Gleb Smolkin

Gleb Borisovich Smolkin (Russian: Глеб Борисович Смолкин, born 27 August 1999) is a Russian ice dancer. With his partner, Diana Davis, he is the 2020 Russian junior national bronze medalist, finished in the top five at the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and competed at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Gleb Smolkin
Davis/Smolkin at the 2019–20 JGP Final
Personal information
Native nameГлеб Борисович Смолкин
Full nameGleb Borisovich Smolkin
Country represented Russia
Born (1999-08-27) August 27, 1999
St. Petersburg, Russia
Home townSt. Petersburg, Russia
ResidenceNovi, Michigan, USA
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PartnerDiana Davis
Former partnerEkaterina Mironova, Svetlana Lizunova
CoachIgor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda, Denis Samokhin
Former coachSvetlana Alexeeva, Elena Kustarova, Olga Ryabinina, Alina Pisarenko, Kirill Davydenko, Evgeni Rukavicin, Elena Sokolova
ChoreographerIgor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo
Former choreographerIrina Suschenko
Skating clubSambo-70
Former skating clubOlimpiets SC, Balashikha
Training locationsNovi, Michigan
Former training locationsMoscow, Russia
Began skating2004
ISU personal best scores
Combined total165.22
2020 Junior Worlds
Short dance66.53
2020 Junior Worlds
Free dance98.69
2020 Junior Worlds

Personal life

Smolkin was born on 27 August 1999 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is the son of Russian actor Boris Smolkin and his wife Svetlana. He has one brother, Vladimir.

During a hiatus from figure skating in 2014, Smolkin briefly played professional beach soccer as a member of the BSC Lokomotiv Moscow team.[1]

Career

Early years

Smolkin began learning how to skate in 2004. He competed as a single skater until the 2014–15 season when he took a year-long hiatus from the sport. He returned to figure skating in November 2015 to compete as an ice dancer with his first partner, Ekaterina Mironova. The team competed together until spring of 2016 before parting ways. During the 2016–17 season Smolkin teamed up with Svetlana Lizunova, but the partnership was short-lived and lasted only a season before Smolkin began competing with his current partner, Diana Davis, coached by Svetlana Alexeeva and her team in Moscow.[1]

2018–19 season: International junior debut

Davis/Smolkin made their junior international debut in September 2018 at the 2018 JGP Croatia. The team finished third overall at the event behind Russian teammates Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva / Nikita Nazarov in first and Georgian competitors Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya in second, but despite their podium placement did not receive a second JGP assignment.[2]

The team competed three more times internationally during the season, finishing third in the junior event at the 2018 Volvo Open Cup and second at both the 2018 Tallinn Trophy (junior) and the 2018 Russian-Chinese Youth Winter Games. At the 2019 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships in February, they finished ninth.[2]

2019–20 season

In the summer before the start of the season, Davis and Smolkin relocated their training base from Moscow to Novi, Michigan to work with Igor Shpilband and Pasquale Camerlengo. The team opened their season in August at the 2019 JGP United States where they won the silver medal behind American training-mates Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik. At their second assignment, 2019 JGP Russia, the team again finished second overall, this time behind fellow Russian competitors Elizaveta Shanaeva / Devid Naryzhnyy, and with 26 qualifying points they advanced to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. The team competed just once more before the Junior Grand Prix Final, taking the junior title at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup.

At the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, Davis/Smolkin entered the competition as the bottom seeded team and had a disappointing outing, finishing sixth in both segments of competition and sixth overall. However, they regrouped in the interim between the Final and the 2020 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships and managed to earn the bronze medal at junior nationals, earning a spot on Russian team for the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

At Junior Worlds in March, Davis/Smolkin scored personal bests in both segments of competition as well as overall, and finished a respectable fifth.

Programs

With Davis
Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2019–2020
[3]
2018–2019
[4]

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Davis
International [5]
Event 18–19 19–20
Junior Worlds5th
JGP Final6th
JGP Czech Republic3rd
JGP Russia2nd
JGP U.S.2nd
Tallinn Trophy2nd J
Volvo Open Cup3rd J1st J
National[5]
Russian Junior Champ.9th3rd
Levels: J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Davis
2019–2020 season
Date Event RD FD Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 5
66.53		 5
98.69		 5
165.22
4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships 3
70.91		 3
110.06		 3
180.97
5–8 December 2019 2019 Junior Grand Prix Final 6
59.89		 6
92.32		 6
152.21
5–10 November 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 1
68.00		 1
99.17		 1
167.17
11–14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia 2
64.79		 3
93.45		 2
158.24
28–31 August 2019 2019 JGP United States 2
62.12		 2
98.05		 2
160.17
2018–2019 season
Date Event RD FD Total
31 Jan. – 4 Feb. 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships 9
60.31		 9
93.78		 9
154.09
20–23 February 2019 2018 Russian-Chinese Youth Winter Games 1
61.15		 2
94.05		 2
155.20
25 Nov. – 2 Dec. 2018 2019 Tallinn Trophy 2
62.16		 2
89.00		 2
151.16
6–11 November 2018 2018 Volvo Open Cup 3
61.78		 3
92.65		 3
154.43
26–29 September 2018 2018 JGP Czech Republic 3
56.55		 3
92.07		 3
148.62

References
  1. "Глеб Борисович Смолкин" [Gleb Borisovich Smolkin] (in Russian). fskate.ru. Archived from the original on May 14, 2019.
  2. "Gleb SMOLKIN". Rink Results.
  3. "DIANA DAVIS / GLEB SMOLKIN". International Skating Union.
  4. "DIANA DAVIS / GLEB SMOLKIN". Skatepedia.
  5. "Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
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