Anthony Ponomarenko

Anthony Ponomarenko (born January 5, 2001) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Christina Carreira, he is a two-time Four Continents bronze medalist (2022, 2024), three-time ISU Grand Prix medalist (one silver, two bronzes), eleven-time medalist on the ISU Challenger Series (four golds, five silvers, two bronzes), and a five-time U.S. national medalist. He represented the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

At the junior level, they are also two-time World Junior medalists (silver in 2018, bronze in 2017), the 2017–18 JGP Final silver medalists, and the 2018 U.S. national junior champions.

Personal life Anthony Ponomarenko was born on January 5, 2001, in San Jose, California. He is the son of 1992 Olympic ice dancing champions Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko and has an elder brother, Timothy.

In January, Carreira/Ponomarenko won the bronze medal at the 2026 U.S. Championships behind Chock/Bates and Zingas/Kolesnik. "It means everything for us to be standing here," said Carreira. "It’s such an honor to be standing with these teams. Everyone here is so talented and we’re just really proud. We had a bit of a rocky start to this season but I’m happy that we kind of got our act together after the Grand Prix, and we were able to deliver good performances here."

Two days later, the team competed in the free dance segment in which they placed tenth and remained in eleventh place overall, all while scoring season best free dance and combined total score.

Programs Ice dance with Christina Carreira

Season Short dance/Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition 2014–15 "Chic a boom" "Let's Get Loud" Micmacs "Diabolic" "A Motley Crew"

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Christina Carreira

Detailed results

Ice dance with Christina Carreira

Senior level

Junior level