2023 European Figure Skating Championships

The 2023 European Figure Skating Championships were held from 25 to 29 January 2023 at the Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland.[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2024 European Championships.

2023 European Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:25 – 29 January
Season:2022–23
Location:Espoo, Finland
Host:Finnish Figure Skating Association
Venue:Espoo Metro Areena
Champions
Men's singles:
France Adam Siao Him Fa
Women's singles:
Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova
Pairs:
Italy Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii
Ice dance:
Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
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2022 European Championships
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2024 European Championships

Qualification edit

Age and minimum TES requirements edit

The competition was open to skaters from all European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2023 Four Continents Championships.

Skaters were eligible if they turned 15 years of age before 1 July 2022 and met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepted scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the preceding season.[1]

Minimum technical scores
DisciplineSP / RDFS / FD
Men2846
Women2542
Pairs2542
Ice dance2845
  • SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.

Number of entries per discipline edit

Based on the results of the 2022 European Championships, each European ISU member nations could field one to three entries per discipline.[2] However, on 1 March 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee, the International Skating Union (ISU) banned figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]

Number of entries per discipline
SpotsMenWomenPairsIce dance
3  Italy
 Russia
 Russia  Italy
 Russia
 Russia
 Spain
2  Azerbaijan
 Czech Republic
 France
 Georgia
 Latvia
 Azerbaijan
 Belarus
 Belgium
 Estonia
 Georgia
 Poland
 Switzerland
 Belarus
 Georgia
 Germany
 Hungary
 Spain
 France
 Great Britain
 Italy
 Lithuania
 Ukraine
  • If not listed above, one entry is allowed.

Schedule edit

DateDisc.TimeSegment
Wednesday, 25 JanuaryPairs13:15Short program
16:45Opening ceremony
Men17:40Short program
Thursday, 26 JanuaryWomen13:35
Pairs19:25Free skating
Friday, 27 JanuaryIce dance13:15Rhythm dance
Men18:00Free skating
Saturday, 28 JanuaryWomen13:00
Ice dance18:30Free dance
Sunday, 29 January15:30Exhibition gala

Entries edit

Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2022. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on 3 January 2023.[5]

CountryMen[6]Women[7]Pairs[8]Ice dance[9]
 ArmeniaViktoriia Azroian / Artur Gruzdev
 AustriaMaurizio ZandronOlga MikutinaSophia Schaller / Livio Mayr
 AzerbaijanSamantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov
 BelgiumLoena Hendrickx
Nina Pinzarrone
 BulgariaLarry LoupoloverAlexandra Feigin
 CroatiaJari Kessler
 CyprusMarilena Kitromilis
 Czech RepublicPetr KotlaříkNikola RychtaříkováFederica Simoli / Alessandro ZarboNatálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler
Georgii Reshtenko
 EstoniaMihhail SelevkoEva-Lotta Kiibus
Niina Petrõkina
 FinlandValtter VirtanenJanna JyrkinenJuulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
 FranceKévin AymozLéa SernaCamille Kovalev / Pavel KovalevLoïcia Demougeot / Théo le Mercier
Adam Siao Him FaEvgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
 GeorgiaNika EgadzeAnastasiia GubanovaMaria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya
Morisi Kvitelashvili
 GermanyNikita StarostinNicole SchottAlisa Efimova / Ruben BlommaertJennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel
 Great BritainGraham NewberryNatasha McKayAnastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke DigbyLilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
 GreeceAlexandra Mintsidou
 HungaryAleksandr VlasenkoJúlia LángMaria Pavlova / Alexei SviatchenkoMariia Ignateva / Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko
 IrelandSamuel McAllister
 IsraelMark GorodnitskyMariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy
 ItalyGabriele FrangipaniLara Naki GutmannLucrezia Beccari / Matteo GuariseCharlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Daniel GrasslSara Conti / Niccolò MaciiVictoria Manni / Carlo Röthlisberger
Matteo RizzoRebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
 LatviaDeniss VasiļjevsSofja StepčenkoAurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell
 LithuaniaMeda VariakojytėPaulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala
Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
 MoldovaAnastasia Gracheva
 MonacoDavide Lewton Brain
 NetherlandsLindsay van ZundertNika Osipova / Dmitry EpsteinHanna Jakucs / Alessio Galli
 NorwayMia Caroline Risa GomezMaria Bjørkli / James Koszuta
 PolandVladimir SamoilovEkaterina KurakovaAnastasia Polibina / Pavel Golovishnikov
 RomaniaJulia Sauter
 SerbiaAntonina Dubinina
 SlovakiaAdam HagaraAlexandra Michaela FilcováAnna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov
 SloveniaDavid SedejDaša Grm
 SpainTomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté
 SwedenAndreas NordebäckJosefin TaljegårdGreta Crafoord / John Crafoord
 SwitzerlandLukas BritschgiLivia KaiserArianna Sassi / Luca Morini
Kimmy Repond
 TurkeyBurak Demirboğa
 UkraineKyrylo MarsakAnastasia GozhvaVioletta Sierova / Ivan KhobtaMariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov
Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov

