Ioulia Chtchetinina

Chtchetinina was born in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia on December 24, 1995. At the age of three, she and her parents moved to Switzerland.^[4][5]

She became a Hungarian citizen in October 2020 and in September 2025, obtained Polish citizenship.^[6][7]

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Chtchetinina began figure skating in 2001. She originally competed as a singles skater for Switzerland until 2015, when she decided to switch to pair skating. Her first pair partner was Noah Scherer. The pair was coached by Jean-Francois Ballester and primarily trained in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, and Oberstdorf, Germany.^[8] Together, they won the 2017 Swiss Championships, competed at two World Championships (eighteenth in 2016 and twenty-eighth in 2017), and finished seventeenth at the 2017 European Championships.^[2] In mid-May 2017, the Swiss skating federation announced that the pair had parted ways.^[9]

The following season, Chtchetinina teamed up with Ukrainian-Russian pair skater Mikhail Akulov to continue representing Switzerland.^[3] They were coached by Juri Larionov in Moscow, Russia, and Jean-Francois Ballester in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.^[3] Together, the pair won the 2018 Swiss Championships, placed thirteenth at the 2018 European Championships, and twenty-third at the 2018 World Championships. They split following the 2018–19 figure skating season.^[10]

In August 2019, Chtchetinina announced that she had teamed up with Hungarian pair skater Márk Magyar and that they would be coached by Dmitri Savin and Fedor Klimov in Moscow, Russia. The pair decided to represent Hungary.^[11]

Chtchetinina and Magyar started the season by finishing eighth at the 2019 Finlandia Trophy, fourth at the 2019 IceLab International Cup, and fifth at the 2019 Golden Spin of Zagreb.^[10]

After winning gold at the 2020 Four National Championships, Chtchetinina and Magyar were selected to represent Hungary at the 2020 European Championships, where they finished tenth. They finished the season with a fourth-place finish at the 2020 Challenge Cup.^[10]

Chtchetinina and Magyar started the season by finishing seventh at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup and winning bronze at the 2021 Challenge Cup.^[10]

Going on to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, the pair finished fourteenth.^[10]

Chtchetinina and Magyar started the season by winning bronze at the 2021 Budapest Trophy and eighth at the 2021 Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. They went on to compete on the 2021–22 Grand Prix Circuit, finishing sixth at the 2021 Internationaux de France and the 2021 Rostelecom Cup.^[10]

They won gold at the 2022 Four National Championships for a second time before going on to place sixth at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.^[10]

Although they were set to compete at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, they had to withdraw shortly after arriving due to Magyar testing positive for COVID-19.^[12] Their pair parted ways shortly after the event.^[13]

Upon learning about the end of Chtchetinina's partnership with Magyar, Polish pair skater Michał Woźniak messaged her on Instagram, asking if she would be interested in having a tryout with him.^[14] Despite differences in their levels of experience in the discipline, Chtchetinina agreed to it. The tryout took place in July 2023 and Chtchetinina/Woźniak were officially announced as a new pair team for Poland the following month.^[15] The pair ultimately decided to train in Berlin, Germany, as due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Chtchetinina no longer wished to continue training in Russia as she previously had. While Nolan Seegert became the team's head coach, Chtchetinina's previous Russian coach, Dmitri Savin, continued working with her and Woźniak through video chat.^[16]

Chtchetinina and Woźniak made their international debut at the 2023 Budapest Trophy, where they finished fourth. They next competed at the 2023 Diamond Spin where they placed second. The team claimed their second international medal not long after with a bronze at the 2023 Warsaw Cup. Chtchetinina and Woźniak competed once more before the Polish National Championships, finishing fourth at their first Challenger event, the 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb.^[17]

At the 2024 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 the 2024 European Championships and the 2024 World Championships. The team competed just once more before the championship season began, winning the silver medal at the 2024 Bavarian Open.^[18]

They ultimately finished tenth at the 2024 European Championships and nineteenth at the 2024 World Championships.^[19][20]

Chtchetinina/Woźniak opened their second season together at the 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they finished in seventh place.^[21] They then went on to take silver at the 2024 Diamond Spin for a second consecutive time.^[22]

Following the withdrawal of Italians Lucrezia Beccari and Matteo Guarise, Chtchetinina and Woźniak were assigned to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit at 2024 Skate Canada International as substitutes.^[23][24][25] They finished in sixth place at the event.^[26] Chtchetinina and Woźniak were later assigned to the 2024 Cup of China as well, where they finished fourth.^[22] The team was happy with their placement, but wanted to hit the 180 mark for the total score.^[27]

In December, Chtchetinina/Woźniak won the gold medal at the 2024 Golden Spin of Zagreb. They followed this up with another gold medal at the 2025 Four National Championships.^[22]

At the 2025 European Championships in Tallinn, 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 the 2025 International Challenge Cup.^[22]

In March, Chtchetinina/Woźniak competed at the 2025 World Championships, held in Boston, 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.^[22][28] With this placement, Chtchetinina/Woźniak won Poland a quota for pair skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[29] 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."^[30]

