2023 European Figure Skating Championships

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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
Previous:
2022 European Championships
Next:
2024 European 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.

Qualification

Age and minimum TES requirements

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
Discipline SP / RD FS / FD
Men 28 46
Women 25 42
Pairs 25 42
Ice dance 28 45
  • SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.

Number of entries per discipline

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
Spots Men Women Pairs Ice 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

Date Disc. Time Segment
Wednesday, 25 January Pairs 13:15 Short program
— 16:45 Opening ceremony
Men 17:40 Short program
Thursday, 26 January Women 13:35
Pairs 19:25 Free skating
Friday, 27 January Ice dance 13:15 Rhythm dance
Men 18:00 Free skating
Saturday, 28 January Women 13:00
Ice dance 18:30 Free dance
Sunday, 29 January — 15:30 Exhibition gala

Entries

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

Country Men[6] Women[7] Pairs[8] Ice dance[9]
 Armenia — Viktoriia Azroian / Artur Gruzdev
 Austria Maurizio Zandron Olga Mikutina Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr —
 Azerbaijan — — — Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov
 Belgium Loena Hendrickx —
Nina Pinzarrone
 Bulgaria Larry Loupolover Alexandra Feigin
 Croatia Jari Kessler —
 Cyprus — Marilena Kitromilis
 Czech Republic Petr Kotlařík Nikola Rychtaříková Federica Simoli / Alessandro Zarbo Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler
Georgii Reshtenko — — —
 Estonia Mihhail Selevko Eva-Lotta Kiibus
— Niina Petrõkina
 Finland Valtter Virtanen Janna Jyrkinen Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis
 France Kévin Aymoz Léa Serna Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev Loïcia Demougeot / Théo le Mercier
Adam Siao Him Fa — — Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud
 Georgia Nika Egadze Anastasiia Gubanova Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya
Morisi Kvitelashvili — —
 Germany Nikita Starostin Nicole Schott Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
— Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel —
 Great Britain Graham Newberry Natasha McKay Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
 Greece — Alexandra Mintsidou —
 Hungary Aleksandr Vlasenko Júlia Láng Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko
 Ireland Samuel McAllister — —
 Israel Mark Gorodnitsky Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy
 Italy Gabriele Frangipani Lara Naki Gutmann Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri
Daniel Grassl — Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Victoria Manni / Carlo Röthlisberger
Matteo Rizzo Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini —
 Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs Sofja Stepčenko — Aurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell
 Lithuania — Meda Variakojytė Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala
— Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius
 Moldova Anastasia Gracheva —
 Monaco Davide Lewton Brain —
 Netherlands — Lindsay van Zundert Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein Hanna Jakucs / Alessio Galli
 Norway Mia Caroline Risa Gomez — Maria Bjørkli / James Koszuta
 Poland Vladimir Samoilov Ekaterina Kurakova Anastasia Polibina / Pavel Golovishnikov
 Romania — Julia Sauter —
 Serbia Antonina Dubinina
 Slovakia Adam Hagara Alexandra Michaela Filcová Anna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov
 Slovenia David Sedej Daša Grm —
 Spain Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté —
 Sweden Andreas Nordebäck Josefin Taljegård Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord
 Switzerland Lukas Britschgi Livia Kaiser — Arianna Sassi / Luca Morini
— Kimmy Repond —
 Turkey Burak Demirboğa —
 Ukraine Kyrylo Marsak Anastasia Gozhva Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta Mariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov
— Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Notes Ref.
16 January Pairs Georgia (country) Anastasia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman — Metelkina & Parkman split. [10]
Georgia (country) Karina Safina / Luka Berulava Injury (Safina) [11]
17 January Men Azerbaijan Vladimir Litvintsev Visa issue [12]
18 January Ukraine Ivan Shmuratko Ukraine Kyrylo Marsak Injury [13]
Women Lithuania Aleksandra Golovkina Lithuania Jogailė Aglinskytė [14]
19 January Czech Republic Barbora Vránková Czech Republic Nikola Rychtaříková Illness [15]
21 January Lithuania Jogailė Aglinskytė Lithuania Meda Variakojytė Injury [16][17]
23 January Israel Mariia Seniuk — [18]
24 January Denmark Maia Sørensen [19]

Medal summary

Medalists

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

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men France Adam Siao Him Fa Italy Matteo Rizzo Switzerland Lukas Britschgi
Women Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Belgium Loena Hendrickx Switzerland Kimmy Repond
Pairs Italy Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel
Ice dance Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis

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

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men France Adam Siao Him Fa Italy Matteo Rizzo Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs
Women Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Belgium Loena Hendrickx Switzerland Kimmy Repond
Pairs Italy Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel Germany Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert
Ice dance Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis

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

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
Men Italy Matteo Rizzo France Adam Siao Him Fa Switzerland Lukas Britschgi
Women Georgia (country) Anastasiia Gubanova Switzerland Kimmy Repond Belgium Loena Hendrickx
Pairs Italy Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini Italy Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii Germany Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel
Ice dance Italy Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri United Kingdom Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Finland Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis

