Maksym Spodyriev

Date and place of Birth: 29th December 1993 in Charkov (Ukraine), Polish citizenship since February 2016
Discipline: ice dancing
Coaches: Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka, Anastasie Vykhodtseva
Club: MKS Axel Toruń
Height: 178 cm (5 feet 10.079 inches)

Maksym’s Sport career:
• first steps skating on ice at the age of 5 thanks to Mum who liked skating and took him on an ice ring, Maks loved a tempo and wind in his hair
• till 11 years old – practised solo
• since 11 years old – trained in a ice dancing pair, first with a partner Veroniką Sharapovą and then with Darią Korotitskają, with whom he had serious starts and sport achievements
• since 2014 he dances in a pair with Natalia Kaliszek

His sport partners so far:
• Natalia Kaliszek (from 2014 till now)
• Daria Korotitskaja
• Veronika Sharapova

Sport’s Achievements

In Men’s Single category

• Golden Lynx Competition (2006) – 6th place in Novice Category
• Mini European Tournament – 4th place

In Ice Dancing category

– with Daria Korotitskaja:
• Grand Prix Junior in France, season 2012/2013 – 4th place
• Grand Prix Junior in Slovenia, season 2012/2013 – 5th place
• Grand Prix Junior in Riga, season 2013/2014 – 6th place
• Ukraine Championship, season 2013/2014 – 3rd place

– with Natalia Kaliszek:

season 2014/2015:
• Volvo Open Cup in Riga – 2nd place
• Polish Junior Cup – 1st place
• Polish Senior Cup – 1st place
• Mentor Nestle Toruń Cup 2014 – 3rd place
• World Junior Cup in Tallin – 7th place
• European Senior Cup in Stockholm – 14th place
• World Senior Cup in Shanghai – 24th place

season 2015/2016
• Polish Senior Cup – 1st place
• Open d’Andorra – 2nd place
• Mentor Nestle Nesquik Toruń Cup 2016 – 1st place
• Warsaw Cup – 2nd place
• Nebelhorn Trophy – 7th place
• Mordovian Ornament – 3rd place
• European Cup in Bratislava – 11th place
• World Championships in Boston – 16th place

season 2016/2017:

  • Grand Prix – Cup of China – 5th place
  • Grand Prix – NHK Trophy – 7th place
  • Polish Championships 2016/2017 – 1st place
  • 4 Nationals Championships – 1st place
  • European Championships Ostrava 2017 – 8th place
  • World Figure Skating Championships Helsinki 2017 – 14th place

season 2017/2018

  • Grand Prix – Skate Canada – 9th place
  • Grand Prix – Internationaux De France – 8th place
  • Tallinn Trophy (ISU Challenger) – 1st place
  • Polish Championships 2018 – 1st place
  • 4 Nationals Championships 2018 – 1st place
  • European Championships Moscow 2018 – 10th place
  • PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 – 14th place
  • World Figure Skating Championships Milan 2018 – 17th place

season 2018/2019:

  • Grand Prix – Skate America –  6th place
  • Grand Prix – Rostelecom  –  5th place
  • Polish Championships 2019 – 1st place
  • 4 Nationals Championships 2019 – 1st place
  • European Championships Minsk 2019 – 5th place
  • World Figure Skating Championships Saitama 2019 – 11th place

season 2019/2020:

  • Shanghai Trophy – 3rd place
  • Challenger Series – Ice Star (Minsk) – 2nd place
  • Grand Prix – Internationaux de France – 6th place
  • Grand Prix – Rostelecom Cup – 4th place

Interests outside skating:
• music
• travelling (he dreams about a trip to Hawai)
• he loves a traditional European cuisine and anything sweet – especially pancakes by his Mum and a Napoleon cake mille-feuille