Natalia Kaliszek

Natalia Kaliszek (pronounced [naˈtalja kaˈliʂɛk]; born 17 May 1996) is a Polish ice dancer. With her skating partner, Maksym Spodyriev, she has won medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy, and six Polish national titles. They have represented Poland at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the European and World championships. At the junior level, they placed in the top ten at the 2015 Junior Worlds.

Natalia Kaliszek
Kaliszek and Spodyriev in 2018
Personal information
Country represented Poland
Born (1996-05-17) 17 May 1996
Toruń, Poland
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
PartnerMaksym Spodyriev
Former partnerYaroslav Kurbakov
Michał Kaliszek
CoachSylwia Nowak-Trębacka
Anastasia Vykhodtseva
Former coachDorota Siudek
Mariusz Siudek
G. Dybinska
V. Belousowski
E. Gres
ChoreographerSylwia Nowak-Trębacka
Former choreographerVladimir Czeryszew
Valerie Saurette
Skating clubMKS Axel Toruń
Training locationsToruń
Began skating2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total185.35
2019 Europeans
Short dance74.19
2019 Internationaux de France
Free dance112.48
2019 Europeans

Personal life

Natalia Kaliszek was born on 17 May 1996 in Toruń, Poland.[1] She has two siblings, Michał and Anna, both of whom have competed in figure skating.

Early career

Natalia Kaliszek competed in ladies' singles as a child. In 2007, she teamed up with her brother, Michał Kaliszek, to compete in pair skating. In 2009, they appeared at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events, placing thirteenth and eighteenth.

In 2010, the two switched to ice dancing at the suggestion of Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka.[2] In the 2011–2012 season, the Kaliszeks received two JGP assignments, finishing eleventh at both, and debuted on the senior level at the Pavel Roman Memorial, where they placed fifth. They were sent to the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus but were eliminated after the preliminary round. They trained in Toruń[3] and ended their partnership after the 2012–2013 season.[4]

In 2013, Kaliszek teamed up with Russian ice dancer Yaroslav Kurbakov. The two were coached by Nowak-Trębacka and represented Poland. They placed ninth and thirteenth at their JGP assignments and second at the Polish Junior Championships. They parted ways at the end of the season.

Partnership with Spodyriev

2014–2015 season

In 2014, Kaliszek began competing with Ukrainian ice dancer Maksym Spodyriev for Poland, coached by Nowak-Trębacka in Toruń.[5] 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 Toruń Cup.

Kaliszek/Spodyriev were selected to represent Poland at the European Championships, held in late January 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden. Ranked fifteenth in the short dance, they qualified to the free dance, where they placed fourteenth and rose to fourteenth overall. In early March, they made their second and final appearance on the junior level, competing at the World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia; they placed tenth in the short dance, sixth in the free dance, and seventh overall. Later in March, they traveled to Shanghai, China for the World Championships, but were eliminated after placing twenty-fourth in the short dance.

2015–2016 season

Kaliszek/Spodyriev competed in three 2015–16 Challenger Series competitions. After placing seventh at the Nebelhorn Trophy, they won bronze at the Mordovian Ornament and silver at the Warsaw Cup. They finished third in the Challenger Series ranking.[6]

Kaliszek with Spodyriev in the free dance at the 2016 European Championships

Kaliszek/Spodyriev placed eleventh at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, having ranked eleventh in both segments. At the 2016 World Championships in Boston, they placed fourteenth in the short dance, sixteenth in the free dance, and sixteenth overall. At the end of May 2016, it was announced that the International Skating Union had chosen the foxtrot portion of their short dance to become a pattern dance.[7]

2016–2017 season

Starting their season on the Challenger Series, Kaliszek/Spodyriev placed fourth at the 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial and fifth at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy, in early October. During training in early November, they had a fall, related to poor rink conditions in Toruń, that resulted in her blade cutting two of his fingers.[8] Later in the same month, they debuted on the Grand Prix series, having received invitations to two events.[9] The duo finished fifth at the 2016 Cup of China and seventh at the 2016 NHK Trophy.

In January 2017, Kaliszek/Spodyriev finished 8th at the European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic. In March, they placed fifteenth in the short, thirteenth in the free, and fourteenth overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Due to their result, Poland qualified a spot in the ice dancing event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

2017–2018 season

Kaliszek/Spodyriev began the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, the first of two Challenger events the team would take on that year. On the Grand Prix, they placed ninth at Skate Canada and eighth at the Internationaux de France. Following the end of the Grand Prix, they won gold at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy, followed by a bronze medal at the Santa Claus Cup. They repeated as champions at the Polish Figure Skating Championships for the fourth consecutive time, and were named to Poland's Olympic team, as well as to the European and World championships.

Competing at the 2018 European Championships, Kaliszek/Spodyriev placed tenth. Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics ice dance event, they placed fourteenth in the short dance. Kaliszek/Spodyriev were one of three teams in the competition whose rhumba pattern dance made use of the song "Despacito", along with South Koreans Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin and the Chinese team of Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu. The effect of the song's ubiquity was heightened further because Kaliszek/Spodyriev and the Min/Gamelin skated consecutively, and attracted comment on social and entertainment media.[10][11] The duo qualified for the free dance, where they placed fifteenth, and fourteenth overall. They concluded the season at the 2018 World Championships in Milan, Italy, where they placed seventeenth.

