Natalia Kaliszek

Natalia Kaliszek (born 17 May 1996) is a retired Polish ice dancer.

Natalia Kaliszek was born on 17 May 1996 in Toruń, Poland.

She has two siblings, Michał and Anna, both of whom have competed in figure skating.

In May 2022 she married Miłosz Wąsik, they have a baby born at the beginning of 2023.

Natalia Kaliszek competed in ladies' singles as a child.

In 2007, she teamed up with her brother, Michał Kaliszek, to compete in pair skating.

In 2009, they appeared at two ISU Junior Grand Prix events, placing thirteenth and eighteenth.

In 2010, the two switched to ice dancing at the suggestion of Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka.

In the 2011–2012 season, the Kaliszeks received two JGP assignments, finishing eleventh at both, and debuted on the senior level at the Pavel Roman Memorial, where they placed fifth.

They were sent to the 2012 World Junior Championships in Minsk, Belarus, but were eliminated after the preliminary round.

They trained in Toruń and ended their partnership after the 2012–2013 season.

In 2013, Kaliszek teamed up with Russian ice dancer Yaroslav Kurbakov.

The two were coached by Nowak-Trębacka and represented Poland.

They placed ninth and thirteenth at their JGP assignments and second at the Polish Junior Championships.

They parted ways at the end of the season.

In 2014, Kaliszek began competing with Ukrainian ice dancer Maksym Spodyriev for Poland, coached by Nowak-Trębacka in Toruń.

The two made their international debut at the Volvo Open Cup, where they took the junior silver medal.

Switching to the senior level, they placed sixth at a Challenger Series (CS) event, the Warsaw Cup, before winning gold at the Santa Claus Cup.

They won the Polish national title at the Four Nationals in December 2014 and took bronze the following month at the Toruń Cup.

At the junior level, they placed in the top ten at the 2015 Junior Worlds.

Kaliszek/Spodyriev were selected to represent Poland at the European Championships, held in late January 2015 in Stockholm, Sweden.

Ranked fifteenth in the short dance, they qualified to the free dance, where they placed fourteenth and rose to fourteenth overall.

In early March, they made their second and final appearance on the junior level, competing at the World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia; they placed tenth in the short dance, sixth in the free dance, and seventh overall.

Later in March, they traveled to Shanghai, China, for the World Championships but were eliminated after placing twenty-fourth in the short dance.

Kaliszek/Spodyriev competed in three 2015–16 Challenger Series competitions.

After placing seventh at the Nebelhorn Trophy, they won bronze at the Mordovian Ornament and silver at the Warsaw Cup.

They finished third in the Challenger Series ranking.

Kaliszek/Spodyriev placed eleventh at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, having ranked eleventh in both segments.

At the 2016 World Championships in Boston, they placed fourteenth in the short dance, sixteenth in the free dance, and sixteenth overall.

At the end of May 2016, it was announced that the International Skating Union had chosen the foxtrot portion of their short dance to become a pattern dance.

Starting their season on the Challenger Series, Kaliszek/Spodyriev placed fourth at the 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial and fifth at the 2016 CS Finlandia Trophy, in early October.

During training in early November, they had a fall related to poor rink conditions in Toruń, which resulted in her blade cutting two of his fingers.

Later in the same month, they debuted on the Grand Prix series, having received invitations to two events.

The duo finished fifth at the 2016 Cup of China and seventh at the 2016 NHK Trophy.

With her skating partner, Maksym Spodyriev, she has won medals on the ISU Challenger Series, including gold at the 2017 CS Tallinn Trophy, and eight Polish national titles.

In January 2017, Kaliszek/Spodyriev finished 8th at the European Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

In March, they placed fifteenth in the short, thirteenth in the free, and fourteenth overall at the 2017 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland.

Kaliszek/Spodyriev began the season with a tenth-place finish at the 2017 CS Finlandia Trophy, the first of two Challenger events the team would take on that year.

They have represented Poland at the 2018 and 2022 Winter Olympics, as well as the European and World championships.

Due to their result, Poland qualified a spot in the ice dancing event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.