Dmitri Soloviev

Dmitri Soloviev

Bobrova and Soloviev in 2010
Personal information
Full name Dmitri Vladimirovich Soloviev
Country represented Russia
Born 18 July 1989
Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Partner Ekaterina Bobrova
Coach Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov
Former coach Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva, Olga Riabinina
Choreographer Alexander Zhulin, Sergei Petukhov
Former choreographer Elena Kustarova,[1][2] Tatiana Stepanova,[3] Natalia Ulianova[4]
Skating club Moskvich
Former skating club Moskvich
Training locations Moscow
Began skating 1994
World standing 3 (As of 2 November 2013)[5]
Season's bests 4 (2012–13)[6]
5 (2011–12)[7]
5 (2010–11)[8]
13 (2009–10)[9]
22 (2008–09)[10]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 172.92
2014 Winter Olympics
Short dance 70.27
2014 Winter Olympics (Team)
Free dance 102.95
2014 Winter Olympics

Dmitri Vladimirovich Soloviev (Russian: Дмитрий Владимирович Соловьёв, born 18 July 1989) is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Ekaterina Bobrova, he is the 2013 World bronze medalist, 2013 European champion, a two-time (2011–2012) European silver medalist, the 2007 World Junior champion, and a four-time (2011–2014) Russian national champion. They are also gold medalists at two Grand Prix events, the 2010 Cup of Russia and 2011 Cup of China.

Career

Early career

Soloviev teamed up with Bobrova in 2000.[11] Elena Kustarova and Svetlana Alexeeva were their coaches from the beginning of their partnership.[12] At the 2007 World Junior Championships, Bobrova/Soloviev placed first in the compulsory dance,[13] original dance,[14] and free dance,[15] and won the gold medal.[16]

2007–2012

Bobrova/Soloviev competed at their first senior Worlds in 2008, where they placed 13th. The following season they were not selected for the event.

During the 2009–10 season, Bobrova/Soloviev won the silver medal at 2010 Russian Nationals in December 2009, earning them their first berth to the European Championships in January 2010, where they placed 9th. They also qualified for the Olympics the following month where they finished in 15th. They also competed at their second World Championships and climbed to 8th in the rankings.

During the 2010–11 season, Bobrova/Soloviev won their first medal on the senior Grand Prix series – a silver at Cup of China. At their next event, 2010 Cup of Russia, they won their first senior Grand Prix title. In doing so, they qualified for their first senior Grand Prix Final, where they finished fourth.

At the 2011 Russian Championships, Bobrova/Soloviev finished first in both the short dance[17] and the free dance to win their first national title.[18] Following the event, they decided to drop their Delilah short dance in favor of a new one to Where I Want to Be which they debuted at the 2011 European Championships.[19][20] They won their first medal at the event, silver.[21] At the 2011 World Championships, they came in 6th.

In 2011–12, Bobrova/Soloviev won the gold medal at their first Grand Prix event of the season, 2011 Cup of China, with a score of 163.52 after placing first in both the short dance and in the free dance. They took the bronze medal at their next event, 2011 Cup of Russia, and then finished sixth at the Grand Prix Final. They repeated as Russian national champions and European silver medalists. Bobrova/Soloviev finished 7th at the 2012 World Championships.

2012–2013 season

On 25 April 2012, Bobrova/Soloviev changed coaches to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov.[22][23][24] They said they were learning a different technique, as well as changing their style.[25] In their 2012–13 free dance, Soloviev plays the insane lover of Bobrova who herself begins to slip into insanity as he starts to recover.[26][27] On the short dance, Soloviev said: "The story is that we are at a ball. In the beginning, we meet and have a dance together. The first part, the polka, is very playful, but when the music changes into the waltz, that's when we fall in love with each other and it's getting more serious. In the end, we realize that we can't be together because I'm too old and she is a young girl."[28]

Bobrova/Soloviev started the 2012–13 season with gold at the 2012 Finlandia Trophy.[29] Winning silver at both of their Grand Prix assignments, the 2012 Skate America and 2012 Cup of China, they qualified for the 2012 Grand Prix Final in Sochi, Russia. After a fall from Soloviev in their free dance, they finished 5th overall behind Italian ice dancers Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte. At the 2013 Russian Championships, they won their third national title.