2018–2019 season

The 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy marked Kaliszek/Spodyriev's first event of the new season, placing eighth. On the Grand Prix, they placed sixth at Skate America and fifth at the Rostelecom Cup. Following the Grand Prix, they competed at the 2018 Warsaw Cup, winning the silver medal behind Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro. They went on to compete in two more Challenger events, winning the bronze medal at the Tallinn Trophy and a silver at Golden Spin. In December, Kaliszek/Spodyriev won their fifth national title.

Competing in the rhythm dance at the 2019 European Championships, they placed fourth, and were the only team to receive a perfect score on the Tango Romantica pattern dance.[12] They placed fifth in the free dance, and fifth overall.[13] They placed eleventh at the 2019 World Championships.[14]

2019–2020 season

The pattern dance based on Kaliszek and Spodyriev's 2015–16 "Tea for Two" short dance, formally known as the Tea Time Foxtrot, was adopted for use in the junior international competitive season. Kaliszek and Spodyriev spent much of the preseason teaching the dance at seminars for junior dance teams.[15][16]

Beginning the season at the 2019 Shanghai Trophy, they won the bronze medal there, before winning silver at the 2019 CS Ice Star.[14] On the Grand Prix, they placed sixth at the 2019 Internationaux de France.[17] At the 2019 Rostelecom Cup, they placed fourth in the rhythm dance despite a serious error on the Finnstep pattern dance, exiting hold midway through.[18] They remained in fourth place overall following the free dance.[19]

Polish champions again, Kaliszek/Spodyriev finished the season at the 2020 European Championships, where they placed ninth.[20] They had been assigned to compete at the World Championships in Montreal, but these were cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[21]

Programs

With Spodyriev

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2019–2021
[22]
2018–2019
[23]
  • Tango: Passion for Tango
  • Bout Time
    by Crystalize
  • I Feel Like I'm Drowning
    by Two Feet
  • Bout Time
    by Crystalize
2017–2018
[24]
2016–2017
[1]
  • Blues: Back to the Dirty Town
    by Blues Mystery
  • Hip hop: Sax
    by Fleur East

2015–2016
[25]
  • Waltz: Rain Waltz
    by Frederic Chopin
  • Foxtrot: Tea For Two
  • Crystallize
2014–2015
[5]

With Kurbakov

Season Short dance Free dance
2013–2014
[26]

With Michał Kaliszek

Season Short dance Free dance
2011–2012
[3]
Short program Free skating
2009–2010
[27]
    2008–2009

      Competitive highlights

      GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

      With Spodyriev

      International[28]
      Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20-21
      Olympics14th
      Worlds24th16th14th17th11thC
      Europeans14th11th8th10th5th9th
      GP Cup of China5th
      GP France8th6th
      GP NHK Trophy7th
      GP Rostelecom Cup5th4th
      GP Skate America6th
      GP Skate Canada9th
      CS Finlandia5th10th
      CS Golden Spin2nd
      CS Ice Star2nd
      CS Mordovian3rd
      CS Nebelhorn7th8th
      CS Nepela4th
      CS Tallinn Trophy1st3rd
      CS Warsaw Cup6th2ndWD
      Bosphorus Cup1st
      Open d'Andorra2nd
      Santa Claus Cup1st3rd
      Shanghai Trophy3rd
      Toruń Cup3rd1st1st1st2nd1st
      Warsaw Cup2nd
      International: Junior[28]
      Junior Worlds7th
      Volvo Open Cup2nd J
      National[28]
      Polish Champ.1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
      J = Junior level; TBD = Assigned; C = Event cancelled

      With Kurbakov

      International[29]
      Event 2013–14
      JGP Czech Republic13th
      JGP Poland9th
      Ice Star3rd J
      Santa Claus Cup3rd J
      Toruń Cup2nd J
      National[29]
      Polish Championships2nd J
      J = Junior level

      Ice dancing

      International[4]
      Event 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13
      NRW Trophy12th
      Pavel Roman Memorial5th
      Toruń Cup4th
      International: Junior[4]
      World Junior Champ.28th
      JGP Estonia11th
      JGP Poland11th
      National[4]
      Polish Champ.2nd J2nd3rd
      J = Junior level

      Pair skating

      International[4][30]
      Event 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
      JGP Germany18th
      JGP Poland13th
      Ice Challenge4th J
      Nebelhorn Trophy1st N
      NRW Trophy3rd N
      Toruń Cup1st N3rd J2nd J
      Warsaw Cup3rd N3rd J
      National or regional[4]
      Polish Champ.4th
      Polish Junior Champ.1st N*1st3rd
      Polish Youth Olympics1st J
      Mazovia Cup1st N1st J2nd J
      International Czech Champ.2nd J
      Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice
      * Competed unofficially.

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