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Like her brother, Ilia Malinin\u2019s sister is also a nationally ranked figure skater<\/p>\n

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Ilia Malinin on day two of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic games on February 08, 2026 in Milan, Italy ; Ilia Malinin and his sister Elli in June 2025.<\/span>Credit :\u00a0<\/span>Andy Cheung\/Getty ; Ilia Malinin\/Instagram <\/p>\n
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Ilia Malinin\u2019s sister, Elli Beatrice Malinina, is carving out her own path on the ice.<\/p>\n

After welcoming their son in December 2004, retired Uzbekistan Olympic figure skaters\u00a0Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov\u00a0went on to have a daughter. The Russian-born couple, who retired from competition in 2002 and became coaches, didn\u2019t plan for their children to follow in their footsteps. But regular days spent at the rink made it inevitable.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey went through all those years of hard work, dedication, commitment to get to where they were, two-time Olympians \u2026 So, they were like, \u2018Oh, we don\u2019t want another skater in our family,\u2019 \u201d the gold medalist told\u00a0CBS News\u00a0in February 2026. \u201cBut here I am. Me and my sister skate now. So it\u2019s like, okay!\u201d<\/p>\n

Though still early in her figure skating career, Elli \u2014 who also goes by the nickname Liza, per\u00a0NBC Sports\u00a0\u2014 is a nationally ranked junior skater with a bright future on the rink.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s everything to know about Ilia Malinin\u2019s sister, Elli Beatrice Malinina.<\/p>\n

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Elli is from Virginia\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Ilia Malinin with his family in June 2025.<\/span>Ilia Malinin\/Instagram <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Like her brother, Elli was raised in Virginia, per NBC. Her parents relocated to the United States the summer after the 1998 Winter Olympics and got married in 2000.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like America very much,\u201d Tatiana told Golden Skate in March 2002. \u201cIt was difficult to come to America, but easy to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both siblings took their mother\u2019s maiden name, though Ilia\u2019s is in the traditional Russian masculine form. His parents were concerned that his father\u2019s last name \u2014 Skorniakov\u00a0\u2014 would be hard for his young schoolmates to pronounce.<\/p>\n

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Her parents are Olympic figure skaters<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Roman Skorniakov during his performance at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan ; Tatiana Malinina performs at the Four Continents Championships on February 8, 2001 in Salt Lake City, Utah.<\/span>Tony Marshall\/EMPICS via Getty ; GEORGE FREY \/ AFP via Getty <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elli and her brother both seem to have inherited their skating talents from their parents. Their mother was a Four Continents Championship winner who competed in two Olympic Games for Uzbekistan before retiring after the 2002 Olympics, after she withdrew with the flu, according to NBC.<\/p>\n

Their father also represented the country at the 1998 and 2002 Winter Olympics and retired the same year. Though the couple are from Russia, they skated for Uzbekistan.<\/p>\n

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She\u2019s a nationally ranked junior skater\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Elli Beatrice Malinina competes in the Juvenile Girls Free Skate during the 2026 Eastern Sectional Singles.<\/span>U.S. Figure Skating\/Youtube <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elli is working her way up to Olympic status as a nationally ranked junior skater. According to\u00a0Skater-Stats, she\u2019s been in 17 competitions and is a part of the Washington Figure Skating Club.<\/p>\n

The Olympic gold medalist told NBC Sports in March 2022 that his younger sister is a much better skater than he was at her age.<\/p>\n

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Ilia joked about trying to coach her<\/span><\/h2>\n
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Ilia Malinin during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships on March 27, 2025 in Boston, Massachusetts.<\/span>Joosep Martinson \u2013 International Skating Union\/International Skating Union via Getty <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In an\u00a0April 2025 interview\u00a0with retired Olympic figure skater\u00a0Gracie Gold, the history-making figure skater said that he attempts to mentor his sister \u2014 who is 10 years his junior \u2014 in their shared sport, but she isn\u2019t always receptive.<\/p>\n

\u201cI try to [coach her],\u201d Ilia joked, \u201ckeyword \u2018try.\u2019 \u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he doesn\u2019t think Elli \u201ccares that much\u201d about her older brother\u2019s Quad God status, and that they were working on her double-axel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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