Deividas Kizala (born 12 February 1998) is a Lithuanian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Paulina Ramanauskaitė, he competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
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 Guostė Damulevičiūtė and Deividas Kizala at the 2017 World Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
| Born | 12 February 1998 Kaunas, Lithuania | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
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| Country |  Lithuania | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Ice dance | |||||||||||
| Partner | Paulina Ramanauskaitė (since 2020) Mira Polishook (2018–19) Guostė Damulevičiūtė (2014–18) | |||||||||||
| Coach | Kirill Khaliavin Sara Hurtado Ksenia Monko | |||||||||||
| Skating club | Startas, Kaunas | |||||||||||
| Began skating | 2001 | |||||||||||
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Career
editEarly years
editAs a single skater, Kizala was coached by Loreta Vitkauskienė and competed at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events in 2011.[1]
By 2014, he had teamed up with Guostė Damulevičiūtė to compete in ice dancing. The two debuted their partnership at the Volvo Open Cup in November 2014. They would represent Lithuania at three ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) events and three consecutive World Junior Championships, from 2015 to 2017. They qualified to the free dance at the 2017 World Junior Championships and finished 17th overall. They also made several appearances in the senior ranks, most notably at the 2018 European Championships. They ended their partnership after four seasons together.
In the 2018–19 season, Kizala skated with American ice dancer Mira Polishook, representing Lithuania in the junior ranks. The duo competed at two JGP events and qualified to the final segment at the 2019 World Junior Championships, where they finished 19th. They parted ways after one season as a team.
Partnership with Ramanauskaitė
editIn 2020, Kizala teamed up with Paulina Ramanauskaitė to compete as seniors. The two made their international debut in December 2020, at the Winter Star in Minsk, Belarus.
Although Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius qualified a spot for Lithuania in ice dancing at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Reed's application for Lithuanian citizenship was unsuccessful.[2] Following this decision, Ramanauskaitė/Kizala were nominated to fill the spot and placed 23rd at the Olympics.
Programs
editWith Ramanauskaitė
edit| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2024–2025 [3] |
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| 2023–2024 [4] |
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| 2022–2023 [5] |
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| 2021–2022 [6] |
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| 2020–2021 [7] |
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With Polishook
edit| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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| 2018–2019 [8] |
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With Damulevičiūtė
edit| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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| 2017–2018 [9] |
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| 2016–2017 [10] |
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| 2015–2016 [11] |
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| 2014–2015 [12] |
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Men's singles
edit| Season | Short program | Free skating |
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| 2011–2012 [1] |
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Competitive highlights
edit- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
Ice dance with Paulina Ramanauskaitė
edit| Season | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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| Winter Olympics | 23rd | ||||
| World Championships | 26th | 31st | |||
| European Championships | 17th | 16th | |||
| Lithuanian Championships | 2nd | 2nd | |||
| CS Budapest Trophy | 10th | ||||
| CS Finlandia Trophy | 15th | 8th | |||
| CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 10th | ||||
| CS Lombardia Trophy | 9th | ||||
| CS Nepela Memorial | 14th | ||||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | TBD | ||||
| CS Warsaw Cup | 19th | ||||
| Bosphorus Cup | 5th | ||||
| Britannia Cup | 4th | ||||
| Ice Star | 4th | ||||
| NRW Trophy | 4th | ||||
| Trophée Métropole Nice | 11th | 2nd | |||
| World University Games | 11th |
Ice dance with Mira Polishook
edit| Season | 2018–19 |
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| World Junior Championships | 19th |
| Lithuanian Championships | 1st |
| JGP Czech Republic | 12th |
| JGP Lithuania | 12th |
| Golden Spin of Zagreb | 4th |
| Tallinn Trophy | 6th |
Ice dance with Guoste Damulevičiūtė
edit| International[15] | ||||
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| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 |
| Europeans | 24th | |||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | 11th | |||
| Volvo Open | 9th | |||
| International: Junior[15] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 24th | 22nd | 17th | |
| Youth Olympics | 9th | |||
| JGP Austria | 9th | |||
| JGP Poland | 11th | |||
| JGP Slovakia | 14th | |||
| Bavarian Open | 11th | |||
| Ice Star | 13th | |||
| Jégvirág Cup | 3rd | |||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 4th | 6th | ||
| NRW Trophy | 11th | |||
| Pavel Roman Memorial | 4th | |||
| Tallinn Trophy | 9th | |||
| Volvo Open | 6th | |||
| National[15] | ||||
| Lithuanian Champ. | 1st J | 1st J | 2nd | |
Single skating
edit| International: Junior [16] | ||||
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| Event | 09–10 | 10–11 | 11–12 | 12–13 |
| JGP Estonia | 16th | |||
| JGP Latvia | 20th | |||
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| Lithuanian Champ. | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | |
References
edit- ^ a b "Deividas KIZALA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
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- Suslavičius, Rokas (1 October 2021). "Lithuanian ice dancers may forgo Olympics after president rejects citizenship application". Lithuanian National Radio and Television.
- "Prezidentūra tarė žodį – Allison Reed Lietuvos pilietybės negaus" [The presidency said that Allison Reed would not receive Lithuanian citizenship]. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian). 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024.
- ^ "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023.
- ^ "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022.
- ^ "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021.
- ^ "Mira POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019.
- ^ "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
- ^ "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
- ^ "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
- ^ "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
- ^ "LTU–Paulina Ramanauskaite/Deividas Kizala". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ "LTU–Mira Polishook/Deividas Kizala". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ a b c "Competition Results: Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b "Competition Results: Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deividas Kizala.
- Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA at the International Skating Union
- Mira POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA at the International Skating Union
- Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA at the International Skating Union
- Deividas Kizala at Olympedia
- Deividas Kizala at Olympics.com
- Deividas Kizala at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)
