The 2003 Skate Israel was the Skate Israel

Skate Israel

Skate Israel is a senior-level international figure skating competition, held in Metulla, Israel. Skaters compete in four disciplines: ladies and men's singles, pairs and ice dancing...

 competition for the 2003–2004 figure skating season

Figure skating season

The figure skating season is the period of time in which competitions are contested in the sport of figure skating. The skating season begins on July 1 of one year and goes until the end of June of the next. The seasons are referred to by the years they span...

. It was the 7th edition of Skate Israel to be held. Skate Israel is a senior-level international figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 held in Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and ice dancing

Ice dancing

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

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The 2003 Skate Israel was held between October 13 and October 15 in the Canada Centre in Metulla.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation		SP	FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Roman Serov Roman Serov Roman Serov is a Russian born figure skater and skating coach who has also competed for Israel. He is currently based at the Ice House Arena in Hackensack, New Jersey. Serov represented Russia until the 2001/2002 season, twice placing 4th at the Russian Figure Skating Championships and winning...		1.5	1	1
2	Alexei Vasilevski Alexei Vasilevski Alexei Vasilevsky is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2003 Winter Universiade Champion. His highest placement at an ISU Championship was 9th at the 1997 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and his highest placement at the Russian Figure Skating Championships was 4th, which he achieved in...		3.5	3	2
3	Anton Smirnov Anton Smirnov Anton Yuryevich Smirnov is a Russian professional football player. In 2011, he last played in the Russian Second Division for FC Podolye Podolsky district.-External links:*...		6.0	6	3
4	Andrei Griazev Andrei Griazev Andrei Vladimirovich Griazev is a Russian figure skater. He is the 2007 Russian national champion and 2004 World Junior Champion.- Career :Griazev began skating at the age of four. At the age of 11, he moved from Perm to Saint Petersburg to train with famous coach Alexei Mishin at the Yubileyny...		6.0	4	4
5	Anton Kovalevski Anton Kovalevski Anton Vladimirovich Kovalevski is a Ukrainian figure skater. He is a four-time Ukrainian national champion. He decided to take a break from competitive skating after the 2010-11 season.-Programs:-Post-2004:* WD = Withdrew...		6.0	2	5
6	Sergei Kotov Sergei Kotov Sergei Kotov is an Israeli figure skater. He is the 2003 Israeli national champion. Kotov participated in three World Junior Championships and his best result was 17th place in 2004. He also took a part in three European Championships and four senior World Championships .-External links:...		8.5	5	6

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation		SP	FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Diána Póth Diana Poth Diana Poth is a Hungarian figure skater who has also competed for Austria. She has an Austrian mother....		1.5	1	1
2	Daria Timoshenko Daria Timoshenko Daria Timoshenko is a Russian Azerbaijani figure skater. She competed for Russia until 2000, for whom she won the 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.-External links:...		3.0	2	2
3	Irina Lukianenko		5.0	4	3
4	Anastasia Gimazetdinova Anastasia Gimazetdinova Anastasia Gimazetdinova is an Uzbekistani figure skater. She is the three-time Uzbek national champion. She is coached by Peter Kiprushev...		5.5	3	4
5	Keren Shua Haim		7.5	5	5

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation		SP	FS Free skating The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...
1	Julia Shapiro Julia Shapiro Julia Shapiro is an Israeli pair skater. She previously competed with Igor Petrov, Alexei Sokolov, and Dmitri Khromin, all for Russia. She was the 2000 World Junior bronze medalist with Sokolov. Shapiro currently competes with Vadim Akolzin for Israel...  / Vadim Akolzin Vadim Akolzin -Biography:Vadim Akolzin was born in Tver. He moved to Israel in 1999.He originally competed as a single skater.He switched to pairs and began competing with Julia Shapiro. Shapiro & Akolzin were the 2003-2005 Israeli national pairs champions. They broke up their partnership after 2005 season.In...		1.5	1	1
2	Marina Aganina Marina Aganina Marina Andreevna Aganina is an Uzbekistani pair skater. She competes with Dmitry Zobnin. She previously competed with Artem Knyazev. With him, she is the 2004-2005 Uzbekistani national champions and placed 16th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Before that, Aganina competed with Renat...  / Artem Knyazev Artem Knyazev Artem Knyazev is an Uzbekistani pairs skater. He competed for much of his career with Marina Aganina. They were the 2004-2005 Uzbekistani national champions. They placed 16th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Knyazev previously competed with Irina Galkina and Irina Shabanova...		3.0	2	2

