Maksym Spodyriev | |
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Kaliszek and Spodyriev in 2017
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Personal information | |
Native name | Максим Сподирєв |
Country represented | Poland |
Former country(ies) represented | Ukraine (until 2014) |
Born |
Kharkiv, Ukraine |
29 December 1993
Residence | Toruń, Poland |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Partner | Natalia Kaliszek |
Former partner | Daria Korotitskaia, Veronika Sharapova |
Coach | Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka, Anastasia Vykhodtseva |
Former coach | Halyna Churilova, Mariana Kozlova, Yulia Biletska |
Choreographer | Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka |
Former choreographer | Larysa Fedorova |
Skating club | MKS Axel Toruń |
Former skating club | Spartak Kharkiv |
Training locations | Toruń |
Former training locations | Kharkiv |
Began skating | 1998 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 157.15 2017 Worlds |
Short dance | 63.37 2017 Worlds |
Free dance | 93.78 2017 Worlds |
Maksym Spodyriev (Ukrainian: Максим Сподирєв; born 29 December 1993) is a Polish ice dancer. With his skating partner, Natalia Kaliszek, he has won two medals on the ISU Challenger Series and two Polish national titles. They have competed in the final segment at six ISU Championships. Spodyriev skated for Ukraine earlier in his career.
Maksym Spodyriev was born on 29 December 1993 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. He moved to Toruń, Poland in 2014. He was granted Polish citizenship in 2016.
Spodyriev skated with Veronika Sharapova early in his career. In 2011, he teamed up with Russian-born ice dancer Daria Korotitskaia, with whom he competed internationally for Ukraine. Coached by Halyna Churilova and Mariana Kozlova in Kharkiv, they appeared at four ISU Junior Grand Prix events, placing as high as fourth. They parted ways at the end of the 2013–14 season.
In 2014, Spodyriev began competing with Polish ice dancer Natalia Kaliszek for Poland, coached by Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka in Toruń. 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 MNNT Cup.