Galit Chait

Galit Chait
nation	Israel
birthday	January 29, 1975
place of birth	Kfar Saba
size	153 cm
Weight	45 kg
Career
Partner	Sergei Sachnowski
Former partner	Maxim Sevostyanov
Trainer	Nikolai Morosow, Alexander Schulin, Evgeni Platow, Tatjana Tarasowa, Natalja Dubowa, Natalja Linitschuk, E. Maslenikowa
status	resigned
End of career	2007
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Nagano 2002 Ice dance
Personal best
Total points 204.42 Cup of China 2004  Freestyle 106.46 Grand Prix Final 2005  Original dance 63.07 Cup of China 2004  Compulsory dance 40.98 Skate America 2004
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix competitions 0 8th 5

Galit Chait ( Hebrew : גלית חייט, Galit Hayat , born January 29, 1975 in Kfar Saba ) is a former Israeli figure skater who started in ice dancing .

She competed in international competitions from 1996 to 2006 together with Sergei Sachnowski . Previously, her ice dance partner was Maxim Sevostyanov , with whom she finished sixth at the US Championships and 28th place at the 1994 World Championships .

At the Olympic Games in 2002 and 2006 , Galit Chait was the flag bearer of the Israeli delegation. One of her greatest successes with Sergei Sachnowski was the bronze medal at the 2002 World Championships .

After Sergei Sachnowski suffered a foot injury, the ice dance couple Chait / Sachnowski ended their career in 2007. Galit Chait now works as a trainer. Her best-known students in international competitive sport are the Israeli ice dancers Alexandra Zaretski and Roman Zaretski , but she was also trained by the American-Japanese siblings Cathy Reed and Chris Reed , who are starting for Japan .

Since 2008 Galit Chait has been married to Francesco Moracci, an Italian police officer who was part of the security staff for the Israeli team at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin .

Results

Ice dance

(with Sergei Sachnowski )

Competition / year	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
winter Olympics			14th				6th				8th.
World championships	23.	18th	14th	13.	5.	6th	3.	6th	7th	6th	6th
European championships		14th	12.	10.	6th	5.	5.	6th	5.	4th	5.
Israeli Championships	1.	1.	1.		1.	1.	1.	1.	1.	1.
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Grand Prix competition / season	95-96	96-97	97-98	98-99	99-00	00–01	01-02	02-03	03-04	04-05	05-06
Grand Prix Final						4th	5.	5.		4th	4th
Cup of Russia		7th				3.	2.		3.		2.
Cup of China										2.	2.
Skate Canada						2.	2.		4th	3.
Skate America						4th	2.	4th		2.
NHK Trophy			7th		5.			3.	3.
Trophée Lalique				5.	6th
Bofrost Cup								2.

Web links

Commons : Galit Chait  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Chait / Sachhnowski in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Galit Chait in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official website of the Chait / Sakhnovsky ice dance couple