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Sergei Sakhnovski

Sergei Sakhnovski is an Israeli ice dancer who won a bronze medal for Israel with Galit Chait at the 2002 World Championships.

born 19752002 World Championships bronze medalIce dance partnership with Galit Chait1993 World Junior titleThree Olympic Games appearances

Born: 15 May 1975, Moscow
Occupation: ice dancer

Sergei Sakhnovski was born in 1975 in Moscow

Sergei Sakhnovski was born in Moscow on May 15, 1975. He began skating at age 4 and took up ice dancing at age 8.

Early on he skated with Marina Anissina and Ekaterina Svirina, and he spent a season in France with Sandra Poletto. Skating for Russia with Svirina, he won the World Junior Championships in 1993 and took silver in 1994.

In 1995 he formed a team with Galit Chait. They trained first in Russia and later in Monsey, New York, and won the Israeli championship 9 times. They placed 5th at the 2000 World Championships and 4th at the 2005 European Championships.

In 2002 they became the first Israeli ice dance team to win a World Championships medal, a bronze. At the Olympics they finished 14th in 1998, 6th in 2002 and 8th in 2006. He later appeared in the first season of the ice show contest Ice Age.

Sergei Sakhnovski's life in 9 milestones

1975
Born in Moscow.
1993
Won the World Junior Championships with Ekaterina Svirina.
1994
Won silver at the World Junior Championships.
1995
Teamed up with Galit Chait.
1998
Finished 14th at the Nagano Olympics.
2000
Placed 5th at the World Championships in Nice.
2002
Won bronze at the World Championships and finished 6th at the Salt Lake City Olympics.
2005
Placed 4th at the European Championships in Turin.
2006
Finished 8th at the Turin Olympics.