Deividas Kizala

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Born (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 28)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Country Lithuania
DisciplineIce dance
Deividas Kizala
Guostė Damulevičiūtė and Deividas Kizala at the 2017 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Born (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 28)
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country Lithuania
DisciplineIce dance
PartnerPaulina Ramanauskaitė (since 2020)
Mira Polishook (2018–19)
Guostė Damulevičiūtė
(2014–18)
CoachKirill Khaliavin
Sara Hurtado
Ksenia Monko
Skating clubStartas, Kaunas
Began skating2001
Medal record
Lithuanian Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Kaunas Singles
Silver medal – second place 2017 Kaunas Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2021 Elektrėnai Ice dance
Silver medal – second place 2022 Kaunas Ice dance
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Riga Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Kaunas Singles

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

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.

Ramanauskaitė/Kizala were entered to compete in the 2025 World Championships. However, less than two weeks before the competition, they withdrew after Kizala fractured his leg while running and was in too much pain to continue training.[3]

Programs

With Ramanauskaitė

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2024–2025
[4]
2023–2024
[5]
2022–2023
[6]
2021–2022
[7]
2020–2021
[8]

With Polishook

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2018–2019
[9]

With Damulevičiūtė

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2017–2018
[10]
  • Rhumba: Historia de un amor
    performed by Ana Gabriel
  • Samba: Happy in Rio (Spiritual South Remix)
    by Max Sedgley
2016–2017
[11]
  • Blues
  • Swing
  • West Side Story
    by Leonard Bernstein
2015–2016
[12]
2014–2015
[13]

Men's singles

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

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Paulina Ramanauskaitė

Competition placements at senior level[14]
Season 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Winter Olympics 23rd
World Championships 26th 31st
European Championships 17th 16th 19th
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 11th
CS Warsaw Cup 19th
Bosphorus Cup 5th
Britannia Cup 4th
Ice Star 4th
NRW Trophy 4th
Trophée Métropole Nice 11th 2nd
Winter University Games 11th

Ice dance with Mira Polishook

Competition placements at junior level[15]
Season 2018–19
World Junior Championships 19th
JGP Czech Republic 12th
JGP Lithuania 12th
Golden Spin of Zagreb 4th
Tallinn Trophy 6th

Ice dance with Guoste Damulevičiūtė

International[16]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Europeans24th
CS Tallinn Trophy11th
Volvo Open9th
International: Junior[16]
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[16]
Lithuanian Champ.1st J1st J2nd

Single skating

International: Junior [17]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13
JGP Estonia16th
JGP Latvia20th
National[17]
Lithuanian Champ.3rd3rd2nd

Detailed results

References

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