Adeliia Tigranovna Petrosian (; born 5 June 2007) is a Russian figure skater who currently competes as an Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN). She is a three-time Russian national champion (2024, 2025, 2026) and a three-time Russian Grand Prix Final champion (2023, 2024, 2025). Internationally, she is the 2021 JGP Slovenia champion, the 2026 CS Trialeti Trophy silver medalist and the 2025 Skate to Milano champion.
She went undefeated in all domestic skating competitions during the 2023–2024 and the 2024–2025 seasons.
She competed at the 2026 Winter Olympics as an Individual Neutral Athlete.
Personal life Petrosian was born on 5 June 2007 in Moscow, Russia, to an Armenian father and a Russian mother. Her father works in the field of medicine. In addition to figure skating, Petrosian enjoys dance and is an avid fan of literature with Leo Tolstoy being amongst her favourite authors.
In 2025, Petrosian enrolled part-time in the Faculty of Choreography at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow, studying in the workshop of former Bolshoi Ballet principal dancer and choreographer Vyacheslav Gordeev.
Career Early years Petrosian began learning how to skate in 2011 at the age of four. Her mother enrolled her at the Moskvich Rink, where she was coached by Irina Strakhova and Alexei Shemet. In early 2019, she tried out to join famed coach Eteri Tutberidze's group of skaters and was ultimately accepted.
2019–20 season Petrosian debuted as a junior on the 2019–20 Cup of Russia circuit. Her first event was the 2019 Russian Cup Stage I, Sysran, where she finished fourth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and fifth overall. Petrosian then went on to win the bronze at the 2019 Russian Cup Stage II, Saransk behind teammate Sofia Akateva and Alina Gorbacheva. These results qualified her for the 2020 Russian Junior Championships, where she finished in sixth place overall.
In February, Petrosian competed at the 2020 Russian Cup Final, winning the bronze medal behind Sofia Samodelkina and Sofia Akateva.
2020–21 season
Petrosian would have been eligible to compete in the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit; however, the series was canceled due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. She competed for another season in the junior division of the Cup of Russia circuit. In October, she won the gold medal at the 2020 Russian Cup Stage III, Sochi. At the 2020 Russian Cup Stage V, Moscow, she finished third in the short program, fifth in the free skate, and fourth overall. These results qualified her to the 2021 Russian Junior Championships. At the event, Petrosian won the silver medal overall behind her teammate, Sofia Akateva. In March, she competed at the 2021 Russian Cup Final, winning the bronze medal behind Akateva and Sofia Samodelkina.
2021–22 season: Junior Grand Prix debut and national bronze medal Petrosian was assigned to two events on the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix series. She made her international junior debut in September at 2021 JGP Slovakia, placing third in both the short program and the free skate to take the bronze medal overall behind Russian compatriots, Veronika Zhilina and Sofia Muravieva. During her free skate performance, Petrosian attempted a quadruple toe loop but the jump was deemed to be underrotated. Later in the month, Petrosian competed at 2021 JGP Slovenia, where she won the short program and placed second in the free skate to win the gold medal overall.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Skating Union announced an alternate qualifying procedure for the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final which allowed each winner of the Junior Grand Prix events to qualify for the final as opposed to evaluating the results of each skater over two events. Therefore, Petrosian's gold medal at 2021 JGP Slovenia qualified her a spot for the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final. The event was scheduled to be held in Osaka in December; however, the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan.
Petrosian went on to compete domestically as a senior on the 2021–22 Cup of Russia circuit, the qualifying series for the Russian Championships. At the 2021 Russian Cup Stage V, Perm, Petrosian attempted two quadruple loops, landing one of them in combination. She became first woman to land a quadruple loop in competition; however, because the jump was landed in a domestic competition, it could not be recognized officially by the International Skating Union. At that event, Petrosian ultimately won the silver medal in the event behind Sofia Muravieva.
In December, Petrosian competed at the 2022 Russian Championships. She placed sixth in the short program and third in the free skate, the latter of which included two cleanly landed quadruple loops. Although Petrosian originally finished fourth overall due to the event's winner, Kamila Valieva, later testing positive for doping, she was stripped of that national title in 2023 thus Petrosian was retroactively awarded the bronze medal.
The following month, Petrosian finished fifth at the 2022 Russian Junior Championships. She then closed her season by winning the silver medal on the junior level at the 2022 Russian Cup Final behind training mate, Sofia Akateva.
2022–23 season: Russian Grand Prix Final Champion Due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, all Russian figure skaters were banned from competing international competition by the International Skating Union. Thus, Petrosian instead competed domestically on the Russian Grand Prix series (a series of all-Russian competitions in the same format as the international Grand Prix series). At the 2022 Russian Grand Prix II, Sochi, Petrosian won both segments of the competition and won the gold medal.
