Mark Gorodnitsky

Mark Gorodnitsky
Mark Gorodnitsky
	Mark Gorodnitsky at the 2024 World Championships
Born	March 23, 2001 (age 23); Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Israel
Discipline	Men's singles
Coach	Andrei Berezintsev; Inga Zusev
Skating club	Ice Holon Israel
Began skating	2005
Medal record
Israeli Championships

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
2023–2024 ^[7]	Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Marcin Patrzalek choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev	Shape of Lies True Love's Last Kiss by Eternal Eclipse choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev
2022–2023 ^[1]	Follow Your Heart by Scorpions choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev
2021–2022 ^[8]	Ricordami by Il Volo, Natalia Jiménez, & Armando Avila choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev	Bull Run (from Knight and Day) by John Powell choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev
2020–2021	Did not compete this season
2019–2020 ^[9]^[10]	Stop It (I Like It) by Rick Guard choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev	Bull Run (from Knight and Day) by John Powell choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev, Inga Zusev Burnt by the Sun by Sophie Solomon choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev
2018–2019 ^[11]	Quando l'amore diventa poesia by Mogol, Piero Soffici performed by Il Volo choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev	Stop! by Sam Brown performed by Joe Bonamassa choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev
2017–2018 ^[12]	Diego, libre dans sa tête by Michel Berger performed by Johnny Hallyday Band choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev	Per Te performed by Josh Groban choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev
2016–2017 ^[13]	Puttin' On the Pin-Stripe Remix A by Chris Walden, Mark Kilian choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev	Iron Man 3 by Brian Tyler choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev
2015–2016 ^[14]	Megapolis by Evgeni Sokolovski performed by Bel Suono choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev	Lonely Heart by Evgeni Sokolovski performed by Bel Suono choreo. by Andrei Berezintsev

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

Competition placements at senior level ^[15]^[3]
Season	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	2024–25
World Championships					25th	16th	12th
European Championships	30th			17th		13th	12th
Israeli Championships	3rd		3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st
GP Skate Canada							6th	10th
GP NHK Trophy								11th
CS Autumn Classic		9th	9th	7th			6th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb				12th	15th	6th
CS Lombardia Trophy								TBD
CS Nebelhorn Trophy								7th
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

Competition placements at junior level ^[15]^[3]
Season	2015–16	2016–17	2017–18	2018–19	2019–20
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

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE System ^[16]
Segment	Type	Score	Event
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

ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE System ^[16]
Segment	Type	Score	Event
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

Results in the 2016–17 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Dec 6–11, 2016	2016 Santa Claus Cup	7	54.37	7	104.87	6	159.24
Jan 25–29, 2017	2017 European Championships	30	51.72	–	–	30	51.72

Results in the 2017–18 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–23, 2017	2017 CS Autumn Classic International	10	60.52	9	125.50	9	186.02

Results in the 2018–19 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 20–22, 2018	2018 CS Autumn Classic International	9	63.10	9	123.96	9	187.06
Nov 6–11, 2018	2018 Volvo Open Cup	4	65.92	2	134.24	2	200.16

Results in the 2019–20 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 12–14, 2019	2019 CS Autumn Classic International	7	67.12	7	122.40	7	189.52
Oct 9–12, 2019	2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge	5	69.89	6	125.45	5	195.34
Dec 4–7, 2019	2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	6	74.61	14	126.10	12	200.71
Dec 11–12, 2019	2020 Israeli Championships	2	85.29	1	154.78	1	240.07
Jan 20–26, 2020	2020 European Championships	12	76.20	17	130.63	17	206.83

Results in the 2021–22 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 11–15, 2021	2021 Cranberry Cup International	11	55.23	9	110.86	11	166.09
Sep 14–17, 2021	2021 U.S. International Classic	9	64.24	8	122.58	8	186.82
Nov 17–20, 2021	2021 CS Warsaw Cup	21	63.90	18	123.98	20	187.88
Dec 7–11, 2021	2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	16	66.66	15	137.96	15	204.62
Dec 15–16, 2021	2022 Israeli Championships	1	82.62	1	144.08	1	226.70
Feb 24–27, 2022	2022 International Challenge Cup	4	78.59	4	143.73	4	222.32
Mar 21–27, 2022	2022 World Championships	25	69.70	–	–	25	69.70

Results in the 2022–23 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 8–11, 2022	2022 Cranberry Cup International	3	69.83	1	150.00	1	219.83
Sep 12–16, 2022	2022 CS U.S. International Classic	2	77.65	5	141.18	4	218.83
Nov 17–20, 2022	2022 CS Warsaw Cup	14	67.44	7	134.86	9	202.30
Dec 7–10, 2022	2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	4	71.93	7	131.49	6	203.42
Dec 14–15, 2022	2023 Israeli Championships	1	82.64	1	149.43	1	232.07
Jan 25–29, 2023	2023 European Championships	22	64.94	9	137.40	13	202.34
Feb 23–26, 2023	2023 International Challenge Cup	5	77.21	8	136.89	6	214.10
Mar 22–26, 2023	2023 World Championships	14	77.89	16	154.24	16	232.13

