Kirill Andreyevich Minov (; 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. A ...

who represented

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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.

Partnership with Rebeka Kim

In 2012, Minov began competing internationally for

with partner Rebeka Kim. They are coached by Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin. Kim/Minov were assigned to

2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix The 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix was the 16th season of the series of junior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union. It was the junior-level complement to the 2012–13 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating contes ...

events in

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and

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. They missed the first event waiting for the

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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 21st-century Russian sportsmen 21st-century South Korean sportsmen