Danil Siianytsia

Danil Siianytsia (Ukrainian: Данило Сіяниця; born September 9, 2000) is a Ukrainian-American pair skater. 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.

Danil Siianytsia
Personal information
Native nameДанило Сіяниця  (Ukrainian)
Alternative namesDaniil/Danylo
Siyanitsa
Country represented United States
Born (2000-09-09) September 9, 2000
Dnipro, Ukraine
Home townShakopee, Minnesota
ResidenceShakopee, Minnesota
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
PartnerAnastasiia Smirnova
Former partnerAriana LoPinto
Jasmine Wong
CoachTrudy Oltmanns
ChoreographerRandi Strong
Trudy Oltmanns
Former choreographerMichael Lueck
Rohene Ward
Skating clubAll Year FSC
Training locationsShakopee, Minnesota
Former training locationsSioux Center, Iowa
Dnipro, Ukraine
Began skating2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total145.05
2020 Junior Worlds
Short program51.19
2020 Junior Worlds
Free skate93.86
2020 Junior Worlds

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
2020–2021
[2]
  • Dixie Biscuits
    by Tape Five
    choreo. by Randi Strong
2019–2020
[9]

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: Junior[10]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds10th
JGP Russia7th
Golden Spin2nd
National[10]
U.S. Champ.3rd N2nd J1st J
U.S. Pairs Final3rd 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 Junior10th

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

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