Anthony Ponomarenko

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Anthony Ponomarenko
Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko at the 2018 World Junior Championships.jpg
Carreira/Ponomarenko at the 2018 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Country representedUnited States
Born (2001-01-05) January 5, 2001 (age 21)
San Jose, California
ResidenceNovi, Michigan, United States
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PartnerChristina Carreira
Former partnerSarah Feng
CoachScott Moir
Former coachIgor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Greg Zuerlein, Fabian Bourzat
Former choreographerIgor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating clubSkating Club of San Francisco
Training locationsLondon, Ontario
Former training locationsNovi, Michigan
San Francisco, California
Began skating2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total191.55
2019 CS Asian Trophy
Short dance78.40
2019 CS Asian Trophy
Free dance113.36
2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Medal record
Representing  United States
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Four Continents Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Tallinn Ice dancing
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Sofia Ice dancing
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei Ice dancing
Junior Grand Prix Final
Silver medal – second place 2017–18 Nagoya Ice dancing

Anthony Ponomarenko (born January 5, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Christina Carreira, he is the 2022 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2018 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, a six-time medalist on the ISU Challenger Series, and the 2020 U.S. national pewter medalist.

They are also two-time World Junior medalists (silver in 2018, bronze in 2017), the 2017 JGP Final silver medalists, and the 2018 U.S. national junior champions.

Personal life[]

Anthony Ponomarenko was born on January 5, 2001, in San Jose, California. He is the son of 1992 Olympic ice dancing champions Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko.[1] He has an elder brother, Timothy.[2]

Career[]

Early years[]

Ponomarenko started skating in 2005.[1] He was a single skater for about four years before switching to ice dancing.[2] His partnership with Sarah Feng began by 2010. The two won the bronze medal in novice ice dancing at the 2014 U.S. Championships. After Ponomarenko ended his partnership with Sara Feng in January 2014, he later moved to Novi, Mich., to train with Igor Shpilband permanently.[3]

2014–2015 season[]

In April 2014, Ponomarenko teamed up with Canadian ice dancer Christina Carreira. The two decided to represent the United States. It was Ponomarenko's mother, Marina Klimova, who thought the team would eventually be a good match after seeing Carreira in Lake Placid, NY. [3] Their Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in September 2014; they placed fifth in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and then fourth in Tallinn, Estonia. They finished fifth in the junior event at the 2015 U.S. Championships.

2015–2016 season[]

Competing in the 2015 JGP series, Carreira/Ponomarenko placed fourth in Riga, Latvia, and then won the silver medal in Toruń, Poland. They received the pewter medal for fourth place at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

2016–2017 season: First Junior World medal[]

Carreira/Ponomarenko won silver medals at both of their JGP events and finished fourth at the JGP Final, held in December in Marseille, France. In January, they took the silver medal at the 2017 U.S. Championships, having placed third in the short and second in the free. Ranked 6th in the short and third in the free, they won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships, which took place in March in Taipei, Taiwan.[3]

2017–2018 season: Junior World silver[]

Winning gold at both of their JGP assignments, in addition to the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, Carreira/Ponomarenko capped off 2017 with a second-place finish at the JGP Final, held in December in Nagoya, Japan. The following month they became the new US junior champions at the 2018 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. They went on to win silver at the 2018 World Junior Championships in March.

2018–2019 season: First Grand Prix medal[]

Pasquale Camerlengo joined their coaching team ahead of the 2018–2019 season.[4] Making their senior international debut, Carreira/Ponomarenko achieved silver at the 2018 CS U.S. Classic in Salt Lake City, having finished second to Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue. They next won the bronze medal at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy. For their Grand Prix debut, Carreira/Ponomarenko finished fifth at the 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki. At their second assignment, they won the bronze medal at the 2018 Rostelecom Cup.[5] Following the conclusion of the Grand Prix, they won the gold medal at the 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy.

Carreira/Ponomarenko concluded their season at the 2019 U.S. Championships, where they placed fifth.[6]

2019–2020 season[]

Beginning on the Challenger series, Carreira/Ponomarenko won silver for the second consecutive U.S. Classic and a second bronze medal at Nebelhorn Trophy. They won gold at their final Challenger event in November, the Asian Open Trophy, having finished first in both segments.

At their first Grand Prix, the 2019 Skate America, they placed sixth in the rhythm dance after errors on their twizzles. Carreira remarked it was "probably the worst time we have ever performed" the program.[7] They remained in sixth place after the free dance, which Ponomarenko called "redeeming."[8] At their second GP event, the 2019 NHK Trophy, they finished fifth in the rhythm dance but a lift error in the free dance placed them in seventh in the free and sixth overall.[9]

Carreira/Ponomarenko placed fourth in the rhythm dance at the 2020 U.S. Championships.[10] Fourth in the free dance as well, they would have placed third in that segment but for the invalidation of their choreographic character step sequence due to a violation of the distance requirement. Taking the pewter medal, they stood on the senior national podium for the first time in their careers.[11]

2020–2021 season[]

Carreira broke her foot during the spring quarantine period in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, though she had recovered by the time the rink reopened in the summer.[12] With the pandemic affecting international travel, Carreira/Ponomarenko were assigned to compete at the 2020 Skate America, attended mainly by dance teams training in the United States.[13] They won the bronze medal.[14]

