Michel Tsiba
Danilova/Tsiba at the 2020 European Championships
Born (1997-12-21) 21 December 1997
Groningen, Netherlands
HometownZandvoort, Netherlands
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Figure skating career
Country Netherlands
PartnerDaria Danilova
CoachPavel Kitashev
Knut Schubert
Aljona Savchenko
Dmitri Savin
Fedor Klimov
Skating clubEkijsa Amsterdam
Began skating2006

Michel Tsiba (born 21 December 1997) is a Dutch pair skater. With his skating partner, Daria Danilova, he is the 2020 Dutch national champion and the 2020 NRW Trophy bronze medalist. They competed in the final segment at the 2020 European Championships and are the first Dutch pair to qualify for the World Championships.

Personal life

Tsiba was born on 21 December 1997 in Groningen to a Russian father and a Ukrainian mother. He has an older sister.[1] Tsiba is fluent in Russian.[2]

Career

Early career

Tsiba started competing at the age of seven. He originally wanted to compete in ice hockey, but was advised to learn to skate in the figure skating club first.[1] As a child, Tsiba experienced bullying from his peers about being a figure skater, who referred to him as "a ballerina in a tutu" and often called him "gay" or other homophobic remarks.[1] Due to the relative obscurity of figure skating in the Netherlands, he admitted to being jealous of popular speed skaters like Sven Kramer when he was young.[3]

As a singles skater, Tsiba was coached by Viola Striegler and Susan Mason and is the 2014 Dutch junior national and 2018 Dutch national champion. He switched disciplines from men's singles to pair skating because he felt that he was too tall to succeed in learning quadruple jumps.[3] Tsiba had a tryout in summer 2017 that ultimately did not work out. He officially retired from singles skating after winning his first senior national title in 2018.[4]

Tsiba teamed up with Russian skater Daria Danilova for the Netherlands in May 2018. Earlier in the season, he had met one of her coaches at a seminar in Berlin and they arranged a tryout.[3] At the start of their partnership, Danilova/Tsiba alternated training in Berlin and Moscow every three months due to the differences in their respective citizenships' visa requirements.[2] The pair fund over half of their training costs out of pocket via Tsiba's student finances.[1]

2018–2019 season

Danilova/Tsiba won their debut international competition, the 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb on the junior level. They then placed tenth at the 2019 Bavarian Open. In February, Danilova/Tsiba won the 2019 Dutch junior national title unopposed. However, they missed achieving the minimum TES requirements for the 2019 World Junior Championships.[4]

2019–2020 season

Danilova/Tsiba competed at three Challenger Series events to open the season, finishing tenth at 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, 17th at 2019 CS Warsaw Cup, and 15th at 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.

At the 2020 European Championships in January, Danilova/Tsiba became the first Dutch pair in 24 years to compete at a European Championships since Jeltje Schulten / Alcuin Schulten last represented the country at the event in 1996.[2] They qualified to the final segment and finished 16th overall. In February, they finished eighth at the Bavarian Open and tenth at the Challenge Cup; the latter event doubled as the Dutch Championships where, as the only Dutch pair, Danilova/Tsiba won their first senior national title.

At the Challenge Cup, Danilova/Tsiba earned the necessary TES minimums for the 2020 World Championships.[5] They are the first Dutch pair in history to qualify for the World Championships.[6] The event was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[7]

2020–2021 season

During the offseason, Tsiba underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus. However, the pair did not start training together again until the end of August due to issues with Danilova's Dutch visa.[8] Danilova/Tsiba made their season debut at the 2020 NRW Autumn Trophy in November and won their first senior international medal, bronze behind Germans Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel and Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert. Making their debut at the World Championships in Stockholm, they placed twenty-second.[9]

2021–2022 season

Beginning the season at the 2021 Lombardia Trophy, Danilova/Tsiba placed eighth.[10] They competed at the 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, placing ninth and failing to qualify a place at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Their third Challenger event, the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup, Danilova/Tsiba were fifteenth. They finished twenty-first at the 2022 European Championships, missing the free skate.[11]

Danilova/Tsiba concluded the season at the 2022 World Championships, where they finished a career-best ninth in a field depleted due to Russia being banned as a result of their invasion of Ukraine and the Chinese Skating Association opted not to send athletes to compete in Montpellier.[12][11]

2022–2023 season

Danilova/Tsiba decided that the Russian invasion of Ukraine would not affect their training in Russia, opting to spend about half their time in Sochi, Russia, and half in Heerenveen, Netherlands.[13] On training in Russia, they commented: "We don't notice the war here. It's shockingly quiet."[14] They were unable to compete at the 2022 Skate America because Danilova's visa application was declined.[14]

