Galit Chait

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Galit Chait (Template:Langx, 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.[1]

Her father, Boris Chait, has been president of the Israeli Ice Skating Federation[2] 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.[3][4] 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.[5] They have two daughters, Raffaella, born in 2009, and Gabriella, born in 2011.[6] They also have a son named Matteo.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Chait has been a resident of Paramus, New Jersey.[7]

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.[8]

She competed with Max Sevostianov at the U.S. Nationals in 1992 and 1994.[8] They were involved in a collision with Renée Roca at the 1994 U.S. Championships.[9] In 1994, the pair placed 6th at the U.S. Nationals and 28th at the World Championships (representing Israel).[8]

Chait met Sergei Sakhnovski while they were both students at the University of Delaware.[8] Partnered since 1995, they trained initially in Russia with Ludmila Buytskova and Elena Maslenikova before moving to Monsey, New York.[1] 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.[10]

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

Chait is an ISU Technical Specialist.[6]

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.[2] 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.[11] 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:

As of 2010, Chait was the head coach of the Israeli figure skating team.[17]

Programs

(with Sakhnovski)

Season Original dance Free dance Exhibition
2005–2006
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  • Cha Cha
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  • Rhumba
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  • Samba
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  • Bolero
    by Maurice Ravel Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2004–2005
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  • Quickstep: Sing, Sing, Sing
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  • Slow Foxtrot: Smile
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  • Quickstep: Sing, Sing, Sing
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  • Toccata and Fugue in D minor
    by Johann Sebastian Bach Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2003–2004
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  • Rock'n Roll: Keep Knocking
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  • Blues: Minnie the Moocher
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  • Rock'n Roll: Keep Knocking
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2002–2003
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  • March: Radetzky March op. 228
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  • Waltz
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  • Polka from the Bartered Bride
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  • Polka from the Bartered Bride
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  • Waltz
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  • Polka from the Bartered Bride
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  • Variations on a Theme of Paganini
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  • Lord of the Rings
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  • Lord of the Dance
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  • Stranger in My House
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2001–2002
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  • Flamenco
  • Paso Doble: Malaguena
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  • Tango: El Tango de Roxanne
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2000–2001
[21][25]
  • Quickstep: "Sing, Sing, Sing"
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  • Foxtrot: "Bei mir bist du schön"
    by James Hopiner Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
  • Variations on a Theme of Paganini
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1999–2000
[21]
  • Samba
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1998–1999
[21]
  • Waltz
  • Russian folk
1997–1998
[21]
  • Hey Boy Hey Girl
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  • Jewish music
1996–1997
[21]
  • Tango
1995–1996
[21]
  • Paso Doble

Competitive highlights

GP: Champions Series / Grand Prix

With Sakhnovski

International[26]
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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
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GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cup of China 2nd 2nd
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Cup of Russia 7th 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Lalique 5th 6th
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Nations/Bofrost 7th 5th 2nd
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". NHK Trophy 7th 5th 3rd 3rd
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Skate America 4th 2nd 4th 2nd
GPScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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[26]
Israeli Champ. 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st

With Sevostianov

International[27]
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

References

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