Kyrylo Andriyovych Marsak (Ukrainian: Кирило Андрійович Марсак; born 7 September 2004) is a Ukrainian figure skater. He is the 2022 Tallinn Trophy, 2022 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist, and a two-time Ukrainian national champion (2023-24).
| Kyrylo Marsak | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Кирило Марсак |
| Born | 7 September 2004 Kherson, Ukraine |
| Hometown | Kyiv, Ukraine |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  Ukraine |
| Coach | Alina Mayer-Virtanen, Oleksandr Tumanovskyi |
| Skating club | Leader Kyiv |
| Began skating | 2009 |
Personal life edit
Marsak was born in Kherson, Ukraine and grew up in Kyiv.[1] He has a sister that is six years older.[2]
Career edit
Early years edit
Marsak began learning to skate in 2009.[1] In the 2018–19 season, he made his first appearance at the senior-level Ukrainian Championships.[3]
2021–22 season edit
For most of the season, Marsak trained in Kyiv, coached by Dmytro Shkidchenko.[4] On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a massive invasion of Ukraine. At the time, Marsak was 17 and living with his family in Kyiv. He initially remained in Ukraine but "not one day went by where there were no explosions." After three weeks, he fled with his sister to Poland.[2]
In April, Marsak placed thirty-third at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[3]
2022–23 season edit
After spending some time in Latvia,[5] Marsak went to Finland in June 2022 for a training camp led by Alina Mayer-Virtanen.[2] In response to an appeal from the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation, she and her husband, Valtter Virtanen, decided to help Marsak prepare for the season. In August, he began training at the couple's skating club, the Peurunka Skating Academy in Laukaa.[5][6] Shkidchenko remained in Ukraine but continued to guide Marsak via Viber.[2]
In September, Marsak placed ninth at the ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Latvia. He made his senior international debut in October, at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. His first senior international medals, both bronze, came the following month, at the Volvo Open Cup in Latvia and the Tallinn Trophy in Estonia.[3]
In January, Ukraine named Marsak to replace the injured Ivan Shmuratko at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland. He qualified to the final segment in seventeenth place after the short program, where he scored a personal best.[7] Marsak placed twenty-second in the free skate and finished twenty-first overall. The day of the free program, Marsak had learned that his coach, Dmitri Shkidchenko had passed away.[8]
He went on to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, where he finished fifteenth, scoring personal bests in the free skate and combined total segments of the competition.[3]
Marsak made his World Championship debut at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, where he placed twenty-fifth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment of the competition despite delivering a solid program. He closed his season by winning the gold medal at the 2023 Ukrainian Championships.[3]
2023–24 season edit
Marsak began the season with a Junior Grand Prix appearance, coming fourteenth at the 2023 JGP Turkey. He then competed on the Challenger circuit at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he finished fifteenth.[3]
Programs edit
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2024–2025 [9] |
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| 2023–2024 [10] |
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| 2022–2023 [1][2] |
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| 2021–2022 [4] |
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Competitive highlights edit
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
| International[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 |
| Worlds | 25th | |||||
| Europeans | 21st | |||||
| CS Denis Ten Memorial | 11th | |||||
| CS Finlandia | 18th | 15th | ||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 18th | 15th | ||||
| Bavarian Open | 3rd | 11th | ||||
| Tallink Hotels Cup | 4th | |||||
| Tallinn Trophy | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 3rd | |||||
| International: Junior[3] | ||||||
| Junior Worlds | 33rd | 15th | 23rd | |||
| JGP Latvia | 9th | |||||
| JGP Turkey | 14th | |||||
| EYOF | 15th | |||||
| Jegvirag Cup | 3rd | |||||
| Latvia Trophy | 1st | |||||
| Petrenko Cup | 4th | |||||
| Toruń Cup | 17th | |||||
| Volvo Open Cup | 1st | |||||
| National[3][11][12][13] | ||||||
| Ukraine | 8th | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 1st | 1st |
| Ukraine: Junior | 6th | 7th | 4th | 1st | ||
| Ukraine: Youth | 6th | 4th | 3rd | |||
| TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew | ||||||
Detailed results edit
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 191.65 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
| Short program | TSS | 72.31 | 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge |
| TES | 38.82 | 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | |
| PCS | 33.49 | 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | |
| Free skating | TSS | 126.10 | 2023 World Junior Championships |
| TES | 65.56 | 2023 World Junior Championships | |
| PCS | 65.59 | 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge |
Small medals for short and free programs are awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests are highlighted in bold.
