Sakhnovski began skating at age four and took up
ice dancing when he was eight. Early in his career, he skated with
Marina Anissina and
Ekaterina Svirina. He spend a season in France with Sandra Poletto. With Svirina, he won the
World Junior Championships in 1993 and took the silver medal in 1994. He teamed up with
Galit Chait in 1995. They initially trained in Russia with Ludmila Buytskova and Elena Maslenikova and then moved to
Monsey, New York. In 2002, they were the first Israeli ice dance team to win a medal (bronze) at
World Championships. They competed in three
Olympics, finishing 14th in 1998, 6th in 2002, and 8th in
2006. Their coaches included
Natalia Dubova,
Tatiana Tarasova,
Evgeni Platov,
Natalia Linichuk and
Gennadi Karponosov. He appeared in the first season of ice show contest
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