Deividas Kizala

Deividas Kizala (born 12 February 1998) is a Lithuanian ice dancer. With his skating partner, Paulina Ramanauskaitė, he competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Deividas Kizala
Guostė Damulevičiūtė and Deividas Kizala at 2017 World Junior Championships
Born (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998
Kaunas, Lithuania
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Lithuania
PartnerPaulina Ramanauskaitė
CoachSara Hurtado, Kirill Khaliavin
Skating clubBaltų Ainiai
Began skating2014

Career

Early years

As 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

In 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

With Ramanauskaitė
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2022–2023
[3]
2021–2022
[4]
2020–2021
[5]

With Polishook
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2018–2019
[6]

With Damulevičiūtė
Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2017–2018
[7]
  • Rhumba: Historia de un amor
    performed by Ana Gabriel
  • Samba: Happy in Rio (Spiritual South Remix)
    by Max Sedgley
2016–2017
[8]
  • Blues
  • Swing
  • West Side Story
    by Leonard Bernstein
2015–2016
[9]
2014–2015
[10]

Men's singles
Season Short program Free skating
2011–2012
[1]
  • Soviet movie
    by Eduard Artemev

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Ice dance with Ramanauskaitė
International[11]
Event 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
Olympics23rd
Worlds26th
Europeans17th
CS Finlandia15th8th
CS LombardiaWD9th
CS Nepela Memorial14th
CS Warsaw Cup19thWD
Britannia Cup4th
NRW Trophy4th
Trophée Nice11th2nd
Winter Star4th
University Games11th
National[11]
Lithuanian Champ.2nd2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled

Ice dance with Polishook
International: Junior[12]
Event 18–19
Junior Worlds19th
JGP Czech Republic12th
JGP Lithuania12th
Golden Spin of Zagreb4th
Tallinn Trophy6th
National[12]
Lithuanian Champ.1st J

Ice dance with Damulevičiūtė
International[13]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Europeans24th
CS Tallinn Trophy11th
Volvo Open9th
International: Junior[13]
Junior Worlds24th22nd17th
Youth Olympics9th
JGP Austria9th
JGP Poland11th
JGP Slovakia14th
Bavarian Open11th
Ice Star13th
Jégvirág Cup3rd
Mentor Toruń Cup4th6th
NRW Trophy11th
Pavel Roman Memorial4th
Tallinn Trophy9th
Volvo Open6th
National[13]
Lithuanian Champ.1st J1st J2nd

Men's singles
International: Junior [14]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13
JGP Estonia16th
JGP Latvia20th
International: Advanced novice [15]
NRW Trophy5th10th
National[14]
Lithuanian Champ.3rd3rd2nd

References
  1. "Deividas KIZALA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
  3. "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023.
  4. "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022.
  5. "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021.
  6. "Mira POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019.
  7. "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  8. "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
  9. "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
  10. "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
  11. "Competition Results: Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
  12. "Competition Results: Mira POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
  13. "Competition Results: Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
  14. "Competition Results: Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
  15. "LTU - Deividas KIZALA". Skatingscores.
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