Denkova-Staviski Cup

Denkova-Staviski Cup
StatusActive
GenreInternational competition
FrequencyAnnual
VenueWinter Sports Palace
Location(s)Sofia
Country Bulgaria
Inaugurated2012
Previous event2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup
Next event2025 Denkova-Staviski Cup
Organized byBulgarian Skating Federation
Denkova-Staviski Figure Skating Club

The Denkova-Staviski Cup is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Bulgarian Skating Federation (Bulgarian: Българска федерация по фигурно пързаляне) and the Denkova-Staviski Skating Club (Bulgarian: Кънки клуб Денкова - Стависки) at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia, Bulgaria. The competition debuted in 2012 and is named in honor of Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, who competed internationally in ice dance for Bulgaria. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels, although not every discipline is held every year.

Misha Ge of Uzbekistan holds the record for winning the most Denkova-Staviski Cup titles in men's singles (with three), while Alexandra Feigin of Bulgaria holds the record in women's singles (with four).

History

The Denkova-Staviski Cup is named in honor of Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, retired figure skaters who competed internationally in ice dance for Bulgaria. Denkova and Staviski are two-time World Championship gold medalists (2006–07), two-time European Championship silver medalists (2003–04), the 2006 Grand Prix of Figure Skating gold medalists, and eleven-time Bulgarian national champions (1997–2007).[1][2] They were the first skaters from Bulgaria to win medals at an International Skating Union (ISU) championship event (the 2003 European Championships), as well as the first skaters from Bulgaria to win gold medals at the World Figure Skating Championships (in 2006).[1] They retired from competitive skating in 2007.[3] Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria, bestowed upon Denkova and Staviski the Order of Stara Planina, the highest recognition that Bulgarian civilians can receive,[4] in April 2007 for their contributions to sport in Bulgaria.[5] Having spoken about the lack of skating facilities and coaches in Bulgaria,[6] Denkova and Staviski opened a skating club in Sofia: the Denkova-Staviski Skating Club.[7]

The inaugural Denkova-Staviski Cup champions: Misha Ge of Uzbekistan (men's singles) and Valentina Marchei of Italy (women's singles)

The Denkova-Staviski Cup was held for the first time in 2012 at the Winter Sports Palace in Sofia. Misha Ge of Uzbekistan won the men's event and Valentina Marchei of Italy won the women's event.[8] In 2015, the Denkova-Staviski Cup was the sixth event of the ISU Challenger Series,[9] a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union and organized by ISU member nations. The objective is to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points.[10] The Denkova-Staviski Cup has been held every year since 2012, except for 2020 and 2021, when it was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[11][12] The 2025 Denkova-Staviski Cup is scheduled to take place 4–9 November in Sofia.[13]

Senior medalists

The 2024 Denkova-Staviski Cup champions: Lev Vinokur of Israel (men's singles); and Kristen Spours of Great Britain (women's singles)

CS: Challenger Series event

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 Misha Ge Maurizio Zandron Manol Atanassov [8]
2013 Chafik Besseghier Pierre Noël-Antoine [14]
2014 Matteo Rizzo Justus Strid Adrien Bannister [15]
2015 CS Misha Ge Julian Yee Matteo Rizzo [16]
2016 Maurizio Zandron Graham Newberry Dario Betti [17]
2017 Kévin Aymoz Başar Oktar Burak Demirboğa [18]
2018 Matteo Rizzo Nicky-Leo Obreykov Sondre Oddvoll Bøe [19]
2019 Maurizio Zandron Graham Newberry Mattia Dalla Torre [20]
2020 Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021 [12]
2022 Burak Demirboğa Başar Oktar Dias Jirenbayev [21]
2023 Maurizio Zandron Burak Demirboğa Alexander Zlatkov [22]
2024 Lev Vinokur Maurizio Zandron Burak Demirboğa [23]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 Valentina Marchei Francesca Rio Roberta Rodeghiero [8]
2013 Roberta Rodeghiero Joshi Helgesson Francesca Rio [14]
2014 Pernille Sorensen Fleur Maxwell Micol Cristini [15]
2015 CS Isabelle Olsson Angelīna Kučvaļska Anne Line Gjersem [16]
2016 Natalie Klotz Kristen Spours Anna Litvinenko [17]
2017 Micol Cristini Léa Serna Natasha McKay [18]
2018 Alexandra Feigin Lucrezia Gennaro Sara Conti [19]
2019 Natasha McKay Chenny Paolucci [20]
2020 Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021 [12]
2022 Alexandra Feigin Mia Risa Gomez Elena Agostinelli [21]
2023 Anastasia Gozhva Nina Povey [22]
2024 Kristen Spours Alexandra Feigin Carlotta Maria Gardini [23]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 No pairs competition [8]
2013
No other competitors [14]
2014–24 No pairs competitions since 2013

