Kyrylo Marsak
Native nameКирило Марсак
Born (2004-09-07) 7 September 2004
Kherson, Ukraine
HometownKyiv, Ukraine
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country Ukraine
CoachAlina Mayer-Virtanen, Oleksandr Tumanovskyi
Skating clubLeader Kyiv
Began skating2009

Kyrylo Andriyovych Marsak (Ukrainian: Кирило Андрійович Марсак; born 7 September 2004) is a Ukrainian figure skater. He is the 2022 Tallinn Trophy and 2022 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist. In the 2021–22 season, he was the Ukrainian national junior champion and senior bronze medalist.

Personal life

Marsak was born in Kherson, Ukraine and grew up in Kyiv.[1] He has a sister that is six years older.[2]

Career

Early years

Marsak began learning to skate in 2009.[1] In the 2018–19 season, he made his first appearance at the senior-level Ukrainian Championships.[3]

2021–22 season

For most of the season, Marsak trained in Kyiv, coached by Dmytro Shkidchenko.[4] On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a massive invasion of Ukraine. At the time, Marsak was 17 and living with his family in Kyiv. He initially remained in Ukraine but "not one day went by where there were no explosions." After three weeks, he fled with his sister to Poland.[2]

In April, Marsak placed thirty-third at the 2022 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[3]

2022–23 season

After spending some time in Latvia,[5] Marsak went to Finland in June 2022 for a training camp led by Alina Mayer-Virtanen.[2] In response to an appeal from the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation, she and her husband, Valtter Virtanen, decided to help Marsak prepare for the season. In August, he began training at the couple's skating club, the Peurunka Skating Academy in Laukaa.[5][6] Shkidchenko remained in Ukraine but continued to guide Marsak via Viber.[2]

In September, Marsak placed ninth at the ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Latvia. He made his senior international debut in October, at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. His first senior international medals, both bronze, came the following month, at the Volvo Open Cup in Latvia and the Tallinn Trophy in Estonia.[3]

In January, Ukraine named Marsak to replace the injured Ivan Shmuratko at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland. He qualified to the final segment in seventeenth place after the short program, where he scored a personal best.[7] Marsak placed twenty-second in the free skate and finished twenty-first overall. The day of the free program, Marsak had learned that his coach, Dmitri Shkidchenko had passed away.[8]

He went on to compete at the 2023 World Junior Championships in Calgary, Alberta, where he finished fifteenth, scoring personal bests in the free skate and combined total segments of the competition.[3]

Marsak made his World Championship debut at the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, where he placed twenty-fifth in the short program and did not advance to the free skate segment of the competition despite delivering a solid program. He closed his season by winning the gold medal at the 2023 Ukrainian Championships.[3]

2023–24 season

Marsak began the season with a Junior Grand Prix appearance, coming fourteenth at the 2023 JGP Turkey. He then competed on the Challenger circuit at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he finished fifteenth.[3]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[9]
2022–2023
[1][2]
2021–2022
[4]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[3]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Worlds25th
Europeans21st
CS Denis Ten Memorial11th
CS Finlandia18th15th
CS Warsaw Cup18th15th
Bavarian Open3rd
Tallinn Trophy3rd3rd
Volvo Open Cup3rd
International: Junior[3]
Junior Worlds33rd15th
JGP Latvia9th
JGP Turkey14th
EYOF15th
Jegvirag Cup3rd
Latvia Trophy1st
Petrenko Cup4th
Toruń Cup17th
National[3][10][11][12]
Ukraine8th6th5th3rd1st
Ukraine: Junior6th7th4th1st
Ukraine: Youth6th4th3rd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system [13]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS191.652023 World Junior Championships
Short program TSS72.312023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
TES38.822023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
PCS33.492023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Free skating TSS126.102023 World Junior Championships
TES65.562023 World Junior Championships
PCS65.592023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

Small medals for short and free programs are awarded only at ISU Championships. Personal bests are highlighted in bold.

2023–24 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
November 21–24, 2023 2023 Tallinn Trophy Senior 1
68/01		 3
125.22		 3
193.23
November 16–19, 2023 2023 CS Warsaw Cup Senior 15
62.79		 16
121.36		 15
184.15
November 2–5, 2023 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge Senior 5
72.31		 13
100.33		 11
172.64
October 4–8, 2023 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy Senior 12
67.90		 16
97.85		 15
165.75
September 6–8, 2023 2023 JGP Turkey Junior 21
47.08		 10
112.91		 14
159.99
2022–23 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 8–9, 2023 2023 Ukrainian Championships Senior 1
77.32		 1
133.14		 1
210.46
March 22–25, 2023 2023 World Championships Senior 25
68.60
-		 25
68.60
February 27–March 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships Junior 15
65.55		 15
126.10		 15
191.65
January 31–February 5, 2023 2023 Bavarian Open Senior 3
68.24		 3
122.65		 3
190.89
January 23–29, 2023 2023 European Championships Senior 17
70.41		 22
111.57		 21
181.98
December 16–18, 2022 2022 Latvia Trophy Junior 1
63.81		 1
121.66		 1
185.47
November 24–27, 2022 2022 Tallinn Trophy Senior 1
65.01		 3
116.06		 3
181.07
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup Senior 20
59.36		 17
120.61		 18
179.97
November 3–4, 2022 2022 Volvo Open Senior 3
66.02		 3
128.03		 3
194.05
October 5–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy Senior 16
62.09		 19
90.07		 18
152.16
September 7–10, 2022 2022 JGP Latvia Junior 8
58.94		 9
115.16		 9
174.10
2021–22 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships Junior 33
44.71		 – 33
44.71
February 11–13, 2022 2022 Jégvirág Cup Junior 3
50.92		 3
88.21		 3
139.13
January 31–February 5, 2022 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival Junior 10
50.89		 16
75.57		 15
126.46
January 25–27, 2022 2022 Ukrainian Junior Championships Junior 1
65.42		 1
125.83		 1
191.25
December 7–8, 2021 2022 Ukrainian Championships Senior 2
63.20		 4
118.70		 3
181.90
October 20–23, 2021 2021 Petrenko Cup Junior 1
61.93		 5
88.77		 4
150.70

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Slater, Paula (25 August 2022). "Kyrylo Marsak finds 'the force' in Finland". goldenskate.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Competition Results: Kyrylo MARSAK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.
  5. 1 2 Koskiniemi, Emmi (11 August 2022). "Suomessa harjoitteleva ukrainalainen Kyrylo Marsak: "Haluan näyttää parhaani tällä kaudella"". skatingfinland.fi (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 30 September 2022.
  6. ↑ Pusa, Ari (7 October 2022). "Ukrainalainen Kyrylo, 17, tiesi Suomesta vain yhden asian paetessaan sotaa – kertoo nyt, pitikö mielikuva paikkansa" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. Archived from the original on 30 November 2022.
  7. ↑ http://www.isuresults.com/results/season2223/ec2023/CAT001RS.htm
  8. ↑ Marsak, Kyrylo. "Dmitri". Instagram. Instagram. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Kirill MARSAK". rinkresults.com.
  11. ↑ "Команда" [Team] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Kyrylo Marsak". skateukraine.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023.
  13. ↑ "UKR-Kyrylo MARSAK". Skating Scores.
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