Mark Hanretty (born 21 March 1985) is a Scottish former competitive ice dancer who represented the United Kingdom with Christina Chitwood. They are two-time (2008, 2010) British medalists and competed at the 2009 European Championships, placing 18th and 2010 World championships in Turin. Since 2011, Hanretty has served as a professional skater on the ITV competition series Dancing on Ice.

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Mark Hanretty
Chitwood/Hanretty at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy
Full name	Mark Hanretty
Born	(1985-03-21) 21 March 1985 (age 39) Erskine, Scotland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Figure skating career
Country	Great Britain
Skating club	iceSheffield
Began skating	1995
Retired	2010

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Hanretty began figure skating in 1995. As a single skater, he was coached by John Christie and Diane C. Dewar in Edinburgh and East Kilbride.^[1] He switched to ice dancing in 2004.^[2] He competed briefly with Lauren Bradshaw.

Hanretty and American ice dancer Christina Chitwood decided to team up on 31 December 2005 and began training together properly in May 2006.^[3] Their training was disrupted by Chitwood's contraction of mononucleosis (glandular fever). They made their debut in January 2007 at the British Championships at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, England, finishing in 7th place.

Chitwood/Hanretty won bronze at the 2008 British Championships at IceSheffield in Sheffield in January 2008. In the summer of 2008, they were selected by the National Ice Skating Association (NISA) to join the Great Britain Squad (also known as Team Skate G.B.). This enabled them to represent Great Britain in elite international competitions. In September 2008, Chitwood/Hanretty made their international debut at the 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, where they placed 10th. In November of that same year, they won the bronze medal in their second international competition, the Pavel Roman Memorial in Olomouc, Czech Republic.

Chitwood/Hanretty placed 4th at the 2009 British Championships at the National Ice Centre in Nottingham, in January 2009. However, their international success earlier in the season enabled them to qualify for the 2009 European Championships in Helsinki, Finland. At the event, they competed alongside the first-ranked British team, Sinead Kerr / John Kerr, and finished 18th.

In autumn 2009, Chitwood/Hanretty placed 8th at the 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy in Oberstdorf, Germany, fourth at the Ice Challenge in Graz, Austria, third at the 2009 NRW Trophy in Dortmund, Germany, and fourth at the Mont Blanc Trophy in Courmayeur, Italy. In November 2009, Chitwood/Hanretty won the bronze medal at the 2010 British Championships at IceSheffield in Sheffield. They were ranked third overall in the 2009–10 NISA National Rankings, based on the personal best scores achieved during the 2009–2010 season. They retired from competition in 2010.^[4]

Chitwood/Hanretty received funding from the Lloyds TSB Local Heroes initiative.

Hanretty was born in Erskine, near Glasgow in Scotland.^[7] He lives with his wife, Kathy – a skating coach – in Nottinghamshire.^[4][8] Their son, Lukasz, was born 2 February 2013.^[9][6]

(with Chitwood)

(with Christina Chitwood)

(with Lauren Bradshaw)

(with Christina Chitwood)