Ilya Mikhailovich Mironov (; born 17 April 2001) is a Russian pair skater. He and his former skating partner, Diana Mukhametzianova, were the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic silver medalists and the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists.
Personal life Mironov was born on 17 April 2001 in Moscow, Russia.
Career Early years Mironov began learning how to skate in 2005. He competed internationally as a single skater on the junior level from the 2014–15 figure skating season through the 2017–18 season, after which he switched to pairs and teamed up with his current partner, Diana Mukhametzianova. For their first two seasons together, Mukhametzianova/Mironov only competed domestically, and finished 6th at the 2019 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships.
2019–20 season: Winter Youth Olympic and JGP Final silver medalists Mukhametzianova/Mironov made their junior international debut at the 2019 JGP Russia. They placed third at the event behind fellow Russian competitors Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov and Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev. At their second assignment, the 2019 JGP Croatia, the team placed second, again behind teammates Artemeva/Nazarychev, and with 24 qualifying points advanced a spot to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. The pair competed once more before the Final, earning a silver medal in the junior event at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup behind Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov.
At the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, Mukhametzianova/Mironov delivered two clean programs to win the silver medal behind Panfilova/Rylov. The team won the free skate, but were unable to fully make up the margin set by the gold medalists in the short program. They set personal bests in all segments of competition at the event.
Despite qualifying, Mukhametzianova/Mironov elected to sit out of the 2020 Russian Figure Skating Championships due to fatigue from the Junior Grand Prix Final. They next competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, where they again finished second behind Panfilova/Rylov. At the 2020 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships, Mukhametzianova/Mironov finished just off the podium in fourth and as such narrowly missed being named to the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
Programs With Mukhametzianova Season Short program Free skating Exhibition 2020–2021 Theme from Cheburashka Endgame 2019–2020 Csárdás
Crack of Doom 2018–2019 Csárdás Apologize Smells Like Teen Spirit
Competitive highlights JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Kadyrova National Event 24–25 Russian Champ. 6th
With Geynish
International: Junior Event 21–22 Budapest Trophy 1st J National Russian Champ. 11th Russian Junior 5th J = Junior; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
With Mukhametzianova International: Junior Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 Youth Olympics 2nd Final 2nd Croatia 2nd Russia 3rd Volvo Open Cup 2nd J National Russian Champ. 11th Russian Jr. Champ. 6th 4th J = Junior; TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew
As a single skater International: Junior Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 Bavarian Open 6th J Ice Star 5th J Mentor Torun Cup 2nd J 2nd J NRW Trophy 3rd J Tallinn Trophy 4th J J = Junior
Detailed results Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.
With Geynish
2020–21 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 18–22 January 2022 2022 Russian Junior Championships Junior 5 68.30 21–26 December 2021 2022 Russian Championships Senior 11 65.78 11 110.55 11 176.33 14–17 October 2021 2021 Budapest Trophy junior 2 55.98 1 105.06 1 161.04
With Mukhametzianova
2020–21 season Date Event Level SP FS Total 23–27 December 2020 2021 Russian Championships Senior 11 60.96 11 112.24 11 173.20 2019–20 season 4–8 February 2020 2020 Russian Junior Championships Junior 4 70.94 5 120.67 4 191.61 10–15 January 2020 2020 Winter Youth Olympics Junior 2 60.45 2 114.97 2 175.42 4–8 December 2019 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final Junior 3 64.90 1 119.47 2 184.37 5–10 November 2019 2019 Volvo Open Cup Junior 5 53.04 2 105.34 2 158.38 25–28 September 2019 2019 JGP Croatia Junior 1 63.70 2 113.88 2 177.58 11–14 September 2019 2019 JGP Russia Junior 3 63.04 3 108.84 3 171.88 2018–19 season 1–4 February 2019 2019 Russian Junior Championships Junior 6 60.23 5 116.03 6 176.26
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