| Illya Solomin | |
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 Illya Solomin in 2015 | |
| Born | (1998-05-07)7 May 1998 (age 26) Kyiv,Ukraine |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft4+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Coach | Anna Rechnio, Alexey Fedoseev |
| Skating club | SSK Stockholm’s Almänna Skridskoklubb) |
| Began skating | 2005 |
| Retired | August 26, 2021 |
Illya Solomin (born 7 May 1998) is a Swedish retiredfigure skater. He is a three-timeSwedish national silver medalist and a two-time (2014–15) national junior champion. He reached the free skate at the2014 World Junior Championships.
Solomin was born on 7 May 1998 inKyiv,Ukraine.[1] He moved to Sweden when he was five and a half years old.[2] He has two sisters, Anna and Alesandra.[2]
Solomin began learning to skate in 2005.[1] He competed on the novice level until the end of the2012–13 season.
Solomin made his junior international debut in October 2013, placing 14th at theISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event inTallinn, Estonia, and went on to win the Swedish national junior title. He first competed on the senior international level in January 2014, at theEuropean Championships inBudapest, Hungary, but was eliminated after placing 34th in the short program. He reached the final segment at the2014 World Junior Championships inSofia, Bulgaria, placing 23rd in the short program, 22nd in the free skate, and 22nd overall.
Solomin competed in two stages of the2014–15 JGP series, placing 12th inAichi, Japan, and 11th inZagreb, Croatia. Competing on the junior level, he won gold at theNRW Trophy and repeated as the Swedish junior champion, before taking bronze at theToruń Cup. He withdrew from the2015 World Junior Championships inTallinn before the start of the event.
In the2015–16 season, Solomin won the junior silver medal at theLombardia Trophy and finished tenth at his sole2015 JGP event, in Zagreb. Competing on the senior level, he took the silver medal at the Swedish Championship, behindOndrej Spiegl. Solomin was assigned to the2016 World Junior Championships inDebrecen, Hungary, but withdrew before the start of the competition.[3]
Skate Sweden announced Solomin's retirement in their beginning of the2021-22 season team update post.[4]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2019–2020 [5] |
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| 2015–2016 [6][7] |
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| 2014–2015 [1][8] |
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| 2013–2014 [9][10] |
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CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix
| International[11] | ||||||
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| Event | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 17–18 | 18–19 | 19–20 |
| Europeans | 34th | 25th | ||||
| CSWarsaw Cup | ||||||
| Nordics | 8th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | ||
| Tallinn Trophy | 7th | |||||
| Warsaw Cup | 11th | |||||
| International: Junior[11] | ||||||
| Junior Worlds | 22nd | WD | WD | |||
| JGPCroatia | 11th | 10th | ||||
| JGPEstonia | 14th | |||||
| JGPJapan | 12th | |||||
| Ice Challenge | 4th | |||||
| Lombardia | 2nd | |||||
| Nordics | 1st | |||||
| NRW Trophy | 1st | |||||
| Sarajevo Open | 2nd | |||||
| Toruń Cup | 3rd | 5th | ||||
| National[7] | ||||||
| Swedish Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd |