Ilia Skirda
# Ilia Skirda

Ilia Valeryevich Skirda (Russian: Илья Валерьевич Скирда, born 21 September 2002) is a Russian figure skater who competes in men's singles. He has won two silver medals on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

## Career

Skirda skated at Sokolniki Sports school before relocating to Sambo 70 skating club in 2013. He finished 7th at his first junior nationals, in 2015. After a year, he finished 4th at the 2016 Russian Junior Championships, behind Roman Savosin.

In August 2016, at age 13, Skirda made his international debut at the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix (JGP) competition in Saint-Gervais-les-Bains, France. Ranked 9th in the short and first in the free skate, he won the silver medal behind Savosin. In his next event at the 2016 JGP Slovenia, Skirda won another silver medal after placing fourth in the short and second in the free skate with a total of 208.28 points. Skirda's results have qualified for his first 2016–17 JGP Final to be held in Marseilles, France.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating |
| - | - | - |
| 2016–2017 | Mr. Bojangles by Robbie Williams | Once Upon a Time in America by Ennio Morricone |

## Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International :

| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 18–19 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| JGP Final | | | 6th | |
| JGP France | | | 2nd | |
| JGP Slovenia | | | 2nd | |
| Sofia Trophy | | | | 3rd |
| National ||||||
| Russian Champ. | | | 12th | |
| Russian Jr. Champ. | 7th | 4th | 7th | |
| J: Junior level ||||||

## Detailed results

### Junior level

2016–17 season :

| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1–5 February 2017 | 2017 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 8 71.44 | 6 143.12 | 7 214.56 |
| 22-25 December 2016 | 2017 Russian Championships | Senior | 12 68.63 | 12 131.76 | 12 200.39 |
| 8–11 December 2016 | 2016−17 JGP Final | Junior | 6 68.31 | 5 138.80 | 6 207.11 |
| 22–24 September 2016 | 2016 JGP Slovenia | Junior | 4 69.32 | 2 138.96 | 2 208.28 |
| 25–27 August 2016 | 2016 JGP France | Junior | 9 56.07 | 1 134.47 | 2 190.54 |
| 2015–16 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 21–23 January 2016 | 2016 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 7 65.56 | 5 132.75 | 4 198.31 |
| 2014–15 season ||||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| 4–7 February 2015 | 2015 Russian Junior Championships | Junior | 10 61.57 | 6 127.66 | 7 189.23 |