On January 10, it was announced that they had withdrawn from the 2021 U.S. Championships.[15] Carreira confirmed it was a positive COVID test of a rinkmate that caused their withdrawal.[16]

On January 27, Carreira announced on Instagram that she and Ponomarenko would be departing their longtime coach Igor Shpilband.[17] Two weeks later, U.S. Figure Skating announced that Carreira and Ponomarenko would be moving to train at the Ice Academy of Montreal's new Ontario campus in London, Ontario, coached by former Olympic champion Scott Moir.[18]

2021–2022 season: Four Continents bronze[]

Carreira/Ponomarenko began their season at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where they placed fourth.[19] They were eighth at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy.[20]

On the Grand Prix, Carreira/Ponomarenko placed eighth at the 2021 Skate Canada International.[21] They were fourth after the rhythm dance at the 2021 Internationaux de France, but dropped to fifth overall with a seventh-place free dance after an extended lift deduction.[22]

At the 2022 U.S. Championships, Carreira/Ponomarenko were fifth in the rhythm dance, but fell to seventh place after the free dance.[23] They were named to the team for the Four Continents Championships in Tallinn later in January. Third in both segments, they won the bronze medal in their first appearance at a senior championship event. Carreira said that they were "happy we're able to end our season with our best free dance, I think. So yes, we're overall really happy and we want to continue growing into the next quad."[24]

Programs[]

(with Carreira)

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2021–2022
[25]
2020–2021
[26]
2019–2020
[27]
2018–2019
[1][28]
Short dance
2017–2018
[29]
2016–2017
[30]
  • Exogenesis: Symphony
    Part 3 (Redemption)
    by Muse
2015–2016
[31]
  • Poursuit
    by Goran Bregović
  • Auscencia
    by Goran Bregović
  • Black Cat, White Cat
    by Goran Bregović
2014–2015
[32]

Competitive highlights[]

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

With Carreira[]

International[33]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Four Continents 3rd
GP Finland 5th
GP France 5th
GP NHK Trophy 6th
GP Rostelecom 3rd
GP Skate America 6th 3rd
GP Skate Canada 8th
CS Asian Trophy 1st
CS Finlandia 8th
CS Lombardia 4th
CS Nebelhorn 3rd 3rd
CS U.S. Classic 2nd 2nd
CS Tallinn Trophy 1st
Lake Placid IDI 2nd
International: Junior[33]
Junior Worlds 3rd 2nd
JGP Final 4th 2nd
JGP Austria 1st
JGP Belarus 1st
JGP Czech Rep. 5th
JGP Estonia 4th
JGP France 2nd
JGP Latvia 4th
JGP Poland 2nd
JGP Russia 2nd
Lake Placid IDI 2nd 1st
National[28]
U.S. Champ. 5th J 4th J 2nd J 1st J 5th 4th WD 7th
Pacific Coast 3rd J 1st J
ISP Points Chall. 3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
Levels: J = Junior

With Feng[]

National
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
U.S. Championships 8th N 3rd N
U.S. Junior Champ. 3rd V 5th I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice

Detailed results[]

(with Carreira)

Seniors[]

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships. At team events, medals awarded for team results only. Current ISU personal bests highlighted in bold.

2021–22 season
Date Event RD FD Total
January 18–23, 2022 2022 Four Continents Championships 3
69.35 		3
106.32 		3
175.67
January 3–9, 2022 2022 U.S. Championships 5
77.90 		7
107.92 		7
185.82
November 19–21, 2021 2021 Internationaux de France 4
70.74 		7
105.17 		5
175.91
October 29–31, 2021 2021 Skate Canada International 8
68.96 		8
99.80 		8
168.76
October 7–10, 2021 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 6
72.36 		8
105.91 		8
178.27
September 10–12, 2021 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy 4
69.08 		6
103.70 		4
172.78
2020–21 season
Date Event RD FD Total
October 23–24, 2020 2020 Skate America 3
78.63 		3
107.15 		3
185.78
2019–20 season
Date Event RD FD Total
November, 22–24, 2019 2019 NHK Trophy 5
75.25 		7
107.01 		6
182.26
Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2019 2019 CS Asian Trophy 1
78.40 		1
113.15 		1
191.55
October 18–20, 2019 2019 Skate America 6
70.41 		6
110.14 		6
180.55
September 25–28, 2019 2019 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 2
76.99 		4
113.43 		3
190.35
September 17–22, 2019 2019 CS U.S. International Classic 2
77.18 		2
111.29 		2
188.47
2018–19 season
Date Event RD FD Total
January 19–27, 2019 2019 U.S. Championships 4
75.23 		5
114.78 		5
190.01
Nov. 26 – Dec. 2, 2018 2018 CS Tallinn Trophy 2
69.58 		1
110.64 		1
180.22
November 16–18, 2018 2018 Rostelecom Cup 2
69.01 		3
105.20 		3
174.21
November 2–4, 2018 2018 Grand Prix of Helsinki 4
66.93 		5
100.35 		5
167.28
September 26–29, 2018 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3
69.56 		3
107.93 		3
177.49
September 12–16, 2018 2018 CS U.S. International Classic 2
68.61 		2
105.43 		2
174.04

References[]

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