Ilia Karankevich

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.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Denisovich and the family name is Karankevich.
Ilia Karankevich
Full nameIlia Denisovich Karankevich
Native nameИлья Денисович Каранкевич
Other namesIlya
Born (2004-01-08) 8 January 2004
Tiumen, Russia
HometownPaphos, Cyprus
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
CountryCyprus Cyprus
PartnerAngelina Kudryavtseva
CoachMatteo Zanni, Barbora Reznickova
Skating clubYoung Goose Academy, Leader FSC Cyprus
Began skating2010

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, 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 2022 World Junior Championships could not be held as scheduled in Sofia in early March, and as a result were rescheduled for Tallinn in mid-April.[5] Due to Vladimir Putin's 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]

Programs

With Kudryavtseva
Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2022–2023
[9]
2021–2022
[10]
2020–2021
2019–2020
[11]
  • 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 Worlds20thC8th10th
JGP ArmeniaC
JGP AustriaWD
JGP France14th
JGP Italy7th
JGP Latvia10th
JGP Poland3rd5th
JGP Slovakia7th
JGP TurkeyWD
Bavarian Open8th1st
Bosphorus Cup1st
Ice Star8th1st
Golden Spin of Zagreb5th
Grand Prix of Bratislava2nd
LuMi Dance Trophy1st
NRW Trophy5th
Open d'Andorra1st
Pavel Roman Memorial1st
Viktor Petrenko Cup1st
Volvo Open Cup8th
International: Advanced Novice [12]
Bavarian Open3rd
Halloween Cup5th
Mentor Toruń Cup1st
Open d'Andorra1st
Open Ice Mall Cup1st
Volvo Open Cup2nd
National
Cyprus Champ.1st N1st
TBD = Assigned; C = Event cancelled
Levels: N = Novice

Detailed results

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

Junior level

With Kudryavtseva

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. "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. "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  10. "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2021–22". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021.
  11. "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2019–20". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019.
  12. "CYP-Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH". SkatingScores. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
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