Sergei Nikolayevich Novitsky

Sergei Novitsky
Full name	Sergei Nikolayevich Novitsky
nation	Russia
birthday	May 16, 1981
place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
size	180 cm
Career
discipline	Ice dance
Partner	Jana Chochlowa
Former partner	Oksana Goncharenko, Natalja Lepetyukha
Trainer	Alexander Swinin, Irina Schuk, Larissa Filina
choreographer	Irina Schuk, Alexander Swinin, Igor Pivorovich
status	resigned
End of career	2010
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 0 × 1 × EM medals 1 × 0 × 2 ×
World figure skating championships bronze Gothenburg 2008 Ice dance  European figure skating championships bronze Zagreb 2008 Ice dance gold Helsinki 2009 Ice dance bronze Tallinn 2010 Ice dance
Personal best
Total points 203.26 World Cup 2008  Freestyle 99.66 EM 2008  Original dance 65.99 World Cup 2008  Compulsory dance 37.98 World Cup 2008
Placements in the figure skating Grand Prix
Podium placements 1. 2. 3.  Grand Prix Final 0 0 0  Grand Prix competitions 1 3 3

Sergei Nikolajewitsch Novizki ( Russian Сергей Николаевич Новицкий ; born May 16, 1981 in Moscow , Soviet Union ) is a former Russian figure skater who started in ice dancing .

Novitsky started figure skating in 1986. But since he could only stand two jumps, he switched to ice dancing at the age of 13.

Nowizki and Chochlowa with their coaches Alexander Swinin and Irina Schuk

His first ice dance partners were Oksana Goncharenko and Natalja Lepetjucha . From October 2001 Jana Chochlowa became his partner. The ice dance couple trained first with Larissa Filina and from 2003 with the trainer couple Alexander Swinin and Irina Schuk .

In 2006 Khokhlova and Novitsky made their debut at the Olympic Games , World and European Championships . In 2008 they became Russian champions for the first time and won their first medals at world and European championships with bronze each . In 2009 they defended their national championship title and became European champions in Helsinki . At the world championship it was only enough to finish sixth. The following year, Chochlowa and Novitsky won their last medal with bronze at the European Championships . At the Vancouver Olympics , she finished in ninth place. At the World Cup they had to give up due to an injury Nowitsky. It was her last competition. Novitsky was injured in a car accident in 2006 and never fully recovered from it. When it was no longer possible for him to train intensively enough, he announced his retirement from competitive sports in April 2010.

Results

Ice dance

(with Jana Chochlowa )

Competition / year	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
winter Olympics					12.				9.
World championships					12.	8th.	3.	6th	Z
European championships					10.	4th	3.	1.	3.
Russian championships	7th	5.	4th	3.	3.	2.	1.	1.
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Grand Prix competition / season	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09	09/10
Grand Prix Final						5.	5.	Z
Skate America									4th
Skate Canada				6th
Cup of Russia				7th				1.
Eric Bompard Trophy					6th		2.
NHK Trophy			6th		4th	2.	3.
Cup of China						3.		3.	2.

• Z = withdrawn

Nowitzki and Chochlowa at the EM 2007 in Warsaw

Web links

Commons : Sergei Nowitski  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Jana Chochlowa / Sergei Nowizki in the database of the International Skating Union (English)
• Website of the ice dancing couple