Denkova-Staviski Cup

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Denkova-Staviski Cup
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The Denkova-Staviski Cup is an annual international figure skating competition which is generally held in November or December in Sofia, Bulgaria. It is named in honor of two-time World Championship gold medalists Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski, who competed internationally in ice dance for Bulgaria. In some years, the event is part of the ISU Challenger Series. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels.

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Senior results

CS: Challenger Series

Men's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2012 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Misha Ge Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Zandron Flag of Bulgaria.svg Manol Atanassov [1]
2013 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Misha Ge Flag of France.svg Chafik Besseghier Flag of France.svg Pierre Noel-Antoine [2]
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rizzo Flag of Denmark.svg Justus Strid Flag of Italy.svg Adrien Bannister [3]
2015 CS Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Misha Ge Flag of Malaysia.svg Julian Zhi Jie Yee Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rizzo [4]
2016 Flag of Italy.svg Maurizio Zandron Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Newberry Flag of Italy.svg Dario Betti [5]
2017 Flag of France.svg Kévin Aymoz Flag of Turkey.svg Basar Oktar Flag of Turkey.svg Burak Demirboga [6]
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rizzo Flag of Bulgaria.svg Niki-Leo Obreikov Flag of Norway.svg Sondre Oddvoll Bøe [7]
2019 Flag of Austria.svg Maurizio Zandron Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Newberry Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Dalla Torre [8]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Flag of Turkey.svg Burak Demirboğa Flag of Turkey.svg Başar Oktar Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Dias Jirenbayev [9]
2023 Flag of Austria.svg Maurizio Zandron Flag of Turkey.svg Burak Demirboğa Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexander Zlatkov [10]
2024 Flag of Israel.svg Lee Vinokur Flag of Austria.svg Maurizio Zandron Flag of Turkey.svg Burak Demirboğa [11]

Women's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2012 Flag of Italy.svg Valentina Marchei Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Rio Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Rodeghiero [1]
2013 Flag of Italy.svg Roberta Rodeghiero Flag of Sweden.svg Joshi Helgesson Flag of Italy.svg Francesca Rio [2]
2014 Flag of Denmark.svg Pernille Sorensen Flag of Luxembourg.svg Fleur Maxwell Flag of Italy.svg Micol Cristini [3]
2015 CS Flag of Sweden.svg Isabelle Olsson Flag of Latvia.svg Angelīna Kučvaļska Flag of Norway.svg Anne Line Gjersem [4]
2016 Flag of Austria.svg Natalie Klotz Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kristen Spours Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anna Litvinenko [5]
2017 Flag of Italy.svg Micol Cristini Flag of France.svg Lea Serna Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Natasha McKay [6]
2018 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandra Feigin Flag of Italy.svg Lucrezia Gennaro Flag of Italy.svg Sara Conti [7]
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandra Feigin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Natasha McKay Flag of Italy.svg Chenny Paolucci [8]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandra Feigin Flag of Norway.svg Mia Caroline Risa Gomez Flag of Italy.svg Elena Agostinelli [9]
2023 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandra Feigin Flag of Ukraine.svg Anastasia Gozhva Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Nina Povey [10]
2024 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kristen Spours Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandra Feigin Flag of Italy.svg Carlotta Maria Gardini [11]

Pairs

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2013
  • Flag of France.svg
No other competitors [2]

Ice dance

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2015 CS
  • Flag of Russia.svg
[4]
2024 [11]

Junior results

Men's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2012 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivo Gatovski Flag of Malaysia.svg Bryan Christopher Tan Flag of Turkey.svg Oguzhan Selimoglu [1]
2013 Flag of Latvia.svg Deniss Vasiljevs Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Krasnozhon Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Rizzo [2]
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Marco Bozzuto Flag of Ukraine.svg Mikhail Medunitsa Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivo Gatovski [3]
2015 Flag of Russia.svg Leonid Sviridenko Flag of Italy.svg Marko Bozzuto Flag of Turkey.svg Başar Oktar [4]
2016 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Frangipani Flag of Turkey.svg Başar Oktar Flag of Bulgaria.svg Nikola Zlatanov [5]
2017 Flag of Ireland.svg Samuel Mcallister Flag of France.svg Tom Bouvard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vasil Dimitrov [6]
2018 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Tobija HarmsNo other competitors [7]
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Vasil Dimitrov Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Conor Bray Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Nalbone [8]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Flag of Israel.svg Michael Moshaev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Rosen Peev Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexander Kachamakov [9]
2023 Flag of Israel.svg Tamir Kuperman Flag of Bulgaria.svg Deyan Mihaylov Flag of Ukraine.svg Mark Kulish [10]
2024 Flag of France.svg Ilia Gogitidze Flag of Ukraine.svg Yehor Kurtsev Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jack Donovan [11]

Women's singles

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2012 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Anna Afonkina Flag of Turkey.svg Melisa Sema Atik Flag of Serbia.svg Sandra Ristivojevic [1]
2013 Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Vysotina Flag of Russia.svg Bogdana Lukashevich Flag of Italy.svg Micol Cristini [2]
2014 Flag of Italy.svg Rebecca Ghilardi Flag of Turkey.svg Zeynep Dilruba Sanoglu Flag of Bulgaria.svg Teodora Markova [3]
2015 Flag of Russia.svg Alisa Lozko Flag of Germany.svg Lea Dastich Flag of France.svg Pauline Wanner [4]
2016 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandra Feigin Flag of Singapore.svg Ceciliane Mei Ling Hartmann Flag of Turkey.svg Ilayda Bayar [5]
2017 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexandra Feigin Flag of Austria.svg Olga Mikutina Flag of Finland.svg Sofia Sula [6]
2018 Flag of Italy.svg Lucrezia Beccari Flag of Bulgaria.svg Maria Levushkina Flag of Italy.svg Federica Grandesso [7]
2019 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Maria Levushkina Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ivelina Baicheva Flag of Bulgaria.svg Mariya Manova [8]
2020Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Chiara Hristova Flag of Turkey.svg Fatma Yade Karlikli Flag of Turkey.svg Anna Deniz Ozdemir [9]
2023 Flag of Bulgaria.svg Chiara Hristova Flag of Italy.svg Matilde Petracchi Flag of Bulgaria.svg Lia Lyubenova [10]
2024 Flag of Estonia.svg Elina Goidina Flag of Latvia.svg Kira Baranovska Flag of Cyprus.svg Varvara Abramkina [11]

Pairs

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2013
  • Flag of Hong Kong.svg
  • Marin Ono
  • Hon Lam To
No other competitors [2]

Ice dance

YearGoldSilverBronzeRef.
2015
  • Flag of Hungary.svg
  • Kimberly Wei
  • Ilias Fourati
  • Flag of Bulgaria.svg
  • Yana Bozhilova
  • Kaloyan Georgiev
[4]
2024
  • Flag of Turkey.svg
  • Irma Yucel
  • Danil Pak
  • Flag of Ukraine.svg
  • Tetiana Bielodonova
  • Ivan Kachur
  • Flag of Poland.svg
  • Zofia Grzegorzewska
  • Oleg Muratov
[11]

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