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Maksym Spodyriev
Kaliszek and Spodyriev in 2018
Native nameМаксим Сподирєв
Born (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country Poland
PartnerNatalia Kaliszek
CoachSylwia Nowak-Trębacka
Anastasia Vykhodtseva
Skating clubMKS Axel Toruń
Began skating1998
Retired2022

Maksym Spodyriev (Ukrainian: Максим Сподирєв;[1] born 29 December 1993) is a retired Polish ice dancer. With his skating partner, Natalia Kaliszek, he has won medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy, and eight Polish national titles. They have represented Poland at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, as well as the European and World championships. At the junior level, they placed in the top ten at the 2015 Junior Worlds.

Spodyriev skated for Ukraine earlier in his career. He began competing for Poland in 2014.

Personal life

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Maksym Spodyriev was born on 29 December 1993 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.[2] He moved to Toruń, Poland in 2014. He was granted Polish citizenship in 2016.[3]

Early career

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Spodyriev began learning to skate in 1998.[2] He switched from singles to ice dancing when he was fourteen years old.[4] Following a partnership with Veronika Sharapova, he teamed up with Russian-born ice dancer Daria Korotitskaia in 2011. The two competed internationally for Ukraine, coached by Halyna Tshurilova and Mariana Kozlova in Kharkiv. They appeared at four ISU Junior Grand Prix events, placing as high as fourth, before parting ways at the end of the 2013–2014 season.

Partnership with Kaliszek

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2014–2015 season

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In 2014, Spodyriev began competing with Polish ice dancer Natalia Kaliszek for Poland, coached by Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka in Toruń.[5] The two made their international debut at the Volvo Open Cup, where they took the junior silver medal. Switching to the senior level, they placed sixth at a Challenger Series (CS) event, the Warsaw Cup, before winning gold at the Santa Claus Cup. They won the Polish national title at the Four Nationals in December 2014 and took bronze the following month at the Toruń Cup.

Kaliszek/Spodyriev were selected to represent Poland at the European Championships, held in late January 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ranked fifteenth in the short dance, they qualified to the free dance, where they placed fourteenth and rose to fourteenth overall. In early March, they made their second and final appearance on the junior level, competing at the World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia; they placed tenth in the short dance, sixth in the free dance, and seventh overall. Later in March, they traveled to Shanghai, China, for the World Championships but were eliminated after placing twenty-fourth in the short dance.

2015–2016 season

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Kaliszek/Spodyriev competed in three 2015–16 Challenger Series competitions. After placing seventh at the Nebelhorn Trophy, they won bronze at the Mordovian Ornament and silver at the Warsaw Cup. They finished third in the Challenger Series ranking.[6]

Kaliszek with Spodyriev in the free dance at the 2016 European Championships

Kaliszek/Spodyriev placed eleventh at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, having ranked eleventh in both segments. At the 2016 World Championships in Boston, they placed fourteenth in the short dance, sixteenth in the free dance, and sixteenth overall. At the end of May 2016, it was announced that the International Skating Union had chosen the foxtrot portion of their short dance to become a pattern dance.[3]

2016–2017 season

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Starting their season on the Challenger Series, Kaliszek/Spodyriev placed fourth at the 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial and fifth at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy, in early October. During training in early November, they had a fall related to poor rink conditions in Toruń, which resulted in her blade cutting two of his fingers.[7] Later in the same month, they debuted on the Grand Prix series, having received invitations to two events.[8] The duo finished fifth at the 2016 Cup of China and seventh at the 2016 NHK Trophy.

In January 2017, Kaliszek/Spodyriev finished 8th at the European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In March, they placed fifteenth in the short, thirteenth in the free, and fourteenth overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to their result, Poland qualified a spot in the ice dancing event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

2017–2018 season

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Kaliszek/Spodyriev began the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, the first of two Challenger events the team would take on that year. On the Grand Prix, they placed ninth at Skate Canada and eighth at the Internationaux de France. Following the end of the Grand Prix, they won gold at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy, followed by a bronze medal at the Santa Claus Cup. They repeated as champions at the Polish Figure Skating Championships for the fourth consecutive time and were named to Poland's Olympic team, as well as to the European and World championships.

