page_title: Adelina Sotnikova
section_title: 2013–2014 season
hierarchical_section_title: Adelina Sotnikova / Career / 2013–2014 season
caption_attribution_description: English: The ladies podium at the 2013 Cup of China. From left: Carolina Kostner (3rd), Anna Pogorilaya (1st), Adelina Sotnikova (2nd).
context_page_description: Adelina Dmitriyevna Sotnikova is a retired Russian figure skater. She is the 2014 Olympic champion, a two-time Europeans silver medalist, a two-time Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, and a four-time Russian national champion.
  On the junior level, she is the 2012 Youth Olympic silver medalist, the 2011 Junior World champion, the 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2009 Russian junior national champion.
  Sotnikova stopped competing after the 2015–2016 season. She announced her retirement on 1 March 2020.
context_section_description: Sotnikova started her season competing with Team Europe at the 2013 Japan Open. Her first 2013–14 Grand Prix assignment was Cup of China. She placed first in the short and third in the free skate, winning the silver medal ahead of Carolina Kostner. In her next event, the 2013 Trophée Éric Bompard, she placed third in the short, first in the free skate, and won the silver medal behind American Ashley Wagner. The results qualified Sotnikova to her first Grand Prix Final. At the event in Fukuoka, Japan, she was second in the short, placed sixth in the free, and finished 5th overall.
  At the 2014 Russian Championships, Sotnikova placed first in the short, second in the free, and won her fourth national title, edging out Yulia Lipnitskaya for the gold. Appearing in her second European Championships, Sotnikova placed first in the short and second in the free, taking the silver medal with an overall score of 202.36 points while Lipnitskaya won gold. She is the second Russian skater to record a score above the 200 mark in ladies' singles.
caption: Sotnikova at the 2013 Cup of China podium
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