Deividas Stagniūnas

Deividas Stagniūnas

Tobias & Stagniunas in 2011.
Personal information
Full name	Deividas Stagniūnas
Country represented	Lithuania
Born	April 28, 1985 (1985-04-28) (age 26) Kaunas
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Partner	Isabella Tobias
Former partner	Laura Whipple Katherine Copely Kayla Nicole Frey
Coach	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Former coach	Elena Garanina Valeri Spiridonov
Choreographer	Igor Shpilband Marina Zueva
Skating club	Baltų ainiai
World standing	47 (As of 17 June 2011 (2011 -06-17)[update])[1]
Season's bests	24 (2010–2011)[2]
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	131.01 2011 Worlds
Short dance:	53.16 2011 Worlds
Free dance	77.85 2011 Worlds

Deividas Stagniūnas (born April 28, 1985 in Kaunas, Lithuania) is a Lithuanian ice dancer. Since 2010 Stagniūnas has been dancing with Isabella Tobias.

Career

Stagniūnas arrived in the U.S. from Lithuania to skate with his first ice dance partner, Laura Whipple, and was trained in ice dance by both Walter Wielunski and Natalia Dubova; He and Whipple competed at the senior level in ice dance at Lake Placid representing Lithuania, and took third place. He then competed with Kayla Nicole Frey internationally on the junior level. They were three-time (2004–2006) Lithuanian silver medalists.

His next partnership was with American Katherine Copely, with whom he is the 2007 Lithuanian national champion and 2006 & 2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb bronze medalist. The couple qualified an entry for the 2010 Winter Olympics in the ice dancing event when they placed 14th at the 2009 World Championships.^[3] However, Copely did not have Lithuanian citizenship which was required to enter the Olympics for Lithuania. Her special request for citizenship was denied by President Dalia Grybauskaitė.^[4] The spot was left unfilled.

In spring 2010, Stagniūnas teamed up with American ice dancer Isabella Tobias.^[5] They train under Igor Shpilband and Marina Zueva in Canton, Michigan. They made their debut at the 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they placed 11th. They earned their first international medal (bronze) at the 2010 NRW Trophy. In their first European and World Championships they placed 12th and 14th respectively.

Tobias and Stagniūnas won the bronze medal at 2011 Skate America.

Programs

With Tobias

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2011–2012	Latin combination: Shakira medley	Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker Only You by The Platters Tutti Frutti by Little Richard
2010–2011	Waltz: Waltz of the Flowers (from "The Nutcracker") by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky	Les Miserables by Claude-Michel Schönberg

With Copely

Season	Original dance	Free dance
2009–2010	Lithuanian Polka	West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
2008–2009	Bei Mir Bist du Schön Swing Kids soundtrack	Evita soundtrack by Andrew Lloyd Webber
2007–2008	Two Guitars by Paul Mauriat	Beethoven's Last Ngiht by Trans-Siberian Orchestra
2006–2007	Tango	Kalinka Russian Folk Dance

Results

With Tobias

Event	2010–11	2011–12
World Championships	14th
European Championships	12th
Skate America		3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy	11th	5th
NRW Trophy	3rd
Lithuanian Championships	1st

With Copely

Event	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
World Championships	23rd	14th	14th
European Championships	18th	12th	10th
Lithuanian Championships	1st	1st	1st	1st
Skate America			8th
Cup of Russia		5th	6th	8th
Golden Spin of Zagreb	3rd	3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy	6th			3rd

With Frey

Event	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06
World Junior Championships		19th
Lithuanian Championships	2nd	2nd	2nd
Junior Grand Prix, Croatia			7th
Junior Grand Prix, U.S.		10th
7th Int. Ice Dance Cup			1st

References

• Kayla Nicole Frey & Deividas Stagniunas at the International Skating Union
• Katherine Copely & Deividas Stagniunas at the International Skating Union
• Isabella Tobias & Deividas Stagniunas at the International Skating Union

1. ^ "ISU World Standings for Single & Pair Skating and Ice Dance : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. June 17, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/ws/ws/wsdance.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
2. ^ "ISU Judging System - Season Bests Total Scores 2010/2011 : Ice Dance". International Skating Union. April 30, 2011. http://www.isuresults.com/isujsstat/sb2010-11/sbtsdto.htm. Retrieved June 17, 2011. 
3. ^ "NEBELHORN TROPHY - Obertsdorf, Germany". Ice-dance.com. http://www.ice-dance.com/events-results/previews/09nebelhorn.html. Retrieved 2010-02-14. 
4. ^ "Granting Lithuanian citizenship to Katherine Copely would be in violation of the Constitution". Office of the President of the Republic of Lithuania. 2009-11-04. http://www.president.lt/en/press_center/press_releases/granting_lithuanian_citizenship_to_katherine_copely_would_be_in_violation_of_the_constitution.html. Retrieved 2010-02-14. 
5. ^ Elfman, Lois (October 12, 2011). "Tobias, Stagniunas find rhythm in partnership". Icenetwork. http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111012&content_id=25616112&vkey=ice_news. Retrieved October 12, 2011. 

External links

• Copely & Stagniunas official site

Persondata
Name	Stagniunas, Deividas
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Date of birth	April 28, 1985
Place of birth	Kaunas
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