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Location: | Bulgaria |
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.
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 | Misha Ge | Maurizio Zandron | Manol Atanassov | [1] |
2013 | Misha Ge | Chafik Besseghier | Pierre Noel-Antoine | [2] |
2014 | Matteo Rizzo | Justus Strid | Adrien Bannister | [3] |
2015 CS | Misha Ge | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | Matteo Rizzo | [4] |
2016 | Maurizio Zandron | Graham Newberry | Dario Betti | [5] |
2017 | Kévin Aymoz | Basar Oktar | Burak Demirboga | [6] |
2018 | Matteo Rizzo | Niki-Leo Obreikov | Sondre Oddvoll Bøe | [7] |
2019 | Maurizio Zandron | Graham Newberry | Mattia Dalla Torre | [8] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Burak Demirboğa | Başar Oktar | Dias Jirenbayev | [9] |
2023 | Maurizio Zandron | Burak Demirboğa | Alexander Zlatkov | [10] |
2024 | Lee Vinokur | Maurizio Zandron | Burak Demirboğa | [11] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 | Valentina Marchei | Francesca Rio | Roberta Rodeghiero | [1] |
2013 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Joshi Helgesson | Francesca Rio | [2] |
2014 | Pernille Sorensen | Fleur Maxwell | Micol Cristini | [3] |
2015 CS | Isabelle Olsson | Angelīna Kučvaļska | Anne Line Gjersem | [4] |
2016 | Natalie Klotz | Kristen Spours | Anna Litvinenko | [5] |
2017 | Micol Cristini | Lea Serna | Natasha McKay | [6] |
2018 | Alexandra Feigin | Lucrezia Gennaro | Sara Conti | [7] |
2019 | Alexandra Feigin | Natasha McKay | Chenny Paolucci | [8] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Alexandra Feigin | Mia Caroline Risa Gomez | Elena Agostinelli | [9] |
2023 | Alexandra Feigin | Anastasia Gozhva | Nina Povey | [10] |
2024 | Kristen Spours | Alexandra Feigin | Carlotta Maria Gardini | [11] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2013 | No other competitors | [2] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2015 CS |
| [4] | ||
2024 | [11] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 | Ivo Gatovski | Bryan Christopher Tan | Oguzhan Selimoglu | [1] |
2013 | Deniss Vasiljevs | Alexei Krasnozhon | Matteo Rizzo | [2] |
2014 | Marco Bozzuto | Mikhail Medunitsa | Ivo Gatovski | [3] |
2015 | Leonid Sviridenko | Marko Bozzuto | Başar Oktar | [4] |
2016 | Gabriele Frangipani | Başar Oktar | Nikola Zlatanov | [5] |
2017 | Samuel Mcallister | Tom Bouvard | Vasil Dimitrov | [6] |
2018 | Tobija Harms | No other competitors | [7] | |
2019 | Vasil Dimitrov | Conor Bray | Matteo Nalbone | [8] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Michael Moshaev | Rosen Peev | Alexander Kachamakov | [9] |
2023 | Tamir Kuperman | Deyan Mihaylov | Mark Kulish | [10] |
2024 | Ilia Gogitidze | Yehor Kurtsev | Jack Donovan | [11] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2012 | Anna Afonkina | Melisa Sema Atik | Sandra Ristivojevic | [1] |
2013 | Ekaterina Vysotina | Bogdana Lukashevich | Micol Cristini | [2] |
2014 | Rebecca Ghilardi | Zeynep Dilruba Sanoglu | Teodora Markova | [3] |
2015 | Alisa Lozko | Lea Dastich | Pauline Wanner | [4] |
2016 | Alexandra Feigin | Ceciliane Mei Ling Hartmann | Ilayda Bayar | [5] |
2017 | Alexandra Feigin | Olga Mikutina | Sofia Sula | [6] |
2018 | Lucrezia Beccari | Maria Levushkina | Federica Grandesso | [7] |
2019 | Maria Levushkina | Ivelina Baicheva | Mariya Manova | [8] |
2020 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Chiara Hristova | Fatma Yade Karlikli | Anna Deniz Ozdemir | [9] |
2023 | Chiara Hristova | Matilde Petracchi | Lia Lyubenova | [10] |
2024 | Elina Goidina | Kira Baranovska | Varvara Abramkina | [11] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2013 | No other competitors | [2] |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2015 | [4] | |||
2024 | [11] |
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