Mark Gorodnitsky
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Mark Gorodnitsky (Hebrew: מארק גורודניצקי; born March 23, 2001) is an Israeli figure skater. He is the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial bronze medalist, the 2018 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist and a four-time Israeli national champion (2020, 2022-24).
Personal life
Gorodnitsky was born on March 23, 2001, in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada to a Latvian mother and Belarusian father. His sister, Maya, who is three years younger, has also competed in figure skating for Israel on the international junior level.[1][2]
Gorodnitsky graduated from Richmond Green Secondary School in 2019, where he was part of the high performance athlete program.[2]
Career
Early career
Gorodnitsky began learning to skate in 2005 at around the age of four, and has been coached by Andrei Berezintsev and Inga Zusev at the Richmond Training Centre in Richmond Hill, Ontario since the age of five.[2]
Due to Gorodnitsky's father, Dmitry, having previously lived in Israel for eight years, the Israel Ice Skating Federation reached out to Gorodnitsky's parents when Gorodnitsky was fourteen years old, asking if he would be interested in competing for Israel. Ultimately, Gorodnitsky agreed to the request.[2]
2015–16 season
He debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in October 2015 at the 2015 JGP Croatia, placing twentieth. In February, he competed at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Norway and finished 13th. He did not advance to the free skate at the 2016 World Junior Championships, held a month later in Debrecen, Hungary.[3]
2016–17 season
Gorodnitsky began the season by placing tenth and fifteenth, respectively at the 2016 JGP Japan and the 2016 JGP Germany. He then placed sixth at the 2016 Santa Claus Cup.[3]
At the 2016–17 Israeli Championships, Gorodnitsky won the bronze medal and was sent to compete at the 2017 European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic but did not advance to the free skate, finishing thirtieth overall. He went on to compete at the 2017 World Junior Championships in Taipei, Taiwan, finishing twenty-second overall.[3]
2017–18 season
Gorodnitsky started the season with a seventh-place finish at the 2017 JGP Austria and tenth-place finish at the 2017 JGP Poland. He also finished ninth at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International.[3]
He went on to win the gold medal at the 2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb on the junior level. At the 2017–18 Israeli Junior Championships, Gorodnitsky won the gold medal.[3]
He then competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, placing eighteenth in the short program, fourteenth in the free program, and fourteenth overall.[3]
2018–19 season
Gorodnitsky started the season competing at the 2018 JGP Austria and 2018 JGP Slovenia, placing seventh and sixth, respectively. He then placed ninth at the CS Autumn Classic International for the second year in a row.[3]
Gorodnitsky went on to win his first senior international medal, taking silver at the Volvo Open Cup. At the 2018–19 Israeli Championships, Gorodnitsky won his second national bronze medal.[3]
Competing at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia, Gorodnitsky ranked fifteenth in the short program, eighteenth in the free skate, and seventeenth overall.[3]
2019–20 season
Gorodnitsky began his season competing on the Junior Grand Prix series, placing fifth at the 2019 JGP France and seventh at the 2019 JGP Croatia. He also competed at the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, and the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, respectively finishing seventh, fifth, and twelfth.[3]
At the 2019–20 Israeli Championships, Gorodnitsky won his first senior national title. He was then sent to compete at the 2020 European Championships in Graz, Austria, where he finished seventeenth.[3]
2020–21 season
Gorodnitsky was assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate Canada International, but the event was cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.[4] He did not compete for the rest of the reason.[3]
2021–22 season
Gorodnitsky began his season with an eleventh-place finish at the 2021 Cranberry Cup. He then went on to place eighth at the 2021 U.S. Classic, twentieth at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, and fifteenth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[3]
At the 2021–22 Israeli Championships, Gorodnitsky won his second national title.[3]
Although assigned to compete at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Gorodnitsky ultimately withdrew from the event due to his coach testing positive for COVID-19.[5] At the 2022 International Challenge Cup, Gorodnitsky finished fourth.[3]
Making his World Championships debut in Montpellier, France, Gorodnitsky placed twenty-fifth in the short program, failing to advance to the free skate.[3]
2022–23 season