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012–14 No ice dance competitions
2015 CS
[16]
2016–23 No ice dance competitions
2024
  • Mária Sofia Pucherová
  • Nikita Lysak
  • Zoe Larson
  • Andrii Kapran
 [23]

Junior medalists

Men's singles

Junior men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 Ivo Gatovski Bryan Christopher Tan Oguzhan Selimoglu [8]
2013 Deniss Vasiļjevs Alexei Krasnozhon Matteo Rizzo [14]
2014 Marco Bozzuto Mikhail Medunitsa Ivo Gatovski [15]
2015 Leonid Sviridenko Marko Bozzuto Başar Oktar [16]
2016 Gabriele Frangipani Başar Oktar Nikola Zlatanov [17]
2017 Samuel Mcallister Tom Bouvart Vassil Dimitrov [18]
2018 Tobija Harms No other competitors [19]
2019 Vassil Dimitrov Connor Bray Matteo Nalbone [20]
2020 Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021 [12]
2022 Michael Moshaev Rosen Peev Alexander Kachamakov [21]
2023 Tamir Kuperman Deyan Mihaylov Mark Kulish [22]
2024 Ilia Gogitidze Yehor Kurtsev Jack Donovan [23]

Women's singles

Junior women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 Anna Afonkina Melisa Sema Atik Sandra Ristivojević [8]
2013 Ekaterina Vysotina Bogdana Lukashevich Micol Cristini [14]
2014 Rebecca Ghilardi Zeynep Dilruba Sanoglu Teodora Markova [15]
2015 Alisa Lozko Lea Johanna Dastich Pauline Wanner [16]
2016 Alexandra Feigin Céciliane Hartmann Ilayda Bayar [17]
2017 Olga Mikutina Sofia Sula [18]
2018 Lucrezia Beccari Maria Levushkina Federica Grandesso [19]
2019 Maria Levushkina Ivelina Baicheva Maria Manova [20]
2020 Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021 [12]
2022 Chiara Hristova Fatma Yade Karlikli Anna Deniz Ozdemir [21]
2023 Matilde Petracchi Lia Lyubenova [22]
2024 Elina Goidina Kira Baranovska Varvara Abramkina [23]

Pairs

Junior pairs event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012 No junior pairs competition [8]
2013
  • Marin Ono
  • Hon Lam To
 No other competitors [14]
2014–24 No junior pairs competitions since 2013

Ice dance

Junior ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012–14 No junior ice dance competitions
2015
  • Kimberly Wei
  • Iliász Fourati
  • Yana Bozhilova
  • Kaloyan Georgiev
 [16]
2016–23 No junior ice dance competitions
2024
  • Irma Yucel
  • Danil Pak
  • Tetiana Bielodonova
  • Ivan Kachur
  • Zofia Grzegorzewska
  • Oleg Muratov
 [23]

Records

From left to right: Misha Ge of Uzbekistan has won three Denkova-Staviski Cup titles in men's singles, while Alexandra Feigin of Bulgaria has won four Denkova-Staviski Cup titles in women's singles.
Records
Discipline Most titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles Misha Ge 3 2012–13;
2015 		[24]
Women's singles Alexandra Feigin 4 2018–19;
2022–23 		[25]

Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)

Men's singles

Total number of Denkova-Staviski Cup medals in men's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy3148
2 Uzbekistan3003
3 Austria2103
4 Turkey1326
5 France1113
6 Israel1001
7 Great Britain0202
8 Bulgaria0123
9 Denmark0101
 Malaysia0101
11 Kazakhstan0011
 Norway0011
Totals (12 entries)11111133

Women's singles

Total number of Denkova-Staviski Cup medals in women's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Bulgaria4105
2 Italy32712
3 Great Britain1236
4 Sweden1102
5 Austria1001
 Denmark1001
7 Norway0112
8 France0101
 Latvia0101
 Luxembourg0101
 Ukraine0101
Totals (11 entries)11111133

Ice dance

Total number of Denkova-Staviski Cup medals in ice dance by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Slovakia1001
 Turkey1001
3 Belarus0101
 Italy0101
5 Russia0011
 Ukraine0011
Totals (6 entries)2226

Total medals

This table includes one gold medal win by Vanessa James and Morgan Ciprès of France in pair skating in 2013: the only entrants in the competition that year.

Total number of Denkova-Staviski Cup medals by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Italy641121
2 Bulgaria4329
3 Austria3104
4 Uzbekistan3003
5 Turkey2327
6 France2215
7 Great Britain1438
8 Denmark1102
 Sweden1102
10 Israel1001
 Slovakia1001
12 Norway0123
13 Ukraine0112
14 Latvia0101
 Luxembourg0101
 Malaysia0101
17 Kazakhstan0011
 Russia0011
Totals (18 entries)25242473

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