Biography
Dmitry Solovyov is the owner of a record number of champion titles of modern Russian figure skating, in alliance with partner Catherine Bobrova - the only Olympic champion of the Golden Sochi composition, who did not just stay in a big sport, but also retained the leadership positions. In 2017, the duet ranked 1st place in the ISU ranking. After passing the Olympics in Pyonchhan, Dmitry did not lose the desire to go on ice."I still have something to prove in professional sports, I'm sure."Childhood and youth
Dmitry Solovyov's rich in achievements started in the middle of the summer of 1989 (July 18) in the usual Moscow family. Father the boy did not know. At the age of 6, the mother led the Son on the rink, thinking that he would be interested in hockey. Dmitry I liked to skate, but the key is not. From the 5th grade Solovyov moved to the external, he studied not without difficulty, as the children played in snowballs outside the window or drove the ball, and he had a corpal over textbooks.
Up to 10 years, Solovyov practiced as a single one, the elements were given without problems. But then the future skater got a concussion of the brain and was unable to fulfill a simple jump in one turn. I looked at the end of the career, but the coaches decided to support a promising boy and offered to ride with the girl Katya, her last name was Bobrova.
Dima initially treated the dances on ice as an unsolved occupation, besides, he was shy to take girls by hand. Mother of the future vice-champions of the world agreed among themselves, Solovyov had to persuade Solovyov. And coming to a new group, Dmitry fell in love with another young athlete and remained.
Since 2000, Bobrov and Solovyov make up a couple, they say that along and across each other studied, but they rarely communicate outside of ice. But tell me, help - always please. The athletes themselves are surprised, as she lived near half aim, never quarreling.
Until 2012, Svetlana Alekseeva and Elena Kustarov, then Oleg Volkov and Alexander Zhulin, were made. The replacement of the coaching team was decided when they realized that there was no progress. As a result, we received a creative, wonderful, according to figure skaters, the team of choreographers, even an acrobat, and in general, a different approach.
Personal life
Dmitry married Dmitry early, at 17, on Catherine Lobanova, who spent in the female single skating. The girl was just 16. As the skater said in an interview, if love came, nothing, including age, does not matter.
In 2010, the wife gave Dima Son and left the sport. A few years later, the parents of the child were separated, but they are engaged in education together. The reason for the divorce of Solovyov is silent, but according to rumors, she became a connection with a colleague on the team of Ksenia Podorova, partner Fyodor Klimov.
Passionate novel, accompanied by generous gifts, a joint vacation on overseas beaches, quickly ended. But such a charming, with an excellent sense of Handsome humor (height 183 cm, weight 69 kg) simply can not remain alone.
Soon Solovyov confirmed that it consists in relations with Anna Sidorova. She is a silver medalist and four times a bronze medalist of the world championship in Kerling, heads the national team. With a girl athlete familiar to the girl, because Anna began with figure skating, the guys visited the same rink. Then because of the injury Sidorov, though remained on the ice, but the sport changed.
How the personal life will arise, Dmitry does not hurt. In a pair, both are speaking athletes, maximalists in life. The Ani team did not appear on the Olympic Games in Pyonchhan, but the girl went there as a commentator. Sovereigns in the public lovers do not show, but do not make secrets.
In social networks, they periodically appear posts with touching confessions in love and common photos - for example, with a brief rest in Sochi, where Dmitry specially flew on the day at the break between the performances of Tatiana Ice Show, to see the chosen.
Athlete - a lover sleep and frankly admits that quite recently learned to overcome himself. Figure hobbies Many: cars, football, table tennis, hockey, cinema and music. Trying not to risk, riding a snowboard. Like a fan can watch on TV. Everything is in a row.
From children's years, Solovyov has four close friends. The relationship between men did not change at all after the athlete achieved fame and world recognition.
Figure skating
The first significant success in ice dancing to the young pair of Solovyov and Bobrova came in 2007, the wealth of the country and the world were golden. Dmitry then participated in the adult championship of Russia, won the bronze reward. At the championship of the planet, the athlete fell by chance - refused to the competition leading Russian couple Oksana Domnin - Maxim Shabalin. For Debutant, Solovyov has rolled out quite worthy, stopping at the 13th position.The fourth place at the Russian Championship - 2009 knocked out a couple of international tournament grid, Dmitry spoke only at the Universiade, where he got the 5th place. Athlete rehabilitated at the 2010 Country Championship, conquering silver. However, at the World and Europe championships of that year, Catherine and Dmitry entered only the top ten. In the same 2010, the skaters fell on their first Olympics, where they got the 15th place in individual competitions.
In the 2010/2011 season, Solovyov put in the piggy bank of the gold awards of the champion of Russia and home Cup of Russia, the silver of the European Championship and Cup of China. It didn't have enough a little enough to the pedestal of the final Grand Prix, in the world competition became sixth.
In 2012, the skaters replaced the coaching composition, as a result we won the continental championship and won the bronze medal at the World Cup in Canada. The 2012/2013 season is also remembered by victories for the Czech Republic and Finlandia Trophy, two silver medals from the championship series stages.
The long-awaited Sochi Olympic Games - 2014 rewarded Ekaterina Bobrov and Dmitry Solovyova medals of the highest sample of team competitions. Admitted their victories at the country championship (for the fourth time), the Russian Cup and Silver Stage Grand Prix in China.
Preparing for the main start of the season, Tandem did not participate in the continental tournament, listened to the advice of the coach. Dmitry's personal Olympic Podium, despite the fact that the rental turned out to be unmistakable. When answering questions about the judging, the athlete was held very restrained, but, apparently, he was something to say.
