Deividas Kizala

Deividas Kizala
Guostė Damulevičiūtė and Deividas Kizala at the 2017 World Junior Championships
Born	(1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 (age 26) Kaunas, Lithuania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Lithuania
Discipline	Ice dance
Partner	Paulina Ramanauskaitė (since 2020) Mira Polishook (2018–19) Guostė Damulevičiūtė (2014–18)
Coach	Kirill Khaliavin Sara Hurtado Ksenia Monko
Skating club	Startas, Kaunas
Began skating	2001
Medal record
Lithuanian Championships 2018 Kaunas Ice dance 2021 Kaunas Ice dance 2022 Kaunas Ice dance

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

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	Exhibition
2024–2025 [3]	These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Money (That's What I Want) by The Supremes choreo. by Kirill Khaliavin, Sara Hurtado, Oscar Munoz	Heaven Knows by Chase & Status ft. Elli Ingram choreo. by Kirill Khaliavin, Sara Hurtado, Oscar Munoz
2023–2024 [4]	I Love Rock 'n' Roll Crimson and Clover by Joan Jett and the Blackhearts Call Me by Blondie choreo. by Kirill Khaliavin, Sara Hurtado	En Contra by MLNGA CLUB Duo de amor by Astor Piazzolla	Highway to Hell by AC/DC Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore Demon Fire by AC/DC
2022–2023 [5]	Samba: La Vida Es Un Carnaval performed by Celia Cruz Rhumba: Sway by Pérez Prado, Rosemary Clooney Samba: Magalenha by Sérgio Mendes	Highway to Hell by AC/DC Still Got the Blues by Gary Moore Demon Fire by AC/DC
2021–2022 [6]	Blues: Russian Roulette by Rihanna Hip Hop: Hard by Rihanna	Lighthouse by Patrick Watson Hoodoo by Muse
2020–2021 [7]	Top Hat Overture Puttin' On the Ritz Let's Face the Music and Dance	Raudoni Vakarai by Ieva Narkutė Dark Creatures by Cœur de pirate

With Polishook

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2018–2019 [8]	Foxtrot: The Pink Panther Theme by Henry Mancini Tango: Pantera Tanguera by Cuarteto Almagro Foxtrot	Street. Horse. Smell. Candle (from Penny Dreadful) by Abel Korzeniowski Pilgrims On a Long Journey by Cœur de pirate Metal Gleamed in the Twilight by Cœur de pirate

With Damulevičiūtė

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2017–2018 [9]	Rhumba: Historia de un amor performed by Ana Gabriel Samba: Happy in Rio (Spiritual South Remix) by Max Sedgley	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein Prologue Gym Mambo Maria America
2016–2017 [10]	Blues Swing	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
2015–2016 [11]	March: Persian March by Johann Strauss II Waltz: Libiamo ne' lieti calici (from La traviata) by Giuseppe Verdi	Alice in Wonderland by Danny Elfman
2014–2015 [12]	Samba: Suave (Kiss Me) by Nayer, Mohombi, Pitbull Rhumba: Paxi Ni Ngongo by Bonga Samba: La La La by Shakira, Carlinhos Brown	Happy by Pharrell Williams She's Like the Wind by Swaytrick Shout by The Isley Brothers

Men's singles

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–2012 [1]	Soviet movie by Eduard Artemev	Chess by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus

Competitive highlights

• JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
• CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series

Ice dance with Paulina Ramanauskaitė

Competition placements at senior level ^[13]

Season	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25
Winter Olympics		23rd
World Championships			26th	31st
European Championships			17th	16th
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
World University Games			11th

Ice dance with Mira Polishook

Competition placements at junior level ^[14]

Season	2018–19
World Junior Championships	19th
Lithuanian Championships	1st
JGP Czech Republic	12th
JGP Lithuania	12th
Golden Spin of Zagreb	4th
Tallinn Trophy	6th

Ice dance with Guoste Damulevičiūtė

International[15]
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
Europeans				24th
CS Tallinn Trophy				11th
Volvo Open				9th
International: Junior[15]
Junior Worlds	24th	22nd	17th
Youth Olympics		9th
JGP Austria		9th
JGP Poland				11th
JGP Slovakia		14th
Bavarian Open	11th
Ice Star			13th
Jégvirág Cup			3rd
Mentor Toruń Cup		4th	6th
NRW Trophy		11th
Pavel Roman Memorial		4th
Tallinn Trophy	9th
Volvo Open			6th
National[15]
Lithuanian Champ.		1st J	1st J	2nd

