Biography
Russian figure skater Gleb Smallkin, in the past, Junior-Single-One from St. Petersburg, in 2015 he became a dancer on ice and moved to Moscow. His successful international debut took place on the Junior Grand Prix in the Czech city of Ostrava in September 2018.Childhood and youth
The boy was born on August 27, 1999 in St. Petersburg in a creative family. Father Boris Smallkin - Actor of the Theater of the Music Comedy, Mother Svetlana - Concert Maker. Senior brother on Father Vladimir - Theater Producer.
Svetlana - 2nd wife Boris Grigorievich. They met when he was 50, and she was 27. The artist at the time had already lived alone, the eldest son grew up and went to an independent swimming.
A year after the wedding, Svetlana and Boris was born Gleb, and the threesome in a small one became hard. Without the opportunity to rehearse, the spouse began to look for an apartment. And soon the couple acquired a break-time life of a communal service in the center of St. Petersburg. While the resettlement and repair went, the child has grown, began to go to kindergarten.
Later, parents gave the boy to a music school. I wanted the Son to learn to play a piano, because the father, and the mother is perfectly musted. And when the conversation came about the sports section, I had to reflect. At first, the child wanted to become a fencer, but then a collaborative family decision was stopped on figure skating. From 6 years, the boy began to engage in the section. This was the starting point of his sports biography.
Personal life
The father of Boris Smallkin was told about the personal life of the young champion in an interview to one of the publications:"Somehow Gleb in incomplete 18 led to meet his companion. I looked at them, thought: "Will be together for a short!" So life experience suggested. After some time, the guys broke up. But I do not argue with sons. Let them learn from their mistakes. "Fans of an athlete attribute to him with a partner on ice Dianos Davis, but the couple does not confirm the information. Diana was born with a regular child, but due to the mistakes of doctors partially lost hearing. The girl with difficulty spread the sounds of music and talk of people, because of this grew coward and shy. Public speeches helped her get rid of the complex.
The figure skater periodically lays out a photo in "Instagram". In the pictures, he often appears with Davis, which also possesses in his account joint photo, sometimes putting an emioja in the form of a heart under them.
Figure skating
The mother of Gleb drove it into classes, watched the workouts and listened to the first praise from the mentors who recognized the talent of the boy. However, the gifts in this matter is not a decisive factor. Here is the main thing - the character, perseverance and the power of will. And the fact that the Son has grown in a promising athlete, Boris Grigorievich considers the merit of his wife, who was engaged in his upbringing and becoming.
At 9 years old, Gleb debuts at the 2008/2009 championship in the championship in the Junior Age category. And at 12 he became a candidate for the master of sports. The boy was seriously engaged in the academy of figure skating from the coaches of Evgenia Muchleitsyn and Kirill Davidenko. Hard training schedule assumed daily classes, sometimes several times a day. The results of dedication affected the number of victories.
The young man has repeatedly became the winner of the Cups and chairs of Russia and St. Petersburg on figure skating, won in the 3rd stage of the St. Petersburg Cup in 2012 in its age category.
At 15, a teenager suddenly takes an unexpected decision: hanging skates on a nail and go to football. Becoming the player of the St. Petersburg "Locomotive", 2 years Smallkin Jr. dedicated a new sport, performed at the St. Petersburg championship in the beach football. However, I later understood that I took a hasty decision, and returned to the ice in 2015.
True, now the guy decided to leave the lonely career and moved to dance discipline with a good growth for this sphere - 182 cm.
Soon, young Smallkin moved to the capital. The first partner Gleb became Ekaterina Mironova. But already next season 2016/2017 he rides with Svetlana Lizunova. The couple shows good results at the Moscow Championship - 2017 and takes 2nd place in open competitions in sports dance on Ice "Tatiana Kuzmin Memorial".
In 2018, the partner Gleb became the young (younger for 4 years) Diana Davis - the daughter of the coach in figure skating Eteri Tutberidze. The coaches of the couple became famous teachers, the Master of International Class Svetlana Alekseeva, Olga Ryabinin and Elena Kustarov.
