Daniel Samohin Explained

Daniel Samohin
Country: (since 2023)
(until 2022)
Birth Date:12 March 1998
Birth Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Hometown:San Diego, California, United States
Coach:Igor Samohin
Skating Club:Ice Holon Israel
Beganskating:2003
Discipline:Men's singles
Highest Ws:16th (2016–17)

Daniel Samohin (Hebrew: דניאל סמוכין; born 12 March 1998) is an Israeli figure skater who currently competes for the US. He is the 2016 World Junior champion, and has won two ISU Challenger Series medals, including a gold medal at the 2015 U.S. International Classic. Samohin is one of the few skaters to have landed two quad jumps in a short program, three quads in a free program, and five quads in one competition. He was a member of the Israeli delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Personal life

Samohin was born on March 12, 1998, in Tel Aviv, Israel, is Jewish, and speaks two languages. [1] His parents – Irina, a former rhythmic gymnast, and Igor Samohin, a former figure skater who had competed internationally in pairs for the Soviet Union and who as a figure skating coach coached Israel's national team for five years in the 1990s – had arrived in Israel from Russia in 1996.[2] [3] [4] He has a grandfather who lives in Russia, and a grandmother who lives in Israel. His brother, Stanislav, is years older and competed in figure skating for both Russia and Israel. When he was years old, Samohin moved with his mother to California in the United States, joining the rest of the family, who had moved earlier. His hometown is San Diego, California.[5]

Skating career

Samohin began skating in 2003. His club is Ice Holon Israel. His father is his coach, and his mother has worked as his choreographer, as have Olga Volozhinskaia and Nikolai Morozov.

2013–14 season

Samohin made his international debut in September 2013 at an ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) event in Mexico. He ranked sixth in the short program, and placed third in the free skate and was awarded the bronze medal, outscoring Canada's Nam Nguyen by 1.85 points. He finished fourth at his second JGP assignment, in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In March 2014, he finished 12th at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, having placed 17th in the short program and 10th in the free.

2014–15 season

During the 2014 JGP series, Samohin placed 8th in Ljubljana, Slovenia and 16th in Zagreb, Croatia. In September 2014, he debuted on the senior international level, finishing 11th at the Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series (CS) event. After placing fourth at another CS event, the Volvo Open Cup, he took silver at a regular senior international, the Tallinn Trophy, behind fellow Israeli Oleksii Bychenko. Ranked 12th in the short and 5th in the free, he finished 8th overall at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.

2015–16 season

Samohin withdrew from a senior Grand Prix event, the 2015 Cup of China, in order to continue competing on the junior level. Competing in September at the Junior Grand Prix in Colorado Springs, Colorado, he placed 7th in the short and second in the free; he won the silver medal, finishing almost 30 points behind Nathan Chen of the United States and 3.49 ahead of Japan's Sota Yamamoto. Later that month, he won his first CS medal, outscoring Keiji Tanaka by 11.33 points to take gold at the U.S. International Classic.

After winning a silver medal at his second JGP event in Logroño, Spain, Samohin qualified for the JGP Final. His second CS medal, silver, came in October at the 2015 Mordovian Ornament, where he scored 1.24 points less than Maxim Kovtun. Samohin finished fifth at the JGP Final. His next event was the 2016 European Figure Skating Championships, where he set a new personal best in the short program and finished 7th overall.

In March, Samohin won a gold medal at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, winning the Single Skating Championship. He ranked 9th in the short program, but moved up to win the title after a personal-best free skate in which he landed three quadruple jumps. Samohin was the first Israeli skater to medal at Junior Worlds, and the first to win an ISU championship.

2016–17 season

Samohin started his season off at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International. he placed sixth overall. He then competed at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy where he finished thirteenth.Making his Grand Prix debut, Samohin placed 5th at the 2016 Skate Canada International and 8th at the 2016 Cup of China. In December, he won the silver medal behind Oleksii Bychenko at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, having ranked first in the short program and 7th in the free skate.

Samohin's luggage containing his skates was mislaid by the airline and did not arrive with him at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, so he tried a borrowed new pair of skates four hours before the short program. He placed 33rd in the short, and did not advance to the free skate. His skates were found two and a half weeks later. He ranked 16th in the short program, second in the free skate, and sixth overall at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan. He said that he was working on additional quads – loop, flip, and Lutz – but that they were not yet consistent for him.

In March 2017 he won the bronze medal at the Cup of Tyrol in Innsbruck, Austria. He also won a bronze medal in the ISU CS Minsk Arena Ice Star 2017, in Minsk, Belarus.

2017–18 season

Samohin withdrew from the 2017 Skate America in November 2017, after dislocating his left shoulder when he fell on a quad Salchow.

He competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Men's Singles Figure Skating in Pyeongchang, South Korea, at the age of 19.[6] He came in 13th, with 251.44 points, additionally setting a personal best score of 170.75 in the free skate.[7]

He finished 20th at Worlds after scoring 20th in the short program and 18th in the free skate.

