 Ioulia Chtchetinina and Michał Woźniak at the2024 World Championships | ||||||||||||
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| Born | (1999-07-01)1 July 1999 (age 26) | |||||||||||
| Home town | Katowice | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft11+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||
| Figure skating career | ||||||||||||
| Country |  Poland | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Pair skating (since 2020) Men's singles (2012–20) | |||||||||||
| Partner | Ioulia Chtchetinina (since 2023) Anna Hernik (2020–22) | |||||||||||
| Coach | Nolan Seegert Dmitri Savin | |||||||||||
| Skating club | UKŁ SPIN Katowice | |||||||||||
| Began skating | 2005 | |||||||||||
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Michał Woźniak (born 1 July 1999) is a Polishpair skater. With his current skating partner,Ioulia Chtchetinina, he is the2025 Four National champion, the2024 Four National silver medalist, a two-timePolish national champion (2024–25), and the2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion.
Woźniak was born on 1 July 1999 inKatowice, Poland. As of 2023, Woźniak is a law student at theUniversity of Silesia in Katowice. In his free time, he enjoys reading androad cycling.[1]
He married Polish singles skater,Elżbieta Gabryszak, in May 2024.[2]
Woźniak began learning how to skate in 2005. He trained as a single skater in Poland until 2019. While Woźniak never competed in the senior ranks internationally, he did receive a handful of junior international assignments over the course of his singles career, including twoISU Junior Grand Prix events. Notably, he won thePolish Junior Championships in 2016. Woźniak's coach, Iwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska, attempted to convince him to switch to a paired discipline — namely ice dance given his height and musicality — for several seasons before he ultimately chose to pursuepair skating.[1]
Woźniak teamed up with his first partner, Anna Hernik, in 2020, coached byMateusz Chruściński. Both new to pair skating, the duo learned the basics of the discipline together, eventually building to throw triple jumps and a double twist. Hernik and Woźniak entered the2021 Four Nationals Championships, the shared national championship event for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, but withdrew after the short program.
Hernik and Woźniak made their international debut at the2021 Nebelhorn Trophy, the final qualifying event to the2022 Winter Olympics. The couple finished last at the event, suffering an error during the free skate where Hernik fell head first out of a lift and onto the ice. While the team did eventually return for the2022 Four Nationals Championships where they won the Polish national title, Hernik ultimately made the decision to conclude her competitive career.[3]
Woźniak faced challenges in finding a new skating partner following the conclusion of his collaboration with Hernik. His search was initially hindered by theCOVID-19 pandemic and later by the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. With limited options internationally, he decided to explore possibilities within his home country. However, tryouts with young skater Wiktoria Pacha and returning veteran Ola Malinkiewicz proved unsuccessful. Eventually, Woźniak connected with Swiss-Hungarian skaterIoulia Chtchetinina, who was in search of a new partner after parting ways withMárk Magyar, over Instagram.[3] Despite differences in their levels of experience in the discipline, Chtchetinina agreed to a tryout, which took place in July 2023. The official announcement of their partnership for Poland came the following month.[1] The pair ultimately decided to train inBerlin, Germany as due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chtchetinina no longer wished to continue training in Russia as she previously had. WhileNolan Seegert became the team's head coach, Chtchetinina's previous Russian coach, Dmitri Savin, continued working with her and Woźniak through video chat.[4]
Chtchetinina and Woźniak made their international debut at the2023 Budapest Trophy, where they finished fourth. They next competed at the 2023 Diamond Spin where they placed second between Italian teamsRebecca Ghilardi andFilippo Ambrosini andAnna Valesi andManuel Piazza. The team claimed their second international medal not long after with a bronze at the2023 Warsaw Cup behind GeorgiansAnastasia Metelkina andLuka Berulava and BritsAnastasia Vaipan-Law andLuke Digby. Chtchetinina and Woźniak competed once more before the Polish National Championships, finishing fourth at their firstChallenger event, the2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb.[5]
At the2024 Four Nationals Championship, Chtchetinina and Woźniak placed second in the combined senior pairs event, but won the Polish national title by default as the sole Polish entrant. Their win yielded assignments to both the2024 European Championships and the2024 World Championships. The team competed just once more before the championship season began, winning the silver medal at the2024 Bavarian Open betweenDaria Danilova andMichel Tsiba from the Netherlands, andBarbora Kucianová andMartin Bidař of the Czech Republic.[6]
They ultimately finished tenth at the European Championships and nineteenth at the World Championships.[7][8]
Chtchetinina/Woźniak opened their second season together at the2024 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they finished in seventh place.[9] They then went on to take silver at the 2024 Diamond Spin for a second consecutive time.[10]
