Background
Ksenia Ivanovna Monko was born 8 February 1992 in Kirov, Kirov Oblast.
Ksenia Ivanovna Monko was born 8 February 1992 in Kirov, Kirov Oblast.
They are the 2011 World Junior champions, two-time (2009-2010, 2010-2011) Junior Grand Prix Final champions and the 2015 Russian National silver medalist. Early career
Ksenia Monko began skating at age four and switched to ice dance early, at age five. Her first coach was Svetlana Tamrieva.
Monko teamed up with Khaliavin in 2000.
They trained in Kirov until moving with their coach to Moscow in May 2009. They took the bronze at the 2010 World Junior Championships.
Senior career
Monko/Khaliavin moved up to the senior level for the 2011-2012 season. They were assigned to compete at 2011 Skate America and 2011 Cup of China as their Grand Prix events but Khaliavin fell ill with mononucleosis in September.
They withdrew from both Grand Prix events but returned to competition at the Russian Championships where they finished 5th.
In February 2012, Monko/Khaliavin switched coaches to Alexander Zhulin and Oleg Volkov. They finished 6th at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup and 4th at the 2013 Russian Championships. They joined the Russian team to the 2013 World Team Trophy, replacing Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev who withdrew due to injury.
Monko/Khaliavin finished 3rd at the event and Team Russia finished 4th overall.
The duo withdrew from the exhibitions after Khaliavin developed an infection resulting in a high fever. Their Grand Prix results were sixth at the 2013 Trophée Eric Bompard and fifth at the 2013 Rostelecom Cup.
After placing fifth at the 2014 Russian Championships, they were not selected for the Olympics. Foreign the 2014-2015 Grand Prix season, Monko and Khaliavin placed fourth at 2014 Skate Canada International and second at 2014 Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai Trophy.
They went on to place second at the 2015 Russian Figure Skating Championships.
They finished 10th at the 2015 European Figure Skating Championships and eighth at the 2015 World Figure Skating Championships.