In November 1998, the pair stepped onto the World Junior Championship podium for the fourth consecutive year, taking bronze in Zagreb, Croatia.

In January 1999, they outscored Pang Qing / Tong Jian for gold at the Winter Universiade in Žilina, Slovakia.

[3] From 2001 to 2003, Zhovnirski competed with Elena Ivanovich (also known as Jelena Jovanović) but finished no higher than 8th at the Russian Championships.

[1][4] Following the end of his competitive career, he began working as a pairs coach in collaboration with Nina Mozer in Moscow.

[4] His students include 2012 JGP Final champions Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin[5] and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov (from mid-2013).