Kirill Andreyevich Minov (russian: Кирилл Андреевич Минов; born January 2, 1993) is a Russian former competitive

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

who represented

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eas ...

with partner

Rebeka Kim Rebeka Kim (Hangul: , born January 27, 1998) is a South Korean former competitive ice dancer. With partner Kirill Minov, she is the 2016 South Korean national champion and placed sixth at the 2014 World Junior Championships. Earlier in her care ...

, 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.

Partnership with Rebeka Kim

In 2012, Minov began competing internationally for

with partner

. They are coached by Irina Zhuk and

Alexander Svinin Alexander Vasilyevich Svinin (russian: Александр Васильевич Свинин; born 7 July 1958) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor for the Soviet Union. With Olga Volozhinskaya, he is the 1983 European silver meda ...

. Kim/Minov were assigned to 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix events in

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and

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. They missed the first event waiting for the

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, N ...

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

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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

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Programs

With Kim

Competitive highlights

With Kim

Detailed results

Post–2014

Pre–2014

* ISU Personal bests highlighted in bold

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Minov, Kirill 1993 births South Korean male ice dancers Russian male ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Moscow