Single skating

International: Junior [16]
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13
JGP Estonia			16th
JGP Latvia			20th
National[16]
Lithuanian Champ.	3rd	3rd		2nd

Detailed results

Ice dance with Paulina Ramanauskaitė

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[13]

Segment	Type	Score	Event
Total	TSS	156.91	2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
Rhythm dance	TSS	62.52	2024 CS Budapest Trophy
	TES	34.93	2024 CS Budapest Trophy
	PCS	27.72	2024 CS Tallinn Trophy
Free dance	TSS	94.57	2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
	TES	52.37	2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb
	PCS	42.60	2024 CS Budapest Trophy

Results in the 2020-21 season ^[13]

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 11–13, 2020	2020 Ice Star	4	64.04	4	88.64	4	152.68

Results in the 2021-22 season ^[13]

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 7–10, 2021	2021 CS Finlandia Trophy	15	52.87	15	72.92	15	125.79
Oct 20–24, 2021	2021 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	11	50.11	11	69.76	11	119.87
Nov 4–7, 2021	2021 NRW Trophy	4	56.17	4	82.92	4	139.09
Nov 18–20, 2021	2021 CS Warsaw Cup	19	53.15	19	79.88	19	133.03
Feb 7–20, 2022	2022 Winter Olympics	23	58.35	–	–	23	58.35

Results in the 2022-23 season ^[13]

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 26–28, 2022	2022 Britannia Cup	4	58.37	4	85.69	4	144.06
Sep 13–19, 2022	2024 CS Lombardia Trophy	9	55.20	9	91.18	9	146.38
Oct 6–9, 2022	2022 CS Finlandia Trophy	8	54.50	7	80.47	8	134.97
Jan 12–16, 2023	2023 Winter World Univeristy Games	9	55.29	12	77.11	11	132.40
Jan 23–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	16	55.06	17	81.14	17	136.20
Mar 22–26, 2023	2024 World Championships	26	58.06	–	–	26	58.06

Results in the 2023-24 season ^[13]

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 28–30, 2023	2023 CS Nepela Memorial	14	52.30	14	81.86	14	134.16
Oct 18–22, 2023	2023 Trophée Métropole Nice Côte d'Azur	2	58.13	3	84.25	2	142.38
Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2023	2023 Bosphorus Cup	6	64.83	5	106.20	5	171.03
Dec 6–9, 2023	2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	9	62.34	10	94.57	10	156.91
Jan 8–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	20	60.76	16	94.09	16	154.85
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	31	58.32	–	–	31	58.32

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[13]

Date	Event	RD		FD		Total
		P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 11–13, 2024	2024 CS Budapest Trophy	10	62.52	11	93.49	10	156.01
Nov 11–17, 2024	2024 CS Tallinn Trophy	12	60.02	11	91.64	11	151.66

References

1. "Deividas KIZALA: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014.
2. • Suslavičius, Rokas (1 October 2021). "Lithuanian ice dancers may forgo Olympics after president rejects citizenship application". Lithuanian National Radio and Television.
   • "Prezidentūra tarė žodį – Allison Reed Lietuvos pilietybės negaus" [The presidency said that Allison Reed would not receive Lithuanian citizenship]. Lithuanian National Radio and Television (in Lithuanian). 3 January 2022.
3. "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2024/2025". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024.
4. "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024.
5. "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023.
6. "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2022.
7. "Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021.
8. "Mira POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 19 July 2019.
9. "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
10. "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 30 May 2017.
11. "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 May 2016.
12. "Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 20 May 2015.
13. "LTU–Paulina Ramanauskaite/Deividas Kizala". SkatingScores.com.
14. "LTU–Mira Polishook/Deividas Kizala". SkatingScores.com.
15. "Competition Results: Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.
16. "Competition Results: Deividas KIZALA". International Skating Union.

External links

• Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE / Deividas KIZALA at the International Skating Union
• Mira POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA at the International Skating Union
• Guoste DAMULEVICIUTE / Deividas KIZALA at the International Skating Union
• Deividas Kizala at Olympedia (archive)
• Deividas Kizala at Olympics.com
• Deividas Kizala at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)