Ilia Malinin

I'll be honest, watching Ilia Malinin skate kind of breaks my brain in the best way. This kid from Fairfax, Virginia went out and landed the first ratified quadruple Axel in competition history, which is the jump everyone swore was basically impossible, and then he just kept doing it like it was no big deal. The "Quad God" nickname sounds like cocky internet hype until you actually watch him stack four-revolution jumps into a single program and realize it's barely an exaggeration. He grabbed his first World title in 2024 while still a teenager, and the wild thing is the artistry is clearly still climbing to catch up with that ridiculous firepower. I love that he swings for history instead of skating safe. Pure adrenaline, every single time.

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Name (English)

Ilia Malinin

Name (Japanese)

イリア・マリニン

Reading

いりあ・まりにん

Born

December 2, 2004 (age 21)

Origin

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Height

174 cm

Occupation

figure skater

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Monkey

High school

George C. Marshall High School

• Official sitehttps://iliamalininqg.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/ilia_quadg0d_malinin/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia%20Malinin
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%83%8B%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66707703

Tags

• Virginia
• figure skater

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.