Deividas Kizala Explained

Deividas Kizala
Birth Date:	12 February 1998
Birth Place:	Kaunas, Lithuania
Partner:	Paulina Ramanauskaitė (since 2020) Mira Polishook (2018–19) Guostė Damulevičiūtė (2014–18)
Coach:	Kirill Khaliavin Sara Hurtado Ksenia Monko
Skating Club:	Startas, Kaunas
Beganskating:	2001
Discipline:	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.

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. 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	These Boots Are Made for Walkin' Money (That's What I Want)	Heaven Knows
2023–2024	I Love Rock 'n' Roll Crimson and Clover Call Me	En Contra Duo de amor	Highway to Hell Still Got the Blues Demon Fire
2022–2023	La Vida Es Un Carnaval Sway Magalenha	Highway to Hell Still Got the Blues Demon Fire
2021–2022	Russian Roulette Hard	Lighthouse Hoodoo
2020–2021	Top Hat Overture Puttin' On the Ritz Let's Face the Music and Dance	Raudoni Vakarai Dark Creatures

With Damulevičiūtė

Season	Rhythm dance	Free dance
2017–2018	Historia de un amor Happy in Rio (Spiritual South Remix)	West Side Story Prologue Gym Mambo Maria America
2016–2017		West Side Story
2015–2016	Persian March Libiamo ne' lieti calici	Alice in Wonderland
2014–2015	Suave (Kiss Me) Paxi Ni Ngongo La La La	Happy She's Like the Wind Shout

Men's singles

Competitive highlights

Ice dance with Guoste Damulevičiūtė

International
Event	14–15	15–16	16–17	17–18
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align=left					11th
align=left					9th
International: Junior
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align=left			9th
align=left			9th
align=left					11th
align=left			14th
align=left		11th
align=left				13th
align=left				bgcolor=cc9966	3rd
align=left			4th	6th
align=left			11th
align=left			4th
align=left		9th
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National
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Single skating

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International: Junior
Event	09–10	10–11	11–12	12–13
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National
align=left		bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=cc9966	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd