Early career Soloviev teamed up with Bobrova in 2000.
Elena Kustarova and
Svetlana Alexeeva were their coaches from the beginning of their partnership. At the
2007 World Junior Championships, Bobrova/Soloviev placed first in the compulsory dance, original dance, and free dance, and won the gold medal.
2007–08 to 2011–12 Bobrova/Soloviev competed at their
first senior Worlds in 2008, where they placed 13th. The following season they were not selected for the event. During the
2009–10 season, Bobrova/Soloviev won the silver medal at
2010 Russian Nationals in December 2009, earning them their first berth to the
European Championships in January 2010, where they placed 9th. They also qualified for the Olympics the following month where they finished in 15th. They also competed at their second
World Championships and climbed to 8th in the rankings. During the
2010–11 season, Bobrova/Soloviev won their first medal on the senior Grand Prix series – a silver at
Cup of China. At their next event,
2010 Cup of Russia, they won their first senior Grand Prix title. In doing so, they qualified for their first senior
Grand Prix Final, where they finished fourth. At the
2011 Russian Championships, Bobrova/Soloviev finished first in both the short dance and the free dance to win their first national title. Following the event, they decided to drop their
Delilah short dance in favor of a new one to
Where I Want to Be which they debuted at the
2011 European Championships. They won their first medal at the event, silver. At the
2011 World Championships, they came in 6th. In
2011–12, Bobrova/Soloviev won the gold medal at their first
Grand Prix event of the season,
2011 Cup of China, with a score of 163.52 after placing first in both the short dance and in the free dance. They took the bronze medal at their next event,
2011 Cup of Russia, and then finished sixth at the Grand Prix Final. They repeated as
Russian national champions and
European silver medalists. Bobrova/Soloviev finished 7th at the
2012 World Championships.
2012–13 season On 25 April 2012, Bobrova/Soloviev changed coaches to
Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov. They said they were learning a different technique, as well as changing their style. In their 2012–13 free dance, Soloviev plays the insane lover of Bobrova who herself begins to slip into insanity as he starts to recover. On the short dance, Soloviev said: "The story is that we are at a ball. In the beginning, we meet and have a dance together. The first part, the polka, is very playful, but when the music changes into the waltz, that's when we fall in love with each other and it's getting more serious. In the end, we realize that we can't be together because I'm too old and she is a young girl." Bobrova/Soloviev started the
2012–13 season with gold at the
2012 Finlandia Trophy. Winning silver at both of their Grand Prix assignments, the
2012 Skate America and
2012 Cup of China, they qualified for the
2012 Grand Prix Final in
Sochi, Russia. After a fall from Soloviev in their free dance, they finished 5th overall behind Italian ice dancers
Anna Cappellini /
Luca Lanotte. At the
2013 Russian Championships, they won their third national title. Bobrova/Soloviev won the gold medal in their fourth appearance at the
European Championships, narrowly edging out their teammates
Elena Ilinykh /
Nikita Katsalapov. They stepped onto the World podium for the first time at the
2013 World Championships in
London, Ontario where they won the bronze medal. Named in the Russian team to the
2013 World Team Trophy, they withdrew after Soloviev aggravated a groin injury on 1 April and was told to rest for at least ten days.
2013–14 season Competing on the
2013–14 ISU Grand Prix series, Bobrova/Soloviev won silver at the
2013 Cup of China and gold at the
2013 Rostelecom Cup before finishing fourth at the
2013 Grand Prix Final, behind
Nathalie Pechalat /
Fabian Bourzat. They won their fourth consecutive national title at the
2014 Russian Championships. Feeling their free dance was not working, they decided to return to the one from the previous season. In February 2014, Bobrova/Soloviev competed at the Winter Olympics in
Sochi. In the
team event, they placed third in their assigned segment, the short dance, and Russia went on to win the gold medal. Bobrova/Soloviev ranked fifth in the separate
ice dancing event. A month later, they traveled to
Saitama, Japan for the
2014 World Championships. On 28 March, Soloviev sustained a groin injury during the morning practice before the short dance, causing them to withdraw. He returned to the ice cautiously in the second week of April.
2014–15 season For the 2014–15 Grand Prix season, Bobrova/Soloviev were assigned to the
2014 Skate America and
2014 Trophee Eric Bompard. As a result of Soloviev's knee surgery, they withdrew from both events and decided to sit out the remainder of the season to allow him to recover fully.
2015–16 season During the
2015–16 Grand Prix series, Bobrova/Soloviev won the bronze medal at the
2015 Skate Canada International and then silver at the
2015 NHK Trophy. These placements gave them the last spot at the final, ahead of compatriots
Victoria Sinitsina /
Nikita Katsalapov. They finished 5th at the
2015–16 Grand Prix Final in
Barcelona, Spain. In late December, Bobrova/Soloviev were awarded their fifth national title at the
2016 Russian Championships held in
Yekaterinburg. On January 27–30, Bobrova/Soloviev won the bronze medal at the
2016 European Championships with a personal best overall score of 176.50 points. On 7 March 2016, Bobrova announced that she had tested positive for
meldonium. Expressing "shock" about the test result, she stated that she had been aware of meldonium's addition to the banned list (on 1 January 2016) and had been careful to avoid products containing banned substances.
2016–17 season Bobrova/Soloviev started their season by winning the gold medal at the
2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial. Competing on the
Grand Prix series, they won two medals, first the bronze medal at the
2016 Skate America and then the gold medal at the
2017 Rostelecom Cup. These results qualified them to the
2016–17 Grand Prix Final where they placed 4th after placing 5th in the short dance and 4th in the free dance. in December 2016 they won the gold medal at the
2017 Russian Championships. A month later they won the bronze medal at the
2017 European Championships after winning the short dance and placing 3rd in the free dance. They later competed at the
2017 World Championships where they placed 5th and at the
2017 World Team Trophy where their team won the silver medal.
2017–18 season Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev are at a point in their career where retirement is on the horizon. An Olympic season is special for all skaters, but it is even more special if it might be the last competitive season. Again Bobrova/Soloviev started their season by winning the gold medal at the
CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy. This was their 2nd consecutive victory at the
Ondrej Nepela Trophy. Competing on the
Grand Prix series, they won two medals, first the silver medal at the
2017 Rostelecom Cup and then the bronze medal at the
2017 Cup of China. In December 2017 they first won the gold medal the
2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb and then they won another gold medal at the
2018 Russian Championships. This was the 7th time that they had won the gold medal at the
Russian Championships. A month later they won the silver medal at the
2018 European Championships after placing 4th in the short dance and 2nd in the free dance. At the 2018 Europeans they scored their personal best score of 187.13 points. In February 2018 Bobrova/Soloviev placed 5th at the
2018 Winter Olympics after placing 6th in the short dance and 4th in the free dance. A week earlier they had won the Olympic silver medal at the team event of the
2018 Winter Olympics. They later withdrew from the
2018 World Championships.
Television He appeared in the seventh season of ice show contest
Ice Age. ==Programs==