# Mark Kondratiuk

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.
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. In the short program Kondratiuk turned out on the landings on both his quad attempts, managing only a quad Salchow - double toeloop combination instead of the intended quad-triple. He ranked in fifteenth place in the short program. Kondratiuk performed an error ridden free program, stepping out of his first triple axel attempt, popping the second to a single and falling on his quad triple combination. He ranked fourteenth in the free skate and remained fifteenth overall.
Kondratiuk was originally planning on ending his competitive season at the 2022 World Figure Skating Championships but due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian athletes were barred from international competition.

### Post 2022

ISU banned Russia in 2022 but he continued to compete. In December 2024 he won the short program at Russian Nationals which still exists.

## Programs

| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
| 2024-2025 | Warp 1.9 Storm by The Bloody Beetroots Bangarang by Skrillex and Sirah | Raamam Raaghavam Ram The Volcano (from RRR) by M. M. Keeravani and Siva Shakthi Datta Latika's Theme (from Slumdog Millionaire) by A. R. Rahman performed by Suzanne D'Mello Nagada Sang Dhol (from Goliyon Ki Raasleela Ram-Leela) by Sanjay Leela Bhansali | |
| 2023-2024 | Cantos de Fuego by Brand X Music | Ode to Joy by Ludwig van Beethoven performed by Atom Music Audio and The Dark Tenor | Cradles by Sub Urban choreo. by Ilya Averbukh |
| 2022-2023 | What Is Jazz by Club des Belugas | Luna by Alessandro Safina Overture Selma (from Broken Wings) by Nadim Naaman and Dana Al Fardan Holding Hands (from Nuan) by San Bao |
| 2021–2022 | Kösem Opening Theme Silence of the Clouds (from Magnificent Century: Kösem) by Aytekin Ataş Sound of Darbuka by Yasar Akpence choreo. by Vitali Butikov & Nikita Mikhailov | Overture The Temple (from Jesus Christ Superstar) by Andrew Lloyd Webber choreo. by Vitali Butikov & Nikita Mikhailov | Cradles by Sub Urban choreo. by Ilya Averbukh |
| 2020–2021 | Summertime performed by Larry Adler choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov | A Swan Is Born (from Black Swan) by Clint Mansell After the Nightmare by The Dark Tenor choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov | |
| 2019–2020 | Don't Worry, Be Happy The Hollywood Wiz performed by Cirque du Soleil choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov | Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption) by Muse choreo. by Nikita Mikhailov | |

## Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
International :
| Event | 16–17 | 18–19 | 19–20 | 20–21 | 21–22 | 22–23 | 23–24 | 24–25 |
| Olympics | | | | | 15th | | | |
| Europeans | | | | | 1st | | | |
| GP Rostelecom | | | | | 8th | | | |
| CS Denis Ten MC | | | | | 2nd | | | |
| CS Nebelhorn | | | | | 3rd | | | |
| Bosphorus Cup | | | 1st | | | | | |
| Toruń Cup | | | 2nd | | | | | |
| International: Junior ||||||||||
| JGP France | | | | | WD | | | |
| Bosphorus Cup | | 1st | | | | | | |
| Denis Ten MC | | | 3rd | | | | | |
| Ice Star | | 3rd | 1st | | | | | |
| Skate Helena | | 2nd | | | | | | |
| National ||||||||||
| Russian Champ. | | | | 3rd | 1st | WD | 10th | 5th |
| Russian Junior | 16th | | | | | | | |
| Russian Cup Final | | | | | | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd |
| Team events ||||||||||
| Olympics | | | | | 3 T | | |

## Detailed results

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

### Senior level

2021–22 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 8–10, 2022 | 2022 Winter Olympics | 15 86.11 | 14 162.71 | 15 248.82 |
| February 4–7, 2022 | 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event | 3 95.81 | 2 181.65 | 3 |
| January 10–16, 2022 | 2022 European Championships | 2 99.06 | 1 187.50 | 1 286.56 |
| December 21–26, 2021 | 2022 Russian Championships | 2 97.77 | 3 186.60 | 1 284.37 |
| November 26–28, 2021 | 2021 Rostelecom Cup | 11 74.16 | 8 157.72 | 8 231.88 |
| October 28–31, 2021 | 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | 2 84.79 | 2 165.29 | 2 250.08 |
| September 22–25, 2021 | 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 5 81.48 | 2 159.58 | 3 241.06 |
| 2020–21 season |||||
| Feb. 26 – Mar. 2, 2021 | 2021 Russian Cup Final | 8 83.56 | 4 167.21 | 5 250.77 |
| February 5–7, 2021 | 2021 Channel One Trophy | 3 96.89 | 1 196.23 | 2T/2P 293.12 |
| December 23–27, 2020 | 2021 Russian Championships | 3 90.88 | 2 169.43 | 3 260.31 |
| 2019–20 season |||||
| January 7–12, 2020 | 2020 Mentor Toruń Cup | 1 68.77 | 2 135.90 | 2 204.67 |
| November 25–30, 2019 | 2019 Bosphorus Cup | 2 70.46 | 1 143.01 | 1 213.47 |

### Junior level

2019–20 season :
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total |
| February 18–22, 2020 | 2020 Russian Cup Junior Final | 2 78.23 | 4 140.72 | 4 218.95 |
| October 14–17, 2019 | 2019 Ice Star | 1 71.75 | 1 127.21 | 1 198.96 |
| October 9–12, 2019 | 2019 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge | 3 67.48 | 5 114.56 | 3 182.04 |
| 2018–19 season |||||
| February 18–22, 2019 | 2019 Russian Cup Junior Final | 8 68.64 | 9 130.94 | 9 199.58 |
| January 16–19, 2019 | 2019 Skate Helena | 2 56.00 | 2 124.49 | 2 180.49 |
| Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 2018 | 2018 Bosphorus Cup | 1 63.74 | 1 125.42 | 1 189.16 |
| October 18–21, 2018 | 2018 Ice Star | 3 62.85 | 3 123.10 | 3 185.95 |
| 2016–17 season |||||
| March 1–5, 2017 | 2017 Russian Junior Championships | 14 66.75 | 16 122.52 | 16 189.27 |
| February 12–16, 2017 | 2017 Russian Cup Junior Final | 10 65.16 | 10 126.24 | 10 191.40 |