Competing at the 2018 European Championships, Kaliszek/Spodyriev placed tenth. Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics ice dance event, they placed fourteenth in the short dance. Kaliszek/Spodyriev were one of three teams in the competition whose rhumba pattern dance made use of the song "Despacito", along with South Koreans Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin and the Chinese team of Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu. The effect of the song's ubiquity was heightened further because Kaliszek/Spodyriev and the Min/Gamelin skated consecutively and attracted comments on social and entertainment media.[9][10] The duo qualified for the free dance, placing fifteenth and fourteenth overall. They concluded the season at the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy, where they placed seventeenth.

2018–2019 season

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The 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy marked Kaliszek/Spodyriev's first event of the new season, placing eighth. On the Grand Prix, they placed sixth at Skate America and fifth at the Rostelecom Cup. Following the Grand Prix, they competed at the 2018 Warsaw Cup, winning the silver medal behind Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro. They went on to compete in two more Challenger events, winning the bronze medal at the Tallinn Trophy and silver at Golden Spin. In December, Kaliszek/Spodyriev won their fifth national title.

Competing in the rhythm dance at the 2019 European Championships, they placed fourth and were the only team to receive a perfect score on the Tango Romantica pattern dance.[11] They placed fifth in the free dance and fifth overall.[12] They placed eleventh at the 2019 World Championships.[13]

2019–2020 season

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The pattern dance based on Kaliszek and Spodyriev's 2015–16 "Tea for Two" short dance, formally known as the Tea Time Foxtrot, was adopted for use in the junior international competitive season. Kaliszek and Spodyriev spent much of the preseason teaching the dance at seminars for junior dance teams.[14][15]

Beginning the season at the 2019 Shanghai Trophy, they won the bronze medal there before winning silver at the 2019 CS Ice Star.[13] On the Grand Prix, they placed sixth at the 2019 Internationaux de France.[16] At the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, they placed fourth in the rhythm dance despite a serious error on the Finnstep pattern dance, exiting hold midway through.[17] They remained in fourth place overall following the free dance.[18]

Polish champions again, Kaliszek/Spodyriev, finished the season at the 2020 European Championships, where they placed ninth.[19] They had been assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[20]

2020–2021 season

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With the pandemic limited international opportunities, Kaliszek/Spodyriev won the Four National Championships again before competing at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, where they placed twelfth.[21] This qualified one berth for a Polish dance team at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[22]

2021–2022 season

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Kaliszek/Spodyriev began the new season on the Grand Prix at 2021 Skate America, where they finished eighth. They withdrew from several other events, including the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, before winning the Polish national title again. They were named to the Polish Olympic team for the second time and then competed at the 2022 European Championships, finishing fourteenth.[23]

Competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics in the dance event, Kaliszek/Spodyriev were fifteenth in the rhythm dance. Kaliszek fell at the end of their program, as a result of which they placed last in the free dance and dropped to seventeenth overall.[24]

Following Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Spodyriev's native country, Kaliszek and Spodyriev's club welcomed many refugee Ukrainian skaters, notably fellow ice dancers Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin.[25] The duo were scheduled to compete at the 2022 World Championships, but withdrew after a positive COVID test.[26]

On July 16, they announced their retirement from competitive figure skating.[27]

Programs

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With Kaliszek

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Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2021–2022
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2020–2021
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2019–2020
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2018–2019
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  • Tango: Passion for Tango
  • Bout Time
    by Crystalize
  • I Feel Like I'm Drowning
    by Two Feet
  • Bout Time
    by Crystalize
2017–2018
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2016–2017
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  • Blues: Back to the Dirty Town
    by Blues Mystery
  • Hip hop: Sax
    by Fleur East
2015–2016
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  • Waltz: Rain Waltz
    by Frederic Chopin
  • Foxtrot: Tea For Two
  • Crystallize
2014–2015
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With Korotitskaia

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Season Short dance Free dance
2013–2014
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2012–2013
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  • Paxi Ni Ngongo
    (from Don Juan musical)

Competitive highlights

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GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Kaliszek for Poland

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International[23]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22
Olympics 14th 17th
Worlds 24th 16th 14th 17th 11th C 12th WD
Europeans 14th 11th 8th 10th 5th 9th 14th
GP Cup of China 5th
GP France 8th 6th
GP NHK Trophy 7th
GP Rostelecom 5th 4th WD
GP Skate America 6th 8th
GP Skate Canada 9th
CS Cup of Austria WD
CS Finlandia 5th 10th
CS Golden Spin 2nd
CS Ice Star 2nd
CS Mordovian 3rd
CS Nebelhorn 7th 8th
CS Nepela 4th
CS Tallinn Trophy 1st 3rd
CS Warsaw Cup 6th 2nd WD WD
Bosphorus Cup 1st
Open d'Andorra 2nd
Santa Claus Cup 1st 3rd
Shanghai Trophy 3rd
Toruń Cup 3rd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st
Warsaw Cup 2nd
International: Junior[23]
Junior Worlds 7th
Volvo Open Cup 2nd
National[23]
Polish Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Four Nationals 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Event cancelled

