Who is Dancing on Ice professional Karina Manta?
WHEN it comes to ice skating, Karina Manta is at the top of her game.
Her incredible talent has seen her compete in multiple competitions, and even won Dancing On Ice.
Who is Karina Manta?
Born on March 20, 1996, in Olympia, Washington, Karina Manta is a professional ice skater, best known for Dancing On Ice.
The talented star began figure skating in 2002, and started skating with partner with Joe Johnson since 2013.
The pair competed in Skate America, the US International Classic, US National Championships and the Midwestern Sectional Championships.
Karina is bisexual and her partner Joe is gay, and the pair became the first openly gay team at the 2019 US Figure Skating Championships.
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She said at the time: “I think this sport is making space for new approaches, new forms of art, new types of people,
"I like to think Joe and I are both trying to keep widening the space in our own ways, alongside so many teams who are pushing our art form in a hundred beautiful ways.”
The pair also performed with Cirque du Soleil in 2019.
As well as skating, Karina has had a successful writing career, penning articles for the New York Times.
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Karina has also written a book about her own experiences as a professional skater titled On Top Of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating.
When did Karina Manta join Dancing On Ice?
In 2020, it was announced that Karina had joined the cast of ITV's Dancing On Ice.
In fact, she won season 14 in 2022 with Regan Gascoigne.
The pair achieved consistently high scores throughout the competition, and were often at the top of the leaderboard each week.
Speaking at the time about their win, Karina told the Huffington Post: “It was just a dream come true,” she says of her win. “Regan was an angel, and worked so hard. I was so proud of everything that he was able to accomplish… it’s really special.
“I think for us it was really cool too because I mean, everyone was amazing, but we were having so much fun skating together and making up new routines every week.
"We said to each other, we just wanted to get to do as many routines as possible, because we were having so much fun, winning was just a bonus.”
Who is Karina Manta dating?
In 2018, Karina told her social media followers that she was bisexual.
At the same time as coming out, she revealed she had a girlfriend named Aleena.
The pair continue to date.
When does Dancing On Ice 2024 start?
Dancing on Ice kicked off on January 14, 2024.
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You can catch the action every weekend from 6.30pm on ITV.
The series runs 10 weeks and viewers can also catch up on the ITV Hub.
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