Gleb Smolkin
Russian ice dancer
Gleb Borisovich Smolkin (Russian: Глеб Борисович Смолкин; Georgian: გლებ ბორისოვიჩ სმოლკინი, born 27 August 1999) is a Russian ice dancer who currently represents Georgia. With his skating partner and wife, Diana Davis, he is a seven-time Challenger Series medalist (including four gold) and represented Georgia at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Davis and Smolkin formerly represented Russia, where he is the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup champion, the 2022 Russian national silver medalist, and represented Russia at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
On the junior level, Davis/Smolkin are the 2020 Russian junior national bronze medalists, finished in the top five at the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and competed at the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final.
Personal life
Smolkin was born on 27 August 1999 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. He is the son of Russian actor Boris Smolkin and his wife, Svetlana. He has one half-brother, Vladimir.
During a hiatus from figure skating in 2014, Smolkin briefly played professional beach soccer as a member of the BSC Lokomotiv Moscow team.
In March 2022, Smolkin married his skating partner, Diana Davis, at age 22 and 19.
Career
Early years
Smolkin began learning how to skate in 2004.
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