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Maksym Spodyriev

Maksym Spodyriev
Natalia Kaliszek and Maksym Spodyriev in 2017.png
Kaliszek and Spodyriev in 2017
Personal information
Native name Максим Сподирєв
Country represented Poland
Former country(ies) represented Ukraine (until 2014)
Born (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 23)
Kharkiv, Ukraine
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.


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