Skate Israel ( he, סקייט ישראל) was a senior-level international
figure skating competition
A figure skating competition is a judged sports competition in figure skating.
Types of figure skating competitions
International
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, held in
Metulla
Metula ( he, מְטֻלָּה) is a town in the Northern District of Israel. Metula is located next to the northern border with Lebanon. In it had a population of . Metula is the northernmost town in Israel.
History Bronze and Iron Age
Metula ...
,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Medals were awarded in four disciplines:
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
.
First organized in 1995, Skate Israel was held annually through 2000. The 2002 competition was cancelled due to political uncertainty.
[ The event returned in 2003 and was last held in 2005. Israeli skaters ]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 ...
/ Sergei Sakhnovsky, who competed in all eight editions, won the ice dance title six times. Roman Serov
Roman Serov (born 16 December 1976 in Moscow) is a Russian-born figure skater and skating coach who has also competed for Israel. He won two medals on the Grand Prix series and is a two-time Israeli national champion.
Career
Serov represented ...
won the men's singles title four times, twice representing Russia
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and twice representing Israel.
Medalists
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
References
{{Skate Israel
Skate Israel Skate Israel ( he, סקייט ישראל) was a senior-level international figure skating competition, held in Metulla, Israel. Medals were awarded in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
First organize ...
International sports competitions hosted by Israel
Figure skating in Israel