Maksym SPODYRIEV

Poland

Figure Skating

Date of Birth: 29 Dec 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Place of birth: KHARKOV

Birth Country:

Ukraine

Residence: TORUN

Residence Country:

Poland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Figure Skating	Ice Dance POL KALISZEK Natalia / SPODYRIEV Maksym	17

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Ice Dance - Rhythm Dance	Finished
	Capital Indoor Stadium	Ice Dance - Free Dance	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

Olympic Games
Rank	Event	Year	Location
14	Ice Dance	2018	PyeongChang, KOR

World Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
11	Ice Dance	2019	Saitama, JPN
12	Ice Dance	2021	Stockholm, SWE
14	Ice Dance	2017	Helsinki, FIN
16	Ice Dance	2016	Boston, MA, USA
17	Ice Dance	2018	Milan, ITA
FNR	Ice Dance	2015	Shanghai, CHN

European Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Ice Dance	2019	Minsk, BLR
8	Ice Dance	2017	Ostrava, CZE
9	Ice Dance	2020	Graz, AUT
10	Ice Dance	2018	Moscow, RUS
11	Ice Dance	2016	Bratislava, SVK
14	Ice Dance	2022	Tallinn, EST
14	Ice Dance	2015	Stockholm, SWE

World Junior Championships
Rank	Event	Year	Location
7	Ice Dance	2015	Tallinn, EST

Grand Prix
Rank	Event	Year	Location
4	Ice Dance	2019/20	Moscow, RUS
5	Ice Dance	2018/19	Moscow, RUS
6	Ice Dance	2019/20	Grenoble, FRA
6	Ice Dance	2018/19	Everett, WA, USA
8	Ice Dance	2021/22	Las Vegas, NV, USA

Nickname:

Maks (Athlete Instagram)

Hobbies:

Music, sports, reading, movies, travelling. (isuresults.com, kaliszek-spodyriev.com)

Occupation:

Athlete

Family:

Wife, Sofia Lizunova (married Jun 2021)

Languages spoken:

Russian, Polish, English

Club name:

MSK Axel Torun

Coach:

Sylwia Nowak-Trebacka (POL), Lloyd Jones (GBR)

Debut:

2014 Warsaw Cup (Ice dance - 6th), with Kaliszek

Injuries:

2016/17 season: Sciatica, caused by a hernia. Underwent surgery in April 2017. (Info 2018)

Choreographer:

Sylwia Nowak-Trebacka (POL)

National team:

2014

Start:

1998 in Kharkov

Reason:

His mother liked skating and took him to the ice rink. He liked the speed on the ice and the wind in his hair. (kaliszek-spodyriev.com)

Training:

He trains with his partner in Torun.

Memorable:

Finishing fifth at the 2019 European Championships.

General Interest

TEA TIME FOXTROT
Their Foxtrot from their 2015/15 Short Dance has been developed into a Pattern Dance for the ISU, the "Tea Time Foxtrot". (ISU Communication 2241)

PARTNERSHIP WITH NATALIA KALISZEK
He teamed up with Kaliszek in September 2014, moving from his native Ukraine to skate with her. Received Polish citizenship in 2016.

FORMER PARTNERS
He skated with Daria Korotitskaia (2012-14) and with Veronika Sharapova (2009/10), representing Ukraine.

COACH
Representing Poland, his coach Sylwia Nowak, is a two-time ice dance Olympian (12th at Nagano 1988, 13th at Salt Lake City 2002) and the 1994 World Junior champion (with Sebastian Kolasinski).

Milestones

PYEONGCHANG 2018 OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Finished 14th in his Olympic Winter Games ice dancing debut in PyeongChang with Natalia Kaliszek, where they were one of three teams who skated their rhumba pattern dance to the song "Despacito" (Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin (KOR) and Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu (CHN)).

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Competed in six consecutive World Championships (2015-2021, 2020 cancelled) with a best finish of 11th in 2019. His 12th at the 2021 World Championships (with Kaliszek) qualified one team for Poland for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. They finished seventh at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/maks.spodyrev
Facebook Team: https://www.facebook.com/KaliszekSpodyriev
https://www.instagram.com/maks_spodyriev/
Team Website: http://kaliszek-spodyriev.com/en/home-page/

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event

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