# Pavel Golovishnikov

Pavel Sergeyevich Golovishnikov (Russian: Павел Сергеевич Головишников; born 12 July 1995) is an ice dancer. Skating for Poland with Anastasia Polibina, he is the 2022 Bosphorus Cup champion, 2022 NRW Trophy silver medalist, and 2023 Polish national champion. Earlier in his career, he skated for Russia with Ludmila Sosnitskaia, winning bronze at the 2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup.

## Career
### Early years

Golovishnikov began learning to skate in 1998. Early in his career, he represented Russia with Ludmila Sosnitskaia. Their partnership started in 2012 and lasted seven seasons. They made their junior international debut in November 2012, at the Grand Prize SNP in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia. Their senior international debut came in October 2014, at the Ice Star in Minsk, Belarus.
Sosnitskaia and Golovishnikov competed at five ISU Challenger Series events. In October 2015, the duo won bronze at the 2015 CS Denkova-Staviski Cup in Sofia, Bulgaria. They appeared at five senior Russian national championships, placing seventh twice and ninth three times.
They trained in Moscow, coached by Svetlana Alekseeva, Elena Kustarova, and Olga Riabinina. Their partnership ended following the 2018–19 season.

### 2020–21 season

In 2020, Golovishnikov teamed up with Russian-born ice dancer Anastasia Polibina, who had started competing for Poland in 2015. The two decided to train in Toruń, under Sylwia Nowak-Trębacka, and to represent Poland. In December 2020, they became the Polish national silver medalists at the Four Nationals in Cieszyn. They had no appearances at ISU events in their first season together.

### 2021–22 season

In October 2021, Polibina/Golovishnikov placed fourth at the Mezzaluna Cup in Italy and then won bronze at the Viktor Petrenko Cup in Odesa, Ukraine. In November, they finished 13th at the 2021 CS Warsaw Cup.
In December, competing at Four Nationals, they repeated as national silver medalists. They were assigned to the 2022 European Championships but withdrew before the event due to a positive test for SARS-CoV-2. They placed 28th at the 2022 World Championships, which took place in March in Montpellier, France.

### 2022–23 season

In November, Polibina and Golovishnikov won the silver medal at the NRW Trophy in Germany. In December, they won gold at the Bosphorus Cup in Turkey and then claimed the Polish national title at the Four National Championships hosted by Hungary. They were subsequently nominated to compete at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland.

## Programs
### With Polibina

| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
| 2022–2023 | Samba: Magalenha by Sérgio Mendes Rhumba: Perfidia Samba: Hip Hip Chin Chin | Feel It by Michele Morrone Dad by Michele Morrone Give 'em Hell by Everybody Loves an Outlaw |
| 2021–2022 | Swing: I Won't Dance by Willie Nelson, Diana Krall Jazz: Love by Nat King Cole | Earned It by The Weeknd Crazy in Love by Sofia Karlberg Done for Me by Charlie Puth, Kehlani Notre-Dame de Paris by Riccardo Cocciante, Luc Plamondon Les Temps des Cathédrales performed by Richard Charest Belle performed by Daniel Lavoie Les Sans-Papiers performed by Luck Mervil |

### With Sosnitskaia

| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
| 2017–2018 | No Me Ames by Jennifer Lopez, Marc Anthony | Tonight by Elton John |
| 2016–2017 | Your Heart Is As Black As Night by Beth Hart | |
| 2015–2016 | | |
| 2014–2015 | | Les Misérables by Claude-Michel Schönberg |

## Competitive highlights

* JGP – Event of the ISU Junior Grand Prix Series
* CS – Event of the ISU Challenger Series
* WD – Withdrew from competition

### Ice dance with Anastasia Polibina (for Poland)

Competition placements at senior level :
| Season | 2019–20 | 2020–21 | 2021–22 | 2022–23 | 2023–24 | 2024–25 |
| World Championships | | | 28th | 22nd | | |
| European Championships | | | | 16th | | |
| Polish Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd |
| Four Nationals Championships | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 7th |
| CS Budapest Trophy | | | | 10th | 16th | |
| CS Denis Ten Memorial | | | | | 9th | |
| CS Nepela Memorial | | | | 10th | | |
| CS Warsaw Cup | | | 13th | 5th | WD | 18th |
| Bosphorus Cup | | | | 1st | 14th | |
| Mezzaluna Cup | | | 4th | | 12th | |
| NRW Trophy | | | | 2nd | | 9th |
| Viktor Petrenko Cup | | | 3rd | | | |

### With Sosnitskaia for Russia

International :
| Event | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| CS Denkova-Staviski | | | | 3rd | | | |
| CS Mordovian | | | | 7th | | | |
| CS Tallinn Trophy | | | | | 11th | 7th | |
| CS Volvo Open Cup | | | 8th | | | | |
| Ice Star | | | 7th | | | | |
| Volvo Open Cup | | | | | | 6th | |
| International: Junior ||||||||
| Grand Prize SNP | 5th | | | | | | |
| Ice Star | | 5th | | | | | |
| Volvo Open Cup | | 5th | | | | | |
| National ||||||||
| Russian Champ. | | | 7th | 7th | 9th | 9th | 9th |
| Russian Jr. Champ. | | 14th | | | | | |