Changes to preliminary assignments edit

DateDisciplineWithdrewAddedNotesRef.
16 JanuaryPairs Anastasia Metelkina / Daniil ParkmanMetelkina & Parkman split.[10]
Karina Safina / Luka BerulavaInjury (Safina)[11]
17 JanuaryMen Vladimir LitvintsevVisa issue[12]
18 January Ivan Shmuratko Kyrylo MarsakInjury[13]
Women Aleksandra Golovkina Jogailė Aglinskytė[14]
19 January Barbora Vránková Nikola RychtaříkováIllness[15]
21 January Jogailė Aglinskytė Meda VariakojytėInjury[16][17]
23 January Mariia Seniuk[18]
24 January Maia Sørensen[19]

Medal summary edit

Medalists edit

Medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline:

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Adam Siao Him Fa Matteo Rizzo Lukas Britschgi
Women Anastasiia Gubanova Loena Hendrickx Kimmy Repond
Pairs Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel
Ice dance Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Adam Siao Him Fa Matteo Rizzo Deniss Vasiļjevs
Women Anastasiia Gubanova Loena Hendrickx Kimmy Repond
Pairs Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert
Ice dance Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis

Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:

DisciplineGoldSilverBronze
Men Matteo Rizzo Adam Siao Him Fa Lukas Britschgi
Women Anastasiia Gubanova Kimmy Repond Loena Hendrickx
Pairs Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel
Ice dance Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis

Medals by country edit

Table of medals for overall placement:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy2204
2  France1001
 Georgia1001
4  Belgium0101
 Great Britain0101
6  Switzerland0022
7  Finland0011
 Germany0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the short/rhythm segment:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy2103
2  France1001
 Georgia1001
4  Germany0112
5  Belgium0101
 Great Britain0101
7  Finland0011
 Latvia0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (9 entries)44412

Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Italy3104
2  Georgia1001
3  Switzerland0112
4  France0101
 Great Britain0101
6  Belgium0011
 Finland0011
 Germany0011
Totals (8 entries)44412

Results edit

Men's singles edit

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
Adam Siao Him Fa  France267.77196.532171.24
Matteo Rizzo  Italy259.92286.461173.46
Lukas Britschgi  Switzerland248.01579.263168.75
4Kévin Aymoz  France240.92483.754157.17
5Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia236.35384.816151.54
6Daniel Grassl  Italy230.83877.035153.80
7Nika Egadze  Georgia220.651272.967147.69
8Mihhail Selevko  Estonia218.301173.748144.56
9Andreas Nordebäck  Sweden212.95975.9810136.97
10Gabriele Frangipani  Italy211.62777.3512134.27
11Maurizio Zandron  Austria207.681372.5711135.11
12Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté  Spain205.191471.6513133.54
13Mark Gorodnitsky  Israel202.342264.949137.40
14Valtter Virtanen  Finland198.281868.3314129.95
15Nikita Starostin  Germany197.971074.7017123.27
16Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia194.591670.5516124.04
17Vladimir Samoilov  Poland191.59678.2621113.33
18Adam Hagara  Slovakia189.722165.1515124.57
19Jari Kessler  Croatia182.831967.8719114.96
20Burak Demirboğa  Turkey182.822364.3318118.49
21Kyrylo Marsak  Ukraine181.981770.4122111.57
22Davide Lewton Brain  Monaco179.542066.0720113.47
23Graham Newberry  Great Britain174.641570.8524103.79
24Aleksandr Vlasenko  Hungary173.942462.4923111.45
Did not advance to free skating
25Petr Kotlařík  Czech Republic60.242560.24
26Georgii Reshtenko  Czech Republic54.522654.52
27Larry Loupolover  Bulgaria53.262753.26
28Samuel McAllister  Ireland48.072848.07
29David Sedej  Slovenia46.282946.28