Gorodnitsky started the season by winning gold at the 2022 Cranberry Cup International. He went on to finish fourth at the 2022 CS U.S. Classic, ninth at the 2022 CS Warsaw Cup, and sixth at the 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[3]
At the 2022–23 Israeli Championships, Gorodnitsky won his third national title.[3]
Competing at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Gorodnitsky finished thirteenth. He then went on to place sixth at the 2023 International Challenge Cup. At the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Gorodnitsky skated a career best short and free program, ultimately finishing sixteenth at the event.[3]
2023–24 season
Gorodnitsky began the season by winning the gold medal at the 2023 Cranberry Cup International for a second consecutive time. Given two Challenger assignments, he came sixth at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International before winning the bronze medal at the 2023 CS Nepela Memorial.[3] Appearing on the Grand Prix, Gorodnitsky came sixth at the 2023 Skate Canada International.[6] He went on to win the silver medal at the 2023 CS Warsaw Cup behind Lukas Britschgi of Switzerland, earning personal best scores in all competition segments.[3]
In the second half of the season, Gorodnitsky finished twelfth at both the European and World Championships.[3]
Programs
Season | Short program | Free skating |
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2023–2024 [7] |
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2022–2023 [1] |
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2021–2022 [8] |
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2020–2021 | Did not compete this season | |
2019–2020 [9][10] |
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2018–2019 [11] |
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2017–2018 [12] |
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2016–2017 [13] |
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2015–2016 [14] |
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Competitive highlights
- GP – Event of the ISU Grand Prix Series
- JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
- CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
Season | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
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World Championships | 25th | 16th | 12th | |||||
European Championships | 30th | 17th | 13th | 12th | ||||
Israeli Championships | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | ||
GP Skate Canada | 6th | TBD | ||||||
GP NHK Trophy | TBD | |||||||
CS Autumn Classic | 9th | 9th | 7th | 6th | ||||
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 12th | 15th | 6th | |||||
CS Lombardia Trophy | TBD | |||||||
CS Nebelhorn Trophy | TBD | |||||||
CS Nepela Memorial | 3rd | |||||||
CS U.S. Classic | 8th | 4th | ||||||
CS Warsaw Cup | 20th | 9th | 2nd | |||||
Bavarian Open | 6th | |||||||
Challenge Cup | 4th | 6th | ||||||
Cranberry Cup | 11th | 1st | 1st | |||||
Denis Ten Memorial | 5th | |||||||
Santa Claus Cup | 6th | |||||||
Volvo Open Cup | 2nd |
Season | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
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Winter Youth Olympics | 13th | ||||
World Junior Championships | 34th | 22nd | 14th | 17th | 21st |
Israeli Championships | 1st | ||||
JGP Austria | 5th | 7th | |||
JGP Croatia | 20th | 7th | |||
JGP France | 5th | ||||
JGP Germany | 15th | ||||
JGP Japan | 10th | ||||
JGP Poland | 10th | ||||
JGP Slovenia | 6th | ||||
Autumn Classic | 2nd | ||||
Golden Spin of Zagreb | 1st | ||||
Open Ice Mall Cup | 2nd |
Detailed results
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 243.29 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup |
Short program | TSS | 82.06 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup |
TES | 43.64 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup | |
PCS | 38.42 | 2023 CS Warsaw Cup | |
Free skating | TSS | 162.76 | 2024 World Championships |
TES | 83.54 | 2024 World Championships | |
PCS | 79.22 | 2024 World Championships |
Segment | Type | Score | Event |
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Total | TSS | 186.02 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic International |
Short program | TSS | 61.72 | 2018 World Junior Championships |
TES | 33.69 | 2018 World Junior Championships | |
PCS | 28.50 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic International | |
Free skating | TSS | 125.50 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic International |
TES | 63.60 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic International | |
PCS | 61.90 | 2017 CS Autumn Classic International |
Senior level
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Dec 6–11, 2016 | ![]() | 7 | 54.37 | 7 | 104.87 | 6 | 159.24 |
Jan 25–29, 2017 | ![]() | 30 | 51.72 | – | – | 30 | 51.72 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 20–23, 2017 | ![]() | 10 | 60.52 | 9 | 125.50 | 9 | 186.02 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 20–22, 2018 | ![]() | 9 | 63.10 | 9 | 123.96 | 9 | 187.06 |
