Maxim Staviski

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**Maxim Staviski**

Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski at the 2004 World Championships
Personal Info
Country:	Bulgaria
Date of birth:	November 16, 1977 (1977-11-16) (age 30)
Height:	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Partner:	Albena Denkova
Former Partner:	Anastasia Belova (RUS)
Coach:	Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karpanosov
Former Coach:	Alexei Gorshkov
Choreographer:	Natalia Linichuk
Skating Club:	SC Ice Dance Denkova/Staviski
ISU Personal Best Scores
Ice Dance Total:	210.44	2003 Trophee Lalique
Comp. Dance:	41.05	2004 Skate Canada
Original Dance:	62.79	2005 Worlds
Free Dance:	108.03	2003 Trophee Lalique

Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski at the medal ceremony at the 2004 World Championships

Albena Denkova with Maxim Staviski at the European championships 2007 in Warsaw

Maxim Staviski (Bulgarian: Максим Стависки) (born November 16, 1977, in Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union (now Russia)) is a Bulgarian ice dancer. With partner and fiancée^[1] Albena Denkova, he is a two-time and reigning World Champion, two-time European silver medalist, and Grand Prix Final champion. Denkova & Staviski are the first Bulgarian figure skaters to medal at the World Figure Skating Championships.

1 Career
2 Awards
3 Car crash
4 Programs
5 Competitive highlights
- 5.1 Post-2001
- 5.2 Pre-2001
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Career

Staviski is Jewish and originally from Russia. He originally competed for Russia with Anastasia Belova. He teamed up with Albena Denkova in 1996 and began competing for Bulgaria. Staviski received Bulgarian citizenship. In 2000 Denkova/Staviski moved from Sofia to Odintsovo, to have better training conditions.

Until 2005 the pair was coached by Alexei Gorshkov in Sofia and in Odintsovo near Moscow in Russia. After the 2005 World Championships, Denkova and Staviski moved to Delaware, U.S., to train with Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponossov.

On October 18, 2007, when he was put on trial for a drink driving case which left one person dead, Staviski announced he would end his skating career ^[2].

[edit] Awards

In April 2007, Denkova and Staviski were awarded the Stara Planina Order, the highest Bulgarian award.^[3]

On April 19, 2006, they received a star on Bulgaria's Walk of Fame.^[4]

[edit] Car crash

On August 5, 2007, Maxim Staviski was involved in a car accident that left one person dead and another in a coma.^[5]^[6]^[7] Staviski had a BAC of 1.29‰. The legal limit in Bulgaria is 0.5‰.^[8] He had been stopped earlier by the police and warned to be careful.^[9]

On January 30, 2008, Staviski received a two years and six months suspended sentence, with a five-year probation period, after pleading guilty on all counts ^[10]. Staviski could have gone to prison for up to ten years. ^[11]

On February 12, the parents of one of the victims, Manuela Grossova, said they would appeal both the suspended sentence and the damages awarded by the court.^[12]

[edit] Programs

Season	Original Dance	Free Dance
2006/2007	Libertango by Astor Piazzolla	Lacrimosa - Requiem by W. A. Mozart (modern arrangement) Romeo and Juliet (soundtrack) by various composers
2005/2006	Cha Cha: Santa Esmeralda Rhumba: Besame Mucho Cha Cha: Santa Esmeralda	Adagio by Tomasini Albinoni (modern arrangement)
2004/2005	Charleston by Big Beat Band Slow Foxtrot: You've Got a Friend in Me Charleston by Big Beat Band	Bach to Africa by Lambarena / Bach
2003/2004	Blues: It's a Man's Man's World by James Brown Swing: Big and Bad by Big Bad Voodo Daddy	Suite No. 4 in D-Minor by Georg Friedrich Haendel
2002/2003	March for the Turkish Ceremonies by Jean-Baptiste Lully - British Philharmony Orchestra Waltz: Dance of the Witches by Henry Purcell - British Philharmony Orchestra	Afrah Baladi by Mostafa Sax
2001/2002	A. Piazzola "Fugata" / T. Bozzio "Duende"	Cirque de Soleil "O"
2000/2001	"Pink Panther" soundtrack	Cirque de Soleil "Journey to the Heart"
1999/2000	"Speak up Mambo" / "Soledad" / "Give it up"	Cirque de Soleil "Journey to the Heart"
1998/1999	Jenkins "Song of the spirit"	Jon Lord-Bouree "Sarabande"
1997/1998	Domingo Samudio "Wolly-Bully"	Louis Prima "Sing, Sing, Sing" / John Williams "1941 Hollywood"
1996/1997	Angel Villoldo "El Choclo"	Louis Prima "Sing, Sing, Sing" / John Williams "1941 Hollywood"

[edit] Competitive highlights

(with Albena Denkova)

[edit] Post-2001

Event	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
Winter Olympic Games	7th				5th
World Championships	5th	3rd	2nd	5th	1st	1st
European Championships	6th	2nd	2nd	WD		3rd
Bulgarian Nationals	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Grand Prix Final		3rd	2nd	3rd		1st
Skate America						1st
Trophee Eric Bompard	4th		1st	2nd		1st
Cup of Russia		3rd
NHK Trophy	3rd		1st	1st	2nd
Skate Canada International		4th	2nd	1st
Bofrost Cup		1st		1st
Finlandia Trophy	1st		1st

[edit] Pre-2001

Event	1996-1997	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001
Winter Olympic Games		18th
World Championships	19th	17th	11th	WD	10th
European Championships	17th	16th	9th	WD	8th
Bulgarian Nationals	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Cup of Russia					5th
NHK Trophy				6th
Skate Canada International			5th
Bofrost Cup			6th	3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy		3rd
Golden Spin, Zagreb				2nd
Finlandia Trophy			1st	1st	1st
Karl Schäfer Memorial			1st