Ilia Karankevich

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Ilia Karankevich
Barbora Reznickova
Skating clubYoung Goose Academy, Leader FSC Cyprus
Began skating2010

Ilia Denisovich Karankevich (Russian: Илья Денисович Каранкевич, Greek: Ηλία Καράνεβιτς, born 8 January 2004) is a Russian-born Cypriot ice dancer who competes for Cyprus. With his skating partner, Angelina Kudryavtseva, he is the 2023 Cypriot national champion,[1] the 2021 JGP Poland bronze medalist, and competed in the free dance at two World Junior 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 2019 at the

Junior Grand Prix assignments, and at the 2019 JGP France and 2019 JGP Latvia they finished fourteenth and tenth, 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 Junior Worlds in March, they placed eighteenth in the rhythm dance, which qualified them to advance in the competition. In the free dance, the team dropped to twentieth place in the segment and overall.[2]

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.[3]

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 seventh in the free dance and seventh overall.[3] 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 was the first medal for Cyprus in ice dance on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.[4]

Due to the pandemic, the

invasion of Ukraine, the International Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating, which had a significant impact on the dance field.[6] Kudryavtseva/Karankevich placed fifth in the rhythm dance with a new personal best score of 62.15.[7] They were eighth in the free dance, dropping to eighth overall.[8]

2022–23 season

Returning to the

Junior Grand Prix, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich came fifth at the 2022 JGP Poland and seventh at the 2022 JGP Italy. They later won gold at both the Bosphorus Cup and the Pavel Roman Memorial.[3]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich finished the season with a tenth-place at the 2023 World Junior Championships.[3]

2023–24 season

During their first

Junior Grand Prix assignment at the 2023 JGP Austria, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich collided with another team during practice, leading to Kudryavtseva breaking two bones. Subsequently, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich withdrew from both of their Junior Grand Prix assignments.[9]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich competed in their first competition of the season at the 2024 World Junior Championships, where they placed 11th. [3]

Programs

With Kudryavtseva

Season Rhythm dance
Free dance
Exhibition
2022–2023
[10]
2021–2022
[11]
  • Jules Styne

    choreo. by Dmitri Ionov, Maxim Chebotarev
2020–2021
2019–2020
[12]
  • Ça déroule
  • Droite de cité
  • Diabolique
    by Raphael Beau
    choreo. by Dmitri Ionov

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kudryavtseva for Cyprus

International: Junior [3]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Junior Worlds 20th C 8th 10th 11th
JGP Armenia C
JGP Austria WD
JGP France 14th
JGP Italy 7th
JGP Latvia 10th
JGP Poland 3rd 5th
JGP Slovakia 7th
JGP Turkey WD
Bavarian Open 8th 1st
Bosphorus Cup 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
Pavel Roman Memorial 1st
Viktor Petrenko Cup 1st
Volvo Open Cup 8th
International: Advanced Novice [13]
Bavarian Open 3rd
Halloween Cup 5th
Mentor Toruń Cup 1st
Open d'Andorra 1st
Open Ice Mall Cup 1st
Volvo Open Cup 2nd
National
Cyprus Champ. 1st N 1st
TBD = Assigned; C = Event cancelled
Levels: N = Novice

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [14]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 152.56 2022 World Junior Championships
Short program TSS 62.15 2022 World Junior Championships
TES 34.24 2022 World Junior Championships
PCS 27.93 2023 World Junior Championships
Free skating TSS 90.41 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo
TES 47.96 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo
PCS 42.50 JGP Poland II

Junior level

With Kudryavtseva

2023–2024 season
Date Event RD FD Total
Feb. 26 – Mar. 3, 2024 2024 World Junior Championships 8
59.68
14
81.40
11
141.08
2022–2023 season
Date Event RD FD Total
Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 10
61.35
10
88.51
10
149.86
Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, 2022 2022 Bosphorus Cup 3
56.88
1
96.44
1
153.32
November 11–12, 2022 2022 Pavel Roman Memorial 1
63.58
1
90.96
1
154.54
October 12–15, 2022 2022 JGP Italy 8
54.92
7
83.55
7
138.47
October 5–8, 2022 2022 JGP Poland II 8
55.75
4
87.49
5
143.24
2021–2022 season
Date Event RD FD Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 5
62.15
8
90.41
8
152.56
October 20–24, 2021 2021 Viktor Petrenko Cup 1
63.36
1
92.29
1
155.65
Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2021 2021 JGP Poland 4
59.78
3
89.17
3
148.95
September 1–4, 2021 2021 JGP Slovakia 4
60.54
7
85.59
7
146.13
2020–2021 season
February 10–13, 2021 2021 LuMi Dance Trophy 1
69.26
1
92.32
1
161.58
Oct. 29 – Nov. 1, 2020 2020 Ice Star 1
67.11
1
98.10
1
165.21
2019–2020 season
March 2–8, 2020 2020 World Junior Championships 18
52.96
20
75.01
20
127.97
February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 8
54.17
8
79.50
8
133.67
December 13–15, 2019 2019 Grand Prix of Bratislava 1
58.31
2
86.31
2
144.62
December 4–7, 2019 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb 6
55.44
5
85.50
5
141.24
November 21–24, 2019 2019 Open d'Andorra 1
62.34
1
89.71
1
152.05
November 5–10, 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup 6
55.34
10
79.79
8
135.13
October 14–17, 2019 2019 Ice Star 3
59.37
10
78.31
8
137.68
September 4–7, 2019 2019 JGP Latvia 11
45.82
9
79.87
10
125.69
August 21–24, 2019 2019 JGP France 13
46.66
14
67.09
14
113.75
August 9–11, 2019 2019 NRW Trophy 7
41.06
4
74.59
5
115.65

References

  1. ^ @bangelina_k21 (May 16, 2023). "Незаметно пролетела первая половина прекрасного весеннего месяца" [The first half of the beautiful spring month flew by] – via Instagram.
  2. ^ "Ilia KARANKEVICH". rinkresults.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH". International Skating Union.
  4. ^ "Sofia Akateva (RUS) continues to push the limits at ISU Junior Grand Prix in Gdansk (POL)". International Skating Union. October 4, 2021.
  5. ^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2022 allotted to Tallinn (EST)". International Skating Union. March 4, 2022.
  6. ^ "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022.
  7. ^ Slater, Paula (April 15, 2022). "Siblings Brown and Brown dance to lead at 2022 Junior Worlds". Golden Skate.
  8. ^ Slater, Paula (April 17, 2022). "USA's Oona Brown and Gage Brown 'overjoyed' with Junior World title". Golden Skate.
  9. ^ @angelinailia_cyp_official (August 30, 2023). "Hi everyone. This is Ilia speaking" – via Instagram.
  10. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  11. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2021–22". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021.
  12. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2019–20". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019.
  13. ^ "CYP-Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH". SkatingScores. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  14. ^ "CYP-Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH". Skating Scores.

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