Illya Solomin (born 7 May 1998) is a Swedish retired figure skater. He is a three-time Swedish national silver medalist and a two-time (2014–15) national junior champion. He reached the free skate at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

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Illya Solomin
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Illya Solomin in 2015
Born (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+12 in)
Figure skating career
CountrySweden
CoachAnna Rechnio, Alexey Fedoseev
Skating clubSSK Stockholm’s Almänna Skridskoklubb)
Began skating2005
RetiredAugust 26, 2021
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Personal life

Solomin was born on 7 May 1998 in Kyiv, Ukraine.[1] He moved to Sweden when he was five and a half years old.[2] He has two sisters, Anna and Alesandra.[2]

Career

Early years

Solomin began learning to skate in 2005.[1] He competed on the novice level until the end of the 2012–13 season.

2013–14 season

Solomin made his junior international debut in October 2013, placing 14th at the ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Tallinn, Estonia, and went on to win the Swedish national junior title. He first competed on the senior international level in January 2014, at the European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, but was eliminated after placing 34th in the short program. He reached the final segment at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, placing 23rd in the short program, 22nd in the free skate, and 22nd overall.

2014–15 season

Solomin competed in two stages of the 2014–15 JGP series, placing 12th in Aichi, Japan, and 11th in Zagreb, Croatia. Competing on the junior level, he won gold at the NRW Trophy and repeated as the Swedish junior champion, before taking bronze at the Toruń Cup. He withdrew from the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn before the start of the event.

2015–16 season

In the 2015–16 season, Solomin won the junior silver medal at the Lombardia Trophy and finished tenth at his sole 2015 JGP event, in Zagreb. Competing on the senior level, he took the silver medal at the Swedish Championship, behind Ondrej Spiegl. Solomin was assigned to the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, but withdrew before the start of the competition.[3]

Retirement

Skate Sweden announced Solomin's retirement in their beginning of the 2021-22 season team update post.[4]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
[5]
  • Spellborn
    by Sham Stalin
  • Strength of a Thousand Men
    by Thomas Bergersen
    choreo. by Valentin Molotov
2015–2016
[6][7]
2014–2015
[1][8]
  • The Princess
    by Parov Stelar
  • Gift of Life
    by Thomas J. Bergersen
  • Become a Legend
    by Piotr Adamski
    performed by Instrumental Core
2013–2014
[9][10]
  • Gift of Life
    by Thomas J. Bergersen
  • Become a Legend
    by Piotr Adamski
    performed by Instrumental Core
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Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

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International[11]
Event 13–14 14–15 15–16 17–18 18–19 19–20
Europeans34th25th
CS Warsaw Cup
Nordics8th5th7th3rd
Tallinn Trophy7th
Warsaw Cup11th
International: Junior[11]
Junior Worlds22ndWDWD
JGP Croatia11th10th
JGP Estonia14th
JGP Japan12th
Ice Challenge4th
Lombardia2nd
Nordics1st
NRW Trophy1st
Sarajevo Open2nd
Toruń Cup3rd5th
National[7]
Swedish Champ.1st J1st J2nd2nd5th2nd
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References

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