World Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition
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2025 | Featured on USA Today List of Athletes Set to Breakout, signaling anticipated future success |
January 2025 | Won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, securing his third consecutive national title by landing seven quads in the free skate and achieving a total score of 333.31 points. |
2024 | Named to the 2023–24 SKATING magazine Readers' Choice Award, demonstrating popular recognition of his skating prowess. |
2024 | Won the 2024 Skate Canada International, securing a spot at the ISU Grand Prix Final. |
2024 | Won U.S. National Championships title. |
2024 | Competed at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy, breaking 100 points in the short program and 200 points in the free skate. Won gold medal by 21.01 points ahead of Yuma Kagiyama. |
2024 | Won World Championship title. |
2024 | Named to the USA Today List of Athletes Set to Breakout in 2025, indicating continued expected success and potential. |
2024 | Won the ISU Skating Awards Most Valuable Skater, further cementing his status as a top figure skating athlete. |
2024 | Won the 2024 Skate America for a third consecutive time. |
2024 | Began adding on-ice backflips to competitive programs after the ISU lifted the ban on the element for the 2024–25 figure skating season. |
December 2024 | Won the Grand Prix Final for a second consecutive time. Scored 105.43 in the short program and 186.69 in the free skate. Became the first figure skater to land all six types of quadruple jumps in one program. |
March 23 2024 | Ilia Malinin performs outstanding free skate at 2024 World Championships, scoring 227.79. |
2023 | Won bronze medal at the Grand Prix Final. |
2023 | Honored with a Resolution by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, recognizing his significant contributions to figure skating. |
2023 | Won gold at the CS Autumn Classic International, marking his first international appearance of the season. |
2023 | Graduated from George C. Marshall High School. |
2023 | Competed at the Japan Open, winning the men's segment and helping Team North America finish second overall. |
2023 | Won bronze medal at the World Championships. |
2023 | Received the ISU Skating Awards Special Achievement honor, highlighting his exceptional performance and innovation in the sport. |
December 2023 | At the Grand Prix Final in Beijing, performed the first-ever quadruple Axel in the short program and became the first skater to perform all six jumps as quadruples in competition, winning the event by 17.30 points over Shoma Uno. |
November 2023 | Won silver medal at the Grand Prix de France, qualifying for the Grand Prix Final in Beijing. |
October 2023 | At Skate America, won the short program by almost seven points over Kévin Aymoz, setting personal bests in free skate (206.41) and overall score (310.47), becoming the first to break 200- and 300-point barriers internationally. |
March 2023 | At the World Championships in Saitama, Malinin made history by landing the first-ever quadruple Axel at an ISU championship event, placing third overall with a combined score of 288.44 points. |
January 2023 | At the U.S. Championships, Malinin won the gold medal, delivering a clean short program and successfully completing his free skate with multiple quadruple jumps. |
2022 | At the World Championships in Montpellier, France, Malinin achieved a personal best score of 100.16 in the short program, surpassing his previous international score by almost 20 points. However, he made errors in the free skate and finished ninth overall. |
2022 | Malinin won gold at the International Challenge Cup, successfully securing the required technical minimum scores for the World Championships. |
2022 | Won silver medal at the U.S. National Championships. |
2022 | Became the first and only skater to land a fully rotated quadruple Axel in international competition at the U.S. International Classic. |
2022 | Becomes World Junior Champion. |
December 2022 | At the Grand Prix Final in Torino, Malinin won the bronze medal, finishing second in the free skate segment with a strong performance. |
October 2022 | At Skate America in Norwood, Massachusetts, Malinin became the youngest Skate America men's champion in history, winning first place with a total score of 280.37 points. |
October 2022 | At the Japan Open, Malinin placed second in the men's free skate, performing four quad jumps and nearly completing a quad Axel during practice. |
September 2022 | Named to Time magazine's Time 100 Next List, recognizing him as an emerging leader shaping the future of his field. |
September 2022 | Named to Time magazine's Time 100 Next List of emerging leaders, recognizing his potential and impact in figure skating. |
April 16 2022 | Ilia Malinin wins free skate at 2022 World Junior Championships with a score of 187.12, achieving a combined total of 276.11. |
April 14 2022 | Ilia Malinin wins short program at 2022 World Junior Championships with a score of 88.99. |
2021 | At the 2021 JGP Austria in Linz, Malinin won gold with personal best scores, successfully landing a quadruple Salchow and qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final. |
2021 | Unable to compete at the U.S. Championships due to an ankle injury that caused him to miss the qualifying competition. |
2021 | Malinin returned to international junior competition at the JGP France in Courchevel, winning the gold medal despite making errors on quadruple jump attempts. |
November 2021 | Malinin returned to the senior level at the Cup of Austria, placing 13th in the short program but winning a bronze medal with a strong second-place free skate performance. |
2020 | During the COVID-19 pandemic, Malinin unveiled two new quadruple jumps - a toe loop and a Salchow - which he learned during lockdown, surprising competitors by placing fifth at Skate America. |
2020 | Competed at the World Junior Championships, placing 13th in the short program and 18th in free skating, finishing 16th overall. |
2020 | Adopted his Instagram handle 'ilia_quadg0d_malinin' as inspiration for learning quadruple jumps. |
2020 | Participated in the Las Vegas Invitational, where he helped Team Tara defeat Team Johnny. |
2020 | Unable to compete at the U.S. Championships due to injury, but was still awarded a berth to the World Junior Championships based on early season results. |
2019 | Malinin earned a bronze medal at the U.S. national novice competition. |
2019 | Ilia Malinin made his junior international debut at the Philadelphia Summer International, winning gold and defeating teammates Nicholas Hsieh and Darian Kaptich of Australia. |
2019 | Competed in the ISU Junior Grand Prix, placing fourth at the United States event and seventh at the Italy event. |
August 2019 | Appeared in a television commercial promoting Direct Auto Insurance in the United States. |
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