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Deividas Kizala
Guostė Damulevičiūtė and Deividas Kizala at 2017 World Junior Championships
Born (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 26)
Kaunas, Lithuania
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Lithuania
PartnerPaulina Ramanauskaitė
CoachSara Hurtado, Kirill Khaliavin
Skating clubBaltų Ainiai
Began skating2014

Deividas Kizala (born 12 February 1998) is a Lithuanian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Paulina Ramanauskaitė, he competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Career

Early years

As a single skater, Kizala was coached by Loreta Vitkauskienė and competed at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events in 2011.[1]

By 2014, he had teamed up with Guostė Damulevičiūtė to compete in ice dancing. The two debuted their partnership at the Volvo Open Cup in November 2014. They would represent Lithuania at three ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) events and three consecutive World Junior Championships, from 2015 to 2017. They qualified to the free dance at the 2017 World Junior Championships and finished 17th overall. They also made several appearances in the senior ranks, most notably at the 2018 European Championships. They ended their partnership after four seasons together.

In the 2018–19 season, Kizala skated with American ice dancer Mira Polishook, representing Lithuania in the junior ranks. The duo competed at two JGP events and qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships, where they finished 19th. They parted ways after one season as a team.

Partnership with Ramanauskaitė

In 2020, Kizala teamed up with Paulina Ramanauskaitė to compete as seniors. The two made their international debut in December 2020, at the Winter Star in Minsk, Belarus.

Although Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius qualified a spot for Lithuania in ice dancing at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Reed's application for Lithuanian citizenship was unsuccessful.[2] Following this decision, Ramanauskaitė/Kizala were nominated to fill the spot and placed 23rd at the Olympics.

Programs

With Ramanauskaitė

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2022–2023
[3]
2021–2022
[4]
2020–2021
[5]

With Polishook

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2018–2019
[6]

With Damulevičiūtė

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2017–2018
[7]
  • Rhumba: Historia de un amor
    performed by Ana Gabriel
  • Samba: Happy in Rio (Spiritual South Remix)
    by Max Sedgley
2016–2017
[8]
  • Blues
  • Swing
  • West Side Story
    by Leonard Bernstein
2015–2016
[9]
2014–2015
[10]

Men's singles

Season Short program Free skating
2011–2012
[1]
  • Soviet movie
    by Eduard Artemev

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ice dance with Ramanauskaitė

International[11]
Event 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Olympics 23rd
Worlds 26th
Europeans 17th
CS Finlandia 15th 8th
CS Lombardia WD 9th
CS Nepela Memorial 14th
CS Warsaw Cup 19th WD
Britannia Cup 4th
NRW Trophy 4th
Trophée Nice 11th 2nd
Winter Star 4th
University Games 11th
National[11]
Lithuanian Champ. 2nd 2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

Ice dance with Polishook

International: Junior[12]
Event 18–19
Junior Worlds 19th
JGP Czech Republic 12th
JGP Lithuania 12th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 4th
Tallinn Trophy 6th
National[12]
Lithuanian Champ. 1st J

Ice dance with Damulevičiūtė

International[13]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Europeans 24th
CS Tallinn Trophy 11th
Volvo Open 9th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds 24th 22nd 17th
Youth Olympics 9th
JGP Austria 9th
JGP Poland 11th
JGP Slovakia 14th
Bavarian Open 11th
Ice Star 13th
Jégvirág Cup 3rd
Mentor Toruń Cup 4th 6th
NRW Trophy 11th
Pavel Roman Memorial 4th
Tallinn Trophy 9th
Volvo Open 6th
National[13]
Lithuanian Champ. 1st J 1st J 2nd

Men's singles

International: Junior [14]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13
JGP Estonia 16th
JGP Latvia 20th
International: Advanced novice [15]
NRW Trophy 5th 10th
National[14]
Lithuanian Champ. 3rd 3rd 2nd

References

  1. ^ a b "Deividas KIZALA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
  2. ^
  3. ^ "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Mira POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  8. ^ "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  9. ^ "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  10. ^ "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  11. ^ a b "Competition Results: Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
  12. ^ a b "Competition Results: Mira POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
  13. ^ a b c "Competition Results: Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
  14. ^ a b "Competition Results: Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
  15. ^ "LTU - Deividas KIZALA". Skatingscores.
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