Galit Chait
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| Personal Info | ||
| Country: |  Israel |
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| Date of birth: | January 29, 1975 | |
| Residence: | Paramus, New Jersey | |
| Height: | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | |
| Former Partner: | Sergei Sakhnovski, Maxim Sevostianov | |
| Former Coach: | Alexander Zhulin, Evgeny Platov, Natalia Dubova, Natalia Linichuk , E. Maslenikova |
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| Skating Club: | Bat Yam Club | |
| Retired: | 2007 | |
| ISU Personal Best Scores | ||
| Ice Dance Total: | 204.42 | 2004 Cup of China |
| Comp. Dance: | 40.98 | 2004 Skate America |
| Original Dance: | 63.07 | 2004 Cup of China |
| Free Dance: | 106.46 | 2005 GPF |
Galit Chait (Hebrew: גלית חייט, Galit Hayat; born on January 29, 1975, in Kfar Saba, Israel) is a former Israeli ice dancer with partner Sergei Sakhnovski. They competed internationally for Israel from 1995 to 2006.
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[edit] Career
Chait moved to New Jersey as a child with her parents. When she was 8 years old, her parents took her to the skating rink at Rockefeller Center in New York City for fun and she fell in love with skating.
In the early 1990s, she went to Russia with her father who had organized a sports camp; while there, she was introduced to ice dancing and found she enjoyed skating with a partner.
She initially competed with Max Sevostianov, finishing 6th at the US Nationals, and 28th at the World Championships (representing Israel) in 1994. They competed at the US Nationals in 1992 and 1994, and represented Israel at the World Championships in 1994.
While attending the University of Delaware in the mid-1990s, however, Chait met and teamed up with Sergei Sakanovsky. Chait and Sakanovsky debuted as a team in 1995 and have steadily risen to become one of the top teams in the world. The highlight of their career was bronze medal at 2002 World Figure Skating Championships.
Following a serious injury to Sergei Sakhnovski that forced them to miss the entire 2006-2007 season, they announced their retirement.
Chait started a career in coaching. She is the head coach of Israeli dance team Alexandra Zaretski and Roman Zaretski as well as Tamar Katz.
Chait was the flag bearer for Israel at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Her father, Boris Chait, is president of Israel Ice Skating Federation since 2002.
[edit] Competitive highlights
(with Sakhnovski)
[edit] Post-2000
| Event | 2000-2001 | 2001-2002 | 2002-2003 | 2003-2004 | 2004-2005 | 2005-2006 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 6th | 8th | ||||
| World Championships | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th |
| European Championships | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th |
| Israeli Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| Grand Prix Final | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | |
| Cup of Russia | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | ||
| Cup of China | 2nd | 2nd | ||||
| Skate Canada | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | ||
| Skate America | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | ||
| NHK Trophy | 3rd | 3rd | ||||
| Bofrost Cup | 2nd | |||||
| Skate Israel | 1st | 1st | ||||
| Goodwill Games | 2nd |
[edit] Pre-2000
| Event | 1995-1996 | 1996-1997 | 1997-1998 | 1998-1999 | 1999-2000 |
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| Winter Olympic Games | 14th | ||||
| World Championships | 23rd | 18th | 14th | 13th | 5th |
| European Championships | 14th | 12th | 10th | 6th | |
| Israeli Championships | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |
| NHK Trophy | 7th | 5th | |||
| Trophee Lalique | 5th | 6th | |||
| Nations Cup | 7th | 5th | |||
| Cup of Russia | 7th | ||||
| Vienna Cup | 3rd | ||||
| Skate Israel | 6th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st |
