Joti Polizoakis
Panagiotis "Joti" Polizoakis (born 9 June 1995) is a German ice dancer and choreographer. He is a three-time German national champion (2016–2018) and has finished 16th at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Personal life. Joti Polizoakis was born on 9 June 1995 in Bietigheim-Bissingen. He is the oldest child of a Czech woman and a Greek who was born in Germany. He is fluent in German, Czech and Greek, as well as English and French. He has two younger siblings. Polizoakis served in the German military from 2017 - 2019 as a sports soldier. Joti Polizoakis resides  and lives in Berlin, Germany. Career. Joti Polizoakis belongs up to this day to one of the greatest talents in German Figure Skating. His strengths include his very own and unique skating style with very good skating skills technique. He is known for his good sense of musicality, which he underlines with charisma and strong interpretation and his ability to dance on the ice. Polizoakis began learning to skate in 2000. He competed at ISU Junior Grand Prix events and won the German junior national title. He is the German Junior National Champion from 2013 and 2014. He was coached  by Michael Huth. In 2014–15, he moved up to the senior level but struggled with many injuries and health problems. 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. The two had known each other for many years. They were coached by Igor Shpilband and Martin Skotnický in Novi, Michigan. 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, but announced in June that they would continue skating together. Polizoakis and Lorenz defended their national title in 2017 and 2018 for 3 consecutive times and managed to secure a spot for the 2018 Winter Olympics. This should be so far his biggest achievement of his career. They switched coaches in the Olympic season to be trained by Marina Zoueva and Massimo Scali in Canton, Michigan. After the World Championships in 2018, Lorenz ended her career, and Polizoakis has been looking for a partner ever  since. Olympic Winter Games. Polizoakis and his partner qualified for the Winter Olympic Games 2018 in PyeongChang, South Korea by winning the German National Championships in 2018. At the Olympic Games they placed 7th in the figure skating team event. In the individual event, Polizoakis qualified for the final and ended up in 16th place in the ice dance event. Holiday On Ice. Polizoakis toured through Germany and Austria as a star guest in the 2019/2020 season with Holiday On Ice. In total he performed in 11 different cities. Competitive highlights. "GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand  Prix" TV. Dancing On Ice. Joti Polizoakis became known nationwide while appearing in the first season of Dancing On Ice in 2019 as a professional Dancer. Sarah Lombardi was his partner in the first season and together they were able to win the first season. One year later, he was partnered with Lina Larissa Strahl for the second season of Dancing On Ice. Once again, Polizoakis made it to the final as a pro and finished up in third place with Lina Larissa Strahl. Other projects. On May 16th, 2020, Polizoakis performed as a dancer at the Free European Song  Contest. Since than he appeared in many different music videos as a dancer. In the fall of 2020 Polizoakis shot his first short movie as an actor.