Danijil Szemko

Danijil Szemko
Danijil Szemko
	Marton/Szemko at the 2018 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Native name	Даниїл Леонідович Семко (Ukrainian)
Full name	Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko
Alternative names	Danyil/Danylo Semko
Country represented	Hungary
Former country(ies) represented	Ukraine
Born	17 May 2000 (age 21); Odessa, Ukraine
Home town	Budapest, Hungary
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Partner	Mariia Ignateva
Former partner	; Yana Bardadym; Vera Gorodetskaia
Coach	Irina Zhuk; Alexander Svinin; Nóra Hoffmann
Former coach	Svetlana Liapina; Ilona Berecz; Natalia Vorobjova
Choreographer	Maxim Staviski
Former choreographer	Svetlana Liapina; Ksenia Monko; Irina Zhuk; Ilona Berecz; Tibor Dalotti; Benoît Richaud; Natalia Vorobjova
Skating club	Hoffmann Figure Skating Academy
Former skating club	UTE Budapest; Sportland Budapest
Training locations	Moscow, Russia; Budapest, Hungary
Began skating	2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	150.83; 2022 Europeans
Short dance	62.12; 2022 Worlds
Free dance	90.42; 2022 Europeans

Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko (Ukrainian: Даниїл Леонідович Семко; born 17 May 2000) is a Ukrainian-Hungarian ice dancer who represents Hungary internationally. With his skating partner, Mariia Ignateva, he is the 2022 Jégvirág Cup champion, the 2021 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, the 2021 Santa Claus Cup silver medalist, and the 2022 Hungarian national champion. With his former skating partner, , he is a three-time Hungarian junior national champion (2018–20) and competed in the final segment at two World Junior Championships (2018, 2020).

Personal life[]

Szemko was born on 17 May 2000 in Odessa, Ukraine. He is a naturalized Hungarian citizen.^[1] In 2021, he graduated from the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport and received the specialty of a coach in figure skating.^{[citation needed]}

Career[]

Early career[]

Szemko began skating in 2006. He previously competed with Yana Bardadym and Vera Gorodetskaia for his native Ukraine. Szemko teamed up with to represent Hungary in the 2015–16 season.

2015–2016 season[]

Marton/Szemko made their international debut on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing 15th in Latvia and 11th in Croatia. They then finished 13th at the NRW Trophy and 17th at the Santa Claus Cup. At the 2016 Four National Championships, Marton/Szemko finished 5th overall and won the Hungarian junior silver medal behind Kimberly Wei / Illias Fourati. As a result, they were assigned to the 2016 World Junior Championships, where they finished 23rd and did not qualify for the free dance.

2016–2017 season[]

Marton/Szemko opened the season with a 13th-place finish at 2016 JGP France. They then finished 12th at the NRW Trophy and 7th at the Open d'Andorra. An injury prevented the team from competing at Four National Championships and therefore from earning the 2017 World Junior Championships spot.^[2] Marton/Szemko recovered to win their first international medal at the 2017 Jégvirág Cup, earning silver behind Ukraine's Darya Popova / Volodymyr Byelikov and ahead of / Deividas Kizala of Lithuania. They ended their season with an 11th-place finish at Bavarian Open.

2017–2018 season[]

Marton/Szemko began the season with a 15th-place finish at JGP Austria and a 9th-place finish at JGP Croatia. They medaled at all but one of the events they competed at before the 2018 World Junior Championships; earning golds at the 2017 Halloween Cup and 2018 Jégvirág Cup, bronzes at the 2017 Leo Scheu Memorial and 2017 Open d'Andorra, and a ninth-place finish at the 2017 Santa Claus Cup.

Marton/Szemko won the 2018 Four National Championships ahead of the Czech Republic's Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler and Poland's / to earn their first junior national title. At the World Junior Championships, they were 15th in the short dance and 12th in the free to finish 14th overall.

2018–2019 season[]

Marton/Szemko started with a 12th-place finish at JGP Slovenia and a 13th-place finish at JGP Armenia. The team finished 10th at Volvo Open Cup and earned silver at the Christmas Cup. Marton/Szemko won silver at the 2019 Four National Championships behind Taschlerová/Taschler, but retained their Hungarian junior national title for a second consecutive season. At the 2019 World Junior Championships, they were 23rd in the rhythm dance and did not advance to the free dance.

2019–2020 season[]

Marton/Szemko opened the season with an eighth-place finish at JGP France and a 15th-place finish at JGP Croatia. They earned bronze at Open d'Andorra and finished fifth at Santa Claus Cup. Marton/Szemko again won silver behind Taschlerová/Taschler at the 2020 Four National Championships while retaining their Hungarian junior national title. The team then finished eighth at 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup. At the 2020 World Junior Championships, Marton/Szemko were 17th in the rhythm dance, but fell to 19th in the free dance and remained 19th overall.