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation		CD	OD Original dance The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...	FD Free dance (figure skating) The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...
1	Galit Chait Galit Chait Galit Chait is a former Israeli ice dancer with partner Sergei Sakhnovski. They competed internationally for Israel from 1995 to 2006.- Personal life :Chait was born in Israel and moved to New Jersey as a child with her parents...  / Sergei Sakhnovski Sergei Sakhnovski Sergei Sakhnovski is an Israeli ice dancer with partner Galit Chait. They have been competing internationally for Israel since 1996. In 2002 they were the first Israeli ice dance team to win a medal at World Championships...		2.0	1	1	1
2	Natalia Gudina Natalia Gudina Natalia Gudina is an Israeli ice dancer. She competes with husband Alexei Beletski. They competed together for the Ukraine until the end of 1998/1999 season, after which they switched to competing for Israel. Gudina and Beletski the 2000–2005 Israeli national silver medalists...  / Alexei Beletski Alexei Beletski Alexei Beletski is an Israeli ice dancer.He competes alongside his wife Natalia Gudina. They competed together for the Ukraine until the end of 1998/1999 season, after which they switched to competing for Israel. Gudina and Beletski the 2000–05 Israeli national silver medalists...		4.0	2	2	2
3	Mariana Kozlova Mariana Kozlova Mariana Kozlova is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With partner Sergei Baranov, she is the 2003 Ukrainian national silver medalist and 2004 bronze medalist. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 7th at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She currently works as a...  / Sergei Baranov Sergei Baranov Sergei Baranov is a Ukrainian ice dancer. With partner Mariana Kozlova, he is the 2003 Ukrainian national silver medalist and 2004 bronze medalist. Their highest placement at an ISU Championship was 7th at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships...		6.4	4	3	3
4	Alexandra Zaretski Alexandra Zaretski Alexandra "Sasha" Zaretsky is an Israeli ice dancer. She competed with her brother Roman Zaretsky. Together, they are three-time Israeli National Champions and two-time Olympic competitors.-Personal life:...  / Roman Zaretski Roman Zaretski Roman Zaretsky is an Israeli ice dancer.He competed with his sister, Alexandra Zaretsky. Together, they are three-time Israeli National Champions, and two-time Olympic competitors.-Personal life:Roman Zaretsky was born in Minsk, Belarus SSR, Soviet Union....		9.4	6	5	4
5	Phillipa Towler-Green Phillipa Towler-Green Phillipa Towler-Green is a British ice dancer. After originally skating with Robert Burgerman they won 2 junior international medals , They represented Great Britain at 4 JGPs and 1 World Junior Championships...  / Phillip Poole Phillip Poole Phillip Poole is a multi-medal winning ice dancer and ice dance coach born 24 June 1981 in Windsor, Great Britain.-Competitive career:Phillip Poole's skating career began in 1986 at the age of five and he competed at his first British Championships in 1991...		10.6	5	6	5
6	Olga Akimova Olga Akimova Olga Akimova is an Uzbekistani ice dancer. With former partner Alexander Shakalov, she is the 2004-2005 Uzbek national champion. She previously competed with Andrei Driganov and Ramil Sarkulov.-Results:...  / Alexander Shakalov Alexander Shakalov Alexander Shakalov is a Ukrainian ice dancer.In his early career, he competed with Viktoria Polzykina and Julia Grigorenko for Ukraine. He also represented Uzbekistan with Olga Akimova from 2003 to 2007. The two were the 2004-2005 Uzbek national champions...		13.4	8	7	6
7	Candice Towler-Green Candice Towler-Green Candice Towler-Green is a British ice dancer. With partner James Phillipson, she is the 2001 and 2002 British junior national champion. They placed 22nd at the 2002 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and 19th at the 2003 World Junior Figure Skating Championships. They placed 9th at the 2003...  / James Phillipson		14.6	7	8	7
WD	Svetlana Kulikova Svetlana Kulikova Svetlana Kulikova is a Russian ice dancer. She has competed with Arseni Markov and Vitali Novikov. She teamed up with Markov in 1996 and competed with him on the junior and senior level. They placed second at the 2003 Russian Figure Skating Championships...  / Vitali Novikov Vitali Novikov Vitali Novikov is a Russian ice dancer.Early in his career, Novikov skated with Anastasia Grebenkina, Ekaterina Gvozdikova, and Mackenzie Moliver. He teamed up with Svetlana Kulikova in January 2003 and immediately won their first competition together–the 2003 Nebelhorn Trophy...			3	4

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External links

• Skate Israel at the Israel Ice Skating Federation