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Kyrylo Marsak

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Kyrylo Marsak
Native nameКирило Марсак
Born (2004-09-07) 7 September 2004 (age 20)
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, 2022 Volvo Open Cup bronze medalist, and a two-time Ukrainian national champion (2023-24).

Personal life

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

Career

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Early years

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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

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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

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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

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Marsak began the season with a Junior Grand Prix appearance, coming fourteenth at the 2023 JGP Turkey. He then competed on the Challenger circuit, finishing fifteenth at the 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy, eleventh at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial, and fifteenth at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup.[3][9]

Marsak went on to win bronze at the 2023 Tallinn Trophy and gold on the junior level of the 2024 Volvo Open Cup.[3] At the 2024 Bavarian Open and the 2024 Tallink Cup, Marsak would finish eleventh and fourth at these events.[3][9]

Selected to compete at the 2024 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, Marsak would place twenty-third. He closed his season by winning his second consecutive national title at the 2024 Ukrainian Championships.[3]

Programs

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Season Short program Free skating
2024–2025
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2023–2024
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2022–2023
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2021–2022
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Competitive highlights

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CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International[3]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24 24–25
Worlds 25th
Europeans 21st
CS Denis Ten Memorial 11th 6th
CS Finlandia Trophy 18th 15th
CS Tallinn Trophy 15th
CS Warsaw Cup 18th 15th TBD
Bavarian Open 3rd 11th
Tallink Hotels Cup 4th
Tallinn Trophy 3rd 3rd
Volvo Open Cup 3rd 1st
International: Junior[3]
Junior Worlds 33rd 15th 23rd
JGP Latvia 9th
JGP Turkey 14th
EYOF 15th
Jegvirag Cup 3rd
Latvia Trophy 1st
Petrenko Cup 4th
Toruń Cup 17th
Volvo Open Cup 1st
National[3][13][14][15]
Ukraine 8th 6th 5th 3rd 1st 1st
Ukraine: Junior 6th 7th 4th 1st

Detailed results

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ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System [9]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 209.28 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Short program TSS 72.31 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
TES 38.82 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
PCS 33.49 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
Free skating TSS 146.95 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
TES 77.35 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge
PCS 69.60 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge

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

Senior level

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2024–25 season
Date Event SP FS Total
November 11-17, 2024 2024 CS Tallinn Trophy 14
64.28 		15
120.48 		18
184.76
October 31-November 3, 2024 53rd Volvo Open Cup 1
74.96 		1
146.91 		1
221.87
October 3-5, 2024 2024 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 10
62.33 		5
146.95 		6
209.28
2023–24 season
November 21–24, 2023 2023 Tallinn Trophy 1
68.01 		3
125.22 		3
193.23
November 16–19, 2023 2023 CS Warsaw Cup 15
62.79 		16
121.36 		15
184.15
November 2–5, 2023 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 5
72.31 		13
100.33 		11
172.64
October 4–8, 2023 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 12
67.90 		16
97.85 		15
165.75
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 8–9, 2023 2023 Ukrainian Championships 1
77.32 		1
133.14 		1
210.46
March 22–25, 2023 2023 World Championships 25
68.60
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68.60
January 31–February 5, 2023 2023 Bavarian Open 3
68.24 		3
122.65 		3
190.89
January 23–29, 2023 2023 European Championships 17
70.41 		22
111.57 		21
181.98
November 24–27, 2022 2022 Tallinn Trophy 1
65.01 		3
116.06 		3
181.07
November 17–20, 2022 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 20
59.36 		17
120.61 		18
179.97
November 3–4, 2022 2022 Volvo Open 3
66.02 		3
128.03 		3
194.05
October 5–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 16
62.09 		19
90.07 		18
152.16
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
December 7–8, 2021 2022 Ukrainian Championships 2
63.20 		4
118.70 		3
181.90

Junior level

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2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 26–March 3, 2024 2024 World Junior Championships 18
64.29 		22
116.13 		23
180.42
January 30–February 4, 2024 2024 Bavarian Open 11
63.79 		10
123.27 		11
187.06
January 18–21, 2024 2024 Volvo Open Cup 3
63.24 		1
123.71 		1
186.95
September 6–8, 2023 2023 JGP Turkey 21
47.08 		10
112.91 		14
159.99
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 27–March 5, 2023 2023 World Junior Championships 15
65.55 		15
126.10 		15
191.65
December 16–18, 2022 2022 Latvia Trophy 1
63.81 		1
121.66 		1
185.47
September 7–10, 2022 2022 JGP Latvia 8
58.94 		9
115.16 		9
174.10
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
April 13–17, 2022 2022 World Junior Championships 33
44.71 		– 33
44.71
February 11–13, 2022 2022 Jégvirág Cup 3
50.92 		3
88.21 		3
139.13
January 31–February 5, 2022 2022 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival 10
50.89 		16
75.57 		15
126.46
January 25–27, 2022 2022 Ukrainian Junior Championships 1
65.42 		1
125.83 		1
191.25
October 20–23, 2021 2021 Petrenko Cup 1
61.93 		5
88.77 		4
150.70

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e Slater, Paula (25 August 2022). "Kyrylo Marsak finds 'the force' in Finland". goldenskate.com.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Competition Results: Kyrylo MARSAK". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 4 January 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022.
  5. ^ a b 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. ^ a b c "UKR-Kyrylo MARSAK". Skating Scores.
  10. ^ "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024.
  11. ^ ukrfsf.org.ua (2024-04-14). "Кирило Марсак: у цьому сезоні я отримав важливі уроки". Українська федерація фігурного катання на ковзанах (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  12. ^ "Kyrylo MARSAK: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 13 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Kirill MARSAK". rinkresults.com.
  14. ^ "Команда" [Team] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022.
  15. ^ "Kyrylo Marsak". skateukraine.org. Archived from the original on 23 January 2023.
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