Frank competed at the 2023 JGP Bangkok where she placed nineteenth. In the next month, Frank participated in the 2023 Skate Canada Autumn Classic and ranked ninth overall.
In January, Frank competed at the 2024 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships where she placed nineteenth. In February, Frank competed at the 2024 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, where she placed 45th out of 46 junior competitors in the short program. Her season abruptly ended as she did not qualify for the free skate program with only the top-24 junior women moving forward.

### 2024–2025 season

Frank began the season with a first-place finish at the 2024 Southeast Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy. In November, she would go on to win the bronze medal at the 2025 Philippine Championships and finish seventeenth at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup.
In February, she finished nineteenth at the 2025 Four Continents Championships in Seoul, South Korea.

## Personal life

Adrian Tongko is Frank's uncle who is a snowboarder.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| 2024–2025 | Rumour Has It by Adele & Ryan Tedder choreo. by Joseph Klein | Moulin Rouge! One Day I'll Fly Away performed by Nicole Kidman The Show Must Go On performed by Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent choreo. by Catarina Lindgren |
| 2023–2024 | Who Do You Think You Are by Spice Girls choreo. by Drew Meekins | Moulin Rouge! One Day I'll Fly Away performed by Nicole Kidman The Show Must Go On performed by Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent choreo. by Catarina Lindgren |
| 2022–2023 | Jump (For My Love) by The Pointer Sisters choreo. by Drew Meekins | Moulin Rouge! One Day I'll Fly Away performed by Nicole Kidman The Show Must Go On performed by Nicole Kidman, Jim Broadbent choreo. by Catarina Lindgren |
| 2021–2022 | Last Dance by Donna Summer and Paul Jabra choreo. by Drew Meekins | Wedding Vow (from Romeo & Juliet) by Abel Korzeniowski choreo. by Ilona Melnichenko |

## Competitive highlights
### For the Philippines

CS: Challenger Series
International :
| Event | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| Four Continents | 16th | WD | 19th | 19th |
| CS Autumn Classic | | | 9th | |
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 18th | | | |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 24th | | | |
| CS U.S. Classic | | 11th | | |
| Asian Games | | | | 11th |
| Asian Open | | 1st | 9th | |
| Philadelphia | | 10th | | |
| SEA Open Trophy | | | | 1st |
| Tallinn Trophy | 5th | | | |
| International: Junior |||||
| Junior Worlds | 22nd | 41st | 45th | |
| JGP Poland I | | 16th | | |
| JGP Thailand | | | 19th | |
| Santa Claus Cup | 13th | | | |
| National |||||
| Philippine Champ. | | 1st | 1st | 3rd |
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew ||||

## Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 148.09 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Short program | TSS | 53.86 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TES | 29.21 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Short program | PCS | 24.68 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Free skating | TSS | 94.79 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy |
| Free skating | TES | 48.97 | 2024 Four Continents Championships |
| Free skating | PCS | 47.87 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy |
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. ISU personal bests highlighted in bold.
2024–25 season :
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 19–23, 2025 | 2025 Four Continents Championships | Senior | 20 41.78 | 19 73.61 | 19 115.39 |
| February 11–13, 2025 | 2025 Asian Winter Games | Senior | 11 43.55 | 12 76.50 | 11 120.05 |
| November 27–December 2, 2024 | 2024 Santa Claus Cup | Senior | 16 37.42 | 18 63.42 | 17 100.84 |
| November 7–8, 2024 | 2024 Philippine Championships | Senior | 3 41.53 | 4 67.26 | 3 108.79 |
| July 27–29, 2024 | 2024 Southeast Asian Open Trophy | Senior | 1 39.60 | 2 60.15 | 1 99.75 |
| 2023–24 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 26– March 3, 2024 | 2024 World Junior Championships | Junior | 45 32.83 | DNQ | 45 32.83 |
| February 1–4, 2024 | 2024 Four Continents Championships | Senior | 21 42.43 | 17 92.36 | 19 134.79 |
| September 14–17, 2023 | 2023 CS Autumn Classic International | Senior | 9 48.02 | 9 80.91 | 9 128.93 |
| August 23–26, 2023 | 2023 JGP Thailand | Junior | 16 42.85 | 18 70.21 | 19 113.06 |
| August 16–19, 2023 | 2023 Asian Open Trophy | Senior | 9 39.65 | 10 73.95 | 9 113.60 |
| 2022–23 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 27– March 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | Junior | 41 37.05 | DNQ | 41 37.05 |
| December 19–20, 2022 | 2022 Philippine Championships | Senior | 1 53.32 | 1 98.31 | 1 151.63 |
| December 7–10, 2022 | 2022 Asian Open Trophy | Senior | 1 50.19 | 1 93.78 | 1 143.97 |
| September 28 – October 1, 2022 | 2022 JGP Poland I | Junior | 18 49.99 | 16 92.76 | 16 142.75 |
| September 13–16, 2022 | 2022 CS U.S. Classic | Senior | 13 37.62 | 10 78.27 | 11 115.89 |
| August 4–7, 2022 | 2022 Philadelphia Summer International | Senior | 8 43.59 | 10 66.86 | 10 110.45 |
| 2021–22 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| March 7–13, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Junior | 19 53.86 | 21 83.14 | 22 137.00 |
| January 18–23, 2022 | 2022 Four Continents Championships | Senior | 14 52.74 | 17 86.52 | 16 139.26 |
| December 6–12, 2021 | 2021 Santa Claus Cup | Junior | 23 42.97 | 9 99.94 | 13 142.91 |
| November 16–21, 2021 | 2021 Tallinn Trophy | Senior | 5 50.64 | 5 97.22 | 5 147.86 |
| October 7–10, 2021 | 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy | Senior | 18 53.30 | 18 94.79 | 18 148.09 |
| September 22–25, 2021 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | Senior | 22 47.65 | 29 81.13 | 24 128.78 |