Kirill Minov

Kirill Minov
Full name	Kirill Andreyevich Minov
Native name	Кирилл Андреевич Минов
Born	(1993-01-02) January 2, 1993 (age 31) Moscow, Russia
Hometown	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	South Korea
Partner	Rebeka Kim
Coach	Pasquale Camerlengo Anjelika Krylova
Retired	2016

Kirill Andreyevich Minov (Russian: Кирилл Андреевич Минов; born January 2, 1993) is a Russian former competitive ice dancer who represented South Korea with partner Rebeka Kim, he is the 2016 South Korean national champion and placed sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships.

Career

Minov skated with Svetlana Pavlova from 2007 to 2010. He partnered Ekaterina Denisova in the 2010–11 season.[1]

Partnership with Rebeka Kim

In 2012, Minov began competing internationally for South Korea with partner Rebeka Kim. They are coached by Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin. Kim/Minov were assigned to 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in Austria and Croatia. They missed the first event waiting for the International Skating Union to grant permission for Minov's change of country — he was cleared to represent South Korea on September 21, 2012. Kim/Minov finished 10th in their international debut in Croatia. They qualified for the free dance at the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan and finished 20th overall.

In November 2013, Kim/Minov won the junior ice dance event at the 2013 NRW Trophy which made them the first Korean ice dance team to win an international event. They placed sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia.

Programs

With Kim

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2015–2016 [2][3][4]	Waltz: La Valse à Margaux by Richard Galliano Foxtrot: La Destin t'a donné ta chance by Dany Brillant Waltz: La Valse à Margaux by Richard Galliano Love Makes the World Go 'Round [2] by Perry Como Waltz: La Valse à Margaux by Richard Galliano Bim Bam by Sam Butera	Tobacco Road by Lou Rawls Party Rockers by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band featuring Judith Hill
2014–2015 [5]	Paso doble: El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez	Phantasia (based on The Phantom of the Opera) by Sarah Chang, Julian Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera performed by Lindsey Stirling
2013–2014 [6]	Quickstep: Show Me How You Burlesque (from Burlesque) Foxtrot: Speaking of Happiness by Gloria Lynne Quickstep: Show Me How You Burlesque	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov	Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Blues Swing
2012–2013 [7]	Blues: Swing:	Midnight in Moscow by Scorpions

Competitive highlights

With Kim

International[8]
Event	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Worlds			26th	25th
Four Continents			9th	11th
GP Bompard			7th
GP Rostel. Cup			8th	6th
CS Mordovian				6th
CS Nebelhorn			7th
CS Volvo Cup			3rd
Ice Star				3rd
Volvo Cup non-CS				1st
International: Junior[8]
Junior Worlds	20th	6th
JGP Belarus		4th
JGP Croatia	10th
JGP Slovakia		5th
Bavarian Open	4th J.	6th J.
NRW Trophy	6th J.	1st J.
Panin Memorial	1st J.[9]
National
South Korean				1st
Team events
Team Challenge Cup				3rd T (6th P)
GP = Grand Prix; CS = Challenger Series; JGP = Junior Grand Prix J. = Junior level; WD = Withdrew T: Team result, P: Personal result

Detailed results

Post–2014

2015–16 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
February 16–21, 2016	2016 ISU Four Continents Championships	13 44.69	11 78.00	11 122.69
January 8–10, 2016	2016 South Korean Championships	1 55.43	1 82.57	1 138.00
November 20–22, 2015	GP 2015 Rostelecom Cup	7 51.83	6 83.12	6 134.95
November 4–8, 2015	2015 Volvo Open Cup	1 56.61	1 87.33	1 143.94
October 15–18, 2015	CS 2015 Mordovian Ornament	7 51.26	5 86.02	6 137.28
October 9–11, 2015	2015 Ice Star	3 52.70	3 85.80	3 138.50
2014–15 season
Date	Event	SD	FD	Total
March 23–26, 2015	2015 ISU World Championships	26 45.09	- -	26 45.09
February 9–15, 2015	2015 ISU Four Continents Championships	9 46.54	9 74.22	9 120.76
November 21–23, 2014	GP 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard	7 45.66	7 70.29	7 115.95
November 14–16, 2014	GP 2014 Rostelecom Cup	8 46.14	8 72.13	8 118.27
November 5–9, 2014	CS 2014 Volvo Open Cup	4 53.28	3 79.58	3 132.86
September 26–27, 2014	CS Nebelhorn Trophy	10 38.61	7 69.20	7 107.81

Pre–2014

2013–14 season
Date	Event	Level	SD	FD	Total
March 10–16, 2014	2014 ISU World Junior Championships	Junior	6 55.33	7 78.02	6 133.35
Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, 2014	Bavarian Open	Junior	7 43.48	5 67.94	6 111.42
November 1–3, 2013	NRW Trophy	Junior	1 53.68	2 76.91	1 130.59
September 25–28, 2013	ISU JGP Minsk	Junior	4 50.84	4 69.22	4 120.06
September 12–15, 2013	ISU JGP Kosice	Junior	5 49.38	4 72.12	5 121.50

• ISU Personal bests highlighted in bold

References

1. Кирилл Андреевич Минов [Kirill Andreyevich Minov] (in Russian). fskate.ru.
2. ISU CS Mordovian Ornament 2015 Ice Dance КП 13 Rebeka KIM Kirill MINOV KOR (YouTube). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. October 16, 2015.
3. ISU CS Mordovian Ornament 2015 Ice Dance ПП 8 Rebeka KIM Kirill MINOV KOR (YouTube). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. October 17, 2015.
4. "Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 20, 2015.
5. "Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014.
6. "Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014.
7. "Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 18, 2013.
8. "Competition Results: Rebeka KIM / Kirill MINOV". International Skating Union.
9. "Мемориал Панина 2012 - Tанцы на льду. KMC Result" [Panin Memorial 2012 - Junior Dance Result] (in Russian). Академия фигурного катания, Saint Petersburg. January 9, 2013.

External links

• Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov at the International Skating Union