Danilova/Tsiba began their season with a sixth-place finish at the 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy. They finished sixth as well at the 2022 NHK Trophy, their Grand Prix debut, and then fifth at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo.[11] Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein won the Netherlands' only pair skating berth at the 2023 European Championships.[13] Domestic rivals Osipova/Epstein won the Netherlands' only pair skating berth at the 2023 European Championships.[13] However, due to Danilova/Tsiba's ninth-place finish at the prior year's World Championships, both teams were able to attend the 2023 edition in Saitama. Both Dutch teams qualified for the free skate segment, a first in the history of the event, with Danilova/Tsiba finishing thirteenth, the higher-ranked of the two.[15]

2023–2024 season

Danilova/Tsiba at the 2023 Skate Canada International

Beginning the season at the 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy, Danilova/Tsiba came sixth.[11] On the Grand Prix, they were seventh at the 2023 Skate Canada International.[16] At the 2023 NHK Trophy they placed fifth, equaling their prior best placement, both praising the reception from the Japanese audience.[17]

Programs

With Danilova

Season Short program Free skating
2023–2024
[18]		 The Hunger Games:
2022–2023
[19]		 Harriet:
2020–2022
[20]
2020–21
[21]
2019–2020
[22]
2018–2019
[23]

Men's singles

Season Short program Free skating
2016–2017
[24]
2015–2016
[25]

Competitive highlights

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

Pairs with Danilova

International[11]
Event 18–19 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
WorldsC22nd9th13th
Europeans16th21st8th
GP Finland5th
GP NHK Trophy6th5th
GP Skate Canada7th
CS Finlandia Trophy10th6th
CS Golden Spin15thWD8th
CS Lombardia Trophy6th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy9th
CS Warsaw Cup17th15th
Bavarian Open8th2nd
Budapest Trophy3rd
Challenge Cup10th7th2nd5th
Lombardia Trophy8th
NRW Trophy3rd1st
International: Junior[11]
Bavarian Open10th
Golden Spin1st
National[11]
Dutch Champ.1st J1st2nd1st2nd
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: J = Junior

Men's singles

International[26]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
CS Tallinn Trophy23rd
Challenge Cup13th
Cup of Nice18th
Universiade32nd
International: Junior[26]
JGP Austria21st
JGP France21st
JGP Germany27th
JGP Latvia22nd
Bavarian Open27th10th17th
Challenge Cup8th8th8th
Crystal Skate6th
Lombardia Trophy12th10th8th
Merano Cup15th
NRW Trophy17th8th14th13th
Printemps14th9th
Skate Helena4th
Tallinn Trophy7th
Toruń Cup9th
Volvo Open Cup14th10th
World Development6th
International: Adv. novice[27]
Challenge Cup11th4th
NRW Trophy14th
Volvo Open Cup4th
National[26]
Dutch Champ.1st N3rd J1st J2nd2nd1st J1st
TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew; C = Cancelled
Levels: J = Junior; N = Novice

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system [28]
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS177.542023 NHK Trophy
Short program TSS61.242023 World Championships
TES35.212023 World Championships
PCS27.362023 NHK Trophy
Free skating TSS118.932023 NHK Trophy
TES64.712023 NHK Trophy
PCS55.222023 NHK Trophy

Current personal best scores are highlighted in bold.

