Background
Chait was born in Israel. Her father, Boris Chait, is president of the Israeli Ice Skating Federation since 2002.
Chait was born in Israel. Her father, Boris Chait, is president of the Israeli Ice Skating Federation since 2002.
She first tried ice dancing in the 1990s when she travelled to Russia with her father, who was teaching there at a sports camp. She competed with Max Sevostianov at the United States. Nationals in 1992 and 1994. They were involved in a collision with Renée Roca at the 1994 United States. Championships.
In 1994, the pair placed 6th at the United States. Nationals and 28th at the World Championships (representing Israel).
Chait met Sergei Sakhnovski while they were both students at the University of Delaware. Partnered since 1995, they trained initially in Russia with Ludmila Buytskova and Elena Maslenikova before moving to Monsey, New New York
They rose steadily in the international rankings. The highlight of their career was winning the bronze medal at the 2002 World championships.
Sergei Sakhnovski suffered a foot injury that forced the pair to miss the entire 2006–2007 season, and they subsequently announced their retirement.
Their coaches included Natalia Dubova, Tatiana Tarasova, Evgeni Platov, Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov. Chait was the flag bearer for Israel at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. Chait is an International Skating Union Technical Specialist.
After her retirement as a competitive skater, Chait began coaching ice dancing.
In October 2008, Chait and the Zaretskys filed a lawsuit against the Ice House training rink in Hackensack, New Jersey, claiming that officials at the rink discriminated against them on the basis of their Israeli nationality, denying them prime skating time and threatening to ban them from the rink. Chait has also coached:
Cathy Reed / Chris Reed
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Alexander Shakalov
Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze
Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov
Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun
Anna Bolshem / Ronald Zilberberg
(with Sakhnovski).