Mark Kondratiuk Explained

Mark Kondratiuk
Native Name:Марк Валерьевич Кондратюк
Native Name Lang:ru
Fullname:Mark Valeryevich Kondratiuk
Also Known As:Kondratyuk
Country: Russia
Birth Date:3 September 2003
Birth Place:Podolsk, Russia
Coach:Svetlana Sokolovskaya
Lilia Biktagirova
Formercoach:Lyudmila Sapronova
Choreographer:Nikita Mikhailov
Vitali Butikov
Ramil Mekhdiev
Formerchoreographer:Margarita Romanenko
Skating Club:CSKA Moscow
Currenttraininglocations:Moscow, Russia
Beganskating:2006
Combined Total:286.56
Combined Date:2022 Europeans
Sp Score:99.06
Sp Date:2022 Europeans
Fs Score:187.50
Fs Date:2022 Europeans
Show-Medals:yes
Medaltemplates:[1]

Mark Valeryevich Kondratiuk (Russian: Марк Валерьевич Кондратюк, born 3 September 2003) is a Russian figure skater. He is a 2022 Olympic bronze medalist in the team event, 2022 European champion, a two-time Challenger Series medalist and the 2022 Russian national champion.

Personal life

Kondratiuk was born on 3 September 2003 in Podolsk, Russia. After a visit to the Tate Modern Museum, he became interested in art and started painting. His favorite artists are Kazimir Malevich, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Hieronymus Bosch.[2]

In 2022, Kondratiuk dated the 2022 Beijing Olympic silver medalist Alexandra Trusova.[3] By the end of summer 2023, the relationship was reported to have ended.[4]

In December 2022, the Ukrainian Parliament sanctioned Kondratiuk for his support of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Career

Early years

Kondratiuk began learning to skate in 2006. As a child, he was coached by Lyudmila Sapronova.

By 2016, he was being coached by Svetlana Sokolovskaia. He placed sixteenth at the 2017 Russian Junior Championships. Over the following seasons, he appeared at several junior internationals, winning five medals, but received no ISU Junior Grand Prix assignments. Kondratiuk was diagnosed with Osgood–Schlatter disease at age 13; as a result, he missed multiple seasons of competition and briefly considered leaving the sport before opting to continue.

2019–20 season

In November, making his senior international debut, Kondratiuk won gold at the Bosphorus Cup in Turkey. In January, he took silver at the Mentor Toruń Cup in Poland.

2020–21 season

Competing on the domestic Russian Cup series, Kondratiuk placed eighth in the first stage in Moscow and seventh in the fourth stage in Kazan. These results qualified him only as an alternate for the 2021 Russian Championships initially, but he was added to the roster following the withdrawal of Artur Danielian, the previous year's silver medalist.

Ranked third in the short program and second in the free skate, he won the bronze medal at the event, which took place in Chelyabinsk in December. Kondratiuk was a virtual unknown before the championship, making his bronze medal a considerable surprise, with commentators remarking that he "basically came out of nowhere."

Kondratiuk's success at the national championships led to his being invited to compete in the 2021 Channel One Trophy team competition, where he was selected for the "Time of Firsts" team captained by Evgenia Medvedeva. He ranked third in the short program and finished first in the free skate, ahead of national champion Mikhail Kolyada. He subsequently expressed a hope to qualify for the second Russian men's berth at the 2021 World Championships by competing at the Russian Cup Final. Kondratiuk struggled at the event, placing fifth overall.

2021–22 season

Kondratiuk was initially scheduled to make his ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the first of two JGP events held in Courchevel, France, in August 2021, but he, along with his Russian teammates, was forced to withdraw from the competition as Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine did not meet France's standards for adequate vaccination. After a strong performance at the senior Russian test skates, he was instead assigned to the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy to qualify for a third Olympic berth for Russian men following the results of the 2021 World Championships earlier in the year. Kondratiuk was successful in his endeavour, placing fifth in the short program and second in the free skate to win the bronze medal and take the third of seven available Olympic spots.

Kondratiuk competed at a second Challenger event, taking the silver medal at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. He was then assigned to make his Grand Prix debut at the 2021 Rostelecom Cup, where he placed eighth. 

At the 2022 Russian Championships, Kondratiuk placed second in the short program with a score of 97.77, 0.26 behind segment leader Evgeni Semenenko. He was only third in the free skate but narrowly won the gold medal, 0.67 points ahead of silver medalist Mikhail Kolyada. He described himself as shocked, deferring to Kolyada as "leader of the Russian men's team" despite the result, adding, "today I might be the leader, but overall I am not."

Making his debut at the European championships in Tallinn, Kondratiuk skated a clean short program and placed second in the segment, 0.70 points behind segment leader Andrei Mozalev. He went on to win the free skate and take the gold medal. Kondratiuk deemed the result a "kind of miracle," as he had only been hoping for a placement in the top three. On January 20, he was officially named to the Russian Olympic team.

Kondratiuk began the Games as the Russian entry in the men's short program of the Olympic team event. Skating cleanly, albeit with a few held landings, he placed third behind Nathan Chen and Shoma Uno, securing eight points for the Russian team. In the free program, Kondratiuk doubled the planned triple Salchow in his triple Lutz-Euler-triple Salchow combination, but otherwise skated cleanly to finish second in the segment behind Yuma Kagiyama and earn nine more points towards Team Russia's combined score. Team Russia, composed of Kondratiuk, Kamila Valieva, pairs skaters Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov, and ice dancers Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov, ultimately took the gold medal ahead of Team USA and Team Japan. Kondratiuk became the youngest Olympic champion in the team event at 18 years and 157 days old, being 45 days younger than Dick Button, who won the men's singles at 18 years and 202 days. He next competed in the men's event, placing fifteenth in the short program. Fourteenth in the free skate, he remained in fifteenth overall.