Senior results

With Danilova

2023–24 season
Date Event SP FS Total
January 8-14, 2024 2024 European Championships 10
53.95		 8
113.37		 8
167.32
November 24–26, 2023 2023 NHK Trophy 6
58.61		 5
118.93		 5
177.54
October 27–29, 2023 2023 Skate Canada International 6
57.17		 6
107.84		 7
165.01
October 13-15, 2023 2023 Budapest Trophy 3
61.66		 4
107.73		 3
169.39
September 8–10, 2023 2023 CS Lombardia Trophy 8
53.58		 6
106.89		 6
160.47
2022–23 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 20–26, 2023 2023 World Championships 12
61.24		 12
112.61		 13
173.85
23–26 February, 2023 2023 International Challenge Cup 5
57.28		 5
100.50		 5
157.78
31 January–February 5, 2023 2023 Bavarian Open 1
66.00		 2
101.49		 2
167.49
November 25–27, 2022 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 5
56.41		 6
89.74		 5
146.15
November 17–20, 2022 2022 NHK Trophy 6
54.46		 6
101.38		 6
155.84
October 4–9, 2022 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 6
56.27		 5
102.65		 6
158.92
2021–22 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 21–27, 2022 2022 World Championships 11
49.52		 9
99.03		 9
148.55
February 24–27, 2022 2022 International Challenge Cup 2
53.57		 2
95.83		 2
149.40
January 10–16, 2022 2022 European Championships 21
36.86		 – 21
36.86
November 17–20, 2021 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 14
55.45		 15
89.28		 15
144.73
November 4–7, 2021 2021 NRW Trophy 1
50.61		 1
101.85		 1
152.46
September 22–25, 2021 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8
55.39		 9
89.87		 9
145.26
September 10–12, 2021 2021 Lombardia Trophy 7
45.14		 8
88.73		 8
133.87
2020–21 season
Date Event SP FS Total
March 22–28, 2021 2021 World Championships 22
43.12		 – 22
43.12
February 26–28, 2021 2021 International Challenge Cup 8
48.87		 6
88.23		 7
137.10
November 26–29, 2020 2020 NRW Trophy 3
43.86		 4
70.88		 3
114.74
2019–20 season
Date Event SP FS Total
February 20–23, 2020 2020 International Challenge Cup 5
51.81		 10
85.92		 10
137.73
February 3–9, 2020 2020 Bavarian Open 8
46.92		 9
83.91		 8
130.83
January 20–26, 2020 2020 European Championships 16
46.10		 16
70.20		 16
116.30
December 4–7, 2019 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 13
47.86		 16
87.85		 15
135.71
November 14–17, 2019 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 18
38.90		 18
80.54		 17
119.44
October 11–13, 2019 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy 9
43.56		 10
75.34		 10
118.90

Junior results

2018–19 season
Date Event Level SP FS Total
February 21–24, 2019 2019 Dutch Junior Championships Junior 1
43.33		 1
74.44		 1
117.77
February 5–10, 2019 2019 Bavarian Open Junior 12
36.74		 10
73.18		 10
109.92
December 5–8, 2018 2018 Golden Spin of Zagreb Junior 1
37.67		 1
76.33		 1
114.00

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Aalbers, Dave (27 February 2019). "Welkom in het leven van een Nederlands kunstschaatstalent" [Welcome to the life of a Dutch figure skating talent] (in Dutch). Vice.
  2. 1 2 3 "Na 24 jaar weer een Nederlands paar bij EK kunstrijden: 'We praten Russisch'" [After 24 years, a Dutch couple again at the European Figure Skating Championships: 'We speak Russian'] (in Dutch). NOS. 21 January 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 van Lakerveld, Erik (21 January 2020). "De schoonheid van rondvliegen boven het ijs" [The beauty of flying around above the ice] (in Dutch). de Volkskrant.
  4. 1 2 Veltman, Anjuli (6 November 2018). "Nieuw avontuur voor Tsiba: 'Kan het niet zonder haar'" [New adventure for Tsiba: 'Can't do it without her']. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch).
  5. ↑ "Na Wories ook duo Danilova/Tsiba zeker van WK kunstrijden" [After Wories duo Danilova / Tsiba also sure of World Figure Skating Championships] (in Dutch). AD. 24 February 2020.
  6. ↑ "Daria Danilova/Michel Tsiba en Niki Wories naar WK Kunstrijden in Montréal (15 – 22 maart)" [Daria Danilova / Michel Tsiba and Niki Wories to World Figure Skating Championships in Montréal (15 – 22 March)]. KNSB. 24 February 2020.
  7. ↑ "WK kunstrijden in Montreal geschrapt vanwege coronavirus" [World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal canceled due to coronavirus] (in Dutch). Dagblad van het Noorden. 11 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "Nederlandse kunstschaatsers over afgelasting EK: 'Dit zat eraan te komen'" [Dutch figure skaters about the cancellation of the European Championship: 'this was coming']. Schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). 11 December 2020.
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  10. ↑ "Lombardia Trophy 2021". Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio.
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  12. ↑ Campigotto, Jesse (March 22, 2022). "Get ready for a bizarre figure skating world championships". CBC Sports.
  13. 1 2 3 de Schutter, Margriet (22 February 2023). "Challenge Cup & NK goede generale voor kunstrijparen". schaatsen.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 10 March 2023.
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  15. ↑ "Nederlandse duo's worden dertiende en twintigste in finale vrije" [Dutch duos finish thirteenth and twentieth in the free skate final]. Eurosport (in Dutch). March 23, 2023.
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  25. ↑ "Michel TSIBA: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016.
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