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.^[6]

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 would primarily train in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland and Oberstdorf, Germany.^[7] 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.^[8]

The following season, Chtchetinina teamed up with Ukrainian-Russian pair skater, Mikhail Akulov, to continue representing Switzerland with.^[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 would part ways following the 2018–19 figure skating season.^[9]

In August 2019, Chtchetinina announced that she had teamed up with Hungarian pair skater, Márk Maygar and that they would be coached by Dmitri Savin and Fedor Klimov in Moscow, Russia. The pair decided to represent Hungary.^[10]

Chtchetinina/Maygar started the season by finishing eighth at the 2019 CS Finlandia Trophy, fourth at the 2019 IceLab International Cup, and fifth at the 2019 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.^[9]

After winning gold at the 2020 Four National Championships, Chtchetinina/Maygar were selected to represent Hungary at the 2020 European Championships, where they finished tenth. They would close the season with fourth-place finish at the 2020 Challenge Cup.^[9]

Chtchetinina/Maygar started the season by finishing seventh at the 2020 Rostelecom Cup and winning bronze at the 2021 Challenge Cup.^[9]

Going on to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, the pair finished fourteenth.^[9]

Chtchetinina/Maygar started the season by winning bronze at the 2021 Budapest Trophy and eighth at the 2021 CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge. They would go on to compete on the 2021–22 Grand Prix Circuit, finishing sixth at the 2021 Internationaux de France and the 2021 Rostelecom Cup.^[9]

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.^[9]

Although they were set to compete at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, they unfortunately had to withdraw shortly after arriving due to Maygar testing positive for COVID-19.^[11] Their pair parted ways shortly after the event.^[12]

Upon learning about the end of Chtchetinina's partnership with Maygar, Polish pair skater, Michał Woźniak, messaged her on Instagram, asking if she would be interested in having a try-out with him.^[13] Despite differences in their levels of experience in the discipline, Chtchetinina agreed to a tryout. The official announcement of their partnership for Poland took place in August 2023.^[14] It was also made public that the pair would train in Berlin, Germany, where they would be coached by Nolan Seegert and Dmitri Savin.^[15]

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 between Italian teams Rebecca Ghilardi and Filippo Ambrosini and Anna Valesi and Manuel Piazza. The team claimed their second international medal not long after with a bronze at the 2023 Warsaw Cup behind Georgians Anastasia Metelkina and Luka Berulava and Brits Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby. Chtchetinina and Woźniak competed once more before the Polish National Championships, finishing fourth at their first Challenger event, the 2023 Golden Spin of Zagreb.^[16]

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 between Daria Danilova and Michel Tsiba from the Netherlands, and Barbora Kucianová and Martin Bidař of the Czech Republic.^[17]

Chtchetinina and Woźniak finished just inside the top 10 at the European Championships and placed 19th at the World Championships.^[18][19]

Chtchetinina/Woźniak opened their second season together at the 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy, where they finished in seventh place.^[20] They then went on to take silver at the 2024 Diamond Spin for a second consecutive time.^[21]

Following the withdrawal of Italian pair team, Lucrezia Beccari/Matteo Guarise, Chtchetinina/Woźniak were assigned to compete on the 2024–25 Grand Prix circuit at 2024 Skate Canada International as substitutes.^[22][23][24] They would come in sixth at the event.^[25]

• Ioulia Chtchetinina & Michal Wozniak at the International Skating Union
• Ioulia Chtchetinina & Michal Wozniak at SkatingScores.com
• Ioulia Chtchetinina & Mark Magyar at the International Skating Union
• Ioulia Chtchetinina & Márk Magyar at SkatingScores.com
• Ioulia Chtchetinina & Mikhail Akulov at SkatingScores.com
• Ioulia Chtchetinina & Noah Scherer at the International Skating Union
• Ioulia Chtchetinina & Noah Scherer at SkatingScores.com