In the fall of 2014, Dmitry suffered an operation due to the injury of Meniska, as a result of which he missed the competition of the season 2014/2015. According to Alexander Zhulin coach, an athlete at that time even went hard. Yes, and act on the anesthetia was risky: after such a state could deteriorate sharply. But the classes of Olympic champion resumed pretty quickly, the photo of the injured foot in a special orthosis did not fail to share in "Instagram".
But in the new season, the figure skater has proven that he is the best in the country, in addition, I got Silver NHK Trophy, bronze from European competitions and the Skate Canada International tournament. Dmitry's personal and fan pages in social networks were filled with emotional greetings of fans, thanks to Katya for supporting and waiting for a partner.
Season 2016/2017 was perhaps the brightest in the ice biography of Solovyov. This certificate is four gold medals: from the home championship, the memorial of Nobyak, the Rostelecom Cup and Warsaw Cup, as well as the Silver World Championship in the team, bronze from the American Skate America and Che.
In December 2017, the Russian figure skating championship was held in St. Petersburg. The arbitrary program of Catherine Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov simply stolen the audience and literally brought to the tears of their mentor Alexander Zhulin. But in the team of eminently in the past figure and no less than lucky coach, competition was added: Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov came, until recently divided one ice with champions worth two steps below, Tiffany Zagorski and Jonathan Gureiro.
In an interview with the sides of the competition, Bobrova said that after the Korean Olympiad would like to tie with professional sports, while Dmitry plans only a short break.
The 2018 European Championship in Moscow has become successful for the Russian national team. Katya and Dima won silver, giving way to their permanent rivals - French Guillaume Sizeron and Gabriella Papadakis. Third became the Russian couple Ivan Bukin and Alexander Stepanov.
At the Olympics in Korea, Personal pedestal pair Bobrova - Solovyov did not submit, but the skaters received silver medals in command conversions. Dmitry then told reporters that feels offended, but not disappointment. Athletes rode the whole season, without regretting the strength and not leaving circumstances. The Solovyov did not rage about the justice of refereeing Solovyov, believed that for the figure, the main thing is to do his work well, to live a program on ice, "the rest does not concern us."
Followed in less than a month World Cup Katya missed. Forces for another serious tournament neither physical nor emotional left. Bobrova confirmed that he was sent for family happiness, and in the press appeared articles-reflections on the topic that would become partner Solovyov.
The first in the list was the name of Elena Ilyini, whose partner Ruslan Zhiganshin completed his career, and Tandem with Anton Shatibnev did not cause optimism. However, he did not have confirmation.
While Ekaterina rested, Dmitry with the benefit spent time. Summer, the champion gave master classes for Izhevsk children. For a skateman, this is one of your favorite activities. After the Olympics in Sochi Solovyov graduated from the coaching faculty of the Moscow Academy of Physical Culture, but was not sure if he would want to stand at the scenario and worry about the disciples.
In June 2018, the Federation of figure skating Russia published a list of candidates for the national team for the upcoming season, among whom Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov. Later, the coach of Figurestoves Zhulin confirmed that the return of the pair on the ice was quite possible, however, the athletes will be entered into the competitive process will be gradually, and they will not see them at the Grand Prix.
In 2018 and 2019, the champions raised the public in the show "Ruslan and Lyudmila", set by Tatiana Navka.
Shows and will show whether Katya will want and Dima again dive into the competitive atmosphere. The Matcher of Soviet and Russian figure skating Tatiana Tarasova has already rated as a couple rides. Yes, and music for future programs is also chosen.
Dmitry Solovyov now
Presumably, due to a coronavirus infection pandemic in 2020, the autumn tour of the musical on Ice "Ruslan and Lyudmila" was canceled in Barnaul. Spring-summer self-insulation regime, which happened earlier, many delivered difficulties, but Dmitry overcomed them is precined. He learned to mow the grass, collect shower cabins and, judging by the June photo in "Instagram", to communicate in every way to other wildliness wisdoms.
And yet the athlete does not forget his calling and continues to go to the ice - now trains with the singer Olga Buzova as part of preparation for the new season of the TV show of the first channel "Ice Age".
The opinion of the ward at the skateman at first there was a deplorable: Olga barely standing on skates, a panic was traced in each movement. In one of the workouts, the star disappeared a voice against the background of stress, and she also managed to injure the bundle on the leg. Nevertheless, Solovyov quickly changed the attitude towards partner - fascinated by her purposefulness, the ability to quickly grab new movements, energetic. In "Instagram", the athlete published several photos with Olga Buzova on ice, accompanied by their heading reviews of partner.
Project coach Ilya Averbukh immediately strictly banned a pair to make a complex element with support, explaining the restriction by the fact that Olga is too large. The singer was not offended, and Tandem continued his workout. The premiere of the new season of the "Ice period" with the participation of Regina Todorenko, Vladimir Marconi, Hope Mikhalkova, Catherine Bobrova, Tatiana Tutmianin and other celebrities took place in October 2020.
Achievements
- 2007 - Junior world champion
- 2013 - Winner of the FINLANDIA TROPHY tournament
- 2016, 2017, 2018 - Champion of Russia
- 2016, 2017 - Bronze medalist of the European Championship
- 2017 - Warsaw Cup Winner
- 2017 - Winner of the tournament Memorial O. Nereky
- 2017 - Rostelecom Cup winner
- 2017 - Silver medalist of the World Team Championship
- 2018 - Winner of the Tournament Gold Cover Zagreb
- 2018 - Winner of the Tournament Memorial O. Nereky
- 2018 - Silver winner of the European Championship
- 2018 - Silver Olympiad Walter in Team Study