Mariia Ignateva
Mariia Olegovna Ignateva is a Russian-born ice dancer who represents Hungary. With her skating partner, Danijil Szemko, she is a five-time Hungarian national champions, three-time Four Nationals medalists, the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge bronze medalist, 2022 Jégvirág Cup champion, the 2021 Volvo Open Cup silver medalist, and a two-time Santa Claus Cup silver medalist.
Career
Early career
Ignateva began skating in 2006 in her hometown of Yekaterinburg. Her first ice dance partner was Alexander Aleksanyan, with whom she competed for two seasons beginning in 2016–17. Ignateva then teamed up with Mikhail Bragin for two seasons, finishing eleventh at the 2019 Russian Championships and thirteenth in 2020.Partnership with Szemko
In January 2021, coach Nóra Hoffmann announced that Ignateva would team up with Danijil Szemko to compete for Hungary. It was subsequently announced that the team would split their time between training in Budapest under Hoffmann and in Moscow under Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin.2021–2022 season
Ignateva/Szemko made their international competitive debut at the 2021 CS Lombardia Trophy, where they placed seventeenth. They were then sixth at the Budapest Trophy before winning silver medals at the Volvo Open Cup and the Santa Claus Cup. At the 2022 Four National Championships, Ignateva/Szemko earned the bronze medal behind Poland's Kaliszek/Spodyriev and Taschlerová/Taschler of the Czech Republic, as well as the Hungarian national title. They were assigned to the 2022 European Championships, where they finished eighteenth overall. Ignateva/Szemko competed at the Jégvirág Cup in February and won their first international title together. They finished the season making the World Championship debut, finishing twenty-second.2022–2023 season
Beginning the season on the Challenger circuit, Ignateva/Szemko were eighth at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial and seventh at the 2022 CS Budapest Trophy. They won the bronze medal at the 2022 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge, their first Challenger medal, and then repeated as silver medalists at the Santa Claus Cup. They finished second in the standings at the 2023 Four National Championships, behind only Czechs Taschlerová/Taschler, thus winning the Hungarian national title for a second consecutive year.Ignateva/Szemko finished tenth at the 2023 European Championships, and then twentieth at the 2023 World Championships.
Following the season, the team relocated to Milan, Italy, where Barbara Fusar-Poli became their head coach.
2023–2024 season
Ignateva/Szemko appeared at two Challenger events, coming ninth at the 2023 CS Budapest Trophy and eighth at the 2023 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. They were invited to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2023 Grand Prix of Espoo, where they finished tenth.After retaining the Hungarian national title, Ignateva/Szemko were fourth at both the Bosphorus Cup and the International Challenge Cup. They were twenty-fifth at the 2024 European Championships and twenty-fourth at the 2024 World Championships.
2024–2025 season
Ignateva/Szemko started the season by competing on the 2024–25 ISU Challenger Series, finishing sixth at the 2024 CS Lombardia Trophy and fifth at the 2024 CS Budapest Trophy. They then went on to win gold at the 2024 Mezzaluna Cup and bronze at the 2024 Santa Claus Cup.In December, Ignateva/Szemko competed at the 2025 Four National Championships, where they finished in fourth place. They followed this up with a silver medal win at the 2025 Ephesus Cup. Selected to compete at the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, Ignateva/Szemko finished the event in fourteenth place.
The team then went on to finish fourth at the Road to 26 Trophy, a test event for the 2026 Winter Olympics. They subsequently closed the season with a twenty-fourth place finish at the 2025 World Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
2025–26 season
Ignateva/Szemko opened their season by finishing sixth at the 2025 CS Lombardia Trophy. They then went on to compete at the final Olympic qualifying event, the 2025 Skate to Milano. Ignateva/Szemko finished sixth overall and were named as the second alternates for the 2026 Winter Olympic ice dance team.They subsequently won silver at the 2025 Budapest Trophy. In November, Ignateva/Szemko won bronze at the 2025 NRW Trophy, finished fourteenth at the 2025 CS Warsaw Cup, and won the silver medal at the 2025 Santa Claus Cup. The following month, they won the bronze medal at the 2026 Four National Championships.
In January, Ignateva/Szemko competed at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom, finishing in fifteenth place overall.
Programs
; With Szemko| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
| 2025–2026 | by La Bouche
by Ini Kamoze |
by Ed Sheeran & Taylor Swift by Gary Glitter |
| 2024–2025 | performed by Austin Butler by Elvis Presley |
by Gary Glitter |
| 2023–2024 |
by Bonnie Tyler by Salt-N-Pepa choreo. by Irina Zhuk |
choreo. by Irina Zhuk |
| 2022–2023 |
by The Rolling Stones choreo. by Maxim Staviski |
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| 2021–2022 |
choreo. by Maxim Staviski |
choreo. by Maxim Staviski |