Going on to compete at the 2023 Russian Championships, Petrosian ranked in fifth place in the short program after falling on a planned triple Lutz. During the free skate, she fell on her opening quad loop attempt but cleanly landed two quad toe-loops, ranking third in the free skate segment and remaining fifth overall.
Petrosian's final competition of the season came at the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final. She won the short program segment after landing all of her jumps cleanly, including a planned triple Axel. During the free skate she cleanly landed a quad flip and a quad toe-loop, although she stepped out off and out a hand down on her second quad toe-loop attempt and fell on a planned triple Axel. Despite the mistakes, Petrosian won the free skate segment to win the gold medal overall.
2023–24 season: First national title Petrosian began the season by winning gold at the 2023 Russian Grand Prix I, Ufa and the 2023 Russian Grand Prix II, Omsk, respectively.
In December, Petrosian won the gold medal 2024 Russian Championships. Two months later, she competed at the 2024 Russian Cup Grand Prix Final, winning the gold medal. The following month, she took the individual silver at the Russian Figure Skating Jumping Championships, behind Margarita Bazyliuk and ahead of Elena Kostyleva.
2024–25 season: Second national title Beginning the season at the 2024 Russian Grand Prix II, Kazan, Petrosian won the gold medal. Two weeks later, she repeated this result at the 2024 Russian Grand Prix IV, Moscow.
In December, Petrosian came in first at the 2025 Russian Championships. She subsequently went on to win gold at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix Final.
2025–26 season: Milano Cortina Olympics and third consecutive national title
In May 2025, the International Skating Union (ISU) announced that Petrosian as well as Alina Gorbacheva had both been approved as Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), making them both eligible to compete at the 2025 ISU Olympic Qualifying Competition to vie for a spot to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The Figure Skating Federation of Russia selected Petrosian to compete and Gorbacheva as the reserve.
During the off-season, Petrosian sustained a groin injury and as a result, was forced to miss several weeks of training.
Days before the ISU Skate to Milano, it was announced that Petrosian's coach and choreographer, Daniil Gleikhengauz, would be unable to attend the event as originally planned due to failing to meet the ISU selection criteria for support staff. As a result, a physiotherapist and a couple of representatives of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia were sent out to accompany her. Meanwhile, Petrosian's coach, Eteri Tutberidze, attended the event as a representative for the Georgian figure skating team. Despite this, Petrosian managed to win the gold medal after winning all competition segments, thus securing an Olympic spot for Russian women's singles skating as Individual Neutral Athletes. At the event, she opted to not attempt any quadruple jumps due to them being inconsistent following her injury's recovery. Petrosian continued her season by competing at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix I, Magnitogorsk. She restored her quadruple toe-loops in training before the competition yet fell on her attempt in the free skate. Despite this, she won the competition, continuing her streak of being domestically undefeated. A couple weeks later, she competed at the 2025 Russian Grand Prix IV, Moscow, winning that event as well.
In late November, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially declared Petrosian as eligible to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics. The following month, she won the Russian Championships for a third consecutive time.
On 17 February, Petrosian competed in the short program at the 2026 Winter Olympics, where she delivered a clean skate and placed fifth in that segment. “I hope the spectators enjoyed it as well,” said Petrosian of her program. "Mentally and psychologically, I was calm. I wasn’t nervous. These are my first Olympic Games, so I don’t feel any big pressure. We’ll see how it goes in the free skate." Two days later, Petrosian competed in the free skate segment. She and her coaching team decided to include two quadruple jumps, recognising their importance for a chance at the podium. Petrosian was the only competitor to attempt a quadruple toe-loop, but she fell on the jump. This lead her to omit the second quadruple jump planned in her program, and she managed to skate the rest of the program cleanly. She placed fifth in the segment with a score of 141.64. She finished sixth overall with a total score of 214.53, 4.63 points behind the bronze medalist. Reflecting on her performance, Petrosian stated, "I think it will be mentally difficult for me to come back to Russia after such a skate... I feel a little ashamed — for myself, for the federation, for my coaches, and for the spectators that it went this way. I understand that it’s my own fault. That’s why I think it will be a bit difficult." One week following the event, it was revealed that Petrosian had been competing with a back injury that she sustained the previous month where she twisted her back and was unable to train for two weeks.
In late February, Petrosian withdrew from the 2026 Russian Grand Prix Final. The following month, she competed in the Channel One Trophy for Team Moscow. She skated the short program segment, placing first.
2026–27 season On 30 June 2026, the International Skating Union announced that figure skaters from Russia and Belarus would be allowed to compete at international competitions as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs). Each of these skaters are required to undergo an individual assessment conducted by the ISU Council to determine whether they meet the criteria for neutral status. Petrosian's application was approved, allowing her to continue competing as a neutral athlete.