Vadim Davidovich (born 19 September 1996) is an Israeli

ice dancer Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...

. With his skating partner,

Shira Ichilov Shira Ichilov ( he, שירה איכילוב; born 8 August 2002) is an Israeli ice dancer, who currently competes with Volodymyr Byelikov. With her former skating partner, Laurent Abecassis, she competed at the 2021 World Championships. With he ...

, he is the 2019 Israeli national champion and has competed in the final segment at two ISU Championships.

Career

Early years

Davidovich started learning to skate in 2003. Early in his career, he represented Belarus with Hanna Karastsialiova (Karastseleva) and with Russia's Anastasia Tkacheva. Tkacheva/Davidovich appeared at one

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event, in 2015. The two were coached by

Alexander Zhulin Alexander (Sasha) Viacheslavovich Zhulin (; born 20 July 1963) is a Russian ice dancing coach and former competitor. With Maya Usova, he is a two-time Olympic medalist ( 1994 silver, 1992 bronze), the 1993 World champion, and the 1993 Europ ...

and Oleg Volkov in

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, Russia.

2016–2017 season

In July 2016, Davidovich teamed up with

to compete for Israel, coached by

Galit Chait Galit Chait ( he, גלית חייט, ''Galit Hayat''; born on January 29, 1975) is an Israeli former competitive ice dancer. She and her partner Sergei Sakhnovski competed internationally for Israel from 1995 to 2006, becoming the 2002 World bro ...

in the United States. In November, making their international debut, Ichilov/Davidovich finished tenth in junior ice dancing at the 2016 Tallinn Trophy. In March, they placed 26th in the short dance at the 2017 World Junior Championships in

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, Taiwan. Their placement was not sufficient to advance to the free dance.

2017–2018 season

In September, Ichilov/Davidovich debuted on the

series, finishing sixth in

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, Austria, and then fourth in

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, Latvia. After taking silver in the junior event at the 2017

Minsk-Arena Ice Star The Minsk-Arena Ice Star, or simply Ice Star, is an international figure skating competition. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing on the senior, junior, and novice levels. The inaugural event was held in ...

and placing fourth at the

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, they became the Israeli national junior champions. In March, the duo competed at the 2018 World Junior Championships in

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, Bulgaria; they qualified to the final segment and finished 17th overall. It was Davidovich's final season of age-eligibility for junior events.

2018–2019 season

Making their senior international debut, Ichilov/Davidovich finished ninth at the

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in October. They placed 12th at the

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and 10th at the

2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb The 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb was held in December 2018 as part of the 2018–19 ISU Challenger Series. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Entries The International Skati ...

before taking the Israeli national title. In January, the two qualified to the free dance at the 2019 European Championships in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

, Belarus. They finished 20th overall, having ranked 20th in both segments.

Programs

With Ichilov

With Tkacheva

With Karastsialiova

Competitive highlights

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; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix''

With Ichilov for Israel

With Tkacheva for Belarus

With Karastsialiova for Belarus

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Davidovich, Vadim 1996 births Belarusian male ice dancers Israeli male ice dancers Living people Figure skaters from Minsk 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen 21st-century Israeli sportsmen