Ilya Knyazhuk

Ilya Igorevich Knyazhuk (Russian: Илья Игоревич Княжук, born 2 August 2000) is a Russian pair skater. With his current partner, Natalia Khabibullina, he is the 2021 JGP Austria champion, the 2021 JGP Russia silver medalist, and the 2022 Russian junior national champion.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Igorevich and the family name is Knyazhuk.

Ilya Knyazhuk
Full name	Ilya Igorevich Knyazhuk
Native name	Илья Игоревич Княжук (Russian)
Other names	Ilia
Born	(2000-08-02) 2 August 2000 (age 24) Moscow, Russia
Hometown	Moscow
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Russia
Partner	Natalia Khabibullina
Coach	Sergei Dobroskokov, Sergei Rosliakov
Skating club	Olympic Sports School No. 2, Moscow
Began skating	2004

Personal life

Knyazhuk was born on 2 August 2000 in Moscow, Russia.^[1]

Career

2021–22 season: International junior debut

Khabibullina/Knyazhuk made their international junior debut in September at the 2021 JGP Russia. They placed second in both the short program and the free skate to take the silver medal overall behind compatriots Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov.^[2] At their second assignment, the 2021 JGP Austria in October, the team set new personal bests in both segments of competition, as well as overall, to take the title ahead of Russian teammates Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev and Georgian pair Karina Safina / Luka Berulava.^[3] Their placements across their two events qualified them to the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final as the second-seeded team of four,^[4] but the event was later canceled due to concerns related to the discovery of the Omicron variant.^[5]

Khabibullina/Knyazhuk next made their debut at the senior-level Russian Championships in December. The team placed ninth in the short program and eighth in the free skate to finish seventh overall due to shifting ordinals.^[6] They were the highest-ranked of the teams competing internationally as juniors.

At the 2022 Russian Junior Championships the following month, Khabibullina/Knyazhuk narrowly won the title over Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev with a strong free skate performance after placing second to the rival team in the short program.^[7]

Programs

With Khabibullina

Season	Short program	Free skating
2024-2025	O Fortuna (from Carmina Burana) by Carl Orff	King of Norway Valkyries Sing Their Hymn Blood and Snow by Yaniv Barmeli
2023–2024	Libertango by Astor Piazzolla performed by Aydar Gaynullin	Game of Thrones Light of the Seven by Ramin Djawadi Jenny of Oldstones by Florence and the Machine
2022–2023	The Mask This Business of Love by Domino Hey! Pachuco! by Royal Crown Revue choreo. by Ekaterina Dmitrieva	Ave Maria by Vladimir Vavilov performed by Thomas Spencer-Wortley
2021–2022 [1]		O Verona by Craig Armstrong Kissing You (from Romeo + Juliet) by Des'ree choreo. by Ekaterina Dmitrieva

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Khabibullina

International: Junior[8]
Event	20–21	21–22	22–23	23–24
JGP Final		C
JGP Austria		1st
JGP Russia		2nd
National
Russian Champ.		7th	6th	4th
Russian Junior Champ.	8th	1st
Russian Cup Final [a]	6th J	1st J	4th	4th
GPR Golden Skate			1st	2nd
GPR Heart of Siberia				2nd
GPR Moscow Stars			2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled J = Junior level

Detailed results

With Khabibullina

Senior results

2023–24 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
14–19 February 2024	2024 Russian Grand Prix Final	4 77.10	6 135.62	4 212.72
20–24 December 2023	2024 Russian Championships	6 73.82	4 141.87	4 215.69
24–27 November 2023	2023 Cup of Russia Series, 6th Stage	3 76.40	2 143.92	2 220.32
20–23 October 2023	2023 Cup of Russia Series, 2nd Stage	3 72.69	2 148.98	2 221.67
2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
3–5 March 2023	2023 Russian Grand Prix Final	6 76.52	4 140.96	4 217.48
20–26 December 2022	2023 Russian Championships	6 74.89	6 134.64	6 209.53
11–14 November 2022	2022 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage	2 74.75	2 139.44	2 214.19
21–24 October 2022	2022 Cup of Russia Series, 1st Stage	2 77.87	1 146.60	1 224.47
2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
21–26 December 2021	2022 Russian Championships	8 71.35	9 124.51	7 195.86

Junior results

2021–22 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
18–22 January 2022	2022 Russian Junior Championships	2 71.60	1 130.22	1 201.82
6–9 October 2021	2021 JGP Austria	1 64.23	1 124.61	1 188.84
15–18 September 2021	2021 JGP Russia	2 63.00	2 120.87	2 183.87

References

1. The 2023 Russian Cup Final was renamed as the 2023 Russian Grand Prix Final.

1. "Natalia KHABIBULLINA / Ilya KNYAZHUK: 2021/2022". International Skating Union.
2. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Kranoyarsk 2021 Junior Pair Result". International Skating Union.
3. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Cup of Austria 2021 Junior Pair Result". International Skating Union.
4. "ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2021/2022: Pairs – Final Results". International Skating Union.
5. "Cancellation of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2021, Osaka/Japan". International Skating Union. December 17, 2021.
6. "Rostelecom Russian Nationals 2022 Pairs Result". Russian Figure Skating Federation.
7. "Первенство России среди юниоров 2022 Пaрное катание" [Russian Championship among Juniors 2022 Pairs Result] (in Russian). Russian Figure Skating Federation.
8. "Natalia KHABIBULLINA / Ilya KNYAZHUK: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
9. "Ilya Knyazhuk / Княжук Илья Игоревич" [Ilya Knyazhuk / Knyazhuk Ilya Igorevich] (in Russian). allskaters.info.