Where do you live?
Right now, I live in Egna, Bolzano, Italy with my partner. We have been training were for two years now.

What did you have for breakfast?
For breakfast I usually have oats with yoghurt, but today I had scrambled eggs. It depends on what I have planned for the day.

Describe your perfect day.
My perfect day would start early, around 8am. I’d eat breakfast and do a simple morning routine and be done by 9.30am. After that, I would like to take some time to chill for 30 minutes. Then I’d make myself a cup of coffee and start studying. At around 1pm I would prepare myself lunch. After lunch, I need some time to walk and hang out with my friends or go for a bike ride. And by 7pm I would return home, make dinner then spend some hours on the computer playing videogames. Around 10pm in the evening I would start to prepare for sleep.

Best book ever read?
Shoe Dog by Phil Knight because I like books about someone who reached their goals and they write about difficulties they faced. I took a lot from this book, from how easy it is to start to how difficult it could be. This book shows a lot of sides of someone’s career in business.

Best childhood memory?
I would say the best memory from childhood is when I was 11 and me and my family moved to Oman. I will never forget these years, it was such an interesting time of living, very different from where we used to live before.

What is always in your fridge?
Sauces. I always have them. I buy one specific sauce for something and then it stays there for a long time.

What music are you listening to in the car at the moment?
I don’t drive a car. But if I could, I would listen to some RnB or rap type of music such as Don Toliver, The Weeknd.

What’s your spirit animal?
I think my spirit animal is a lion. I feel like we have the same character.

What are you most proud of?
I’m proud of myself because when I was 14 I wasn’t scared to move away from my family to start a career in figure skating.

What movie scene has really stayed with you?
The scene from 1+1, when Driss was helping Phillip to shave. Driss was making fun of Phillip by making funny beard shaves. In the beginning, Phillip didn’t like Driss’ jokes, but after a bit they were laughing together. Right there their good friendship started.

If you could pick anyone at all (alive or dead) to go out for the evening with, who would it be?
I would say I choose to spend the evening with my family because I haven’t seen them for a long time, especially my grandmother.

If you could time travel when/where would you go?
I don’t want to travel back, I want to travel to the future and see how the world will be in 200 years or even more.

What is your greatest fear?
Height. I just can’t look down from high buildings or mountains.

What would you say to your 18-year-old self?
I would say to take situations easier.

Name the one thing that would stop you dating someone
I think if I’m giving something to a person like love, attention etc, I need to receive the same back. If the person is not giving it to me, for me it’s a red flag.

If the world is ending in 24 hours, what would you do?
I would just go back to where my family lives and spend time with them.

Ilia Karankevich and Angelina Kudryavtseva have been skating together for over seven years, representing Cyprus in big events such as European and World championships and many more