Smallkin and Davis successfully debuted at home in the open championship of Moscow among juniors - 2018, taking 3rd place. Then a couple was waiting for rental on Russian-Chinese youth games and at the international Tallinn Trophy tournament in Estonia, where the participants were awarded 2nd place.
Also in the 2018/2019 season, they were waiting for an event in the form of junior couple competitions at the Russian Cup final - 2019. They were leading after rhythm dance, but gave way to an arbitrary program Irina Havronician and Dario Chirizano, which became the winners of the tournament.
The second place of the pair caused a consonant resonance among the fans of this sport, from the winners of the guys separated 0.18 points. Diana's mother also called the judicial verdict unfair, calling the participants by the leaders, and their riding - immaculate. The woman explained that he would consider the decline of assessments for the technique in an arbitrary program for 2 points unjustified.
In the summer of 2019, another important competition was waiting for a couple: they became participants in the Junior Grand Prix series in figure skating season 2019/2020 in Lake Placid. At the 2nd stage, they started the performance of rhythm dance. According to the results of the program, the best became Evonley Nguyen and Vadim Kolesnik, representing the United States. Russians Davis and Smallkin gave way to only 4 points, the couple won the 2nd place.
Immediately after that, the guys waited for a speech at the Grand Prix in Chelyabinsk, where they got 2nd place again. A couple bypassed Shanaeva and David Rowing, the gap was more than 12 points. For 2 performances, participants demonstrated complex support and twisters.
After that, the athletes warmly said goodbye to the former mentor and moved to the team of Igor Spielband. They decided not only the coach, but also the country of stay, moving to the United States. As the skaters told, there were no options: Diana thought about Spielband, and Gleb gladly supported her idea, considering Igor to the best specialist in the history of dance on ice. So they decided to go beyond the ocean and trust the mentor, and soon realized that it was not in vain. According to the guys, the coach knows how to work and what parties to develop.
Moving, Diana Eteri Georgievna helped the performers in this, who flew with them and helped settle in a new country, so they felt comfortable from the 2nd day.
Speaking about the difference in the training process, Smallkin makes it that in America everything is different. But no better or worse, but simply otherwise: a different system works, a different approach to the process. Fans hope that all changes in the life of the guys will be positive that the duet will grow even more in mastery and it will help bring new medals to the piggy bank.
In February 2020, along with his partner Diana Davis, he made an arbitrary dance at the Russian championship in figure skating, which was held in Saransk. The judges estimated the rental of 110.06 points, the result of a duet in the amount of 2 rentals amounted to 180.97 points. Elizabeth Shanaev and David Awner ahead of the rivals on 2 points. Thus, Diana and Gleb got the 2nd place.
Without losing time, the couple began prepared for the next season. Diana shared with fans with an excerpt video from training for an arbitrary program. The dance is put on the composition of El Tango de Roxanne from the movie "Moulin Rouge".
Gleb Smallkin now
Gleb and now continues to train under the guidance of Igor Spielband. In 2021, at the Russian Cup on figure skating among juniors, he and Diana occupied the 1st place.Achievements
- 2010 - 3rd place in the 1st stage of the Cup of St. Petersburg
- 2012 - 1st place in the 3rd stage of the Cup of St. Petersburg
- 2017 - 2nd place at open competitions in sports dance on ice "Tatyana Kuzmin Memorial - 2017" (Dancing on Ice)
- 2018 - 3rd place on the open championship of Moscow among juniors in figure skating (dancing on ice)
- 2018 - 3rd place on the V stage of the Grand Prix among juniors in Ostrava, Czech Republic (Dancing ice)
- 2019 - 2nd place in the finals of the Russian Cup among juniors (ice dancing)
- 2020 - 2nd place on the championship of Russia among juniors (ice dancing)
- 2021 - 1st place in the Russian Cup among juniors