{{Short description|American figure skater (born 1999)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox figure skater | name = Sonja Hilmer | image = Sonja Hilmer – Women’s free – 2026 Nationals 01.jpg | caption = Hilmer at the 2026 U.S. National Championships | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|06|13|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Mount Kisco, New York, U.S. | hometown = Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S. | height = {{cvt|1.60|m|order=flip}} | country = {{USA}} | discipline = Women's singles | coach = Damon Allen<br>Eddie Shipstad | skating club = Centennial Skating Club | beganskating = 2003 }}
'''Sonja Hilmer''' (born June 13, 1999) is an American singles figure skater. She began representing the United States internationally starting in the 2022–23 season.
== Personal life == Sonja Hilmer was born on June 13, 1999, in Mount Kisco, New York in the United States.{{r|ISU-SH}} She graduated from the Laurel Springs School and is currently studying illustration. Hilmer has interests in arts and crafts with specializations in sewing, embroidery, resin casting, and thermoplastics. She uses her skills in these crafts to create her skating costumes. Additionally, Hilmer is interested in music, coin collecting, and rock collecting.{{r|FanZone}}
== Career ==
=== Early career === Hilmer initially wanted to start skating at age two after reading a children's book, but she began at three years old after a family trip took her to the ice.{{r|FanZone}}
=== 2022–23 season ===
Hilmer began the season at the Glacier Falls Summer Classic. She won the event with a 177.72 total, her personal best domestic score.<ref>{{cite web |date=July 31, 2022 |title=2022 Glacier Falls Summer Classic |url=https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2022/30629/index.asp |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=United States Figure Skating}}</ref> Hilmer landed the first triple Salchow jump-double Salchow combination at this event, a unique jump combination that requires a change of skating edge on the landing of the first Salchow followed by jumping the second Salchow by rotating in the opposite direction. Following that, Hilmer competed in the 2022 Cranberry Cup, finishing in second place. As the year continued, Hilmer qualified for her first U.S. Championships by finishing in third place at the Midwestern Sectional Championships.{{r|ISU-SH-CR}} At Hilmer's first nationals, she placed thirteenth in the short program and finished eighth in the free skate to place tenth overall at the competition.
=== 2023–24 season === Starting the 2023–2024 season, Hilmer finished second at the Broadmoor Open and sixth at the Glacier Falls Summer Classic. Her first international competition of the season was the 2023 Cranberry Cup, where she placed fifth overall with a total score of 161.40.{{r|ISU-SH-CR}} Hilmer was assigned to the 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy, her first international competition, alongside Isabeau Levito. At the Nebelhorn Trophy, Hilmer finished ninth in the short program and seventh in the free skate, allowing her to finish seventh overall.{{r|ISU-SH-CR}} Hilmer again qualified at the 2024 U.S. Championships through the Midwestern Sectionals, where she finished in third place. At Nationals, Hilmer finished twelfth overall, struggling with the short program and coming back with a redeeming free skate.
=== 2024–25 season === Hilmer began the season by finishing seventh at the 2024 CS Cranberry Cup International. She followed this up by winning bronze at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup.<ref name=ISU-SH-CR/> Appearing at the 2025 U.S. Championships, she placed eleventh in the short program and eighth in the free skate to finish in ninth place overall. <ref>{{cite web |title=2025 US Nationals - Womens Free Skate |url=https://skatingscores.com/2425/natusa/sr/women/results/ |website=Skating Scores |publisher=Skating Scores |access-date=25 February 2025}}</ref>
=== 2025–26 season === Hilmer started the season by competing on the 2025–26 Challenger Series, finishing fourth at the 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International and twelfth at the 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup.<ref name=ISU-SH-CR/>
In January, Hilmer competed at the 2026 U.S. Championships, where she finished in fourteenth place.<ref name=ISU-SH-CR/>
== Programs == {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! Season ! Short program ! Free skating |- ! 2022–23 <br> <ref name=ISU-2223/> | * Beautiful * Fighter <br>{{small|by Christina Aguilera <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer}} | * ''Arcane'' ** The Bridge ** What Could Have Been <br> {{small|by Ray Chen & Sting <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer}} |- ! 2023–24 <br> <ref name=ISU-2324/> | * Clubbed to Death <br> {{small|(from ''The Matrix'') <br> by Rob Dougan <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer}} | * ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' <br> {{small|by The Track Team & Samuel Kim <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer}} |- ! 2024–25 <br> <ref name=ISU-2425a/><ref name=ISU-2425b/> | * Unforgettable <br> {{small| (from ''Finding Dory'') <br> performed by Sia <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer}} | * ''Argylle'' ** You're the First, the Last, My Everything <br> {{small|by Barry White}} ** Now and Then <br> {{small|by The Beatles}} ** Electric Energy <br> {{small|by Ariana DeBose <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer}} ---- * Earth Melodies <br>{{small| by Ekaterina Shelehova }} * Forest Dance <br>{{small| by Filip Lackovic }} * Conjuring Storms * Savage Daughter * If I Had a Heart <br>{{small| by Ekaterina Shelehova <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer }} |- ! 