Kavita Lorenz (born 5 September 1995) is a German former competitive ice dancer. With her skating partner,

Joti Polizoakis Panagiotis "Joti" Polizoakis (born 9 June 1995) is a German ice dancer and choreographer. He is a three-time German national champion (2016–2018) and has finished 16th at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games. Personal life Joti Polizoakis was bor ...

, she is a three-time German national champion (2016–2018) and has competed in the final segment at four ISU Championships.

Personal life

Lorenz was born on 5 September 1995 in Berlin.

Career

Lorenz began learning to skate in 2000. As a single skater, she was coached by Michael Huth in Oberstdorf. She placed 9th at the 2010 German Junior Championships and 11th at the 2011 German Championships. In 2012, Lorenz teamed up with Ukraine's Yevhen Kholoniuk to compete in ice dancing. They won the bronze medal at the 2013 German Championships.

Partnership with Polizoakis

In the spring of 2015, Lorenz teamed up with

, whom she had known for many years. They were coached by

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and

Martin Skotnický Martin Skotnický (born 24 August 1947) is a Slovak ice dancing coach and former competitor for Czechoslovakia. With his sister, Diana Skotnická, he is the 1970 Winter Universiade champion and a five-time Czechoslovak national champion (1970– ...

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. Making their international debut, Lorenz/Polizoakis finished fourth at the

2015 Nebelhorn Trophy The 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2015–16 season. Part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series, it was held on September 24–26, 2015 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf. Medals were awarded in ...

, a Challenger Series (CS) event. They placed fifth at the

2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy The 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy was the 23rd edition of an annual senior international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. A part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series, it was held on October 1–3, 2015 at the Ondrej Nepela I ...

(CS), first at the 2015 Open d'Andorra, and fifth at the

2015 Warsaw Cup The 2015 Warsaw Cup was a senior international figure skating competition held in November 2015 in Warsaw, Poland. It was part of the 2015–16 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair ...

(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

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, 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. Lorenz announced her competitive retirement on 10 May 2018.

Programs

(with Polizoakis)

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series''

With Polizoakis

With Kholoniuk

Single skating

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lorenz, Kavita 1995 births German female ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Berlin Figure skaters at the 2018 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Germany