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Denkova-Staviski Cup
Logo of the Denkova-Staviski Cup
StatusActive
GenreInternational competition
FrequencyAnnual
VenueWinter Sports Palace
Location(s)Sofia
CountryBulgaria Bulgaria
Inaugurated2012
Previous event2024
Next event2025
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

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Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski at the 2007 European Championships
Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski compete at the 2007 European Championships.

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]

Misha Ge at the 2011 World Championships
Valentina Marchei at the 2012 Rostelecom Cup
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

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Lev Vinokur at the 2025 World Championships
Kristen Spours at the 2025 World Championships
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

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

Women's singles

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

Pairs

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

Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012–14 No ice dance competitions
2015 CS
  • Russia
 [16]
2016–23 No ice dance competitions
2024 [23]

Junior medalists

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Men's singles

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

Women's singles

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

Pairs

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

Ice dance

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

Records

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Misha Ge at the 2017 Autumn Classic International
Alexandra Feigin at the 2024 World Championships
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 Uzbekistan Misha Ge 3 2012–13;
2015 		[24]
Women's singles Bulgaria Alexandra Feigin 4 2018–19;
2022–23 		[25]

Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)

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Men's singles

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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

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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

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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

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This table includes one gold medal win by Vanessa James and Morgan Ciprès of France in pair skating in 2013: the only pairs 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

References

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