Danil Siianytsia
| Danil Siianytsia | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Native name | Данило Сіяниця (Ukrainian) |
| Alternative names | Daniil/Danylo Siyanitsa |
| Country represented |  United States |
| Former country(ies) represented |  Ukraine |
| Born | September 9, 2000 Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Home town | Shakopee, Minnesota |
| Residence | Shakopee, Minnesota |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Partner | Anastasiia Smirnova |
| Former partner | Ariana LoPinto Jasmine Wong |
| Coach | Trudy Oltmanns |
| Choreographer | Randi Strong Trudy Oltmanns |
| Former choreographer | Michael Lueck Rohene Ward |
| Skating club | All Year FSC |
| Training locations | Shakopee, Minnesota |
| Former training locations | Sioux Center, Iowa Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Began skating | 2003 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 145.05 2020 Junior Worlds |
| Short program | 51.19 2020 Junior Worlds |
| Free skate | 93.86 2020 Junior Worlds |
Danil Siianytsia (Ukrainian: Данило Сіяниця; born September 9, 2000) is a Ukrainian-born pair skater who represents the United States. With his skating partner, Anastasiia Smirnova, he is the 2021 U.S. junior national champion, the 2020 U.S. junior national silver medalist, and finished in the top ten at the 2020 World Junior Championships.
Personal life[]
Siianytsia was born on September 9, 2000 in Dnipro, Ukraine in a Russian-speaking family. He took a gap year between finishing high school and starting college to improve his English via lessons. Siianytsia came to the United States on the invitation of his current coach, Trudy Oltmanns, in 2016 on a P-1 visa and hopes to gain U.S. citizenship.[1]
Siianytsia enjoys weightlifting and baking pecan pie.[2]
Career[]
Early career[]
Siianytsia began skating in 2003 in Dnipro. He competed at the national level in Ukraine, but never received an international assignment. After moving to the United States to learn pairs with Oltmanns, he continued in men's singles for several seasons, before expressing an interest in competing only in pairs.[3][1] On switching nationalities, Siianytsia said: "I love representing the United States. I never got a chance to compete for Ukraine. But going out under Team USA has been pretty awesome."[1]
Siianytsia's first pairs partner was Jasmine Wong, with whom he won the 2017 U.S. juvenile national bronze medalist.[4] He skated in 2017–18 with Ariana LoPinto on the intermediate level, but did not qualify to the 2018 U.S. Championships.[5]
Siianytsia teamed up with Anastasiia Smirnova in mid-2018 after he found her profile on IcePartnerSearch and asked Oltmanns to arrange a tryout.[1] She moved from Ukraine to train with Siianytsia under Oltmanns in Shakopee, Minnesota. In their first season together, they won the novice bronze medal at the 2019 U.S. Championships.
2019–20 season[]
Smirnova/Siianytsia made their junior international debut at 2019 JGP Russia, where they finished seventh overall. They then competed at the 2019–20 U.S. Pairs Final and won the bronze medal, qualifying them to the 2020 U.S. Championships. At the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb in December, Smirnova/Siianytsia earned their first international medal, silver behind Georgia's Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava.
At the 2020 U.S. Championships, Smirnova/Siianytsia were third in the short program, but won the free skate to earn the silver medal behind Kate Finster / Balazs Nagy. As a result, they were named to the 2020 World Junior Championships team, alongside Finster/Nagy and Winter Deardorff / Mikhail Johnson.[6] Smirnova/Siianytsia finished tenth at the World Junior Championships.
2020–21 season[]
After the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota caused their training rink to close, Smirnova/Siianytsia temporarily relocated with their coach to her old rink in Sioux Center, Iowa.[7] The Junior Grand Prix, where they would have competed, was also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled.
