Joti Polizoakis

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 began learning to skate in 2000. As a single skater, he was coached by Christel Hacker, Michael Huth, and Florian Gerlach in Oberstdorf. 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. The two had known each other for many years. They are 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.

With Lorenz

Single skating

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Lorenz

Single skating