Joti Polizoakis

Joti Polizoakis
Lorenz and Polizoakis at the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy
Personal information
Country represented	Germany
Born	(1995-06-09) 9 June 1995 Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Partner	Kavita Lorenz
Coach	Igor Shpilband, Martin Skotnický
Choreographer	Igor Shpilband
Skating club	EC Oberstdorf
Training locations	Novi, Michigan
Began skating	2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	146.32 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Short dance	62.34 2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Free dance	84.68 2015 CS Nebelhorn Trophy

Panagiotis "Joti" Polizoakis (born 9 June 1995) is a German competitive ice dancer. With partner Kavita Lorenz, he is the 2016 German national champion and has qualified for the final segment at two ISU Championships.

Career

As a single skater, Polizoakis was coached by Christel Hacker, Michael Huth, and Florian Gerlach in Oberstdorf.^[1] In the 2012–13 and 2013–14 season, he competed at ISU Junior Grand Prix events and won the German junior national title.

In 2014–15, he moved up to the senior level. He competed at two ISU Challenger Series events and placed 6th at the 2015 German Championships.

Partnership with Lorenz

In the spring of 2015, Polizoakis teamed up with Kavita Lorenz to compete in ice dancing. They are coached by Igor Shpilband and Martin Skotnický in Novi, Michigan.^[2]

Making their international debut, Lorenz/Polizoakis finished fourth at the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, a Challenger Series (CS) event. They placed fifth at the 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy (CS), first at the 2015 Open d'Andorra, and fifth at the 2015 Warsaw Cup (CS). In December, they won the German national title ahead of Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck and were selected to represent Germany at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. At Europeans in January, Lorenz/Polizoakis placed 13th in the short dance to qualify for the free, where they ranked 15th, resulting in a final placement of 14th at their first ISU Championship. In March, they qualified for the final segment at the 2016 World Championships in Boston by placing 18th in the short dance and went on to finish 17th overall. They ended their partnership in April 2016,^[3] but a couple months later announced that they would continue skating together.^[4]

Programs

With Lorenz

Single skating

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Lorenz

Single skating

References

External links

Media related to Joti Polizoakis at Wikimedia Commons

• Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis at the International Skating Union