# Adel Tankova

Adel Tankova (born 22 May 2000) is an Israeli Olympic figure skater. She competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Ronald Zilberberg in Figure Skating in ice dancing and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

## Early and personal life

Tankova was born in Dnipro (formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk), Ukraine, and is Jewish. Her hometown is Hackensack, New Jersey.

## Career

Tankova began skating in 2004. Her former partner in pairs was Evgeni Krasnopolski. Her current partner is Ronald Zilberberg, with whom she began competing in 2016. Her coach and choreographer is Galit Chait Moracci.
In 2017/2018, the pair won the Israeli National Championship, and came in 28th in the ISU European Ice Dance Championship.
Tankova and Zilberberg competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Figure Skating in ice dancing and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea. They scored 46.66 in the short dance event for an overall finish of 24th place.

## Competitive highlights
### With Zilberberg

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2016–17 | 2017–18 |
| Winter Olympics | | 24th |
| Winter Olympics (Team event) | | 8th |
| World Championships | | 31st |
| European Championships | 30th | 28th |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 16th | 17th |
| Ice Star | | 13th |
| Tallinn Trophy | 18th | |
| Toruń Cup | | 8th |
| U.S International Classic | | 9th |
| Volvo Open | 5th | |

### With Krasnopolski

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2015–16 |
| World Championships | 19th |
| European Championships | 13th |
| CS Mordovian Ornament | 7th |
| CS U.S International Classic | 6th |
| Toruń Cup | 4th |

## Detailed results
### With Zilberberg

Results in the 2017–18 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Sep 13–17, 2017 | 2017 CS U.S. International Classic | 9 | 40.26 | 9 | 62.33 | 9 | 102.59 |
| Oct 26–29, 2017 | 2017 CS Ice Star | 14 | 45.11 | 13 | 67.34 | 13 | 112.45 |
| Dec 6–9, 2017 | 2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 18 | 41.74 | 17 | 68.66 | 17 | 110.40 |
| Jan 15–21, 2018 | 2018 European Championships | 28 | 40.20 | – | – | 28 | 40.20 |
| Jan 30–Feb 4, 2018 | 2018 Toruń Cup | 6 | 56.01 | 9 | 78.70 | 8 | 134.71 |
| Feb 9–12, 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics (Team event) | 10 | 44.61 | – | – | 8 | – |
| Feb 14–23, 2018 | 2018 Winter Olympics | 24 | 46.66 | – | – | 24 | 46.66 |
| Mar 19–25, 2018 | 2018 World Championships | 31 | 43.50 | – | – | 31 | 43.50 |
Results in the 2016–17 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Nov 9–13, 2016 | 2016 Volvo Open | 6 | 44.54 | 5 | 61.23 | 5 | 105.77 |
| Nov 19–27, 2016 | 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy | 16 | 48.37 | 19 | 62.94 | 18 | 111.31 |
| Dec 7–10, 2016 | 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 15 | 41.36 | 15 | 69.18 | 16 | 110.54 |
| Jan 25–29, 2017 | 2017 European Championships | 30 | 38.49 | – | – | 30 | 38.49 |

### With Krasnopolski

Results in the 2015–16 season :
| Date | Event | SP | SP | FS | FS | Total | Total |
| Date | Event | P | Score | P | Score | P | Score |
| Sep 16–20, 2015 | 2015 CS U.S. International Classic | 6 | 36.44 | 6 | 65.30 | 6 | 101.74 |
| Oct 15–18, 2015 | 2015 CS Mordovian Ornament | 5 | 40.54 | 7 | 78.46 | 7 | 119.00 |
| Jan 6–10, 2016 | 2015 Toruń Cup | 4 | 48.38 | 4 | 91.03 | 4 | 139.41 |
| Jan 25–29, 2016 | 2016 European Championships | 14 | 37.81 | 13 | 76.75 | 13 | 114.56 |
| Mar 28–Apr 3, 2016 | 2016 World Championships | 19 | 46.81 | – | – | 19 | 46.81 |