2018–19 season

Samohin started his season off at the 2018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. Placing 7th in the short program and 6th in the free skate, he placed 6th overall, He then competed at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy where he finished 6th. He withdrew from the 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy. In his Grand Prix events, he placed 8th at 2018 Skate Canada International and 10th at 2018 Internationaux de France.

2019–20 season

Samohin began the season with a fifth-place finish at the 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, before placing tenth at the 2019 Internationaux de France. Samohin withdrew from the 2019 Rostelecom Cup after placing eleventh in the short program, citing injury. He won the silver medal at the Israeli championships, concluding his season.

2020–21 season

With the coronavirus pandemic leading to the ISU assigning Grand Prix events based primarily on training location, Samohin was assigned to the 2020 Skate America following the withdrawal of Stephen Gogolev. He placed twelfth of twelve skaters at the event.

2021–22 season

Samohin began the international season with two minor events, a fifth place finish at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup before coming in seventh at the 2021 U.S. International Classic. On the Challenger series, he placed eighteenth at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria and twenty-third at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

Records and achievements

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2023-2024
  • Dawn of Faith
2021-2022
  • Dawn of Faith
2020–2021
  • Sarajevo
  • Chase
  • Files
  • Train
2019–2020
  • Fastidious Horses
2018–2019
  • Senza Parole
2017–2018

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  • Two Angels
2016–2017
  • The Illusionist
  • Crazy Santa
2015–2016
2014–2015
2013–2014
  • Road of the Gypsies
  • Hip Hop Tango

Competitive highlights

For Israel

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event13–1414–1515–1616–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–22
align=left 13th
align=left 20th 24th
align=left 10th 7th 33rd 26th 13th
align=left WD 8th
align=left 10th 10th
align=left 12th WD
align=left WD 12th
align=left 5th 8th
align=left 6th
align=left 18th
align=left 13th WD
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd 4th 15th 23rd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left 11th 6th 5th
align=left 6th
align=left 4th
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st 10th
align=left 9th WD
align=left 5th
3rd
Open Ice Mall 1st
1st
2nd
align=left 7th
International: Junior
12th 8th 1st 6th
5th
16th
4th
3rd
8th
2nd
2nd
2nd J
1st J
National
Israeli Champ.1st 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd
Levels: N = Novice, J = Junior
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only.

2021–22 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
December 9–11, 20212021 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 23
56.85		align=center 18
126.12		align=center 23
182.97
November 11–14, 20212021 CS Cup of Austriaalign=center 16
66.33		align=center 20
118.18		align=center 18
184.51
September 14–17, 20212021 U.S. International Classicalign=center 7
66.54		align=center 5
140.82		align=center 7
207.36
2020–21 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
October 23–24, 20202020 Skate Americaalign=center 12
61.60		align=center 12
122.94		align=center 12
184.54
2019–20 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 20–23, 20202020 Challenge Cupalign=center 9
66.54		align=center 6
126.20		align=center 9
192.74
December 4–7, 20192019 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 11
71.45		align=center 20
115.90		align=center 15
187.35
November 15–17, 20192019 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 11
56.94		align=center WDalign=center –
November 1–3, 20192019 Internationaux de Francealign=center 8
70.84		align=center 10
122.82		align=center 10
193.66
September 25–28, 20192019 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 3
69.52		align=center 5
135.59 		align=center 5
205.11
2018–19 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
March 18–24, 20192019 World Championships15
82.00		24
123.28 		24
205.28
20–23 February 20192019 Open Ice Mall Cupalign=center 1
91.32		align=center 2
147.29		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
238.61
21–27 January 20192019 European Championshipsalign=center 6
86.48 		align=center 14
130.69		align=center 13
217.17
December 5–8, 20182018 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 4
85.10		align=center 6
145.44 		align=center 4
230.54
November 23–25, 20182018 Internationaux de Francealign=center 10
72.33		align=center 9
133.66		align=center 10
205.99
October 26–28, 20182018 Skate Canada Internationalalign=center 5
84.90		align=center 9
140.99		align=center 8
225.89
September 26–29, 20182018 CS Nebelhorn Trophyalign=center 4
71.60		align=center 6
117.43 		align=center 6
189.04
19–22 September 20182018 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophyalign=center 7
70.93		align=center 6
126.87		align=center 6
197.80
2017–18 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
19–25 March 20182018 World Championshipsalign=center 20
72.78		align=center 18
141.23		align=center 20
214.01
16–17 February 20182018 Winter Olympicsalign=center 18
80.69		align=center 11
170.75		align=center 13
251.44
15–21 January 20182018 European Championshipsalign=center 26
59.18		align=center – align=center 26
59.18
24–26 November 20172017 Skate America align=center 5
82.28		align=center WDalign=center –
26–29 October 20172017 CS Minsk-Arena Ice Staralign=center 6
72.76		align=center 4
146.99		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
219.75
20–22 October 20172017 Rostelecom Cupalign=center 12
62.02		align=center 12
121.77		align=center 12
183.79
13–17 September 20172017 CS U.S. International Classicalign=center 11
64.74		align=center 9
126.46		align=center 10
191.20
2016–17 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
25–29 January 20172017 European Championshipsalign=center 33
50.33		align=center –align=center 33
50.33
7–10 December 20162016 CS Golden Spin of Zagrebalign=center 1
82.35		align=center 7
143.77		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
226.12
18–20 November 20162016 Cup of Chinaalign=center 2
83.47		align=center 10
130.04		align=center 8
213.51
28–30 October 20162016 Skate Canadaalign=center 5
74.62		align=center 7
152.91		align=center 5
226.53
6–10 October 20162016 CS Finlandia Trophyalign=center 14
52.03		align=center 13
108.94		align=center 13
160.97
29 Sept. – 1 Oct. 20162016 CS Autumn Classic Internationalalign=center 7
60.81		align=center 7
129.09		align=center 6
189.90