Bobrova/Soloviev won the gold medal in their fourth appearance at the European Championships, narrowly edging out their teammates Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov. They stepped onto the World podium for the first time at the 2013 World Championships in London, Ontario where they won the bronze medal.[30] Named in the Russian team to the 2013 World Team Trophy, they withdrew after Soloviev aggravated a groin injury on 1 April and was told to rest for at least ten days.[31][32]

2013–2014 season

Competing on the 2013–14 ISU Grand Prix series, Bobrova/Soloviev won silver at the 2013 Cup of China and gold at the 2013 Rostelecom Cup before finishing fourth at the 2013 Grand Prix Final, behind Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat. They won their fourth consecutive national title at the 2014 Russian Championships. Feeling their free dance was not working, they decided to return to the one from the previous season.[33]

In February 2014, Bobrova/Soloviev competed at the Winter Olympics in Sochi. In the team event, they placed third in their assigned segment, the short dance, and Russia went on to win the gold medal. Bobrova/Soloviev ranked fifth in the separate ice dancing event. A month later, they traveled to Saitama, Japan for the 2014 World Championships. On 28 March, Soloviev sustained a groin injury during the morning practice before the short dance, causing them to withdraw.[34] He returned to the ice cautiously in the second week of April.[33]

For the 2014-2015 Grand Prix season, Bobrova/Soloviev were assigned to Skate America and Trophee Bompard.[35]

Personal life

In 2006, Soloviev married former single skater Ekaterina Lobanova, with whom he has a son, Alexander (born in 2010), but they are now divorced.[1][11]

Programs

Bobrova/Soloviev at the 2013 World Championships podium.
The podium at the 2012 Europeans

(with Bobrova)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2014–2015
[36]
    2013–2014
    [37][38]
    • Quickstep: Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
      by Jule Styne
    • Slow Foxtrot: I Will Wait For You
      by Michel Legrand
    • Quickstep: Swing, Swing, Swing My Baby
    2012–2013
    [11][27]
    2011–2012
    [1]
    • Samba Vocalizado
      by Luciano Perrone
    • Eres Todo En Mi
      by Ana Gabriel
    • Ooh la la
      by Chicadee
    • Dicitencello Vuie
      by R. Falvo
    2010–2011
    [2][19]
    • Where I Want to Be
      (from Chess)
    • Melodies of the White Night
      (1976 film: Мелодии белой ночи)
      by Isaac Schwartz
    Original dance
    2009–2010
    [3]
    2008–2009
    [4]
    2007–2008
    [40]
    • Suite in D Dur
      by Johann Sebastian Bach
      (modern arrangement)
    • Toccata and Fugue
      by Johann Sebastian Bach
      (modern arrangement)
    2006–2007
    [41]
    • La Passion (Tango)
    2005–2006
    [42]
    • Rhumba
    • Samba

    Competitive highlights

    Bobrova and Soloviev perform their free dance at the 2011 Europeans
    Bobrova and Soloviev perform their original dance at the 2009 NHK Trophy

    (with Bobrova)

    International[43]
    Event 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
    Olympics 15th 5th
    Worlds 13th 8th 6th 7th 3rd WD
    Europeans 9th 2nd 2nd 1st
    Grand Prix Final 4th 6th 5th 4th
    GP Cup of China 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd
    GP Bompard WD
    GP NHK Trophy 4th 4th
    GP Rostelecom 4th 1st 3rd 1st
    GP Skate America 2nd WD
    GP Skate Canada 5th 6th 4th
    Finlandia 1st
    Ice Star 1st
    Universiade 5th
    International: Junior[43]
    Junior Worlds 1st
    JGP Final 7th 3rd
    JGP Canada 2nd
    JGP France 1st
    JGP Hungary 1st
    JGP Poland 2nd
    National[43]
    Russian Champ. 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st
    Russian Junior 8th 1st
    Team events
    Olympics 1st (T)
    GP = Grand Prix; JGP = Junior Grand Prix; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
    T = Team result

