# 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, 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 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.

### 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 seventh in the free dance and seventh 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 was the first medal for Cyprus in ice dance on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.
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. 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. Kudryavtseva/Karankevich placed fifth in the rhythm dance with a new personal best score of 62.15. They were eighth in the free dance, dropping to eighth overall.

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

### 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.
Kudryavtseva/Karankevich competed in their first competition of the season at the 2024 World Junior Championships, where they placed eleventh.

### 2024–25 season

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing twelfth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and eighth at the 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Between the two events, the duo would also place seventh at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup.

## Programs
### Ice dance with Angelina Kudryavtseva

| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
| 2024–2025 | Knock on Wood by Eddie Floyd performed by Amii Stewart Tragedy (Moreno J Remix) Tragedy by Bee Gees choreo. by Matteo Zanni, Marco Pipani , Angus Simpson | The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus by Mychael Danna & Jeff Danna Reminiscence by Florian Christl choreo. by Matteo Zanni, Marco Pipani , Angus Simpson |
| 2023–2024 | Like a Prayer Spanish Eyes Material Girl Madonna choreo. by Matteo Zanni, Marco Pipani, Fabio Bollue | Le notti di Cabiria by Nino Rota choreo. by Matteo Zanni, Marco Pipani, Fabio Bollue |
| 2022–2023 | Tango: La cumparsita (Questo Tango) by Gerardo Matos Rodriguez performed by Milva Flamenco: El Fuego by Sean Peter, feat. Oscar Jimenez | It's Tricky by Run-DMC How Deep Is Your Love by the Bee Gees Get Ready For This by 2 Unlimited |
| 2021–2022 | Ruby Blue by Róisín Murphy and Jules Styne choreo. by Dmitri Ionov, Maxim Chebotarev | Nuvole bianche by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Artem Khromih |
| 2020–2021 | Quickstep: You Gotta Get a Gimmick Foxtrot: Seattle to Los Angeles (from Gypsy) by Stephen Sondheim and Jules Styne choreo. by Dmitri Ionov | Nuvole bianche by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Artem Khromih |
| 2019–2020 | Quickstep: You Gotta Get a Gimmick Foxtrot: Seattle to Los Angeles (from Gypsy) by Stephen Sondheim and Jules Styne choreo. by Dmitri Ionov | Ça déroule Droite de cité Diabolique by Raphael Beau choreo. by Dmitri Ionov |

## Competitive highlights
### Ice dance with Angelina Kudryavtseva

International: Senior :
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| World Championships | | | | | | TBD |
| European Championships | | | | | | 21st |
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | | | | | | 8th |
| CS Nebelhorn Trophy | | | | | | 12th |
| Santa Claus Cup | | | | | | 7th |
| Sofia Trophy | | | | | | 6th |
| International: Junior |||||||
| Junior Worlds | 20th | C | 8th | 10th | 11th | |
| 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 | | | | | |
| National |||||||
| Cyprus Champ. | 1st N | | | 1st | | |

## Detailed results
### Ice dance with Angelina Kudryavtseva

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System :
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
| Total | TSS | 155.67 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Short program | TSS | 62.15 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TES | 34.24 | 2022 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | PCS | 29.20 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Free skating | TSS | 99.44 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Free skating | TES | 56.64 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |
| Free skating | PCS | 42.80 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy |

### Senior level

2024–2025 season :
| Date | Event | RD | FD | Total |
| January 28 – February 2, 2025 | 2025 European Championships | 21 59.38 | – | 21 59.38 |
| January 7–12, 2025 | 2025 Sofia Trophy | 6 62.60 | 7 97.59 | 6 160.19 |
| December 4–7, 2024 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 8 61.69 | 8 93.36 | 8 155.05 |
| Nov. 27 – Dec. 2, 2024 | 2024 Santa Claus Cup | 6 60.80 | 7 91.02 | 7 151.82 |
| September 19–21, 2024 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 12 53.98 | 7 99.44 | 12 153.42 |

### Junior level

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 |