Nov 6–11, 2018 | ![]() | 4 | 65.92 | 2 | 134.24 | 2 | 200.16 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 12–14, 2019 | ![]() | 7 | 67.12 | 7 | 122.40 | 7 | 189.52 |
Oct 9–12, 2019 | ![]() | 5 | 69.89 | 6 | 125.45 | 5 | 195.34 |
Dec 4–7, 2019 | ![]() | 6 | 74.61 | 14 | 126.10 | 12 | 200.71 |
Dec 11–12, 2019 | ![]() | 2 | 85.29 | 1 | 154.78 | 1 | 240.07 |
Jan 20–26, 2020 | ![]() | 12 | 76.20 | 17 | 130.63 | 17 | 206.83 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 11–15, 2021 | ![]() | 11 | 55.23 | 9 | 110.86 | 11 | 166.09 |
Sep 14–17, 2021 | ![]() | 9 | 64.24 | 8 | 122.58 | 8 | 186.82 |
Nov 17–20, 2021 | ![]() | 21 | 63.90 | 18 | 123.98 | 20 | 187.88 |
Dec 7–11, 2021 | ![]() | 16 | 66.66 | 15 | 137.96 | 15 | 204.62 |
Dec 15–16, 2021 | ![]() | 1 | 82.62 | 1 | 144.08 | 1 | 226.70 |
Feb 24–27, 2022 | ![]() | 4 | 78.59 | 4 | 143.73 | 4 | 222.32 |
Mar 21–27, 2022 | ![]() | 25 | 69.70 | – | – | 25 | 69.70 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 8–11, 2022 | ![]() | 3 | 69.83 | 1 | 150.00 | 1 | 219.83 |
Sep 12–16, 2022 | ![]() | 2 | 77.65 | 5 | 141.18 | 4 | 218.83 |
Nov 17–20, 2022 | ![]() | 14 | 67.44 | 7 | 134.86 | 9 | 202.30 |
Dec 7–10, 2022 | ![]() | 4 | 71.93 | 7 | 131.49 | 6 | 203.42 |
Dec 14–15, 2022 | ![]() | 1 | 82.64 | 1 | 149.43 | 1 | 232.07 |
Jan 25–29, 2023 | ![]() | 22 | 64.94 | 9 | 137.40 | 13 | 202.34 |
Feb 23–26, 2023 | ![]() | 5 | 77.21 | 8 | 136.89 | 6 | 214.10 |
Mar 22–26, 2023 | ![]() | 14 | 77.89 | 16 | 154.24 | 16 | 232.13 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 9–13, 2023 | ![]() | 2 | 76.29 | 2 | 154.70 | 1 | 230.99 |
Sep 14–17, 2023 | ![]() | 5 | 73.46 | 6 | 139.66 | 6 | 213.12 |
Sep 28–30, 2023 | ![]() | 4 | 80.55 | 3 | 155.75 | 3 | 236.30 |
Oct 27–29, 2023 | ![]() | 11 | 70.69 | 6 | 154.66 | 6 | 225.35 |
Nov 16–19, 2023 | ![]() | 2 | 82.06 | 1 | 161.23 | 2 | 243.29 |
Jan 10–14, 2024 | ![]() | 9 | 77.50 | 13 | 140.06 | 12 | 217.56 |
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024 | ![]() | 8 | 66.73 | 4 | 141.75 | 6 | 208.48 |
Mar 18–24, 2024 | ![]() | 14 | 80.49 | 10 | 162.76 | 12 | 243.25 |
Apr 3–4, 2024 | ![]() | 1 | 84.29 | 1 | 153.87 | 1 | 238.16 |
Junior level
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Oct 7–10, 2015 | ![]() | 23 | 31.73 | 16 | 80.26 | 20 | 111.99 |
Feb 12–21, 2016 | ![]() | 12 | 44.48 | 12 | 91.30 | 13 | 135.78 |
Mar 14–20, 2016 | ![]() | 34 | 45.28 | – | – | 34 | 45.28 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Sep 8–11, 2016 | ![]() | 11 | 55.19 | 11 | 109.86 | 11 | 165.05 |
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2016 | ![]() | 2 | 55.57 | 1 | 107.61 | 2 | 163.18 |
Oct 5–8, 2016 | ![]() | 17 | 49.70 | 14 | 102.09 | 15 | 151.79 |
Mar 15–19, 2017 | ![]() | 22 | 59.27 | 21 | 111.32 | 22 | 170.59 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2017 | ![]() | 9 | 56.57 | 4 | 120.62 | 5 | 177.19 |
Oct 4–7, 2017 | ![]() | 13 | 56.96 | 9 | 118.33 | 10 | 175.29 |
Dec 6–9, 2017 | ![]() | 2 | 59.29 | 1 | 116.86 | 1 | 176.15 |
Mar 5–11, 2018 | ![]() | 18 | 61.72 | 14 | 118.71 | 14 | 180.43 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2018 | ![]() | 6 | 68.47 | 9 | 110.35 | 7 | 178.82 |
Oct 3–6, 2018 | ![]() | 2 | 74.66 | 6 | 130.53 | 6 | 205.19 |
Feb 20–23, 2019 | ![]() | 2 | 68.71 | 2 | 128.95 | 2 | 197.66 |
Mar 4–10, 2019 | ![]() | 15 | 69.22 | 18 | 116.40 | 17 | 185.62 |
Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
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P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
Aug 21–24, 2019 | ![]() | 5 | 66.32 | 5 | 124.43 | 5 | 190.75 |
Sep 25–28, 2019 | ![]() | 9 | 66.11 | 8 | 126.45 | 7 | 192.56 |
Mar 2–8, 2020 | ![]() | 23 | 57.96 | 20 | 110.94 | 21 | 168.90 |
References
- ^ a b "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023.
- ^ a b c d Lungen, Paul (30 January 2020). "Richmond Hill figure skater competes for Israel". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Competition Results: Mark GORODNITSKY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 11, 2018.
- ^ "Skate Canada International in Ottawa cancelled as COVID-19 cases rise". CBC Sports. October 14, 2020.
- ^ "נבחרת ישראל בהחלקה אמנותית פרשה מאליפות אירופה בגלל נדבקים בקורונה". Israel Hayom. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
- ^ Slater, Paula (October 29, 2023). "Sota Yamamoto captures first Grand Prix gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
- ^ "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023.
- ^ "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022.
- ^ "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 17, 2019.
- ^ "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020.
- ^ "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018.
- ^ "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.
- ^ "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017.
- ^ "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Mark Gorodnitsky". SkatingScores.com.
- ^ a b "Mark Gorodnitsky – Personal Bests". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Mark Gorodnitsky at Wikimedia Commons
- Mark Gorodnitsky at the International Skating Union
- Mark Gorodnitsky at SkatingScores.com
- Mark Gorodnitsky on Instagram