Sergei Sakhnovski

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**Sergei Sakhnovski**

Personal Info
Country:	Israel
Date of birth:	May 15, 1975 (1975-05-15) (age 33)
Residence:	Woodbridge, New Jersey
Height:	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Former Partner:	Galit Chait (ISR), Ekaterina Svirina (RUS), Marina Anissina (RUS}
Coach:	Alexander Zhulin, Evgeny Platov
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 Grand Prix Final

Sergei Sakhnovski (Hebrew: סרגיי סחנובסקי‎, Russian: Сергей Сахновский) (born on May 15, 1975, in Moscow, Russia) is an Israeli ice dancer with partner Galit Chait. They have been competing internationally for Israel since 1996. In 2002 they were the first Israeli ice dance team to win a medal (bronze) at World Championships. They have competed in three Olympics, finishing 14th in 1998, 6th in 2002, and 8th in 2006.

Before he left Russia and moved to Israel, Sergei Sakhnovski was teamed with Marina Anissina and Ekaterina Svirina. With Svirina he won the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1993, and the silver medal in 1994.

1 Competitive highlights
- 1.1 Post-2000
- 1.2 Pre-2000
2 External links
3 Navigation

[edit] Competitive highlights

(with Chait)

[edit] Post-2000

Event	2000-2001	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006
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
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			1st	1st	1st