Albena Denkova

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Albena Denkova & Maxim Staviski at the 2004 World Championships in Dortmund

Albena Denkova with Maxim Staviski at the medal ceremony at the world championships 2004 in Dortmund

Albena Denkova (Bulgarian: Албена Денкова) (born December 3, 1974 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian ice dancer. She is a two-time World Champion, a two-time European Silver medalist and the 2006 Grand Prix Final Champion.

Her skating partner and fiance^[1] is Maxim Staviski. They are the first Bulgarian figure skaters to medal at championship events, including the European and World Championships.

Denkova began her athletic career as a gymnast and changed to figure skating at the age of 8 or 9. Her first ice dance partner was Hristo Nikolov. In 1996 she teamed up with Maxim Staviski. In 2000 they moved from Sofia to Odintsovo, to have better training conditions.

Until 2005 the pair was coached by Alexei Gorshkov in Sofia and in Odintsovo near Moscow in Russia. After the 2005 World Championships, Denkova and Staviski moved to Delaware, U.S. to train with Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponossov. In October 2006, it was announced that Denkova had been elected President of the Bulgarian Skating Federation. Her current term will run for five years.

Denkova has a younger sister, Ina Demireva, who is also an ice dancer currently competing on the junior level.

Although she holds a degree in economics from Sofia University, Denkova is currently a full-time athlete.

1 Competitive highlights
- 1.1 Post-2001
- 1.2 Pre-2001
2 See also
3 References
4 External links
5 Navigation

[edit] Competitive highlights

(with Maxim Staviski)

[edit] Post-2001

Event	2001-2002	2002-2003	2003-2004	2004-2005	2005-2006	2006-2007
Winter Olympic Games	7th				5th
World Championships	5th	3rd	2nd	5th	1st	1st
European Championships	6th	2nd	2nd	WD		3rd
Bulgarian Nationals	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Grand Prix Final				3rd		1st
Skate America						1st
Trophee Eric Bompard	4th		1st	2nd		1st
Cup of Russia		3rd
NHK Trophy	3rd		1st	1st	2nd
Skate Canada International	4th	2nd	1st
Bofrost Cup		1st		1st
Finlandia Trophy	1st		1st

[edit] Pre-2001

Event	1996-1997	1997-1998	1998-1999	1999-2000	2000-2001
Winter Olympic Games		18th
World Championships	19th	17th	11th	WD	10th
European Championships	17th	16th	9th	WD	8th
Bulgarian Nationals	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
Cup of Russia					5th
NHK Trophy				6th
Skate Canada International			5th
Bofrost Cup			6th	3rd
Nebelhorn Trophy		3rd
Golden Spin, Zagreb				2nd
Finlandia Trophy			1st	1st	1st
Karl Schäfer Memorial			1st