Amina Atakhanova & Ilia Spiridonov

Amina Gennadyevna Atakhanova, (Russian: Амина Геннадьевна Атаханова) and Ilia Romanovich Spiridonov (Russian: Илья Романович Спиридонов) are pair skaters representing Russia.

Atakhanova was born on 3 May 3 2002 in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Spiridonov was born on 5 February 1998 in Moscow, Russia.

Amina and Ilia began competing together in December 2014. They are the 2015-16 Junior Grand Prix Final bronze medalists, two-time Russian Junior Nationals silver medalists and winners of the 2015 JGP Cup of Russia. In 2016 they represented Russia at the World Junior Championships where they finished 4th (they were 8th after the SP, but won the FS). Following the 2016/17 season the pair decided to split. At the beginning of 2018 Amina teamed up with Nikita Volodin, while Ilia in autumn 2017 started skating with Lina Kudriavtseva.

For Atakhanova & Volodin partnership see the following post: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?70629
For Kudriavtseva & Spiridonov see here: https://www.goldenskate.com/forum/showthread.php?70811-Lina-Kudryavtseva-amp-Ilia-Spiridonov

During their partnership they were coached by Natalia Pavlova and Alexander Zaitsev.

ISU Bio
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054685.htm

Fskate.ru Bio
Amina - http://www.fskate.ru/skaters/4224.html
Ilia - http://www.fskate.ru/skaters/991.html

Wikipedia
Amina - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amina_Atakhanova
Ilia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilia_Spiridonov

Tracings.net Profile
http://tracings.net/atak-spir.html

Social Media
Amina's Periscope - https://www.periscope.tv/bugs352
Amina's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/amina_rus_/
Ilia's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ortonilya/

Last updated on 15 November 2018 by Mohacz​

Personal Best Scores
http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs_pb_00054685.htm


Programs and Videos
2016/2017
SP: "Jimmy, Renda-se" by Tom Ze
FS: "Singin' in the Rain" by Gene Kelly

2017 World Junior Championships
2017 Russian Junior Nationals
2016/17 JGP Final, Marseille, France
2016 JGP Tallin, Estonia
2016 JGP Czech Skate Ostrava

2015/2016
SP: "The Nutcracker" by Tchaikovsky; choreo by Alla Mikhailova
FS: American musical medley: "Funny Girl" (soundtrack) by Jule Styne, "Anchors Aweigh" (soundtrack), "Roller Skate Rag" (soundtrack), "Gigi" (soundtrack) by Frederick Loewe; choreo by Alla Mikhailova

2015-16 Cup of Russia Final
2016 Russian Junior Nationals
2015 5th Stage of the Russian Cup (Moscow]
2015-16 JGPF
2015 JGP Poland
2015 JGP Austria
2015 Moscow Open Championships

2014/2015
SP: "Come Di" by Paolo Conte
FS: "Funny Girl" soundtrack

2015 Nationals Elder Age, Stary Oskol
2015 Moscow Open Championships
2014 5th Stage of the Russian Cup

Competitive History


Miscellanea
Original Post by The Finn, Sept. 2015

They have their 2nd event at Poland this week, so, I thought I will open a thread for them since it seems they don't have one. This pair is very promising and they had a very successful international debut when their won at Austria. I wonder if they can break the Russian junior record which is 168.20 skated by Tarasova/Morozov in 2014. They could do it at Poland, or at the JGPF or at the Junior Worlds at the latest.

thanks for opening it!

Im so happy for their progress!
+Amina's mom was in the youtube chat during the JGP & we had the chance to thank her for raising sucha great sportsman as her daughter

I like what I see from them alot. However, they are way better than the programs they have I feel like.

Their SP was really good at Poland, FS not so much.

Anyway, they have made it to the JGPF now. There are 4 pairs who are pretty even at the JGPF, so, they need to skate pretty clean to get a medal but in my books they are slight favorites to win the gold medal.

Congrats on making jgpf guys!!
Good luck.

- Frankly, I did not expect such a rapid progress of the amine and Elijah, - said Natalia Pavlova. - In a couple of them got up just last year, but it is very suited to each other! Unfortunately, the final preparations for our proved crumpled because of the disease. Now even the general physical training has to take place again. Although I believe in children. They have mastered the required junior set of technical and artistically they never had no problems.

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http://www.team-russia2014.ru/article/22795.html

amine and Elijah

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sometimes I prefer the goole modified names to the real ones

Amina's Insta
https://instagram.com/amina_rus_/

Periscope
https://www.periscope.tv/bugs352
Vk
https://vk.com/bugs_bunny352

5th stage of Russian Cup. Atakhanova/Spiridonov are 1st after SP.

SP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGmeW9iRQaI

Their coach's interview

http://www.allsportinfo.ru/index.php?id=99919

google

- At today's training Amin and Ilya little jerky, - said Natalia Pavlova. - The ice was good and "jumpy" and the guys are inexperienced. They're the first year skating together. They participation in the final is ​​very useful, because guys do not just compete, but also to watch the training of the strongest pairs in the world. Much to absorb.


- For you basically beat Barcelona in three pairs of Perm school or be higher than rivals from Ukraine and the Czech Republic?
- Regarding this we wont bother. We need to skate clean programs, then the place will reflect that. They're werent even a pair skaters the last year Even I did not expect that Amin & Ilya will make progress that fast.


- Easier to work with a pair of newbies as in this case, or some experiences athletes?
- It is easier to teach, not to retrain. This interesting and reasonable. Compare them with the Marina Eltsova and Andrei Bushkova or Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin makes no sense at all. For me the important thing is that the guys properly motivated. The rest will follow.

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Good SP. The fact that they are only 2nd after SP makes FS more interesting. I still think they will win JGPF, although Borisova/Sopot had a great SP and if they can skate a similar FS then Atakhanova/Spiridonov might be in trouble.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlmcwGTAdGM

Hopefully they will win!

Well, not what I expected at all but atleast they got a medal. Hopefully they will do a lot better at the Junior Worlds.

Pretty good SP but they are only 3rd after SP.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bsIgmbz0Xg

Great FS today. Pairs competition will be an excellent competition at the Junior Worlds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNlcKTtwyRo

They had a good SP today at the Russian Cup Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ8JRrBU-Ms

The Finn said:

They had a good SP today at the Russian Cup Final.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQ8JRrBU-Ms

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Yeah, their step sequence unison and speed! It's amazing. :luv17:

Interview of Pavlova. She talks a lot about Amina and Ilia.

http://www.fsrussia.ru/intervyu/195...o-v-parnom-katanii-progress-ne-ostanovit.html

Sad news. Amina & Iljia had to withdraw from World Juniors because of injury.

http://www.fsrussia.ru/news/1969-at...-pervenstve-mira-iz-za-travmy-partnershi.html

Damn!
That's too bad and I'll sorely miss them.