Danijil Szemko

Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko (Ukrainian: Даниїл Леонідович Семко; born 17 May 2000) is a Ukrainian-Hungarian ice dancer who represents Hungary internationally. With his skating partner, Mariia Ignateva, he is the 2022 Jégvirág Cup champion, the 2021 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, the 2021 Santa Claus Cup silver medalist, and the 2022 Hungarian national champion. With his former skating partner, Villő Marton, he is a three-time Hungarian junior national champion (2018–20) and competed in the final segment at two World Junior Championships (2018, 2020).

Danijil Szemko
Marton/Szemko at the 2018 World Junior Championships
Personal information
Native nameДаниїл Леонідович Семко (Ukrainian)
Full nameDanijil Leonyidovics Szemko
Alternative namesDanyil/Danylo Semko
Country represented Hungary
Former country(ies) represented Ukraine
Born (2000-05-17) 17 May 2000
Odessa, Ukraine
Home townBudapest, Hungary
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
PartnerMariia Ignateva
Former partnerVillő Marton
Yana Bardadym
Vera Gorodetskaia
CoachIrina Zhuk
Alexander Svinin
Nóra Hoffmann
Former coachSvetlana Liapina
Ilona Berecz
Natalia Vorobjova
ChoreographerMaxim Staviski
Former choreographerSvetlana Liapina
Ksenia Monko
Irina Zhuk
Ilona Berecz
Tibor Dalotti
Benoît Richaud
Natalia Vorobjova
Skating clubHoffmann Figure Skating Academy
Former skating clubUTE Budapest
Sportland Budapest
Training locationsMoscow, Russia
Budapest, Hungary
Began skating2006
ISU personal best scores
Combined total150.83
2022 Europeans
Short dance62.12
2022 Worlds
Free dance90.42
2022 Europeans

Personal life

Szemko was born on 17 May 2000 in Odessa, Ukraine. He is a naturalized Hungarian citizen.[1] In 2021, he graduated from the National University of Ukraine on Physical Education and Sport and received the specialty of a coach in figure skating.

Career

Early career

Szemko began skating in 2006. He previously competed with Yana Bardadym and Vera Gorodetskaia for his native Ukraine. Szemko teamed up with Villő Marton to represent Hungary in the 2015–16 season.

2015–2016 season

Marton/Szemko made their international debut on the Junior Grand Prix series, finishing fifteenth in Latvia and eleventh in Croatia. They then finished thirteenth at the NRW Trophy and seventeenth at the Santa Claus Cup. At the 2016 Four National Championships, Marton/Szemko finished fifth overall and won the Hungarian junior silver medal behind Kimberly Wei and Illias Fourati. As a result, they were assigned to the 2016 World Junior Championships, where they finished twenty-third and did not qualify for the free dance.[2]

2016–2017 season

Marton/Szemko opened the season with a thirteenth-place finish at 2016 JGP France. They then finished twelfth at the NRW Trophy and seventh at the Open d'Andorra. An injury prevented the team from competing at Four National Championships and therefore from earning the 2017 World Junior Championships spot.[3] Marton/Szemko recovered to win their first international medal at the 2017 Jégvirág Cup, earning silver behind Ukraine's Popova/Byelikov and ahead of Damulevičiūtė/Kizala of Lithuania. They ended their season with an eleventh-place finish at Bavarian Open.[2]

2017–2018 season

Marton/Szemko began the season with a fifteenth-place finish at JGP Austria and a ninth-place finish at JGP Croatia. They medaled at all but one of the events they competed at before the 2018 World Junior Championships; earning golds at the 2017 Halloween Cup and 2018 Jégvirág Cup, bronzes at the 2017 Leo Scheu Memorial and 2017 Open d'Andorra, and a ninth-place finish at the 2017 Santa Claus Cup.[2]

Marton/Szemko won the 2018 Four National Championships ahead of the Czech Republic's Taschlerová/Taschler and Poland's Borysova/Zawadzki to earn their first junior national title. At the World Junior Championships, they were fifteenth in the short dance and twelfth in the free to finish fourteenth overall.[2]

2018–2019 season

Marton/Szemko started with a twelfth-place finish at JGP Slovenia and a thirteenth-place finish at JGP Armenia. The team finished tenth at Volvo Open Cup and earned silver at the Christmas Cup. Marton/Szemko won silver at the 2019 Four National Championships behind Taschlerová/Taschler, but retained their Hungarian junior national title for a second consecutive season. At the 2019 World Junior Championships, they were twenty-third in the rhythm dance and did not advance to the free dance.[2]

2019–2020 season

Marton/Szemko opened the season with an eighth-place finish at JGP France and a fifteenth-place finish at JGP Croatia. They earned bronze at Open d'Andorra and finished fifth at Santa Claus Cup. Marton/Szemko again won silver behind Taschlerová/Taschler at the 2020 Four National Championships while retaining their Hungarian junior national title. The team then finished eighth at 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup. At the 2020 World Junior Championships, Marton/Szemko were seventeenth in the rhythm dance, but fell to nineteenth in the free dance and remained nineteenth overall.[2]

2020–2021 season

Marton/Szemko split prior to the 2020–21 season.[4] In January 2021, coach Nóra Hoffmann announced Szemko's partnership with Russian Mariia Ignateva to compete for Hungary.[5]

2021–2022 season

Ignateva/Szemko made their international competitive debut at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy where they placed seventeenth. They were then sixth at the Budapest Trophy before winning silver medals at the Volvo Open Cup and the Santa Claus Cup. At the 2022 Four National Championships, Ignateva/Szemko earned the bronze medal behind Poland's Kaliszek/Spodyriev and Taschlerová/Taschler of the Czech Republic, as well as the Hungarian national title. They were assigned to the 2022 European Championships, where they finished eighteenth overall. Ignateva/Szemko competed at the Jégvirág Cup in February and won their first international title together. They finished the season making the World Championship debut, finishing twenty-second.[6]

Programs

With Ignateva

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2021–2022
[7]

With Marton

Season Rhythm dance Free dance
2019–2020
[1]
2018–2019
[8]
Short dance
2017–2018
[9]
2016–2017
[10]
2015–2016
[11]

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Ignateva

International[6]
Event 2021–22
Worlds22nd
Europeans18th
CS Lombardia12th
Budapest Trophy6th
Challenge Cup3rd
Jégvirág Cup1st
Santa Claus Cup2nd
Volvo Open Cup2nd
National[6]
Hungarian Champ.1st
Four Nationals3rd

With Marton

International: Junior[2]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20
Junior Worlds23rd14th23rd19th
JGP Armenia13th
JGP Austria15th
JGP Croatia11th9th15th
JGP France13th8th
JGP Latvia15th
JGP Slovenia12th
Bavarian Open11th11th
Christmas Cup2nd
Four Nationals5th1st2nd2nd
Halloween Cup1st
Jégvirág Cup2nd1st
Leo Scheu3rd
Mentor Toruń Cup8th
NRW Trophy13th12th
Open d'Andorra7th3rd3rd
Santa Claus Cup17th9th5th
Volvo Open Cup10th
National[2]
Hungarian Champ.2nd J1st J1st J1st J
Levels: J = Junior

References

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