With Korotitskaia for Ukraine

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International[36]
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
JGP Czech Republic 8th
JGP France 4th
JGP Latvia 6th
JGP Slovenia 5th
Ice Star 2nd J
NRW Trophy 9th J 16th J
Santa Claus Cup 3rd J
National[36]
Ukrainian Champ. 3rd
J = Junior level

References

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  1. ^ "У Києві фінішував юніорський чемпіонат України з фігурного катання" [Ukrainian Junior Figure Skating Championships in Kiev have ended] (in Ukrainian). National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. 4 February 2013. Archived from the original on 18 April 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b c "Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b "Taniec polskich łyżwiarzy doceniony przez światową federację" [Polish skaters' dance recognized by world federation]. Polish Press Agency (in Polish). eurosport.onet.pl. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Q & A with Poland's Kaliszek & Spodyriev". ice-dance.com. 24 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Natalia KALISZEK / Maksim SPODIREV: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. ^ "ISU Challenger Series Ranking 2015/2016: Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
  7. ^ Kalemba, Tomasz (5 November 2016). "O krok od tragedii, fatalny wypadek polskiej pary tanecznej" [Polish dancers in serious accident]. Eurosport.Onet.pl (in Polish).
  8. ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Ice Dance" (PDF). 30 June 2016.
  9. ^ Lynch, Joe (February 18, 2018). "'Despacito' Dominates During Olympics Ice Dancing Short Program". Billboard.
  10. ^ McCluskey, Megan (February 19, 2018). "'Despacito' Is the Clear Winner of the 2018 Olympic Ice Dancing Competition". Time.
  11. ^ Slater, Paula (January 25, 2019). "Papadakis and Cizeron first after Rhythm Dance; new record". Golden Skate.
  12. ^ Slater, Paula (January 26, 2019). "Papadakis and Cizeron defend European title; pockets fifth consecutive gold". Golden Skate.
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  14. ^ "TEA-TIME FOXTROT". ice-dance.com.
  15. ^ Bruce Waddell, Natalie D'Alessandro (March 29, 2019). "Tea time with team Polska☕️ Thanks to Natalia, Maksym, Sylwia, and Skate Ontario for such a valuable seminar!" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  16. ^ Slater, Paula (November 2, 2019). "Papadakis and Cizeron defend Grand Prix title in Grenoble". Golden Skate.
  17. ^ Slater, Paula (November 15, 2019). "Sinitsina and Katsalapov dance to lead on home ice in Moscow". Golden Skate.
  18. ^ Slater, Paula (November 16, 2019). "Sinitsina and Katsalapov take second consecutive Grand Prix gold in Moscow". Golden Skate.
  19. ^ "2020 ISU European Figure Skating Championships Results". International Skating Union.
  20. ^ Ewing, Lori (March 11, 2020). "World figure skating championships cancelled in Montreal". CBC Sports.
  21. ^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2021 Results – Ice Dance". International Skating Union.
  22. ^ "Communication No. 2388". International Skating Union. April 1, 2021.
  23. ^ a b c d "Competition Results: Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV". International Skating Union.
  24. ^ Penny, Brandon (February 13, 2022). "How the free dance transpired and determined Olympic ice dance medalists". NBC Sports.
  25. ^ Russell, Susan D. (March 25, 2022). "Nazarova and Nikitin – A Courageous Dance". International Figure Skating.
  26. ^ Musiał, Agnieszka (March 3, 2022). "Mistrzostwa świata bez polskich olimpijczyków" [World Championships without Polish Olympians]. Przegląd Sportowy (in Polish).
  27. ^ "Kochani!". Natalia Kaliszek & Maksym Spodyriev's Facebook. July 16, 2022.
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  29. ^ "Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 25 April 2021.
  30. ^ "Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
  31. ^ "Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019.
  32. ^ "Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 16 November 2017.
  33. ^ "Natalia KALISZEK / Maksim SPODIREV: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  34. ^ "Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014.
  35. ^ "Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 6 February 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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