Jowita Przystał (born 22 August 1994) is a Polish ballroom dancer. She is known for appearing on ''

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'' and ''

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'' as a professional.

Career

Przystał and her partner

Michael Danilczuk Michael Danilczuk (Polish: Michał Danilczuk, born 14 February 1992) is a Polish dancer and choreographer. Danilczuk is best known for winning the second season of the BBC One competition series, ''The Greatest Dancer'' with his partner, Jowita ...

have represented Poland in national and international competitions. In 2014 they became Polish Open Latin Champions. They have also performed with ''

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''. Przystał and Danilczuk have also performed in Broadway musical productions such as '' Legally Blonde'', ''

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'' and '' Rock of Ages''. They moved to London in 2019 to pursue careers in the United Kingdom. In 2020, Przystał and Danilczuk appeared on ''

''. They were crowned winners of the second series. The prize was £50,000 and an opportunity to perform on the next series of BBC One's ''

''. In 2021, Przystał joined the nineteenth series of ''Strictly Come Dancing'' as a professional.

''Strictly Come Dancing''

Przystał started her Strictly career in the nineteenth series, but was not partnered with a celebrity, only appearing in group dances. For the twentieth series, she received her first celebrity partner, cameraman and presenter Hamza Yassin. On 17 December 2022, they were announced the series champions, after beating Helen Skelton and

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, Fleur East and Vito Coppola, and Molly Rainford and Carlos Gu in the final. She is the fifth professional dancer and first ever female pro dancer to win their first series with a celebrity partner. ; Series 20 – with celebrity partner Hamza Yassin * number indicates when Hamza & Jowita were at the top of the leaderboard. * number indicates when Hamza & Jowita were at the bottom of the leaderboard.

Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special

She danced with Adrian Chiles for 2021's '' Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special''.

Dance tours

In November 2022, Przystal announced she was to appear with

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in ''Dancing With The Stars Weekends'' (2023).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Przystal, Jowita Living people Polish ballroom dancers 1994 births Strictly Come Dancing winners People from Kraków Polish expatriates in England 21st-century Polish women Polish female dancers