2020–2021 season[]

Marton/Szemko split prior to the 2020–21 season.^[3] In January 2021, coach Nóra Hoffmann announced Szemko's partnership with Russian Mariia Ignateva to compete for Hungary.^[4]

2021–2022 season[]

Ignateva/Szemko made their international competitive debut at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy where they placed 17th. They were then sixth at the Budapest Trophy before winning silver medals at the Volvo Open Cup and the Santa Claus Cup. At the , Ignateva/Szemko earned the bronze medal behind Poland's Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev and Taschlerová/Taschler of the Czech Republic, as well as the Hungarian national title. They were assigned to the 2022 European Championships, where they finished 18th overall. Ignateva/Szemko competed at the Jégvirág Cup in February and won their first international title together.

Programs[]

With Ignateva[]

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2021–2022 ^[5]	Selection by Two Feet choreo. by Maxim Staviski	Maybe I Maybe You by Scorpions choreo. by Maxim Staviski

With Marton[]

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2019–2020 ^[1]	Blues: Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You performed by Susan Boyd Foxtrot: This Business of Love by Domino Swing: Hey! Pachuco! performed by Royal Crown Revue (from The Mask) choreo. by Svetlana Liapina, Ksenia Monko	Come Together performed by Petra Magoni, Ferruccio Spinetti Highway to Hell by AC/DC Walk This Way by Aerosmith choreo. by Svetlana Liapina, Ksenia Monko
2018–2019 ^[6]	Tango: Tango in the Sky by Peter Dranga choreo. by Irina Zhuk, Ilona Berecz	Black Cat, White Cat by Goran Bregović choreo. by Tibor Dalotti, Ilona Berecz
	Short dance
2017–2018 ^[7]	Rhumba: Set Fire to the Rain by Adele Cha-cha: Kiss performed by Tom Jones choreo. by Ilona Berecz	Dark Waltz by Hayley Westenra Experience by Ludovico Einaudi choreo. by Ilona Berecz
2016–2017 ^[8]	Blues: Black Velvet performed by Alannah Miles Swing: Booty Swing by Parov Stelar choreo. by Benoît Richaud	Dracula choreo. by Benoît Richaud
2015–2016 ^[9]	Waltz: Chim Chim Cher-ee Polka: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (from Mary Poppins) by Sherman Brothers choreo. by Ilona Berecz	Alegría Querer (from Cirque du Soleil) by René Dupéré choreo. by Ilona Berecz

Competitive highlights[]

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Ignateva[]

International^[10]
Event	2021–22
Worlds	22nd
Europeans	18th
CS Lombardia	12th
Budapest Trophy	6th
Challenge Cup	3rd
Jégvirág Cup	1st
Santa Claus Cup	2nd
Volvo Open Cup	2nd
National^[10]
Hungarian Champ.	1st
Four Nationals	3rd

With Marton[]

International: Junior^[11]
Event	15–16	16–17	17–18	18–19	19–20
Junior Worlds	23rd		14th	23rd	19th
JGP Armenia				13th
JGP Austria			15th
JGP Croatia	11th		9th		15th
JGP France		13th			8th
JGP Latvia	15th
JGP Slovenia				12th
Bavarian Open		11th		11th
Christmas Cup				2nd
Four Nationals	5th		1st	2nd	2nd
Halloween Cup			1st
Jégvirág Cup		2nd	1st
Leo Scheu			3rd
Mentor Toruń Cup					8th
NRW Trophy	13th	12th
Open d'Andorra		7th	3rd		3rd
Santa Claus Cup	17th		9th		5th
Volvo Open Cup				10th
National^[11]
Hungarian Champ.	2nd J		1st J	1st J	1st J
Levels: J = Junior

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union.
^ "MOKSZ Életműdíjasok: Berecz Ilona nagyinterjú 2. rész" [MOKSZ Lifetime Awards: Ilona Berecz major interview part 2] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Skating Federation. 22 June 2017.
^ "Danyil Semko". Ice Partner Search. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ Hoffmann Korcsolya Akadémia [@hoffmann.akademia] (31 January 2021). "New year, New partnership!" – via Instagram.
^ "Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union.
^ "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019.
^ "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018.
^ "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.
^ "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO". International Skating Union.
^ ^a ^b "Competition Results: Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO". International Skating Union.

External links[]

[ISU-1920-1] "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2019/2020". International Skating Union.

[HSF170622-2] "MOKSZ Életműdíjasok: Berecz Ilona nagyinterjú 2. rész" [MOKSZ Lifetime Awards: Ilona Berecz major interview part 2] (in Hungarian). Hungarian Skating Federation. 22 June 2017.

[marton-szemko-3] "Danyil Semko". Ice Partner Search. Archived from the original on 15 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[ignateva-szemko-4] Hoffmann Korcsolya Akadémia [@hoffmann.akademia] (31 January 2021). "New year, New partnership!" – via Instagram.

[ISU-2122-5] "Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO: 2021/2022". International Skating Union.

[ISU-1819-6] "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 March 2019.

[ISU-1718-7] "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018.

[ISU-1617-8] "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 June 2017.

[ISU-1516-9] "Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.

[ISU-MIDS-10] "Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO". International Skating Union.

[ISU-VMDS-11] "Competition Results: Villo MARTON / Danyil SEMKO". International Skating Union.

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