Ilya Yablokov

Ilya Olegovich Yablokov (Russian: Илья Олегович Яблоков; born 29 September 2003) is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2019 JGP Russia bronze medalist and finished in the top ten at the 2020 World Junior Championships.

Ilya Yablokov
Personal information
Native nameИлья Олегович Яблоков (Russian)
Full nameIlya Olegovich Yablokov
Alternative namesIlia
Country represented Russia
Born (2003-09-29) 29 September 2003
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
CoachViktoria Butsaeva
Former coachNadezhda Kondulinskaya
Alexander Shubin
ChoreographerGalina Ishchenko
Skating clubOlympic School "Moskvich"
Training locationsMoscow, Russia
Began skating2007
ISU personal best scores
Combined total213.40
2019 JGP Italy
Short program77.53
2020 Junior Worlds
Free skate143.01
2019 JGP Italy
Medal record
Representing  Russia
Figure skating: Men's singles
European Youth Olympic Festival
2019 SarajevoMen's singles

Personal life

Yablokov was born on 29 September 2003 in Saint Petersburg. As of 2020, he is a high school student.[1]

Career

Yablokov began skating in 2007. He initially trained under Nadezhda Kondulinskaya and Alexander Shubin in Moscow, before later switching to Viktoria Butsaeva.[2]

On the junior level internationally, Yablokov is the 2018 Christmas Cup, the 2019 Cup of Tyrol, and the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival champion. Earlier, he won silver at the 2017 Cup of Tyrol. At the Russian Junior Championships, Yablokov placed 14th in 2018 and 10th in 2019.

2019–2020 season

Yablokov received his first Junior Grand Prix assignments. At his first event, JGP Russia, he won bronze behind teammates Petr Gumennik and Artur Danielian, as part of a Russian podium sweep. Yablokov was fourth at his second event in Italy, missing the podium by around eight points. As a result of his placements and by virtue of a tiebreaker, he was third alternate for the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.

Yablokov finished 11th at the 2020 Russian Championships in December after replacing Mikhail Kolyada, who was recovering from sinusitis. He sixth at the 2020 Russian Junior Championships in February and subsequently named first alternate for the 2020 World Junior Championships team. Yablokov won senior bronze behind Makar Ignatov and Anton Shulepov at the Russian Cup Final at the end of February.

Yablokov was called up to replace Daniil Samsonov on the Junior Worlds team, after Samsonov withdrew due to health issues.[3] At the World Junior Championships, he was seventh after the short program, but tenth in the free skating to finish tenth overall. Afterwards, Yablokov expressed that he was "extremely dissatisfied" with his performance at the event.[4]

2020–2021 season

Yablokov spent part of the offseason at a national team training camp in Sirius. He fell ill with a sore throat three weeks prior to Russian test skates and contracted a rotavirus infection upon arriving in Novogorsk for the test skates. Yablokov's coach, Viktoria Butsaeva cited his illnesses as part of their struggles to prepare adequately for the season, but noted his junior bronze medal at the Moscow Championships in September was a turning point.[5]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Junior Grand Prix, where Yablokov would have competed, was cancelled. However, after the Grand Prix series was converted into semi-domestic events, he was able to replace Alexander Samarin at 2020 Rostelecom Cup, as the latter was still recovering from a back injury.[6] At Rostelecom Cup, Yablokov was tenth in the short program and ninth in the free skating to finish ninth overall.

At the 2021 Russian Championships in December, Yablokov struggled with mistakes in both programs, finishing in 13th place. He reflected after the short program that he was "not very happy with [himself]," noting that he could usually perform the elements "well and consistently."[7] Yablokov then competed at the 2021 Russian Junior Championships in February, finishing second in the short program, but made mistakes in the free skating to place sixth in the segment.[8] He appeared to have won the bronze medal, but fell to fourth after judges realized that competitor Egor Rukhin's quadruple Salchow was miscalled as a triple; Rukhin's score with the adjusted base value placed him about 1.5 points above Yablokov.[9]

Programs
Season Short program Free skating
2020–2021
[1]
2019–2020
[10]
2018–2019

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[11]
Event 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
GP Rostelecom Cup9th
International: Junior[11]
Junior Worlds10th
JGP Italy4th
JGP Russia3rd
EYOF1st
Christmas Cup1st
Cup of Tyrol2nd1st
National[11]
Russian Champ.11th14th
Russian Junior14th10th6th4th

Detailed results

ISU Personal best in bold.

