Ilya Mikhailovich Mironov (Russian: Илья Михайлович Миронов, born 17 April 2001) is a Russian pair skater. He and his former skating partner, Diana Mukhametzianova, were the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic silver medalists and the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists.

Ilya Mironov
Mironov at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics
Personal information
Native name	Илья Михайлович Миронов
Full name	Ilya Mikhailovich Mironov
Alternative names	Ilia
Country represented	Russia
Born	(2001-04-17) 17 April 2001 (age 21) Moscow, Russia
Home town	Moscow, Russia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Partner	Ekaterina Geinish
Former partner	Diana Mukhametzianova
Coach	Vladislav Zhovnirski Filip Tarasov Arina Ushakova
Former coach	Andrei Khekalo Alexei Ryabov Natalia Dubinskaya Stanislav Kovalev
Choreographer	Tatiana Druchinina
Former choreographer	Elena Ushakova
Skating club	Vorobievye Gory Moscow
Training locations	Moscow
Began skating	2005
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	184.37 2019–20 JGP Final
Short program	64.90 2019–20 JGP Final
Free skate	119.47 2019–20 JGP Final
Medal record Representing  Russia Figure skating: Pairs Winter Youth Olympics 2020 Lausanne Pairs Junior Grand Prix Final 2019–20 Torino Pairs

Personal life

Mironov was born on 17 April 2001 in Moscow, Russia.

Career

Early years

Mironov began learning how to skate in 2005. He competed internationally as a single skater on the junior level from the 2014–15 figure skating season through the 2017–18 season, after which he switched to pairs and teamed up with his current partner, Diana Mukhametzianova. For their first two seasons together, Mukhametzianova/Mironov only competed domestically, and finished 6th at the 2019 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships.

2019–20 season: Winter Youth Olympic and JGP Final silver medalists

Mukhametzianova/Mironov made their junior international debut at the 2019 JGP Russia. They placed third at the event behind fellow Russian competitors Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov and Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev. At their second assignment, the 2019 JGP Croatia, the team placed second, again behind teammates Artemeva/Nazarychev, and with 24 qualifying points advanced a spot to the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final. The pair competed once more before the Final, earning a silver medal in the junior event at the 2019 Volvo Open Cup behind Apollinariia Panfilova / Dmitry Rylov.

At the 2019–20 Junior Grand Prix Final, Mukhametzianova/Mironov delivered two clean programs to win the silver medal behind Panfilova/Rylov. The team won the free skate, but were unable to fully make up the margin set by the gold medalists in the short program. They set personal bests in all segments of competition at the event.

Despite qualifying, Mukhametzianova/Mironov elected to sit out of the 2020 Russian Figure Skating Championships due to fatigue from the Junior Grand Prix Final. They next competed at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics, where they again finished second behind Panfilova/Rylov. At the 2020 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships, Mukhametzianova/Mironov finished just off the podium in fourth and as such narrowly missed being named to the 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.

Programs

With Mukhametzianova

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Geinish

With Mukhametzianova

As a single skater

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs awarded only at ISU Championships.

With Geinish

With Mukhametzianova

References