Chtchetinina/Woźniak started the season by competing on the 2025–26 Challenger Series, finishing thirteenth at the 2025 CS Nebelhorn Trophy and sixth at the 2025 CS Trialeti Trophy. They subsequently competed on the 2025–26 Grand Prix series, placing eighth at both 2025 Skate Canada International and the 2025 Finlandia Trophy.^[22]

In December, Chtchetinina/Woźniak won the bronze medal at the 2026 Four National Championships. The following month, they finished eighth at the 2026 European Championships in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.^[22]

In February, Chtchetinina/Woźniak placed eighth in the short program with a new season's best score in the 2026 Winter Olympics Figure Skating Team Event. “After we finished the important element, I started seeing the Olympic rings and getting emotional,” said Chtchetinina. “I had a little stumble, but then I went back into focus. And at the end, during the step sequence, I was just soaking in the moment. I was living the dream.”^[31]

Chtchetinina announced her retirement from competitive skating on April 19, 2026. ^[32][33]

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Season	Short program	Free skate	Exhibition	Ref.
2023–24	"Down (Black Caviar Remix)" By Marian Hill Choreo. by Robynne Tweedale	"I Love You" By Woodkid Choreo. by Maciej Bernadowski		[34]
2024–25	"Moderation" By Florence and the Machine Choreo. by Mark Pillay & Paul Boll		"Down (Black Caviar Remix)" By Marian Hill Choreo. by Robynne Tweedale	[4]
2025–26		Reel Around the Sun (from Riverdance) By Bill Whelan Choreo. by Mark Pillay & Paul Boll "I Love You"		[35][36]

Season	Short program	Free skating
2021–22 [37]	Can't Pretend by Tom Odell choreo. by Dmitri Savin	Dust in the Wind by Kansas choreo. by Dmitri Savin
2020–21 [38]	Renaissance (from Medici: Masters of Florence) by Paolo Buonvino & Skin choreo. by Dmitri Savin	Need you tonight Legendary by Welshly Arms choreo. by Olga Orlova
2019–20 [11]	Prodigy by Nathan Lanier choreo. by Nóra Hoffmann

Season	Short program	Free skating
2018–19 [39]	Her Lies by Dentro Delay choreo. by Maxim Marinin, Nikolai Morozov	Arrival of the Birds Transformation by The Cinematic Orchestra choreo. by Maxim Marinin, Nikolai Morozov
2017–18 [40]	One More Light by Linkin Park choreo. by Andrei Filonov	My Way performed by Frank Sinatra choreo. by Andrei Filonov

Season	Short program	Free skating
2016–17 [8]	L'Usine by The Architect	My Immortal by Evanescence
2015–16 [41]	Feeling Good performed by Michael Bublé	Skyfall by Adele

Competition placements at senior level ^[22]

Season	2023–24	2024–25	2025–26
Winter Olympics			13th
Winter Olympics (Team event)			10th (8th)
World Championships	19th	14th
European Championships	10th	7th	8th
Polish Championships	1st	1st	1st
Four Nationals Championships	2nd	1st	3rd
GP Cup of China		4th
GP Finland			8th
GP Skate Canada		6th	8th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	4th	1st
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		7th	13th
CS Trialeti Trophy			6th
Bavarian Open	2nd
Budapest Trophy	4th
Challenge Cup		3rd
Diamond Spin	2nd	2nd
Warsaw Cup	3rd

Competition placements at senior level ^[42]

Season	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22
World Championships	C	14th
European Championships	10th		6th
Hungarian Championships	1st	1st	1st
Four Nationals Championships	1st		1st
GP France			6th
GP Rostelecom Cup		7th	6th
CS Finlandia Trophy	8th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	5th
Budapest Trophy			3rd
Challenge Cup	4th	3rd
Denis Ten Memorial			8th
IceLab Cup	4th

Competition placements at senior level ^[43]

Season	2017–18	2018–19
World Championships	23rd
European Championships	13th
Swiss Championships	1st
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb	4th
CS Ice Star	6th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		9th
Challenge Cup	2nd
Volvo Open Cup	3rd

Competition placements at senior level ^[44]

Season	2015–16	2016–17
World Championships	18th	28th
European Championships		17th
Swiss Championships	2nd	1st
CS Finlandia Trophy		9th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy		7th
CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy	9th
CS Warsaw Cup	6th
Bavarian Open	5th	1st
Cup of Nice	5th
Hellmut Seibt Memorial	3rd
NRW Trophy		3rd

Competition placements at senior level ^[45]

Season	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15
Swiss Championships	7th	8th	9th
CS Lombardia Trophy			11th
CS Warsaw Cup			13th
Gardena Spring Trophy	15th

Competition placements at junior level ^[45]

Season	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2014–15
Bavarian Open			WD
Cup of Nice			18th
Gardena Spring Trophy		4th
NRW Trophy				13th
Triglav Trophy	3rd
Volvo Open Cup				6th