Adel Tankova

Adel Tankova^[a] (Hebrew: אדל טנקובה; born 22 May 2000) is an Israeli Olympic figure skater. She competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics with Ronald Zilberberg in Figure Skating in ice dancing and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Adel Tankova

Personal information
Native name	אדל טנקובה
Nationality	Israeli
Born	(2000-05-22) 22 May 2000 (age 25) Dnipro, Ukraine
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Israel
Sport	Figure skating
Partner	Ronald Zilberberg
Former partner	Evgeni Krasnopolski
Coached by	Galit Chait Moracci

Early and personal life

Tankova was born in Dnipro (formerly known as Dnipropetrovsk), Ukraine, and is Jewish.^[1][2] Her hometown is Hackensack, New Jersey.^[1]

Career

Tankova began skating in 2004.^[3] Her former partner in pairs was Evgeni Krasnopolski.^[1] Her current partner is Ronald Zilberberg, with whom she began competing in 2016.^[1][3] Her coach and choreographer is Galit Chait Moracci.^[1]

In 2017/2018, the pair won the Israeli National Championship, and came in 28th in the ISU European Ice Dance Championship.^[1]

Tankova and Zilberberg competed for Israel at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Figure Skating in ice dancing and a team event in Pyeongchang, South Korea.^[4] They scored 46.66 in the short dance event for an overall finish of 24th place.^[5]

Competitive highlights

With Zilberberg

Competition placements at senior level 

Season	2016–17	2017–18
Winter Olympics		24th
Winter Olympics (Team event)		8th
World Championships		31st
European Championships	30th	28th
Golden Spin of Zagreb	16th	17th
Ice Star		13th
Tallinn Trophy	18th
Toruń Cup		8th
U.S International Classic		9th
Volvo Open	5th

With Krasnopolski

Competition placements at senior level 

Season	2015–16
World Championships	19th
European Championships	13th
CS Mordovian Ornament	7th
CS U.S International Classic	6th
Toruń Cup	4th

Detailed results

With Zilberberg

Results in the 2017–18 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 13–17, 2017	2017 CS U.S. International Classic	9	40.26	9	62.33	9	102.59
Oct 26–29, 2017	2017 CS Ice Star	14	45.11	13	67.34	13	112.45
Dec 6–9, 2017	2017 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	18	41.74	17	68.66	17	110.40
Jan 15–21, 2018	2018 European Championships	28	40.20	–	–	28	40.20
Jan 30–Feb 4, 2018	2018 Toruń Cup	6	56.01	9	78.70	8	134.71
Feb 9–12, 2018	2018 Winter Olympics (Team event)	10	44.61	–	–	8	–
Feb 14–23, 2018	2018 Winter Olympics	24	46.66	–	–	24	46.66
Mar 19–25, 2018	2018 World Championships	31	43.50	–	–	31	43.50

Results in the 2016–17 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Nov 9–13, 2016	2016 Volvo Open	6	44.54	5	61.23	5	105.77
Nov 19–27, 2016	2016 CS Tallinn Trophy	16	48.37	19	62.94	18	111.31
Dec 7–10, 2016	2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	15	41.36	15	69.18	16	110.54
Jan 25–29, 2017	2017 European Championships	30	38.49	–	–	30	38.49

With Krasnopolski

Results in the 2015–16 season 

Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 16–20, 2015	2015 CS U.S. International Classic	6	36.44	6	65.30	6	101.74
Oct 15–18, 2015	2015 CS Mordovian Ornament	5	40.54	7	78.46	7	119.00
Jan 6–10, 2016	2015 Toruń Cup	4	48.38	4	91.03	4	139.41
Jan 25–29, 2016	2016 European Championships	14	37.81	13	76.75	13	114.56
Mar 28–Apr 3, 2016	2016 World Championships	19	46.81	–	–	19	46.81

Notes

1. Hebrew: אדל טנקובה, romanized: Edal Ṭenḳuvah; Ukrainian: Адель Танкова, romanized: Adel Tankova