Ilia Karankevich
| Ilia Karankevich | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Native name | Илья Денисович Каранкевич |
| Full name | Ilia Denisovich Karankevich |
| Alternative names | Ilya |
| Country represented |  Cyprus |
| Former country(ies) represented |  Russia |
| Born | 8 January 2004 Tiumen, Russia |
| Home town | Paphos, Cyprus |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Partner | Angelina Kudryavtseva |
| Coach | Alexei Sitnikov, Julia Zlobina |
| Former coach | Natalia Aminova |
| Choreographer | Dmitri Ionov |
| Skating club | Leader FSC Cyprus |
| Training locations | Moscow, Russia |
| Began skating | 2009 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 148.95 2021 JGP Poland |
| Short dance | 60.54 2021 JGP Slovakia |
| Free dance | 89.17 2021 JGP Poland |
Ilia Denisovich Karankevich (Russian: Илья Денисович Каранкевич, Greek: Ηλία Καράνεβιτς, born 8 January 2004) is a Russian-Cypriot ice dancer who competes for Cyprus. With his skating partner, Angelina Kudryavtseva, he is the 2021 JGP Poland bronze medalist, and competed in the free dance at the 2021 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Personal life[]
Karankevich was born on 8 January 2004 in Tiumen, Russia.
Career[]
Early years[]
Karankevich trained as a single skater for Russia through the 2014–15 season. He transitioned to ice dance, teamed with current partner Angelina Kudryavtseva, during the 2018–19 season.
2019–20 season: Junior international debut[]
Kudryavtseva/Karankevich made their junior international debut in August of 2019 at the NRW Trophy where they placed fifth in the junior division. From there, the team received two Junior Grand Prix assignments–2019 JGP France and 2019 JGP Latvia where they finished 14th and 10th respectively. They competed six more times internationally in the lead up to the 2020 World Junior Championships, including taking the junior title at the 2019 Open d'Andorra and earning the junior silver medal at 2019 Grand Prix of Bratislava. At the 2020 Junior Worlds in March, they placed 18th in the rhythm dance, which qualified them to advance in the competition. In the free dance, the team dropped to 20th place in the segment and overall.[1]
2020–21 season[]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich only had the opportunity to compete twice internationally during the 2020–21 season. They took the junior ice dance titles at the 2020 Ice Star in October 2020 and the 2021 LuMi Dance Trophy in February 2021.
2021–22 season[]
Kudryavtseva/Karankevich opened their third junior season at the 2021 JGP Slovakia in Košice. They set a new personal best to place fourth in the rhythm dance, but later dropped to 7th in the free dance and 7th overall. At their second JGP assignment, 2021 JGP Poland, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich placed fourth in the rhythm dance, scoring just shy of their personal best, but advanced onto the podium by scoring a new personal best in the free dance to place third in that segment and third overall. Their bronze medal marks the first medal for Cyprus in ice dance on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.
Programs[]
With Kudryavtseva[]
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2021–2022 [2] |
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| 2020–2021 |
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| 2019–2020 [3] |
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Competitive highlights[]
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Kudryavtseva for Cyprus[]
| International: Junior [4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | |||
| Junior Worlds | 20th | C | ||||
| JGP France | 14th | |||||
| JGP Latvia | 10th | |||||
| JGP Poland | 3rd | |||||
| JGP Slovakia | 7th | |||||
| Bavarian Open | 8th | 1st | ||||
| Ice Star | 8th | 1st | ||||
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 5th | |||||
| Grand Prix of Bratislava | 2nd | |||||
| LuMi Dance Trophy | 1st | |||||
| NRW Trophy | 5th | |||||
| Open d'Andorra | 1st | |||||
| Viktor Petrenko Cup | 1st | |||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 8th | |||||
| National | ||||||
| Cyprus Champ. | 1st | |||||
| C = Event cancelled | ||||||
Detailed results[]
Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
Junior level[]
With Kudryavtseva
| 2021–2022 season | |||||
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| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total | |
| 29 September – 2 October 2021 | 2021 JGP Poland | 4 59.78 |
3 89.17 |
3 148.95 | |
| 1–4 September 2021 | 2021 JGP Slovakia | 4 60.54 |
7 85.59 |
7 146.13 | |
| 2020–2021 season | |||||
| 10–13 February 2021 | 2021 LuMi Dance Trophy | 1 69.26 |
1 92.32 |
1 161.58 | |
| 29 Oct. – 1 Nov. 2020 | 2020 Ice Star | 1 67.11 |
1 98.10 |
1 165.21 | |
| 2019–2020 season | |||||
| 2–8 March 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 18 52.96 |
20 75.01 |
20 127.97 | |
| 3–9 February 2020 | 2020 Bavarian Open | 8 54.17 |
8 79.50 |
8 133.67 | |
| 13–15 December 2019 | 2019 Grand Prix of Bratislava | 1 58.31 |
2 86.31 |
2 144.62 | |
| 4–7 December 2019 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 6 55.44 |
5 85.50 |
5 141.24 | |
| 21–24 November 2019 | 2019 Open d'Andorra | 1 62.34 |
1 89.71 |
1 152.05 | |
| 5–10 November 2019 | 2019 Volvo Open Cup | 6 55.34 |
10 79.79 |
8 135.13 | |
| 14–17 October 2019 | 2019 Ice Star | 3 59.37 |
10 78.31 |
8 137.68 | |
| 4–7 September 2019 | 2019 JGP Latvia | 11 45.82 |
9 79.87 |
10 125.69 | |
| 21–24 August 2019 | 2019 JGP France | 13 46.66 |
14 67.09 |
14 113.75 | |
| 9–11 August 2019 | 2019 NRW Trophy | 7 41.06 |
4 74.59 |
5 115.65 | |
References[]
- ^ "Ilia KARANKEVICH". rinkresults.com.
- ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2021–22". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021.
- ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2019–20". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019.
- ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH". International Skating Union.
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External links[]
- 2004 births
- Living people
- People from Tyumen
- Cypriot male athletes
- Cypriot figure skaters