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 January 2012.
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 5 May 2010.
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2008/2009". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 June 2009.
    5. ↑ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
    6. ↑ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2012/2013: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 13 April 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
    7. ↑ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2011/2012: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 21 April 2012. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
    8. ↑ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
    9. ↑ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2009/2010: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
    10. ↑ "ISU Judging System – Season Bests Total Scores 2008/2009: Ice Dance". International Skating Union. 18 April 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
    11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
    12. ↑ Konova, Ekaterina (31 October 2012). Екатерина Боброва: "Был шанс, что нас совсем никто не поймет" [Ekaterina Bobrova: "There was a risk that nobody would really understand]. Moskovskiye Novosti (in Russian).
    13. ↑ Kaye, Rosaleen (28 February 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev take lead in Oberstdorf". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
    14. ↑ Kaye, Rosaleen (2 March 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev maintain lead at Junior Worlds". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
    15. ↑ Kaye, Rosaleen (3 March 2007). "Bobrova and Soloviev win Junior World title". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
    16. ↑ "World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union.
    17. ↑ Kondakova, Anna (26 December 2010). "Bobrova and Soloviev take the lead in Saransk". GoldenSkate.
    18. ↑ Kondakova, Anna (28 December 2010). "Bobrova and Soloviev win first Russian National title". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
    19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Flade, Tatjana (26 January 2011). "Pechalat and Bourzat grab lead in the Short Dance". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
    20. ↑ Luchianov, Vladislav (14 February 2011). "Bobrova, Soloviev look to snag a medal at worlds". IceNetwork. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
    21. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (29 January 2011). "Pechalat and Bourzat dance to first European title". GoldenSkate. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
    22. ↑ Vladimirova, Alexandra (25 April 2012). Фигурист Дмитрий Соловьев: у Жулина начали учиться кататься с нуля [Figure skater Soloviev: We're learning to skate from scratch under Zhulin]. rsport.ru (in Russian).
    23. ↑ Vladimirova, Alexandra (25 April 2012). Фигуристы Боброва и Соловьев хотят поменять стиль катания – Жулин [Figure skaters Bobrova and Soloviev want to change their style of skating, says Zhulin]. rsport.ru / RIA Novosti (in Russian).
    24. ↑ Ermolina, Olga (25 April 2012). Лидеры сборной России сменили тренера [Leaders of the Russian team have changed coaches]. Moskovskiye Novosti (in Russian).
    25. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (20 May 2012). "Bobrova and Soloviev: A new beginning". GoldenSkate.
    26. ↑ "Bobrova and Soloviev to Dance Like Crazy". RIA Novosti. 16 September 2012. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
    27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Flade, Tatjana (10 October 2012). "Skaters Strut Their Stuff at Russian Test Event". IFS Magazine.
    28. ↑ Pirkkalainen, Jyrki (6 October 2012). "Bobrova, Soloviev dot Finlandia lead with polka". IceNetwork.
    29. ↑ Flade, Tatjana (8 October 2012). "2012 Finlandia Trophy". Golden Skate.
    30. ↑ Simonenko, Andrei (24 March 2013). Фигуристы Боброва и Соловьев: хотим, чтобы нас все время не узнавали [Figure skaters Bobrova and Soloviev interview]. rsport.ru (in Russian).
    31. ↑ Vorobieva, Maria (3 April 2014). Дмитрий Соловьев: мы решили, что такой риск перед олимпийским сезоном будет не обоснован [Dmitri Soloviev: We decided that this risk before the Olympic season would not be justified]. team-russia2014.ru (in Russian).
    32. ↑ Vorobieva, Maria (4 April 2013). Екатерина Боброва: уже в первую неделю после возвращения с чемпионата мира мы начали ставить куски новых программ [Ekaterina Bobrova: We began to prepare parts of our new programs in the first week after returning from the World Championships]. team-russia2014.ru (in Russian).
    33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Simonenko, Andrei; Samokhvalov, Anatoliy (16 April 2014). Екатерина Боброва и Дмитрий Соловьев: мы сейчас злые. Как не знаем кто [Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev interview]. R-Sport (in Russian).
    34. ↑ Simonenko, Andrei (28 March 2014). Фигуристы Боброва/Соловьев снялись с чемпионата мира, чтобы не рисковать - Жулин [Figure skaters Bobrova/Soloviev withdrew from the World Championships]. rsport.ru (in Russian).
    35. ↑ "2014-15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Ice Dance" (PDF). July 10, 2014.
    36. ↑ Ermolina, Olga (20 June 2014). Екатерина Боброва – Дмитрий Соловьев: «Из всего надо извлекать плюсы» [Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev look for positives in everything]. Russian Figure Skating Federation (in Russian).
    37. ↑ "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014.
    38. ↑ "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 November 2013.
    39. ↑ Kuznetsov, Artem (16 September 2012). Работа над коротким танцем шла легко – фигуристы Боброва/Соловьев [Figure skaters Bobrova / Soloviev: Work on the short dance went smoothly]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). Archived from the original on 18 September 2012.
    40. ↑ "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2007/2008". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2008.
    41. ↑ "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2006/2007". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 18 August 2007.
    42. ↑ "Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV: 2005/2006". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 May 2006.
    43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 "Competition Results: Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV". International Skating Union.

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