Английская Википедия:Galit Chait

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Galit Chait (Шаблон:Lang-he, Galit Hayat; born on January 29, 1975) is an Israeli former competitive ice dancer. She and her partner Sergei Sakhnovski competed internationally for Israel from 1995 to 2006, becoming the 2002 World bronze medalists.

Personal life

Chait was born in Israel. Her family moved to New Jersey when she was young, and she first skated at age 8.

Her father, Boris Chait, has been president of the Israeli Ice Skating Federation since 2002.

On August 23, 2008, Chait married former Italian military policeman Francesco Moracci in New Jersey and then on September 13, 2008, they had a second wedding in Florence, Italy. The two had met at the 2006 Olympic Games in Torino, Italy, where Moracci was a member of the security detail assigned to protect the Israeli team. They have two daughters, Raffaella, born in 2009, and Gabriella, born in 2011. They also have a son named Matteo.Шаблон:Citation needed

Chait has been a resident of Paramus, New Jersey.

Career

She first tried ice dancing in the 1990s when she traveled to Russia with her father, who was teaching there at a sports camp.

She competed with Max Sevostianov at the U.S. Nationals in 1992 and 1994. They were involved in a collision with Renée Roca at the 1994 U.S. Championships. In 1994, the pair placed 6th at the U.S. Nationals and 28th at the World Championships (representing Israel).

Chait met Sergei Sakhnovski while they were both students at the University of Delaware. Partnered since 1995, they trained initially in Russia with Ludmila Buytskova and Elena Maslenikova before moving to Monsey, New York. They rose steadily in the international rankings. The highlight of their career was winning the bronze medal at the 2002 World championships. Sergei Sakhnovski suffered a foot injury that forced the pair to miss the entire 2006–2007 season, and they subsequently announced their retirement. Their coaches included Natalia Dubova, Tatiana Tarasova, Evgeni Platov, Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov.

Chait was the flag bearer for Israel at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics.

Chait is an ISU Technical Specialist.

Coaching career

After her retirement as a competitive skater, Chait began coaching ice dancing. She was the head coach of the Israeli brother-and-sister team Alexandra Zaretsky and Roman Zaretsky, and of Tamar Katz as well. In October 2008, Chait and the Zaretskys filed a lawsuit against the Ice House training rink in Hackensack, New Jersey, claiming that officials at the rink discriminated against them on the basis of their Israeli nationality, denying them prime skating time and threatening to ban them from the rink. The Zaretskys, under her coaching, won the gold medal at the 24th Winter Universiade Games in Harbin China, the bronze medal at Skate America 2009 and they qualified for the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver Canada.

Chait has also coached:

• Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
• Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Alexander Shakalov
• Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze
• Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov
• Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun
• Anna Bolshem / Ronald Zilberberg
• Adel Tankova/ Ronald Zilberberg

As of 2010, Chait was the head coach of the Israeli figure skating team.

Programs

(with Sakhnovski)

Season	Original dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2005–2006	Cha Cha Шаблон:Small Rhumba Шаблон:Small Samba Шаблон:Small	Bolero Шаблон:Small
2004–2005	Quickstep: Sing, Sing, Sing Шаблон:Small Slow Foxtrot: Smile Шаблон:Small Quickstep: Sing, Sing, Sing Шаблон:Small	Toccata and Fugue in D minor Шаблон:Small
2003–2004	Rock'n Roll: Keep Knocking Шаблон:Small Blues: Minnie the Moocher Шаблон:Small Rock'n Roll: Keep Knocking Шаблон:Small	Pagliacci Шаблон:Small Federico Fellini films	Gipsy Kings
2002–2003	March: Radetzky March op. 228 Шаблон:Small Waltz Шаблон:Small Polka from the Bartered Bride Шаблон:Small Polka from the Bartered Bride Шаблон:Small Waltz Шаблон:Small Polka from the Bartered Bride Шаблон:Small	Variations on a Theme of Paganini Шаблон:Small Lord of the Rings Шаблон:Small Lord of the Dance Шаблон:Small	Stranger in My House Шаблон:Small
2001–2002	Flamenco Paso Doble: Malaguena Шаблон:Small Tango: El Tango de Roxanne Шаблон:Small	Hava Nagila	Unforgettable Шаблон:Small
2000–2001	Quickstep: "Sing, Sing, Sing" Шаблон:Small Foxtrot: "Bei mir bist du schön" Шаблон:Small	Variations on a Theme of Paganini Шаблон:Small
1999–2000	Samba Шаблон:Small	1492: Conquest of Paradise Шаблон:Small
1998–1999	Waltz	Russian folk
1997–1998	Hey Boy Hey Girl Шаблон:Small	Jewish music
1996–1997	Tango	My Sweet and Tender Beast Шаблон:Small
1995–1996	Paso Doble	The Godfather Шаблон:Small

Competitive highlights

GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

With Sakhnovski

International
Event	Шаблон:Tooltip	96–97	97–98	98–99	Шаблон:Tooltip	Шаблон:Tooltip	01–02	02–03	03–04	04–05	05–06
Olympics			14th				6th				8th
Worlds	23rd	18th	14th	13th	5th	6th	3rd	6th	7th	6th	6th
Europeans		14th	12th	10th	6th	5th	5th	6th	5th	4th	5th
Шаблон:Small Final						4th	5th	5th		4th	4th
Шаблон:Small Cup of China										2nd	2nd
Шаблон:Small Cup of Russia		7th				3rd	2nd		3rd		2nd
Шаблон:Small Lalique				5th	6th
Шаблон:Small Nations/Bofrost			7th	5th				2nd
Шаблон:Small NHK Trophy			7th		5th			3rd	3rd
Шаблон:Small Skate America						4th	2nd	4th		2nd
Шаблон:Small Skate Canada						2nd	2nd		4th	3rd
Goodwill Games							2nd
Nebelhorn Trophy	9th
Skate Israel	6th	2nd	1st	1st	1st				1st		1st
Vienna Cup			3rd
Lysiane Lauret			1st
National
Israeli Champ.	1st	1st	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

With Sevostianov

International
Event	1992–93	1993–94	1994–95
World Championships		28th
Karl Schäfer Memorial			7th
Nebelhorn Trophy			10th
National
U.S. Championships	12th	6th

See also

• List of select Jewish figure skaters

External links

• Шаблон:Sports links
• Official homepage – Chait / Sakhnovski (archived)