2025–26 <br> <ref name=ISU-2526/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hilmer |first1=Sonja |title=2025-26 Programs Pt 1!! 🙌 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DMNjF6dxYVg/?hl=en |website=Instagram |publisher=Instagram |access-date=20 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Hilmer |first1=Sonja |title=2025-26 Programs Pt 2! |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM0_Ik1Jz0h/?igsh=ZXFsMmhxN3UzN2Z5 |website=Instagram |publisher=Instagram |access-date=1 August 2025}}</ref> | * Strange Meadow Lark <br> {{small| by Dave Brubeck & Iola Brubeck }} * Take Five <br>{{small| by Dave Brubeck & Paul Desmond }} * I Get a Kick Out of You <br>{{small| by Cole Porter }} * Blade Recording Overlay <br> {{small|by Sonja Hilmer <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer}} | * This Is Good - Zheyang Hen Hao (Isha's Song) <br>{{small| (from ''Arcane'') <br> by Eason Chan, Zheng Nan, & Lyu Yiqiu <br> choreo. by Sonja Hilmer }} |- |}
== Competitive highlights == {{smalldiv| *CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series }} {{Figure skating competitive highlights |level=senior|ref={{r|SS-SH}} |season1=2022–23|season2=2023–24|season3=2024–25|season4=2025–26 |{{FS placements|4|U.S. Championships|p1=10th|p2=12th|p3=9th|p4=14th}} |{{FS placements|4|{{small|CS}} Cranberry Cup|p1=2nd|p2=5th|p3=7th|p4=4th}} |{{FS placements|4|{{small|CS}} Kinoshita Group Cup|p4=12th}} |{{FS placements|4|{{small|CS}} Nebelhorn Trophy|p2=7th}} |{{FS placements|4|{{small|CS}} U.S. Classic|p1=5th}} |{{FS placements|4|Santa Claus Cup|p3=3rd}} }}
== Detailed results == {{Figure skating personal bests|ref={{r|SS-SH}} |174.76|2022 CS U.S. International Classic |59.34|{{nowrap|2025 CS Cranberry Cup International}} |31.81|2025 CS Cranberry Cup International |28.94|2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup |116.53|2022 CS U.S. International Classic |60.25|2022 CS U.S. International Classic |57.28|2022 CS U.S. International Classic }} === Senior level === {{Figure skating detailed results |season=2024–25|ref={{r|SS-SH}} |Nov 27–Dec 2, 2024|{{flagicon|HUN}} 2024 Santa Claus Cup|2|57.79|3|101.14|3|158.93 |Jan 20–26, 2025|{{flagicon|USA}} 2025 U.S. Championships|11|59.57|8|118.97|9|178.54 }} {{Figure skating detailed results |season=2025–26|ref={{r|SS-SH}} |Aug 7–10, 2025|{{flagicon|USA}} 2025 CS Cranberry Cup International|4|59.34|4|106.49|4|165.83 |Sep 5–7, 2025|{{flagicon|JPN}} 2025 CS Kinoshita Group Cup|10|55.72|13|88.95|12|144.67 |Jan 4–11, 2026|{{flagicon|USA}} 2026 U.S. Championships|13|55.00|15|100.25|14|155.25 }}
== References == <references>
<ref name="ISU-SH">{{cite web |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |title=Sonja Hilmer USA |website=International Skating Union |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-2526>{{cite web |url= https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |title= Sonja HILMER: 2025/2026 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250802003410/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |archivedate= 2 August 2025 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-2425b>{{cite web |url= https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |title= Sonja HILMER: 2024/2025 (2nd FS) |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250329003410/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |archivedate= 29 March 2025 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-2425a>{{cite web |url= https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |title= Sonja HILMER: 2024/2025 (1st FS) |publisher=International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20241213114713/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |archive-date= December 13, 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-2324>{{cite web |url= https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |title= Sonja HILMER: 2023/2024 |publisher=International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231208230407/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |archive-date= December 8, 2023 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name=ISU-2223>{{cite web |url= https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |title= Sonja HILMER: 2022/2023 |publisher=International Skating Union |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20221209002507/https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm |archive-date= December 9, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="ISU-SH-CR">{{cite web |url=https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00114471.htm |title=Competition Results Sonja Hilmer (USA) |website=International Skating Union |access-date=July 25, 2024}}</ref>
<ref name="SS-SH">{{cite web |title=USA–Sonja Hilmer |url=https://skatingscores.com/usa/women/sonja_hilmer |website=SkatingScores}}</ref>
<ref name="FanZone">{{cite web |last=Hilmer |first=Sonja |date=June 23, 2024 |title=2023–2024 Figure Skating Roster |url=https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/sports/figure-skating/roster/sonja-hilmer/814 |access-date=June 23, 2024 |website=usfigureskatingfanzone.com}}</ref>
</references>
== External links == * {{ISU figure skater|00114471}} * [https://usfigureskating.org/roster.aspx?rp_id=1147 Sonja Hilmer] at U.S. Figure Skating * {{SkatingScores|usa/women/sonja_hilmer}} * {{Instagram}}
Category:1999 births Category:American female single skaters Category:Living people Category:21st-century American sportswomen