Albena DENKOVA

Olympic Games 2006

Bulgaria

Ice Dancing

Date of birth / Születési idõ

 3 December 1974

Place of birth / Születés helye

 Sofia

Height / Magasság

 165 cm

Home town  /Lakóhely

 Sofia

Profession / Foglalkozás

 full time athlete

Hobbies / Hobbi

 music, fashion, art

Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete

 1982

Club

 SC Ice Dance Denkova/Staviski

Former partner / Régebbi partner

 Hristo NIKOLOV

 Maxim STAVISKI

Olympic Games 2006

Date of birth / Születési idõ

 16 November 1977

Place of birth / Születés helye

 Rostov-na-Don, Soviet-Union (now Russia)

Height / Magasság

 173 cm

Home town  /Lakóhely

 Sofia

Profession / Foglalkozás

 Full time athlete

Hobbies / Hobbi

 Cars

Start skating / Korcsolyázás kezdete

 1981

Club

 SC Ice Dance Denkova/Staviski

Former partner / Régebbi partner

 Anastasia BELOVA (RUS)

 

Coach / Edzõ

 Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karpanossov

Choreographer / Koreográfus

 Natalia Linichuk

Former coach / Régebbi edzõ

 Alexei Gorshkov

Former choreographer / Régebbi koreográfus

 Sergei Petukhov

Practice low season / Gyakorlás holtszezonban (h/week)

 26 at Sofia (BUL) and Odintsovo (RUS) (2004/2005)
 32 at Newark, USA

Practice high season / Gyakorlás fõszezonban  (h/week)

 28 at Sofia (BUL) and Odintsovo (RUS) (2004/2005)
 36
at Newark, USA

 

Music Original Dance as of 2002/2003 season

March for the Turkish Ceremonies  by Jean-Baptiste Lully  -  British Philharmony Orchestra
Dance of the Witches  by Henry Purcell  -  British Philharmony Orchestra 

Music Free Dance  as of 2002/2003 season

Afrah Baladi  by Mostafa Sax

Music Original Dance as of 2003/2004 season

 

Music Free Dance  as of 2003/2004 season

Suite No.4. in d- minor

Music Original Dance as of 2004/2005 season

Charleston by Big Beat Band
Slow Foxtrot: You've Got a Friend in  Me

Music Free Dance  as of 2004/2005 season

Bach to Africa by Lambarena / Bach

Music Original Dance as of 2005/2006 season

Salsa; Rhumba; Salsa

Music Free Dance  as of 2005/2006 season

Adagio by Tomasini Albinoni arranged by Alex Goldshtein

Music Original Dance as of 2006/2007 season

Libertango by Astor Piazzolla

Music Free Dance  as of 2006/2007 season

Lacrimosa - Requiem by W. A. Mozart (modern arrangement)
Romeo and Juliet (soundtrack) by various composers

Results / Eredmények

 

Olympic Games
Olimpia 

World Champs
Világbajnokság

European Champs
Európabajnokság

National Champs
Nemzeti Bajnokság

1989

 

 

 

16(1)

1990

 

 

 

16(1)

1992

 

21(1)

18(1)

 

1993

 

26(1)

 

 

1995

 

24(1)

22(1)

 

1996

 

 

 

9(2)

1997

 

19

17

1

1998

18

17

16

1

1999

 

11

9

1

2000

 

WD

 

1

2001

 

10

8

1

2002

7

5

6

1

2003

 

3

2

1

2004

 

2

2

1

2005

 

5

WD

1

2006

5

1

 

1

2007

 

1

3

 

(1)Albena Denkova / Hristo Nikolov (BUL)  (2): Anastasia Belova / Maxim Staviysky (RUS)
 

Personal Best Total Score

210.44 

15.11.2003 

Trophee Lalique 2003 

Personal Best Score Compulsory Dance

41.05 

28.10.2004

MasterCard Skate Canada Int. 2004 

Personal Best Score Original Dance

62.79 

17.03.2005 

World Championships 2005

Personal Best Score Free Dance

108.03 

15.11.2003

Trophee Lalique 2003

International Competition:

 2000

 Finlandia Trophy, Helsinki

1

 2000

 Skate Israel, Metulla

2

 2001

 Trophee Lalique, Paris

4

 2001

 NHK-Trophy, Kumamoto

3

 2001

 Finlandia Trophy, Helsinki

1

 2002

 Bofrost Cup on Ice, Gelsenkirchen

1

 2002

 Cup of Russia Gallina Blanca, Moscow

3

 2002

 MasterCard Skate Canada, Quebec City

4

 2003

 ISU Grand Prix Final, St.Petersburg

3

 2003

Skate Canada

2

 2003

Trophee Lalique, Paris

1

 2003

NHK-Trophy, Asahikawa

1

 2003

Finlandia Trophy, Helsinki

1

 2003

Grand Prix Final, Colorado Springs

2

 2004

Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire, Paris

2

 2004

Skate Canada, Halifax

1

 2004

NHK Trophy, Nagoya

1

 2004

Bofrost Cup, Gelsenkirchen

1

 2004

Grand Prix Final, Beijing

3

 2005

NHK Trophy, Osaka

2

 2006

Trophee Eric Bompard, Paris

1

 2006

Skate America, Hartford, CT

1

 2006

ISU Grand Prix Final, St. Petersburg

1


Denkova/Staviski teamed up in 1996, when Albena's partner Hristo Nikolov retired. They are the first Bulgarian skaters to become World Champions (2006) and were the first one to medal in an ISU World Championship (bronze medal at 2003 Worlds). Denkova was a gymnast before switching to skating. Denkova has been elected president of the Bulgarian Skating Federation in fall 2006. Staviski is orginally from Russia and has also skated in a Russian ice ballet. He has received Bulgarian citizenship. The team moved to Russia in September 2000 to train in Odintsovo, near Moscow. Denkova's younger sister Ina Demirova is also an ice dancer and competes internationally at the junior level. The couple switched coaches following the 2004/2005 season. Coaches Linitchuk and Karpanossov are the 1980 Olympic Ice Dancing Champions.
2006 decemberében egy kis bulgáriai hegyi faluban összeházasodtak.


International Skating Union, Chemin de Primerose 2, CH - 1007  Lausanne 25.03.2007

 

Pictures / Képek