Sergei Sakhnovski ( he, סרגיי סחנובסקי, russian: Серге́й Сахно́вский; born May 15, 1975) is an Israeli ice dancer. With partner

Galit Chait Galit Chait ( he, גלית חייט, ''Galit Hayat''; born on January 29, 1975) is an Israeli former competitive ice dancer. She and her partner Sergei Sakhnovski competed internationally for Israel from 1995 to 2006, becoming the 2002 World bro ...

, he is the 2002 World bronze medalist for Israel. With previous partner Ekaterina Svirina, he is the 1993 World Junior champion for Russia.

Career

Sakhnovski began skating at age four and took up

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when he was eight. Early in his career, he skated with

Marina Anissina Marina Vyacheslavovna Anissina (russian: Марина Вячеславовна Анисина; born 30 August 1975) is a Franco-Russian ice dancer. Competing with Gwendal Peizerat for France, she is the 2002 Olympic champion, the 1998 Olympic ...

and Ekaterina Svirina. With Svirina, he won the World Junior Championships in 1993 and took the silver medal in 1994. He teamed up with

in 1995. They initially trained in Russia with Ludmila Buytskova and Elena Maslenikova and then moved to

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. In 2002, they were the first Israeli ice dance team to win a medal (bronze) at

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. They competed in three

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, finishing 14th in 1998, 6th in 2002, and 8th in

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. Their coaches included

Natalia Dubova Natalia Ilinichna Dubova (russian: Наталья Ильинична Дубова; born 31 March 1948) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer. Career Competing as Natalia Bakh with partner Vladimir Pavlikhin, she wo ...

Tatiana Tarasova Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (; born 13 February 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser. Tarasova has been coach to more world and Olympic champions than any other coach in skating history. Her students h ...

Evgeni Platov Evgeni Arkadievich Platov (Ukrainian to English: Ev'heni Arkadievich Platov) (russian: Евгений Аркадьевич Платов; born August 7, 1967; Ukrainian: Євген Аркадійович Платов) is a Russian former competit ...

Natalia Linichuk Natalya Vladimirovna Linichuk (; born 6 February 1956) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With partner and husband Gennadi Karponosov, she is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World cham ...

and

Gennadi Karponosov Gennadi Mikhailovich Karponosov (; born 21 November 1950) is an ice dancing coach and a former competitive ice dancer for the Soviet Union. With Natalia Linichuk, he is the 1980 Olympic champion and a two-time World champion. Competitive career ...

Programs

(with Chait)

Competitive highlights

''GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix''

With Chait

With Svirina

References

External links

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Official homepage – Chait / Sakhnovski
(archived) {{DEFAULTSORT:Sakhnovski, Sergei 1975 births Living people Israeli male ice dancers Russian male ice dancers Figure skaters from Moscow Figure skaters at the 1998 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2002 Winter Olympics Figure skaters at the 2006 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of Israel Israeli people of Russian descent People from Woodbridge Township, New Jersey World Figure Skating Championships medalists World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists People from Monsey, New York Goodwill Games medalists in figure skating Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games