Ilia Malinin

pWotD Episode 3203: Ilia Malinin Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 248,997 views on Saturday, 7 February 2026 our article of the day is Ilia Malinin.Ilia Malinin (born December 2, 2004) is an American competitive figure skater. He is a two-time World champion (2024, 2025), three-time Grand Prix Final champion (2023, 2024, 2025), seven-time Grand Prix gold medalist, four-time Challenger Series gold medalist, and four-time U. S. national champion (2023–26). At the junior level, Malinin is the 2022 World Junior champion and a two-time Junior Grand Prix gold medalist. He holds the current world junior record for the men's short program, free skate, and combined score, as well as the senior record for the men's free skate.Malinin is the first and only skater to successfully land a fully rotated quadruple Axel in international competition, accomplishing this feat at the 2022 CS U. S. International Classic and performing it multiple times since.In September 2022, he was named to Time magazine's Time 100 Next List of emerging leaders from around the world who are shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. During the 2023 World Figure Skating Championships, Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV presented Malinin with a hat bearing the nickname "Quad God," which he later wore during media interviews and photo sessions.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 03:27 UTC on Sunday, 8 February 2026.For the full current version of the article, see Ilia Malinin on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Bluesky at @wikioftheday.com.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm standard Kimberly.