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Danil or Danylo Siianytsia (Ukrainian: Данило Сіяниця; born September 9, 2000) is a Ukrainian-born pair skater who represents the United States. With his skating partner, Anastasiia Smirnova, he is the 2021 U.S. junior national champion, the 2020 U.S. junior national silver medalist, and finished in the top ten at two World Junior Championships.

Danylo Siianytsia
Personal information
Native name	Данило Сіяниця (Ukrainian)
Alternative names	Danil/Daniil Siyanitsa
Country represented	United States
Former country(ies) represented	Ukraine
Born	(2000-09-09) September 9, 2000 (age 22) Dnipro, Ukraine
Home town	Shakopee, Minnesota
Residence	Shakopee, Minnesota
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Partner	Anastasiia Smirnova
Former partner	Ariana LoPinto Jasmine Wong
Coach	Trudy Oltmanns
Choreographer	Trudy Oltmanns Adam Blake
Former choreographer	Randi Strong Michael Lueck Rohene Ward
Skating club	All Year FSC
Training locations	Shakopee, Minnesota
Former training locations	Sioux Center, Iowa Dnipro, Ukraine
Began skating	2003
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	156.40 2021 JGP Austria
Short program	60.38 2022 Junior Worlds
Free skate	104.85 2021 JGP Austria

Personal life

Siianytsia was born on September 9, 2000 in Dnipro, Ukraine in a Russian-speaking family. He took a gap year between finishing high school and starting college to improve his English via lessons. Siianytsia came to the United States on the invitation of his current coach, Trudy Oltmanns, in 2016 on a P-1 visa and hopes to gain U.S. citizenship.[1]

Siianytsia enjoys weightlifting and baking pecan pie.[2]

Career

Early career

Siianytsia began skating in 2003 in Dnipro. He competed at the national level in Ukraine, but never received an international assignment. After moving to the United States to learn pairs with Oltmanns, he continued in men'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 the 2017 U.S. juvenile national bronze medalist.[4] He skated in 2017–18 with Ariana LoPinto on the intermediate level, but did not qualify to the 2018 U.S. Championships.[5]

Siianytsia teamed up with Anastasiia 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 in Shakopee, Minnesota. In their first season together, they won the novice bronze medal at the 2019 U.S. Championships.

2019–20 season

Smirnova/Siianytsia made their junior international debut at 2019 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 the 2020 U.S. Championships. At the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb in December, Smirnova/Siianytsia earned their first international medal, silver behind Georgia's Butaeva/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 the 2020 World Junior Championships team.[7] Smirnova/Siianytsia finished tenth at the World Junior Championships.[6]

2020–21 season

After the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota caused their training rink to close, Smirnova/Siianytsia temporarily relocated with their coach to her old rink in Sioux Center, Iowa.[8] The Junior Grand Prix, where they would have competed, was also affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and cancelled.

In January, Smirnova/Siianytsia won the junior title at the 2021 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]

2021–22 season

Smirnova/Siianytsia returned to international competition on the Junior Grand Prix. They were fourth overall in Poland despite placing third in each segment, and finished sixth in Austria. They also competed on the senior level for the first time, placing ninth at the Skating Club of Boston's Cranberry Cup.[6] Both skaters contracted COVID-19 in December and withdrew from the 2022 U.S. Junior Championships.[10]

Despite their absence from the national championships, Smirnova/Siianytsia were named to the American team for the 2022 World Junior Championships, which had been originally scheduled to be held in Sofia, but due to the pandemic were moved to Tallinn in mid-April.[11] Due to Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the International 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] 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.[14] 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.[15]

Programs

With Smirnova

Season	Short program	Free skating
2022–2023 [16]	The Sound of Silence by Simon & Garfunkel performed by Disturbed choreo. by Adam Blake	Je suis malade performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Trudy Oltmanns
2021–2022 [17]	Big Spender (from Sweet Charity) performed by Janice Hagan choreo. by Trudy Oltmanns	Je suis malade performed by Lara Fabian choreo. by Trudy Oltmanns
2020–2021 [2]	Dixie Biscuits by Tape Five choreo. by Randi Strong	The Prayer by Andrea Bocelli, Celine Dion choreo. by Trudy Oltmanns
2019–2020 [18]	Kiss of Fire by Ángel Villoldo performed by Hugh Laurie choreo. by Rohene Ward	Gravity by Sara Bareilles choreo. by Trudy Oltmanns, Michael Lueck

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.

For the United States

With Smirnova

International[6]
Event	18–19	19–20	20–21	21–22	22–23
GP Finland					TBD
GP Skate America					WD
CS Finlandia					7th
CS Nebelhorn					WD
Cranberry Cup				9th
International: Junior[6]
Junior Worlds		10th		4th
JGP Austria				6th
JGP Poland				4th
JGP Russia		7th
Golden Spin		2nd
National[6]
U.S. Champ.	3rd N	2nd J	1st J	WD
U.S. Pairs Final		3rd J
Eastern Sect.	2nd N
Championship Series			1st J
ISP Points Chall.			1st J
USCS Massachusetts				1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Men's singles for the United States

National[3]
Event	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19
Eastern Sect.			WD
Pacific Coast Sect.		5th I
New England Reg.			4th N
Southwest Pacific Reg.	WD	2nd I
WD = Withdrew Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

With LoPinto

National[5]
Event	2017–18
Pacific Coast Sect.	5th I
Levels: I = Intermediate

With Wong

National[4]
Event	2016–17
U.S. Champ.	3rd V
Pacific Coast Sect.	2nd V
Levels: V = Juvenile

For Ukraine

Men's singles for Ukraine

National
Event	2014–15
Ukrainian Junior	10th

Detailed results

ISU Personal Best highlighted in bold.

With Smirnova

Senior results

2022–23 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
October 4–9, 2022	2022 CS Finlandia Trophy	7 54.50	7 98.38	7 152.88

Junior results

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

Novice results

2018–19 season
Date	Event	SP	FS	Total
January 18–27, 2019	2019 U.S. Championships	3 44.92	2 84.53	3 129.45
November 13-17, 2018	2019 Eastern Sectionals	3 38.99	2 66.34	2 105.33

References

External links

• Anastasiia SMIRNOVA / Danylo SIIANYTSIA at the International Skating Union
• Anastasiia Smirnova and Danil Siianytsia at U.S. Figure Skating

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