Senior results
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
20–22 November 2020 2020 Rostelecom Cup 10
79.15		 9
163.37		 9
242.52

Junior results
2020–21 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
1–5 February 2021 2021 Russian Junior Championships Junior 2
85.38		 6
148.86		 4
234.24
23–27 December 2020 2021 Russian Championships Senior 13
77.38		 14
136.77		 14
214.15
2019–20 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–8 March 2020 2020 World Junior Championships Junior 7
77.53		 10
128.63		 10
206.16
4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4
81.62		 6
144.48		 6
226.10
24–28 December 2019 2020 Russian Championships Senior 12
75.86		 11
147.95		 11
223.81
2–5 October 2019 2019 JGP Italy Junior 5
70.39		 4
143.01		 4
213.40
11–14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia Junior 3
73.73		 3
133.95		 3
207.68
2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
2–3 March 2019 2019 Cup of Tyrol Junior 1
78.04		 1
138.60		 1
216.64
13–14 February 2019 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival Junior 1
74.76		 1
136.86		 1
211.62
31 Jan. – 4 Feb. 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships Junior 12
75.38		 10
139.32		 10
214.70
29 Nov. – 1 Dec. 2018 2018 Christmas Cup Junior 1
69.92		 1
120.43		 1
190.35
2017–18 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
23–26 January 2018 2018 Russian Junior Championships Junior 13
69.99		 17
125.29		 14
195.28
2016–17 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
28 Feb. – 5 Mar. 2017 2017 Cup of Tyrol Junior 1
63.17		 2
116.60		 2
179.77

References
  1. "Ilya YABLOKOV: 2020/2021". International Skating Union.
  2. "Яблоков Илья Олегович" [Yablokov Ilya Olegovich]. fskate.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 July 2019.
  3. Velichko, Maria (28 February 2020). "Виктория Буцаева: «Яблоков находится в хорошей форме. На ЮЧМ будем рисковать»" [Victoria Butsaeva: “Yablokov is in good shape. We will take risks at the JWC"]. sports-ru.com (in Russian).
  4. Bespalova, Ekaterina (6 March 2020). "Яблоков — о выступлении на ЮЧМ: «За произвольную программу поставлю себе «двойку»" [Yablokov – about his performance at the JWC: "For the free program I will give myself a "two""]. Sport Express (in Russian).
  5. Kuznetsov, Dmitry (6 September 2020). "«С «Хрустальным» и «Ангелами Плющенко» можно бороться». Мнение тренера из конкурирующей школы" ["You can fight with "Khrustalny" and "Angels of Plushenko"." The opinion of a coach from a competing school]. Sport Express (in Russian).
  6. Lotsik, Lina (17 November 2020). "Яблоков заменит Самарина на Гран-при России" [Yablokov will replace Samarin at the Russian Grand Prix]. sports-ru.com.
  7. Lotsik, Lina (24 December 2020). "Илья Яблоков: «Сам собой не очень доволен. Четверной прыжок был недокрученный, выезд плохой»" [Ilya Yablokov: “I'm not very happy with myself. The quadruple jump was under-rotated, the exit was bad "]. sports-ru.com.
  8. Palar, Sanjeev (4 February 2021). "Evgeni Semenenko clinches Russian junior men's figure skating championship title". Olympic Channel.
  9. "Федерация фигурного катания РФ рассмотрит эпизод с судейской ошибкой на первенстве России" [The Figure Skating Federation of Russia will consider an episode with a referee error at the Russian Championship]. TASS (in Russian). 4 February 2021.
  10. "Ilya YABLOKOV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 June 2020.
  11. "Competition Results: Ilya YABLOKOV". International Skating Union.
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