Anthony Ponomarenko
Anthony Ponomarenko | |||||||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||
Born |
San Jose, California | January 5, 2001||||||||||||
Residence | Novi, Michigan, United States | ||||||||||||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||
Partner | Christina Carreira | ||||||||||||
Former partner | Sarah Feng | ||||||||||||
Coach | Igor Shpilband, Greg Zuerlein, Fabian Bourzat | ||||||||||||
Choreographer | Igor Shpilband | ||||||||||||
Skating club | Skating Club of San Francisco | ||||||||||||
Training locations | Novi, Michigan | ||||||||||||
Former training locations | San Francisco, California | ||||||||||||
Began skating | 2005 | ||||||||||||
ISU personal best scores | |||||||||||||
Combined total |
157.19 2016 JGP Russia | ||||||||||||
Short dance |
63.10 2016 JGP Russia | ||||||||||||
Free dance |
94.15 2017 Junior Worlds | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anthony Ponomarenko (born January 5, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Christina Carreira, he is the 2017 World Junior bronze medalist and 2017 U.S. national junior silver medalist.
Personal life
Anthony Ponomarenko was born on January 5, 2001, in San Jose, California. He is the son of 1992 Olympic ice dancing champions Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko.[1] He has an elder brother, Timothy.[2]
Career
Early years
Ponomarenko started skating in 2005.[1] He was a single skater for about four years before switching to ice dancing.[2] His partnership with Sarah Feng began by 2010. The two won the bronze medal in novice ice dancing at the 2014 U.S. Championships.
2014–2015 season
In 2014, Ponomarenko teamed up with Canadian ice dancer Christina Carreira. The two decided to represent the United States. Their Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut came in September 2014; they placed 5th in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and then 4th in Tallinn, Estonia. They finished 5th in the junior event at the 2015 U.S. Championships.
2015–2016 season
Competing in the 2015 JGP series, Carreira/Ponomarenko placed fourth in Riga, Latvia, and then won the silver medal in Toruń, Poland. They received the pewter medal for fourth place at the 2016 U.S. Championships.
2016–2017 season
Carreira/Ponomarenko won silver medals at both of their JGP events and finished fourth at the JGP Final, held in December in Marseille, France. In January, they took the silver medal at the 2017 U.S. Championships, having placed third in the short and second in the free. Ranked 6th in the short and third in the free, they won the bronze medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships, which took place in March in Taipei, Taiwan.
Programs
(with Carreira)
Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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2016–2017 [1] |
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2015–2016 [3] |
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2014–2015 [4] |
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Competitive highlights
JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Carreira
International[5] | |||
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Event | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
Junior Worlds | 3rd | ||
JGP Final | 4th | ||
JGP Czech Republic | 5th | ||
JGP Estonia | 4th | ||
JGP France | 2nd | ||
JGP Latvia | 4th | ||
JGP Poland | 2nd | ||
JGP Russia | 2nd | ||
Lake Placid IDC | 2nd J | ||
National[6] | |||
U.S. Champ. | 5th J | 4th J | 2nd J |
Pacific Coast | 3rd J | 1st J | |
J = Junior level |
With Feng
National | ||||
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Event | 2010–11 | 2011–12 | 2012–13 | 2013–14 |
U.S. Championships | 8th N | 3rd N | ||
U.S. Junior Champ. | 3rd V | 5th I | ||
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice |
References
- 1 2 3 "Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017.
- 1 2 Walker, Elvin (June 15, 2017). "Ponomarenko Continues a Family Tradition". IFS Magazine.
- ↑ "Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
- ↑ "Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Competition Results: Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on March 18, 2017.