Junior level

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. Previous ISU world best highlighted in bold.

2016–17 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
15–19 March 20172017 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 16
67.00		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
165.63		align=center 6
232.63
2015–16 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
14–20 March 20162016 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 9
71.27		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
165.38		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
236.65
26–31 January 20162016 European ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 5
82.73		align=center 8
149.35		align=center 7
232.08
9–13 December 20152015 JGP FinalJunioralign=center 5
69.48		align=center 5
115.20		align=center 5
184.68
16–19 October 20152015 Mordovian OrnamentSenior1
79.66		2
155.48		align=center bgcolor=silver2
235.14
30 Sept. – 3 Oct. 20152015 JGP SpainJunioralign=center 2
67.96		align=center 1
159.23		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
227.19
16–20 September 20152015 CS U.S. ClassicSenioralign=center 3
71.52		align=center 2
152.15		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
223.67
2–5 September 20152015 JGP United StatesJunioralign=center 7
58.53		align=center 2
148.64		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
207.17
3–5 August 20172015 Philadelphia Summer InternationalSenioralign=center 3
63.41		align=center 1
125.36		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
188.77
2014–15 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
2–8 March 20152015 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 12
67.00		align=center 5
135.39		align=center 8
202.39
26 Jan. – 1 Feb. 20152015 European ChampionshipsSenioralign=center 8
72.65		align=center 9
137.28		align=center 10
209.93
3–7 December 20142014 Tallinn TrophySenioralign=center 2
60.40		align=center 2
124.54		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
184.94
5–9 November 20142014 CS Volvo Open CupSenioralign=center 3
61.91		align=center 4
121.56		align=center 4
183.47
9–10 October 20142014 JGP CroatiaJunioralign=center 16
50.04		align=center 16
95.88		align=center 16
145.92
24–27 September 20142014 CS Nebelhorn TrophySenioralign=center 11
49.67		align=center 14
94.86		align=center 11
144.53
2013–14 season
DateEventLevelSPFSTotal
10–16 March 20142014 World Junior ChampionshipsJunioralign=center 17
58.84		align=center 10
120.64		align=center 12
179.48
29 January – February 2 20142014 Bavarian OpenJunioralign=center 2
60.09		align=center 2
105.57		align=center bgcolor=silver 2
165.66
8 January – January 11 20142014 Toruń CupJunioralign=center 1
65.24		align=center 1
125.19		align=center bgcolor=gold 1
190.43
2–5 October 20132013 JGP Czech SkateJunioralign=center 9
51.80		align=center 4
117.18		align=center 4
168.98
Sept. 4–8, 20132013 JGP MexicoJunioralign=center 6
59.36		align=center 3
123.53		align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
182.89

Notes and References

  1. "2018 Winter Olympics," Jewish Sports Review, March/April 2018, Vol. 11, No. 6, Issue 126, page 2.
  2. https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/results/en/figure-skating/athlete-profile-n3019095-daniel-samohin.htm Figure Skating | Athlete Profile: Daniel SAMOHIN - Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games
  3. https://europeonice.com/2016/01/26/daniel-samohin-its-easier-to-do-quads-than-triples/ Daniel Samohin: “It’s Easier To Do Quads Than Triples” | europeonice.com
  4. https://www.fromthegrapevine.com/lifestyle/2018-winter-olympics-mens-figure-skating-israel-daniel-samohin "Daniel Samohin: 'I take risks because I skate for Israel'; One of figure skating's most powerful jumpers, the 19-year-old could steal the show in Pyeongchang."
  5. http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00034509.htm "Daniel SAMOHIN, ISR, Biography"
  6. http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Sports/Israelis-Bychenko-Samohin-dazzle-in-Pyeongchang-ice-rink-542874 "Israelis Bychenko, Samohin dazzle in Pyeongchang ice rink,"
  7. https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5117705,00.html "Israeli figure skaters finish 11th, 13th at Winter Olympics"

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