Programs

SeasonShort programFree skatingExhibition
2023-2024
  • Cantos de Fuego
  • Cradles
2022-2023
  • What Is Jazz
  • Luna

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  • Overture
  • Selma
  • Holding Hands
2021–2022
  • Kösem Opening Theme
  • Silence of the Clouds
  • Sound of Darbuka
  • Overture
  • The Temple
  • Cradles
2020–2021
  • A Swan Is Born
  • After the Nightmare
2019–2020
  • Part 3 (Redemption)

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

International
Event16–1717–1818–1919–2020–2121–2222–2323–24
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align=left 8th
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
International: Junior
align=left WD
align=left bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=gold 1st
align=left bgcolor=silver 2nd
National
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=gold 1st WD 10th
align=left 16th
align=left bgcolor=cc9966 3rd bgcolor=silver 2nd
Golden Skate bgcolor=silver 2nd
Heart of Siberia 4th
Volga Pirouette bgcolor=cc9966 3rd
Velvet Season bgcolor=gold 1st
Team events
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TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

Detailed results

Small medals for short and free programs are awarded only at ISU Championships.

Senior level

Personal ISU bests highlighted in bold. Personal bests highlighted in italic.

2021–22 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 8–10, 20222022 Winter Olympicsalign=center 15
86.11
align=center 14
162.71
align=center 15
248.82
February 4–7, 20222022 Winter Olympics – Team eventalign=center 3
95.81
align=center 2
181.65
align=center bgcolor=cc9966 3
January 10–16, 20222022 European Championshipsalign=center bgcolor="silver"2
99.06
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
187.50
align=center bgcolor=gold 1
286.56
December 21–26, 20212022 Russian Championships2
97.77
3
186.60
1
284.37
November 26–28, 20212021 Rostelecom Cup11
74.16
8
157.72
8
231.88
October 28–31, 20212021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge2
84.79
2
165.29
2
250.08
September 22–25, 20212021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy5
81.48
2
159.58
3
241.06
2020–21 season
Feb. 26 – Mar. 2, 20212021 Russian Cup Final, Moscow
domestic competition
8
83.56
4
167.21
5
250.77
February 5–7, 20212021 Channel One Trophy
domestic competition
3
96.89
1
196.23
2T/2P
293.12
December 23–27, 20202021 Russian Championships3
90.88
2
169.43
3
260.31
November 8–12, 20202020 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage, Kazan
domestic competition
6
75.54
7
144.35
7
219.89
October 10–13, 20202020 Cup of Russia Series, 2nd Stage, Moscow
domestic competition
6
77.01
8
120.91
8
197.92
2019–20 season
January 7–12, 20202020 Mentor Toruń Cup1
68.77
2
135.90
2
204.67
November 25–30, 20192019 Bosphorus Cup2
70.46
1
143.01
1
213.47

Junior level

Personal junior bests highlighted in italic.

2019–20 season
DateEventSPFSTotal
February 18–22, 20202020 Russian Cup Junior Final, Veliky Novgorod
domestic competition
2
78.23
4
140.72
4
218.95
Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 20192019 Cup of Russia Series, 3th Stage, Sochi
domestic competition
1
80.24
8
123.13
3
203.37
October 14–17, 20192019 Ice Star1
71.75
1
127.21
1
198.96
October 9–12, 20192019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge3
67.48
5
114.56
3
182.04
September 18–22, 20192019 Cup of Russia Series, 1th Stage, Sysran
domestic competition
9
62.22
8
119.86
9
182.08
2018–19 season
February 18–22, 20192019 Russian Cup Junior Final, Veliky Novgorod
domestic competition
8
68.64
9
130.94
9
199.58
January 16–19, 20192019 Skate Helena2
56.00
2
124.49
2
180.49
Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 20182018 Bosphorus Cup1
63.74
1
125.42
1
189.16
November 20–24, 20182018 Cup of Russia Series, 5th Stage, Moscow
domestic competition
7
71.03
6
131.13
6
202.16
November 6–10, 20182018 Cup of Russia Series, 4th Stage, Kazan
domestic competition
6
65.88
4
129.68
5
195.56
October 18–21, 20182018 Ice Star3
62.85
3
123.10
3
185.95
2016–17 season
March 1–5, 20172017 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships14
66.75
16
122.52
16
189.27
February 12–16, 20172017 Russian Cup Junior Final, Saransk
domestic competition
10
65.16
10
126.24
10
191.40
October 25–29, 20162016 Cup of Russia Series, 1st Stage, Samara
domestic competition
2
65.37
3
120.91
2
186.98

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 31 January 2024. BEIJING 2022 FIGURE SKATING TEAM EVENT RESULTS. 31 January 2024. International Olympic Committee.
  2. Web site: Bazunova . Alina . Mark Kondratyuk: loves Orwell, took Nick 99, paints pictures and dreams of getting to the Olympics . SOV sports . 12 May 2022.
  3. Web site: 8 May 2022. Трусова и Кондратюк подтвердили, что состоят в отношениях, выложив совместные фото - 8 мая 2022 - Sport24. sport24.ru. ru.
  4. Web site: Алексеева . Руслана . Тарасова о завершении тренировок Трусовой и ее расставании с Кондратюком: "Больше никогда прыгать не будет" . Tarasova on the end of Trusova's training and her parting with Kondratyuk: "She will never jump again". EG.RU . 17 September 2023 . ru . 2023-12-18.