Women's singles edit

RankNameNationTotal pointsSPFS
Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia199.91169.811130.10
Loena Hendrickx  Belgium193.48267.853125.63
Kimmy Repond  Switzerland192.51363.832128.68
4Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland186.90561.814125.09
5Nina Pinzarrone  Belgium185.92661.355124.57
6Niina Petrõkina  Estonia183.74761.056122.69
7Janna Jyrkinen  Finland176.96860.777116.19
8Lara Naki Gutmann  Italy169.291355.398113.90
9Nicole Schott  Germany163.821654.339109.49
10Julia Sauter  Romania160.421156.5812103.84
11Sofja Stepčenko  Latvia159.341455.3211104.02
12Olga Mikutina  Austria159.08462.781896.30
13Marilena Kitromilis  Cyprus158.911853.7110105.20
14Lindsay van Zundert  Netherlands158.101058.131599.97
15Eva-Lotta Kiibus  Estonia156.951555.2613101.69
16Alexandra Feigin  Bulgaria155.231754.3114100.92
17Josefin Taljegård  Sweden154.981255.531699.45
18Livia Kaiser  Switzerland151.20960.252090.95
19Natasha McKay  Great Britain148.002051.941996.06
20Anastasia Gozhva  Ukraine143.692246.781796.91
21Daša Grm  Slovenia143.051952.472190.58
22Mia Caroline Risa Gomez  Norway137.622149.142288.48
23Júlia Láng  Hungary130.282346.332383.95
24Nikola Rychtařiková  Czech Republic123.132445.642477.49
Did not advance to free skating
25Alexandra Michaela Filcová  Slovakia43.942543.94
26Léa Serna  France43.932643.93
27Antonina Dubinina  Serbia42.512742.51
28Anastasia Gracheva  Moldova39.082839.08
29Alexandra Mintsidou  Greece33.862933.86
WDMeda Variakojytė  Lithuaniawithdrew from competition

Pairs edit

RankTeamNationTotal pointsSPFS
Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy195.13170.452124.68
Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy186.96559.481127.48
Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany184.26267.083117.18
4Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert  Germany173.66362.775110.89
5Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary172.98657.974115.01
6Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev  France169.94462.466107.48
7Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy152.54853.29799.25
8Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein  Netherlands148.94754.16994.78
9Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta  Ukraine143.721047.53896.19
10Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby  Great Britain137.49949.431088.06
11Federica Simioli / Alessandro Zarbo  Czech Republic134.021146.681187.34
12Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr  Austria132.301245.401286.90
13Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord  Sweden125.861342.551383.31

Ice dance edit

RankTeamNationTotal pointsRDFD
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy210.44185.531124.91
Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain207.89284.122123.77
Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland198.21377.563120.65
4Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania195.67477.334118.34
5Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France191.85676.495115.36
6Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic188.34576.916111.43
7Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier  France179.96772.557107.41
8Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya  Georgia175.82868.558107.27
9Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan  Germany169.17967.9010101.27
10Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko  Hungary167.081065.049102.04
11Victoria Manni / Carlo Röthlisberger  Italy164.211164.231199.98
12Mariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov  Ukraine156.991361.001295.99
13Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy  Israel156.521261.721394.80
14Anna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov  Slovakia150.041559.181490.86
15Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov  Ukraine148.371459.361589.01
16Anastasia Polibina / Pavel Golovishnikov  Poland138.991754.551684.44
17Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala  Lithuania136.201655.061781.14
18Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov  Azerbaijan132.181951.551880.63
19Hanna Jakucs / Alessio Galli  Netherlands130.351853.461976.89
20Aurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell  Latvia124.882051.412073.47
Did not advance to free dance
21Arianna Sassi / Luca Morini  Switzerland49.912149.91
22Maria Bjorkli / James Koszuta  Norway47.712247.71
23Viktoriia Azroian / Artur Gruzdev  Armenia40.892340.89

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