| 2023–24 season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| February 26–March 3, 2024 | 2024 World Junior Championships | Junior | 18 64.29 |
22 116.13 |
23 180.42 |
| January 30–February 4, 2024 | 2024 Bavarian Open | Junior | 11 63.79 |
10 123.27 |
11 187.06 |
| January 18–21, 2024 | 2024 Volvo Open Cup | Junior | 3 63.24 |
1 123.71 |
1 186.95 |
| November 21–24, 2023 | 2023 Tallinn Trophy | Senior | 1 68.01 |
3 125.22 |
3 193.23 |
| November 16–19, 2023 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup | Senior | 15 62.79 |
16 121.36 |
15 184.15 |
| November 2–5, 2023 | 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | Senior | 5 72.31 |
13 100.33 |
11 172.64 |
| October 4–8, 2023 | 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy | Senior | 12 67.90 |
16 97.85 |
15 165.75 |
| September 6–8, 2023 | 2023 JGP Turkey | Junior | 21 47.08 |
10 112.91 |
14 159.99 |
| 2022–23 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| April 8–9, 2023 | 2023 Ukrainian Championships | Senior | 1 77.32 |
1 133.14 |
1 210.46 |
| March 22–25, 2023 | 2023 World Championships | Senior | 25 68.60 |
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25 68.60 |
| February 27–March 5, 2023 | 2023 World Junior Championships | Junior | 15 65.55 |
15 126.10 |
15 191.65 |
| January 31–February 5, 2023 | 2023 Bavarian Open | Senior | 3 68.24 |
3 122.65 |
3 190.89 |
| January 23–29, 2023 | 2023 European Championships | Senior | 17 70.41 |
22 111.57 |
21 181.98 |
| December 16–18, 2022 | 2022 Latvia Trophy | Junior | 1 63.81 |
1 121.66 |
1 185.47 |
| November 24–27, 2022 | 2022 Tallinn Trophy | Senior | 1 65.01 |
3 116.06 |
3 181.07 |
| November 17–20, 2022 | 2022 CS Warsaw Cup | Senior | 20 59.36 |
17 120.61 |
18 179.97 |
| November 3–4, 2022 | 2022 Volvo Open | Senior | 3 66.02 |
3 128.03 |
3 194.05 |
| October 5–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | Senior | 16 62.09 |
19 90.07 |
18 152.16 |
| September 7–10, 2022 | 2022 JGP Latvia | Junior | 8 58.94 |
9 115.16 |
9 174.10 |
| 2021–22 season | |||||
| Date | Event | Level | SP | FS | Total |
| April 13–17, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships | Junior | 33 44.71 |
– | 33 44.71 |
| February 11–13, 2022 | 2022 Jégvirág Cup | Junior | 3 50.92 |
3 88.21 |
3 139.13 |
| January 31–February 5, 2022 | 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival | Junior | 10 50.89 |
16 75.57 |
15 126.46 |
| January 25–27, 2022 | 2022 Ukrainian Junior Championships | Junior | 1 65.42 |
1 125.83 |
1 191.25 |
| December 7–8, 2021 | 2022 Ukrainian Championships | Senior | 2 63.20 |
4 118.70 |
3 181.90 |
| October 20–23, 2021 | 2021 Petrenko Cup | Junior | 1 61.93 |
5 88.77 |
4 150.70 |
References edit
- ^ a b c "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d e Slater, Paula (25 August 2022). "Kyrylo Marsak finds 'the force' in Finland". goldenskate.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Competition Results: Kyrylo MARSAK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023.
- ^ a b "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.
- ^ a b Koskiniemi, Emmi (11 August 2022). "Suomessa harjoitteleva ukrainalainen Kyrylo Marsak: "Haluan näyttää parhaani tällä kaudella"". skatingfinland.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 30 September 2022.
- ^ Pusa, Ari (7 October 2022). "Ukrainalainen Kyrylo, 17, tiesi Suomesta vain yhden asian paetessaan sotaa – kertoo nyt, pitikö mielikuva paikkansa" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022.
- ^ http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/ec2023/CAT001RS.htm
- ^ Marsak, Kyrylo. "Dmitri". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ ukrfsf.org.ua (2024-04-14). "Кирило Марсак: у цьому сезоні я отримав важливі уроки". Українська федерація фігурного катання на ковзанах (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
- ^ "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Kirill MARSAK". rinkresults.com.
- ^ "Команда" [Team] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022.
- ^ "Kyrylo Marsak". skateukraine.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023.
- ^ "UKR-Kyrylo MARSAK". Skating Scores.