Profile – Christina Carreira & Anthony Ponomarenko
TEAM INFORMATION:
| Country: | United States (USA)  |
| Level: | Senior |
| Status: | Eligible |
| Club: | SC of New York (USA) / SC of San Francisco (USA) |
| Coach(es): | Scott Moir, Patrice Lauzon, Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer, Madison Hubbell, Adrian Diaz |
| Choreographer(s): | Marie-France Dubreuil, Madison Hubbell, Adrian Diaz |
| Training Location: | London (CAN) |
| Began Skating Together: | 2014 |
ATHLETE INFORMATION:
| Christina Carreira | Anthony Ponomarenko | |
| Birth date: | April 3, 2000 | January 5, 2001 |
| Birth place: | Montreal, QC (CAN) | San Jose, CA (USA) |
| Home town: | Novi, MI (USA) | Novi, MI (USA) |
| Started skating: | 2003 | 2005 |
| Former partner(s): | Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette | Sarah Feng |
RESULTS:
| 3rd – 2024 Cup of China 2nd – 2024 NHK Trophy 1st – 2024 Budapest Trophy 2nd – 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy 7th – 2024 World Championships 3rd – 2024 Four Continents Championships 2nd – 2024 U.S. National Championships 4th – 2023 Grand Prix Espoo 4th – 2023 Grand Prix de France 2nd – 2023 Finlandia Trophy 4th – 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy 10th – 2023 World Championships 4th – 2023 Four Continents Championships 3rd – 2023 U.S. National Championships 1st – 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb 4th – 2022 Grand Prix Espoo 4th – 2022 MH John Wilson Trophy 3rd – 2022 Four Continents Championships 7th – 2022 U.S. National Championships 5th – 2021 Internationaux de France 8th – 2021 Skate Canada International 8th – 2021 Finlandia Trophy 4th – 2021 Lombardi Trophy 3rd- 2020 Skate America 4th – 2020 U.S National Championships 6th- 2019 NHK Trophy 1st – 2019 Asian Open Trophy (CS) 6th- 2019 Skate America 3rd – 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd- 2019 U.S. Int. Figure Skating Classic 2nd – 2019 Lake Placid Ice Dance International 5th – 2019 U.S. National Championships 1st – 2018 Tallinn Trophy 3rd – 2018 Rostelecom Cup 5th – 2018 Helsinki Grand Prix 3rd – 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy 2nd – 2018 U.S. International Classic 2nd – 2018 World Junior Championships 1st – 2018 U.S. National Championships 3rd – 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final 1st – 2017 JGP Minsk Arena Cup 1st – 2017 JGP Cup of Austria 1st – 2017 Lake Placid Ice Dance International 3rd – 2017 World Junior Championships 2nd – 2017 U.S. National Championships (Jr) 4th – 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd – 2016 JGP Cup of Mordovia 2nd – 2016 JGP St Gervais 2nd – 2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr) 4th – 2016 U.S. National Championships (Jr) 1st – 2016 Pacific Coast Sectionals (Jr) 2nd – 2015 JGP Copernicus Stars Torun 4th – 2015 JGP Riga Cup 2nd – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International (Jr) 5th – 2015 U.S. National Championships 4th – 2014 JGP Tallinn Cup 5th – 2014 JGP Czech Skate |
PROGRAM MUSIC:
| 2024- 2025 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: |
“I Just Wanna Make Love to You” by Etta James, “Long Tall Sally” by Little Richard |
| Free Dance: | “Carmen Suite” by Rodion Shchedrin |
| 2023-2024 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Whole Lotta Trouble” and “Edge of Seventeen” by Stevie Nicks |
| Free Dance: | Music from Perfume: The Story of a Murderer |
| 2022-2023 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Kind of Latin Rhythm” by the Juju Orchestra, “Where do I Begin” by Shrley Bassey” and “Samba” by Gloria Estefan |
| Free Dance: | “Summertime” by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald |
| 2021-2022 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Batdance” by Prince |
| Free Dance: | “Wicked Game” by Chris Isaak |
| 2019-2020 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | ”Too Darn Hot” from Kiss Me Kate. Choreo by Igor Shpilband |
| Free Dance: | “Farrucas” and “Malaguena” performed by Benise |
| 2018- 2019 Season | |
| Rhythm Dance: | “Jealousy Tango” and “Yo Soy Maria” |
| Free Dance: | Tokio Myers’ medley including “Clair De Lune”, “Bloodstream”, and “Angel” |
| 2017- 2018 Season | |
| Short Dance: | Quizás, Quizás, Quizás by Sara Montiel; Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps by the Pussycat Dolls; and Conga by Gloria Estefan & Miami Sound Machine |
| Free Dance: | Dance for Me Wallis and Abdication from the W.E. soundtrack (composed by Abel Korzeniowski) |
| 2016- 2017 Season | |
| Short Dance: | Why Don’t You Do Right by Jessica Rabbit; Cool Cat in Town by Tape Five |
| Free Dance: | Exogenesis: Symphony Part III by Muse |
ON THE WWW
| OFFICIAL WEBSITE: | carreira-ponomarenko.com |
| OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE: | Carreira & Ponomarenko Facebook Page |
| OFFICIAL INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT(S): | @christinacarreira /@anthony.ponomarenko |
| ISU PROFILE: | Carreira/Ponomarenko ISU Bio |