Following the withdrawal of ItaliansLucrezia Beccari andMatteo Guarise, Chtchetinina and Woźniak were assigned to compete on the2024–25 Grand Prix circuit at2024 Skate Canada International as substitutes.[11][12][13] They finished in sixth place at the event.[14] Chtchetinina and Woźniak were later assigned to the2024 Cup of China as well, where they finished fourth.[10] The team was happy with their placement, but wanted to hit the 180 mark for the total score.[15]
In December, Chtchetinina/Woźniak won the gold medal at the2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb. They followed this up with another gold medal at the2025 Four National Championships.[10]
At the2025 European Championships inTallinn, Estonia, Chtchetinina/Woźniak finished in seventh overall after placing seventh in both the short and free program segments. Two weeks later, they won the bronze medal at the2025 International Challenge Cup.[10]
In March, Chtchetinina/Woźniak competed at the2025 World Championships, held inBoston, Massachusetts, United States. They placed nineteenth in the short program but following a clean free skate, placed twelfth in that segment and moved up to fourteenth overall.[10][16] With this placement, Chtchetinina/Woźniak won Poland a quota for pair skating at the2026 Winter Olympics.[17] In an interview following the free skate, Chtchetinina shared, "I am so thankful to have Michal by my side. He was such a rock for me, and he managed to keep his calm and acted like nothing much happened. I was so disappointed during the short program today. I am so happy that we kept fighting, and today was so much better."[18]
| Season | Short program | Free skate | Exhibition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 |
ByMarian Hill | ByWoodkid | [19] | |
| 2024–25 | ByFlorence and the Machine |
ByMarian Hill | [20] | |
| 2025–26 |
| [21] |
| Season | Short program | Free skate | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 |
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| [22] |
| Season | Short program | Free skate | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018–19 |
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| [23] |
| Season | 2023–24 | 2024–25 | 2025–26 |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Championships | 19th | 14th | |
| European Championships | 10th | 7th | |
| Polish Championships | 1st | 1st | |
| Four Nationals Championships | 2nd | 1st | |
| GPCup of China | 4th | ||
| GPFinland | TBD | ||
| GPSkate Canada | 6th | TBD | |
| CSGolden Spin of Zagreb | 4th | 1st | |
| CSNebelhorn Trophy | 7th | 13th | |
| CSTrialeti Trophy | 6th | ||
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | ||
| Budapest Trophy | 4th | ||
| Challenge Cup | 3rd | ||
| Diamond Spin | 2nd | 2nd | |
| Warsaw Cup | 3rd |
| Season | 2020–21 | 2021–22 |
|---|---|---|
| Polish Championships | WD | 1st |
| CSNebelhorn Trophy | 16th |
| Season | 2012–13 | 2013–14 | 2014–15 | 2015–16 | 2016–17 | 2017–18 | 2018–19 | 2019–20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polish Championships (Senior) | 8th | 7th | 4th | |||||
| Polish Championships (Junior) | 10th | 7th | 5th | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 5th | |
| JGPCzech Republic | 19th | |||||||
| JGPPoland | 24th | |||||||
| Mentor Toruń Cup | 8th | |||||||
| Tirnavia Ice Cup | 9th | |||||||
| Warsaw Cup | 10th |
| Segment | Type | Score | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | TSS | 185.50 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Short program | TSS | 62.76 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| TES | 34.76 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| PCS | 28.21 | 2024 Cup of China | |
| Free skating | TSS | 122.74 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| TES | 63.47 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | |
| PCS | 59.27 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Oct 13–15, 2023 |  2023 Budapest Trophy | 4 | 53.42 | 4 | 102.74 | 4 | 156.16 |
| Oct 19–22, 2023 | 2023 Diamond Spin | 2 | 53.19 | 2 | 109.54 | 2 | 162.73 |
| Nov 16–19, 2023 | 2023 Warsaw Cup | 4 | 47.62 | 2 | 105.40 | 3 | 153.02 |
| Dec 6–9, 2023 |  2023 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 4 | 54.12 | 4 | 105.03 | 4 | 159.15 |
| Dec 14–16, 2023 |  2024 Four Nationals Championships | 3 | 55.11 | 2 | 106.47 | 2 | 161.58 |
| Dec 14–16, 2023 | 2024 Polish Championships[a] | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Jan 8–14, 2024 |  2024 European Championships | 11 | 53.61 | 11 | 101.30 | 10 | 154.91 |
| Jan 30 – Feb 4, 2024 |  2024 Bavarian Open | 2 | 59.33 | 2 | 110.43 | 2 | 169.76 |
| Mar 18–24, 2024 |  2024 World Championships | 18 | 56.24 | 19 | 99.67 | 19 | 155.91 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 19–21, 2024 | 2024 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 5 | 60.64 | 5 | 113.58 | 7 | 174.22 |
| Oct 15–20, 2024 | 2024 Diamond Spin | 2 | 60.23 | 2 | 119.02 | 2 | 179.25 |
| Oct 25–27, 2024 | 2024 Skate Canada International | 6 | 60.87 | 6 | 112.97 | 6 | 173/84 |
| Nov 22–24, 2024 |  2024 Cup of China | 4 | 61.11 | 5 | 115.93 | 4 | 177.04 |
| Dec 4–7, 2024 | 2024 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb | 2 | 62.76 | 1 | 122.74 | 1 | 185.50 |
| Dec 13–15, 2024 | 2025 Four Nationals Championships | 1 | 62.82 | 1 | 121.58 | 1 | 184.40 |
| Dec 13–15, 2024 | 2025 Polish Championships[a] | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Jan 28 – Feb 2, 2025 |  2025 European Championships | 7 | 60.31 | 7 | 117.55 | 7 | 177.86 |
| Feb 13–16, 2025 |  2025 Challenge Cup | 2 | 55.19 | 3 | 110.17 | 3 | 165.36 |
| Mar 25–30, 2025 |  2025 World Championships | 19 | 56.37 | 12 | 116.81 | 14 | 173.18 |
| Date | Event | SP | FS | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Score | P | Score | P | Score | ||
| Sep 25-27, 2025 | 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy | 13 | 57.01 | 12 | 101.37 | 13 | 158.38 |
| Oct 8–11, 2025 |  2025 CS Trialeti Trophy | 7 | 55.41 | 6 | 108.18 | 6 | 163.59 |
