| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Данило Сіяниця |
| Born | (2000-09-09)September 9, 2000 (age 25) Dnipro, Ukraine |
| Home town | Shakopee, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country |  United States |
| Partner | Meghan Fredette |
| Coach | Trudy Oltmanns |
| Skating club | All Year FSC |
| Began skating | 2003 |
Danylo Siianytsia[a] (born September 9, 2000) is aUkrainian-bornpair skater who represents theUnited States. With his former skating partner,Anastasiia Smirnova, he is the2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion. They are also the2021 U.S. junior national champions and finished in the top ten at twoWorld Junior Championships.
Siianytsia was born on September 9, 2000, inDnipro,Ukraine in the Ukrainian family. He took a gap year between finishing high school and starting college to improve hisEnglish via lessons. Siianytsia came to theUnited States on the invitation of his coach, Trudy Oltmanns, in 2016 on aP-1 visa and hopes to gainU.S. citizenship.[1]
Siianytsia enjoys weightlifting and baking pecan pie.[2]
Siianytsia began skating in 2003 in Dnipro. He competed at thenational level in Ukraine but never received an international assignment. After moving to the United States to learnpairs with Oltmanns, he continued inmen's singles for several seasons before expressing an interest in competing only in pairs.[3][1] On switching nationalities, Siianytsia said: "I love representing the United States. I never got a chance to compete for Ukraine. But going out under Team USA has been pretty awesome."[1]
Siianytsia's first pairs partner was Jasmine Wong, with whom he won the2017 U.S. juvenile national bronze medalist.[4] He skated in2017–18 with Ariana LoPinto on the intermediate level but did not qualify to the2018 U.S. Championships.[5]
Siianytsia teamed up withAnastasiia Smirnova in mid-2018 after he found her profile on IcePartnerSearch and asked Oltmanns to arrange a tryout.[1] She moved from Ukraine to train with Siianytsia under Oltmanns inShakopee, Minnesota. They won the novice bronze medal in their first season together at the2019 U.S. Championships.
Smirnova/Siianytsia made their junior international debut at2019 JGP Russia, where they finished seventh overall. They then competed at the 2019–20 U.S. Pairs Final and won the bronze medal, qualifying them to the2020 U.S. Championships. At the 2019Golden Spin of Zagreb in December, Smirnova/Siianytsia earned their first international medal, silver behind Georgia'sButaeva/Berulava.[6]
At the 2020 U.S. Championships, Smirnova/Siianytsia were third in the short program but won the free skate to earn the silver medal behind Finster/Nagy. As a result, they were named to the2020 World Junior Championships team.[7] Smirnova/Siianytsia finished tenth at the World Junior Championships.[6]
After theCOVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota caused their training rink to close, Smirnova/Siianytsia temporarily relocated with their coach to her old rink inSioux Center, Iowa.[8] TheJunior Grand Prix, where they would have competed, was also affected by theCOVID-19 pandemic and canceled.
In January, Smirnova/Siianytsia won the junior title at the2021 U.S. Championships by over 20 points ahead of silver medalists Martins/Bedard, despite Smirnova suffering a high ankle sprain on her right leg in practice the day before competition began.[9] Siianytsia reflected that they were "pretty excited" about the win and "hopefully, it won't be our last one."[9]
Smirnova/Siianytsia returned to international competition on theJunior Grand Prix. They were fourth overall inPoland despite placing third in each segment and finished sixth inAustria. They also competed on the senior level for the first time, placing ninth at theSkating Club of Boston'sCranberry Cup.[6] Both skaters contractedCOVID-19 in December and withdrew from the2022 U.S. Junior Championships.[10]
Despite their absence from the national championships, Smirnova/Siianytsia were named to the American team for the2022 World Junior Championships, which had been originally scheduled to be held inSofia, but due to the pandemic were moved toTallinn in mid-April.[11] Due toVladimir Putin'sinvasion of Ukraine, theInternational Skating Union banned all Russian athletes from competing at the event.[12] This had a significant impact on the pairs field, long dominated by Russia.[13] The invasion of their native country was a difficult experience for both, with both having family members still living there, some of whom evacuated to Poland. Siianytsia called it "terrifying for our family."[14] Smirnova/Siianytsia placed third in the short program, winning a bronze small medal, their only error being Smirnova underrotating and stepping out of her double Axel.[15] However, the free program proved to be difficult, with Siianytsia falling on both jumps, Smirnova falling on their second throw jump, and then their second lift aborted. They dropped to fourth place overall.[16]
Moving to the international senior level full-time, Smirnova/Siianytsia made theirChallenger debut at the2022 CS Finlandia Trophy, where they finished in seventh place.[17] Given twoGrand Prix assignments, they were scheduled to make their debut at the2022 Skate America but had to withdraw after Siianytsia suffered a groin injury. Despite this, they were able to attend their second event, the2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, five weeks later. They finished second in the short program.[18] However, they dropped to fourth place after the free skate.[19]
Prior to the2023 U.S. Championships, Smirmova sustained an injury that forced the pair to withdraw from the competition.[20]
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2023–2024 [21] | |||
| 2022–2023 [22] |
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| 2021–2022 [23] |
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| 2020–2021 [2] |
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| 2019–2020 [24] |
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GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.
| International[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 |
| GPFinland | 4th | |||
| CSFinlandia | 7th | |||
| CSGolden Spin | 1st | |||
| Cranberry Cup | 9th | |||
| International: Junior[6] | ||||
| Junior Worlds | 10th | 4th | ||
| JGPAustria | 6th | |||
| JGPPoland | 4th | |||
| JGPRussia | 7th | |||
| Golden Spin | 2nd | |||
| National[6] | ||||
| U.S. Champ. | 2nd J | 1st J | WD | WD |
| National | |
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| Event | 2014–15 |
| Ukrainian Junior Championships | 10th |
ISU Personal Best highlighted inbold.
| 2022–23 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 7–10, 2022 | 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 2 62.44 | 1 116.82 | 1 179.26 |
| November 25–27, 2022 | 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo | 2 63.01 | 4 102.11 | 4 165.12 |
| October 4–9, 2022 | 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy | 7 54.50 | 7 98.38 | 7 152.88 |
| 2021–22 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 13–17, 2022 | 2022 World Junior Championships | 3 60.38 | 5 88.15 | 4 148.53 |
| October 6–9, 2021 | 2021 JGP Austria | 7 51.55 | 6 104.85 | 6 156.40 |
| Sept. 29 – Oct. 2, 2021 | 2021 JGP Poland | 3 55.07 | 3 98.56 | 4 153.63 |
| 2020–21 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| January 11–21, 2021 | 2021 U.S. Championships | 1 59.07 | 1 110.78 | 1 169.85 |
| 2019–20 season | ||||
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| March 2–8, 2020 | 2020 World Junior Championships | 11 51.19 | 10 93.86 | 10 145.05 |
| January 20–26, 2020 | 2020 U.S. Championships | 3 54.56 | 1 108.48 | 2 163.04 |
| December 4–7, 2019 | 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb | 1 52.17 | 3 80.53 | 2 132.70 |
| November 12–16, 2019 | 2019–20 U.S. Pairs Final | 3 47.81 | 3 87.79 | 3 135.60 |
| September 11–14, 2019 | 2019 JGP Russia | 7 45.69 | 7 81.20 | 7 126.89 |
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