Angelina Kudryavtseva

Kudryavtseva and Karankevich at the2025 World Championships
Personal information
Native name	Ангелина Сергеевна Кудрявцева
Full name	Angelina Sergeyevna Kudryavtseva
Other names	Kudriavtseva
Born	(2005-10-21)21 October 2005 (age 20) Liubertsy,Moscow, Russia
Home town	Paphos, Cyprus
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Cyprus
Partner	Ilia Karankevich
Coach	Matteo Zanni Barbora Reznickova Katharina Müller Mattia Dalla Torre Francesco Corazza
Skating club	Young Goose Academy, Leader FSC Cyprus
Began skating	2009

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] the2021 JGP Poland bronze medalist, and competed in the free dance at twoWorld Junior Championships.

Kudryavtseva was born on 21 October 2005 inLiubertsy, 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]

Kudryavtseva began learning how to skate in 2009.^[3] She andIlia Karankevich were announced to have teamed up and representCyprus in 2018.^[4]

Coached byAlexei Sitnikov andJulia Zlobina inMoscow, the pair won gold at the2018 Open d'Andorra, at the2018 Mentor Toruń Cup, and at the 2019 Open Ice Mall Cup on the advanced novice level.^[5]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich, made their junior international debut in August 2019 at theNRW Trophy where they placed fifth.^[6] From there, the team received twoJunior Grand Prix assignments, and at the2019 JGP France and2019 JGP Latvia they finished fourteenth and tenth, respectively. They competed six more times internationally in the lead up to the2020 World Junior Championships, including taking the junior title at the 2019Open 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.^[7]

Due to theCOVID-19 pandemic, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich only had the opportunity to compete twice internationally during the2020–21 season. They took the junior ice dance titles at the2020 Ice Star in October 2020 and the 2021 LuMi Dance Trophy in February 2021.^[2]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich opened their third junior season at the2021 JGP Slovakia inKošice. 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.^[8]

Due to the pandemic, the2022 World Junior Championships could not be held as scheduled inSofia in early March, and as a result were rescheduled forTallinn in mid-April.^[9] Due toVladimir Putin'sinvasion of Ukraine, theInternational Skating Union banned all Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating, which had a significant impact on the dance field.^[10] Kudryavtseva/Karankevich placed fifth in the rhythm dance with a new personal best score of 62.15.^[11] They were eighth in the free dance, dropping to eighth overall.^[12]

Following the season, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich relocated fromMoscow, Russia toEgna, Italy whereMatteo Zanni,Barbora Řezníčková, and Denis Lodola became their new coaches.^[13]

Returning to theJunior Grand Prix, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich came fifth at the2022 JGP Poland and seventh at the2022 JGP Italy. They later won gold at both theBosphorus Cup and thePavel Roman Memorial.^[2]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich finished the season with a tenth-place finish at the2023 World Junior Championships.^[2]

During their firstJunior Grand Prix assignment at the2023 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.^[14]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich competed in their first competition of the season at the2024 World Junior Championships, where they placed eleventh.^[2]

Kudryavtseva/Karankevich started the season by competing on the2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing twelfth at the2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and eighth at the2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. Between the two events, the duo would also place seventh at the2024 Santa Claus Cup.^[2]

In January, Kudryavtseva/Karankevich placed sixth at the2025 Sofia Trophy. Two weeks later, they made their Senior Championship debut at the2025 European Championships inTallinn, 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 the2025 Egna Dance Trophy.^[5]

They closed the season by finishing thirty-sixth at the2025 World Championships inBoston, Massachusetts, United States.^[5]

Results in the2025-26 season ^[5]

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 18-21, 2025	2025 ISU Skate to Milano	11	60.87	9	95.44	11	156.31
Oct 8–11, 2025	2025 CS Trialeti Trophy	10	57.86	11	86.61	10	144.47
Oct 15-19, 2025	2025 Mezzaluna Cup	4	67.43	9	93.09	6	160.52

• Angelina Kudryavtseva / Ilia Karankevich at theInternational Skating Union

• 2005 births
• Living people
• Figure skaters from Moscow
• Sportspeople from Paphos
• Cypriot female ice dancers
• Russian female ice dancers
• Russian people of Greek Cypriot descent
• Russian emigrants to Cyprus
• Cypriot people of Russian descent
• 21st-century Russian sportswomen

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