In January, Smirnova/Siianytsia won the junior title at the 2021 U.S. Championships by over 20 points ahead of Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard and Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez, despite Smirnova suffering a high ankle sprain on her right leg in practice the day before competition began.[8] Siianytsia reflected that they were "pretty excited" about the win and "hopefully it won't be our last one."[8]
Programs[]
With Smirnova[]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–2022 |
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| 2020–2021 [2] |
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| 2019–2020 [9] |
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Competitive highlights[]
JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.
- For the United States
With Smirnova[]
| International[10] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 |
| Cranberry Cup | 9th | |||
| International: Junior[10] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 10th | |||
| JGP Austria | 6th | |||
| JGP Poland | 4th | |||
| JGP Russia | 7th | |||
| Golden Spin | 2nd | |||
| National[10] | ||||
| U.S. Champ. | 3rd N | 2nd J | 1st J | WD |
| U.S. Pairs Final | 3rd J | |||
| Eastern Sect. | 2nd N | |||
| ISP Points Chall. | 1st J | |||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | ||||
Men's singles for the United States[]
| National[3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | |
| Eastern Sect. | WD | ||
| Pacific Coast Sect. | 5th I | ||
| New England Reg. | 4th N | ||
| Southwest Pacific Reg. | 2nd I | ||
| WD = Withdrew Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior | |||
With LoPinto[]
| National[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2017–18 | ||
| Pacific Coast Sect. | 5th I | ||
| Levels: I = Intermediate | |||
With Wong[]
| National[4] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2016–17 | ||
| U.S. Champ. | 3rd V | ||
| Pacific Coast Sect. | 2nd V | ||
| Levels: V = Juvenile | |||
- For Ukraine
Men's singles for Ukraine[]
| National | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 2014–15 | ||
| Ukrainian Junior | 10th | ||
Detailed results[]
ISU Personal Best highlighted in bold.
- With Smirnova
Junior results[]
| 2020–21 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 11–21, 2021 | 2021 U.S. Championships | 1 59.07 |
1 110.78 |
1 169.85 | |
| 2019–20 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
| March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 11 51.19 |
10 93.86 |
10 145.05 | |
| January 20–26, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Championships | 3 54.56 |
1 108.48 |
2 163.04 | |
| December 4–7, 2019 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 1 52.17 |
3 80.53 |
2 132.70 | |
| November 12–16, 2019 | 2019–20 U.S. Pairs Final | 3 47.81 |
3 87.79 |
3 135.60 | |
| September 11–14, 2019 | 2019 JGP Russia | 7 45.69 |
7 81.20 |
7 126.89 | |
Novice results[]
| 2018–19 season | |||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 18–27, 2019 | 2019 U.S. Championships | 3 44.92 |
2 84.53 |
3 129.45 | |
| November 13-17, 2018 | 2019 Eastern Sectionals | 3 38.99 |
2 66.34 |
2 105.33 | |
References[]
- ^ a b c d Cloutier, Claire (January 17, 2020). "Smirnova and Siianytsia's Skating Journey: From Ukraine to the United States". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating.
- ^ a b "Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia". U.S. Figure Skating.
- ^ a b "Danil Siianytsia". Stats on Ice.
- ^ a b "Jasmine Wong & Danylo Siianytsia". Stats on Ice.
- ^ a b "Ariana LoPinto & Danylo Siianytsia". Stats on Ice.
- ^ "Skating to Worlds". City of Shakopee. March 16, 2020.
- ^ Sandbulte, Eric (December 10, 2020). "All Seasons Center hosts champions". Sioux Center News.
- ^ a b Penny, Brandon (January 21, 2020). "Junior Champions Crowned as the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships Conclude". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. U.S. Figure Skating.
- ^ "Anastasiia SMIRNOVA / Danylo SIIANYTSIA: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 2, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Anastasiia SMIRNOVA / Danylo SIIANYTSIA". International Skating Union.
External links[]
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Ukrainian male pair skaters
- Sportspeople from Dnipro
- Ukrainian emigrants to the United States