Angelina Sergeyevna Kudryavtseva (Russian: Ангелина Сергеевна Кудрявцева, Greek: Αντζελίνα Κουντρυβάτσεβα, born 21 October 2005) is a Russian-born Cypriot ice dancer who competes for Cyprus. With her skating partner, Ilia Karankevich, she is the 2023 Cypriot national champion,[1] the 2021 JGP Poland bronze medalist, and competed in the free dance at two World Junior Championships.

Angelina Kudryavtseva
Kudryavtseva at the 2019 Open d'Andorra
Full nameAngelina Sergeyevna Kudryavtseva
Native nameАнгелина Сергеевна Кудрявцева
Other namesKudriavtseva
Born (2005-10-21) 21 October 2005 (age 19)
Liubertsy, Moscow, Russia
HometownPaphos, Cyprus
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
CountryCyprus Cyprus
PartnerIlia Karankevich
CoachMatteo Zanni, Barbora Reznickova, Katharina Müller, Denis Lodola, Francesco Corazza
Skating clubYoung Goose Academy, Leader FSC Cyprus
Began skating2009

Personal life

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Kudryavtseva was born on 21 October 2005 in Liubertsy, Russia, a suburb of Moscow, to parents Sergei and Olga, both real estate developers. She has an older sister, Ekaterina, and two younger brothers, Alexander and Mikhail.[2]

Career

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2019–20 season: Junior international debut

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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.[3]

2020–21 season

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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.[2]

2021–22 season

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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.[2] 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

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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.[2]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich finished the season with a tenth-place at the 2023 World Junior Championships.[2]

2023–24 season

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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.[9]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich competed in their first competition of the season at the 2024 World Junior Championships, where they placed eleventh. [2]

2024–25 season

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Kudryavtseva/Karankevich started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing twelfth at the 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy.[2]

Programs

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With Karankevich

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Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2024–2025
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2023–2024
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2022–2023
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2021–2022
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2020–2021
2019–2020
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  • Ça déroule
  • Droite de cité
  • Diabolique
    by Raphael Beau
    choreo. by Dmitri Ionov

Competitive highlights

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JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Karankevich for Cyprus

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International: Senior[2]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
CS Golden Spin TBD
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 12th
CS Tallinn Trophy TBD
International: Junior[2]
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

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

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [15]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 153.42 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
Short program TSS 62.15 2022 World Junior Championships
TES 34.24 2022 World Junior Championships
PCS 27.93 2023 World Junior Championships
Free skating TSS 99.44 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
TES 56.64 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy
PCS 42.80 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Junior level

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With Karankevich

2024–2025 season
Date Event RD FD Total
Feb. 27 – Mar. 5, 2023 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 12
53.98
7
99.44
12
153.42
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

References

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  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. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH". International Skating Union.
  3. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA". rinkresults.com.
  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. ^ @angelinailia_cyp_official (August 30, 2023). "Hi everyone. This is Ilia speaking" – via Instagram.
  10. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2024–25". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024.
  11. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2023–24". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 12, 2024.
  12. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2022–23". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023.
  13. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2021–22". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 2, 2021.
  14. ^ "Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH: 2019–20". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019.
  15. ^ "CYP-Angelina KUDRYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH". Skating Scores.
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