Galit Chait

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Galit Chait
Personal Info
Country: Flag of Israel Israel
Date of birth: January 29, 1975 (1975-01-29) (age 33)
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
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
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 6th 2nd 1st 1st 1st

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