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 () and the Denkova-Staviski Skating Club () 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, 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), and eleven-time Bulgarian national champions (1997–2007). 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). Having spoken about the lack of skating facilities and coaches in Bulgaria, Denkova and Staviski opened a skating club in 2003 in Sofia: the Denkova-Staviski Skating Club. They retired from competitive skating in 2007. Georgi Parvanov, President of Bulgaria, bestowed upon Denkova and Staviski the Order of Stara Planina, the highest recognition that Bulgarian civilians can receive, in April 2007 for their contributions to sport in Bulgaria.
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. In 2015, the Denkova-Staviski Cup was the sixth event of the ISU Challenger Series, 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. 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.
Senior medalists
CS: Challenger Series event
Men's singles +Senior men's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2012 Misha Ge Maurizio Zandron Manol Atanassov 2013 Chafik Besseghier Noël-Antoine Pierre 2014 Matteo Rizzo Justus Strid Adrien Bannister Misha Ge Julian Yee Matteo Rizzo 2016 Maurizio Zandron Graham Newberry Dario Betti 2017 Kévin Aymoz Başar Oktar Burak Demirboğa 2018 Matteo Rizzo Nicky-Leo Obreykov Sondre Oddvoll Bøe 2019 Maurizio Zandron Graham Newberry Mattia Dalla Torre 2020 Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022 Burak Demirboğa Başar Oktar Dias Jirenbayev 2023 Maurizio Zandron Burak Demirboğa Alexander Zlatkov 2024 Lev Vinokur Maurizio Zandron Burak Demirboğa 2025 Tamir Kuperman Alp Eren Özkan Tadeas Vaclavik
Women's singles +Senior women's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2012 Valentina Marchei Francesca Rio Roberta Rodeghiero 2013 Roberta Rodeghiero Joshi Helgesson Francesca Rio 2014 Pernille Sorensen Fleur Maxwell Micol Cristini Isabelle Olsson Angelīna Kučvaļska Anne Line Gjersem 2016 Natalie Klotz Kristen Spours Anna Litvinenko 2017 Micol Cristini Léa Serna Natasha McKay 2018 Alexandra Feigin Lucrezia Gennaro Sara Conti 2019 Natasha McKay Chenny Paolucci 2020 Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022 Alexandra Feigin Mia Risa Gomez Elena Agostinelli 2023 Anastasia Gozhva Nina Povey 2024 Kristen Spours Alexandra Feigin Carlotta Maria Gardini 2025 Ariadna Gupta Espada Elena Agostinelli
Pairs +Senior pairs event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2012 No pairs competition 2013 No other competitors No pairs competitions since 2013
Ice dance +Senior ice dance event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze No ice dance competitions prior to 2015 No ice dance competitions 2024 2025
Junior medalists Men's singles +Junior men's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2012 Ivo Gatovski Bryan Christopher Tan Oguzhan Selimoglu 2013 Deniss Vasiļjevs Alexei Krasnozhon Matteo Rizzo 2014 Marco Bozzuto Mikhail Medunitsa Ivo Gatovski 2015 Leonid Sviridenko Marko Bozzuto Başar Oktar 2016 Gabriele Frangipani Başar Oktar Nikola Zlatanov 2017 Samuel Mcallister Tom Bouvart Vassil Dimitrov 2018 Tobija Harms No other competitors 2019 Vassil Dimitrov Connor Bray Matteo Nalbone 2020 Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022 Michael Moshaev Rosen Peev Alexander Kachamakov 2023 Tamir Kuperman Deyan Mihaylov Mark Kulish 2024 Ilia Gogitidze Yehor Kurtsev Jack Donovan 2025 Li Yingrui Jakub Tykal Deyan Mihaylov
Women's singles +Junior women's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2012 Anna Afonkina Melisa Sema Atik Sandra Ristivojević 2013 Ekaterina Vysotina Bogdana Lukashevich Micol Cristini 2014 Rebecca Ghilardi Zeynep Dilruba Sanoglu Teodora Markova 2015 Alisa Lozko Lea Johanna Dastich Pauline Wanner 2016 Alexandra Feigin Céciliane Hartmann Ilayda Bayar 2017 Olga Mikutina Sofia Sula 2018 Lucrezia Beccari Maria Levushkina Federica Grandesso 2019 Maria Levushkina Ivelina Baicheva Maria Manova 2020 Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022 Chiara Hristova Fatma Yade Karlikli Anna Deniz Ozdemir 2023 Matilde Petracchi Lia Lyubenova 2024 Elina Goidina Kira Baranovska Varvara Abramkina 2025 Beatrice Soldati Lia Lyubenova
Pairs +Junior pairs event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2012 No junior pairs competition 2013 No other competitors No junior pairs competitions since 2013
Ice dance +Junior ice dance event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze No junior ice dance competitions prior to 2015 2015 No junior ice dance competitions 2024 2025
Records
+ Discipline Most titles Skater(s) Years Men's singles Misha Ge 3 2012–13;2015 Women's singles Alexandra Feigin 4 2018–19;2022–23
Cumulative medal count (senior medalists) Men's singles
Women's singles
Ice dance
Total medals 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.
References
External links Official website Bulgarian Skating Federation Denkova-Staviski Cup at Skating Scores