Illya Solomin

{{short description|Swedish figure skater}}

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|skating club= SSK Stockholm’s Almänna Skridskoklubb)

|former skating club= Solna KK

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|retired=August 26, 2021

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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.

Personal life

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

Career

= Early years =

Solomin began learning to skate in 2005. 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.

= Retirement =

Skate Sweden announced Solomin's retirement in their beginning of the 2021-22 season team update post.{{Cite web|last=Sundkvist|first=Anna|date=August 26, 2021|title=Team Sweden samlas i Uppsala|trans-title=Team Sweden gathers in Uppsala|url=https://www.svenskkonstakning.se/Nyheter/TeamSwedensamlasiUppsala/|website=svenskkonstakning|language=sv|access-date=February 23, 2022|archive-date=August 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210827125707/https://www.svenskkonstakning.se/Nyheter/TeamSwedensamlasiUppsala/|url-status=dead}}

Programs

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! Season

! Short program

! Free skating

2019–2020

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  • Spellborn
    {{small| by Sham Stalin }}
  • Strength of a Thousand Men
    {{small| by Thomas Bergersen
    choreo. by Valentin Molotov }}

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2015–2016

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2014–2015

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  • Gift of Life
    {{small| by Thomas J. Bergersen }}
  • Become a Legend
    {{small| by Piotr Adamski
    performed by Instrumental Core }}
2013–2014

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Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

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colspan="7" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International
Event

! 13–14

! 14–15

! 15–16

! 17–18

! 18–19

! 19–20

align=left | Europeans34th25th
align=left | {{small|CS}} Warsaw Cup
align=left | Nordics8th5th7thbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
align=left | Tallinn Trophy7th
align=left | Warsaw Cup11th
colspan="7" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | International: Junior
align=left | Junior Worlds22ndWDWD
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Croatia11th10th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Estonia14th
align=left | {{small|JGP}} Japan12th
align=left | Ice Challenge4th
align=left | Lombardiabgcolor=silver | 2nd
align=left | Nordicsbgcolor="gold" | 1st
align=left | NRW Trophybgcolor=gold | 1st
align=left | Sarajevo Openbgcolor="silver" | 2nd
align=left | Toruń Cupbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd5th
colspan="7" style="background-color: #ffdead; " align="center" | National
align="left" | Swedish Champ.bgcolor="gold" | 1st Jbgcolor="gold" | 1st Jbgcolor="silver" | 2ndbgcolor="silver" | 2nd5thbgcolor="silver" | 2nd

References

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{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00014085.htm |title= Competition Results: Illya SOLOMIN |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20200119144129/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_cr_00014085.htm |archivedate= 19 January 2020 |url-status= live }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014085.htm |title= Illya SOLOMIN: 2013/2014 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140622011614/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014085.htm |archivedate= 22 June 2014 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014085.htm |title= Illya SOLOMIN: 2014/2015 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150413045031/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014085.htm |archivedate= 13 April 2015 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014085.htm |title= Illya SOLOMIN: 2015/2016 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160528002448/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014085.htm |archivedate= 28 May 2016 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014085.htm |title= Illya SOLOMIN: 2019/2020 |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20200119144127/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00014085.htm |archivedate= 19 January 2020 |url-status= live }}

{{cite web |url= http://skatesweden.se/en/national-team/elite-team/illya-solomin/ |title= Illya Solomin |publisher= Skate Sweden |accessdate= 13 April 2015 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150413174121/http://skatesweden.se/en/national-team/elite-team/illya-solomin/ |archivedate= 13 April 2015 |url-status= dead }}

{{cite web |url= http://iof2.idrottonline.se/SvenskaKonstakningsforbundet/Landslag/Personportratt/Singel/IllyaSolomin/ |title= Illya Solomin: 2013/2014 |publisher= Skate Sweden |date= 7 January 2014 |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140201102017/http://iof2.idrottonline.se/SvenskaKonstakningsforbundet/Landslag/Personportratt/Singel/IllyaSolomin/ |archivedate= 1 February 2014 }}

{{cite web |url= http://skatesweden.se/sv/landslaget/toppgrupp/illya-solomin/statistik/ |title= Illya Solomin: Statistics, 2014/2015 |publisher= Skate Sweden |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20150413174609/http://skatesweden.se/sv/landslaget/toppgrupp/illya-solomin/statistik/ |archivedate= 13 April 2015 }}

{{cite web |url= http://skatesweden.se/sv/landslaget/toppgrupp/illya-solomin/statistik/ |title= Illya Solomin: Statistics, 2015/2016 |publisher= Skate Sweden |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160225230223/http://skatesweden.se/sv/landslaget/toppgrupp/illya-solomin/statistik/ |archivedate= 25 February 2016 }}

{{cite web |url= http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028360.htm |title= Entries: Men |publisher= International Skating Union |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20160225204620/http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat00028360.htm |archivedate= 25 February 2016 |url-status= live }}

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