Results in the 2023–24 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 9–13, 2023	2023 Cranberry Cup International	2	76.29	2	154.70	1	230.99
Sep 14–17, 2023	2023 CS Autumn Classic International	5	73.46	6	139.66	6	213.12
Sep 28–30, 2023	2023 CS Nepela Memorial	4	80.55	3	155.75	3	236.30
Oct 27–29, 2023	2023 Skate Canada International	11	70.69	6	154.66	6	225.35
Nov 16–19, 2023	2023 CS Warsaw Cup	2	82.06	1	161.23	2	243.29
Jan 10–14, 2024	2024 European Championships	9	77.50	13	140.06	12	217.56
Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024	2024 Bavarian Open	8	66.73	4	141.75	6	208.48
Mar 18–24, 2024	2024 World Championships	14	80.49	10	162.76	12	243.25
Apr 3–4, 2024	2024 Israeli Championships	1	84.29	1	153.87	1	238.16

Results in the 2024–25 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 19–21, 2024	2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy	4	74.04	9	139.23	7	213.27
Oct 25–27, 2024	2024 Skate Canada International	11	71.79	8	141.62	10	213.41
Nov 8–10, 2024	2024 NHK Trophy	9	77.74	10	138.02	11	215.76

Junior level

Results in the 2015–16 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Oct 7–10, 2015	2015 JGP Croatia	23	31.73	16	80.26	20	111.99
Feb 12–21, 2016	2016 Winter Youth Olympics	12	44.48	12	91.30	13	135.78
Mar 14–20, 2016	2016 World Junior Championships	34	45.28	–	–	34	45.28

Results in the 2016–17 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Sep 8–11, 2016	2016 JGP Japan	11	55.19	11	109.86	11	165.05
Sep 28 – Oct 1, 2016	2016 Autumn Classic International	2	55.57	1	107.61	2	163.18
Oct 5–8, 2016	2016 JGP Germany	17	49.70	14	102.09	15	151.79
Mar 15–19, 2017	2017 World Junior Championships	22	59.27	21	111.32	22	170.59

Results in the 2017–18 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 30 – Sep 2, 2017	2017 JGP Austria	9	56.57	4	120.62	5	177.19
Oct 4–7, 2017	2017 JGP Poland	13	56.96	9	118.33	10	175.29
Dec 6–9, 2017	2017 Golden Spin of Zagreb	2	59.29	1	116.86	1	176.15
Mar 5–11, 2018	2018 World Junior Championships	18	61.72	14	118.71	14	180.43

Results in the 2018–19 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 29 – Sep 1, 2018	2018 JGP Austria	6	68.47	9	110.35	7	178.82
Oct 3–6, 2018	2018 JGP Slovenia	2	74.66	6	130.53	6	205.19
Feb 20–23, 2019	2019 Open Ice Mall Cup	2	68.71	2	128.95	2	197.66
Mar 4–10, 2019	2019 World Junior Championships	15	69.22	18	116.40	17	185.62

Results in the 2019–20 season ^[15]
Date	Event	SP		FS		Total
Date	Event	P	Score	P	Score	P	Score
Aug 21–24, 2019	2019 JGP France	5	66.32	5	124.43	5	190.75
Sep 25–28, 2019	2019 JGP Croatia	9	66.11	8	126.45	7	192.56
Mar 2–8, 2020	2020 World Junior Championships	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 ^o "ISR–Mark Gorodnitsky". SkatingScores.com.
^ ^a ^b "Mark Gorodnitsky – Personal Bests". International Skating Union.

External links

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[ISU-2223-1] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023.

[cjn-2] Lungen, Paul (30 January 2020). "Richmond Hill figure skater competes for Israel". Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[ISU-MG-3] ^ ^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.

[CBC201014-4] "Skate Canada International in Ottawa cancelled as COVID-19 cases rise". CBC Sports. October 14, 2020.

[euros22-5] "נבחרת ישראל בהחלקה אמנותית פרשה מאליפות אירופה בגלל נדבקים בקורונה". Israel Hayom. Retrieved 1 August 2023.

[GS231101-6] Slater, Paula (October 29, 2023). "Sota Yamamoto captures first Grand Prix gold". Golden Skate. Retrieved November 1, 2023.

[ISU-2324-7] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 23, 2023.

[ISU-2122-8] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 18, 2022.

[ISU-1920-9] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 17, 2019.

[ISU2-1920-10] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2019/2020". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020.

[ISU-1819-11] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018.

[ISU-1718-12] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 29, 2018.

[ISU-1617-13] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2017.

[ISU-1516-14] "Mark GORODNITSKY: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2016.

[SS-MG-15] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o "ISR–Mark Gorodnitsky". SkatingScores.com.

[PB-MG-16] "Mark Gorodnitsky – Personal Bests". International Skating Union.

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