Ilia Karankevich

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.

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich made their junior international debut in August of 2019 at the NRW Trophy where they placed fifth in the junior division. From there, the team received two Junior Grand Prix assignments–2019 JGP France and 2019 JGP Latvia where they finished 14th and 10th 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 the 2020 Junior Worlds in March, they placed 18th in the rhythm dance, which qualified them to advance in the competition. In the free dance, the team dropped to 20th place in the segment and overall.[1]

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.

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 7th in the free dance and 7th 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 marks the first medal for Cyprus in ice dance on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

With Kudryavtseva