Background
Solomin was born on 7 May 1998 in Kiev, Ukraine.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Illya Solomin
Edit ProfileCareer
He reached the free skate at the 2014 World Junior Championships. Solomin began skating in 2005. He competed on the novice level until the end of the 2012-2013 season.
2013-2014 season
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. 2014-2015 season
Solomin competed in two stages of the 2014-2015 JGP series, placing 12th in Aichi, Japan, and 11th in Zagreb, Croatia.
He withdrew from the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn before the start of the event. 2015-2016 season
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.
Achievements
-
He is the 2016 Swedish national silver medalist and a two-time (2014-2015) national junior champion. Solomin made his junior international debut in October 2013, placing 14th at the International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Tallinn, Estonia, and went on to win the Swedish national junior title. Competing on the junior level, he won gold at the North Rhine-Westphalia Trophy and repeated as the Swedish junior champion, before taking bronze at the MNNT Cup. In the 2015-2016 season, Solomin won the junior silver medal at the Lombardia Trophy and finished tenth at his sole 2015 JGP event, in Zagreb.
