Ilia Denisovich Karankevich (, , born 8 January 2004) is a Russian-born ice dancer who competes for Cyprus. With his skating partner, Angelina Kudryavtseva, he is the 2023 Cypriot national champion and the 2025 Bosphorus Cup champion. Kudryavtseva/Karankevich are the first ice dance team to represent Cyprus at the European and World Championships.

On the junior level, he is the 2021 JGP Poland bronze medalist and competed in the free dance at two World Junior Championships. Kudryavtseva/Karankevich are the first skaters representing Cyprus, junior or senior, to win a medal at an ISU Grand Prix event.

Personal life Karankevich was born on January 8, 2004, in Tiumen, Russia.

Career Early years Karankevich trained as a single skater for Russia through the 2014–15 season and was coached by Natalya Aminova. He transitioned to ice dance, teamed with current partner Angelina Kudryavtseva for Cyprus, during the 2018–19 season.

Coached by Alexei Sitnikov and Julia Zlobina in Moscow, the pair won gold at the 2018 Open d'Andorra, at the 2018 Mentor Toruń Cup, and at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup on the advanced novice level.

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: Junior Grand Prix bronze 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.

Following the season, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich relocated from Moscow, Russia to Egna, Italy where Matteo Zanni, Barbora Řezníčková, and Denis Lodola became their new coaches.

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 finish at the 2023 World Junior Championships.

2023–24 season: Injury & return to competition 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: Senior debut Kudryavtseva/Karankevich started their season by competing on the 2024–25 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.

In January, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich placed sixth at the 2025 Sofia Trophy. Two weeks later, they made their Senior Championship debut at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. They placed twenty-first in the rhythm dance and did not advance to the free dance segment. They followed up this result with a sixth-place finish at the 2025 Egna Dance Trophy.

They closed the season by finishing thirty-sixth at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

2025–26 season Kudryavtseva/Karankevich opened their season with an eleventh-place finish at the ISU Skate to Milano. They then went on to finish tenth at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy and sixth at the 2025 Mezzaluna Cup. In late November, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich won their first senior international medal, a gold, at the 2025 Bosphorus Cup. One week later, they placed seventh at the 2025 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

In January, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich finished twenty-second at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.

Programs

Ice dance with Angelina Kudryavtseva Season Rhythm dance Free dance 2025–2026 Larger Than Life Everybody (Backstreet's Back) Larger Than Life Autumn Leaves Autumn Leaves (Remastered) 2024–2025 Knock on Wood Tragedy (Moreno J Remix) Tragedy The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus Reminiscence 2023–2024 Like a Prayer Spanish Eyes Material Girl Le notti di Cabiria 2022–2023 La cumparsita (Questo Tango) El Fuego It's Tricky How Deep Is Your Love Get Ready For This 2021–2022 Ruby Blue Nuvole bianche 2020–2021 You Gotta Get a Gimmick Seattle to Los Angeles 2019–2020 Ça déroule Droite de cité Diabolique

Competitive highlights

Ice dance Angelina Kudryavtseva

Detailed results

Ice dance with Angelina Kudryavtseva

Senior level

2024–2025 season Date Event RD FD Total March 25–30, 2025 2025 World Championships 36 49.63 – 36 49.63 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 11 141.082022–2023 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 5 143.242021–2022 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

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