Medals by country

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

Men's singles

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Adam Siao Him Fa  France 267.77 1 96.53 2 171.24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Matteo Rizzo  Italy 259.92 2 86.46 1 173.46
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lukas Britschgi  Switzerland 248.01 5 79.26 3 168.75
4 Kévin Aymoz  France 240.92 4 83.75 4 157.17
5 Deniss Vasiļjevs  Latvia 236.35 3 84.81 6 151.54
6 Daniel Grassl  Italy 230.83 8 77.03 5 153.80
7 Nika Egadze  Georgia 220.65 12 72.96 7 147.69
8 Mihhail Selevko  Estonia 218.30 11 73.74 8 144.56
9 Andreas Nordebäck  Sweden 212.95 9 75.98 10 136.97
10 Gabriele Frangipani  Italy 211.62 7 77.35 12 134.27
11 Maurizio Zandron  Austria 207.68 13 72.57 11 135.11
12 Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté  Spain 205.19 14 71.65 13 133.54
13 Mark Gorodnitsky  Israel 202.34 22 64.94 9 137.40
14 Valtter Virtanen  Finland 198.28 18 68.33 14 129.95
15 Nikita Starostin  Germany 197.97 10 74.70 17 123.27
16 Morisi Kvitelashvili  Georgia 194.59 16 70.55 16 124.04
17 Vladimir Samoilov  Poland 191.59 6 78.26 21 113.33
18 Adam Hagara  Slovakia 189.72 21 65.15 15 124.57
19 Jari Kessler  Croatia 182.83 19 67.87 19 114.96
20 Burak Demirboğa  Turkey 182.82 23 64.33 18 118.49
21 Kyrylo Marsak  Ukraine 181.98 17 70.41 22 111.57
22 Davide Lewton Brain  Monaco 179.54 20 66.07 20 113.47
23 Graham Newberry  Great Britain 174.64 15 70.85 24 103.79
24 Aleksandr Vlasenko  Hungary 173.94 24 62.49 23 111.45
Did not advance to free skating
25 Petr Kotlařík  Czech Republic 60.24 25 60.24 —
26 Georgii Reshtenko  Czech Republic 54.52 26 54.52
27 Larry Loupolover  Bulgaria 53.26 27 53.26
28 Samuel McAllister  Ireland 48.07 28 48.07
29 David Sedej  Slovenia 46.28 29 46.28

Women's singles

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Anastasiia Gubanova  Georgia 199.91 1 69.81 1 130.10
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Loena Hendrickx  Belgium 193.48 2 67.85 3 125.63
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Kimmy Repond  Switzerland 192.51 3 63.83 2 128.68
4 Ekaterina Kurakova  Poland 186.90 5 61.81 4 125.09
5 Nina Pinzarrone  Belgium 185.92 6 61.35 5 124.57
6 Niina Petrõkina  Estonia 183.74 7 61.05 6 122.69
7 Janna Jyrkinen  Finland 176.96 8 60.77 7 116.19
8 Lara Naki Gutmann  Italy 169.29 13 55.39 8 113.90
9 Nicole Schott  Germany 163.82 16 54.33 9 109.49
10 Julia Sauter  Romania 160.42 11 56.58 12 103.84
11 Sofja Stepčenko  Latvia 159.34 14 55.32 11 104.02
12 Olga Mikutina  Austria 159.08 4 62.78 18 96.30
13 Marilena Kitromilis  Cyprus 158.91 18 53.71 10 105.20
14 Lindsay van Zundert  Netherlands 158.10 10 58.13 15 99.97
15 Eva-Lotta Kiibus  Estonia 156.95 15 55.26 13 101.69
16 Alexandra Feigin  Bulgaria 155.23 17 54.31 14 100.92
17 Josefin Taljegård  Sweden 154.98 12 55.53 16 99.45
18 Livia Kaiser  Switzerland 151.20 9 60.25 20 90.95
19 Natasha McKay  Great Britain 148.00 20 51.94 19 96.06
20 Anastasia Gozhva  Ukraine 143.69 22 46.78 17 96.91
21 Daša Grm  Slovenia 143.05 19 52.47 21 90.58
22 Mia Caroline Risa Gomez  Norway 137.62 21 49.14 22 88.48
23 Júlia Láng  Hungary 130.28 23 46.33 23 83.95
24 Nikola Rychtařiková  Czech Republic 123.13 24 45.64 24 77.49
Did not advance to free skating
25 Alexandra Michaela Filcová  Slovakia 43.94 25 43.94 —
26 Léa Serna  France 43.93 26 43.93
27 Antonina Dubinina  Serbia 42.51 27 42.51
28 Anastasia Gracheva  Moldova 39.08 28 39.08
29 Alexandra Mintsidou  Greece 33.86 29 33.86
WD Meda Variakojytė  Lithuania withdrew from competition

Pairs

Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii  Italy 195.13 1 70.45 2 124.68
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini  Italy 186.96 5 59.48 1 127.48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel  Germany 184.26 2 67.08 3 117.18
4 Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert  Germany 173.66 3 62.77 5 110.89
5 Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko  Hungary 172.98 6 57.97 4 115.01
6 Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev  France 169.94 4 62.46 6 107.48
7 Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise  Italy 152.54 8 53.29 7 99.25
8 Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein  Netherlands 148.94 7 54.16 9 94.78
9 Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta  Ukraine 143.72 10 47.53 8 96.19
10 Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby  Great Britain 137.49 9 49.43 10 88.06
11 Federica Simioli / Alessandro Zarbo  Czech Republic 134.02 11 46.68 11 87.34
12 Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr  Austria 132.30 12 45.40 12 86.90
13 Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord  Sweden 125.86 13 42.55 13 83.31

Ice dance

Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
1st place, gold medalist(s) Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Italy 210.44 1 85.53 1 124.91
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson  Great Britain 207.89 2 84.12 2 123.77
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis  Finland 198.21 3 77.56 3 120.65
4 Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius  Lithuania 195.67 4 77.33 4 118.34
5 Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud  France 191.85 6 76.49 5 115.36
6 Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler  Czech Republic 188.34 5 76.91 6 111.43
7 Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier  France 179.96 7 72.55 7 107.41
8 Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya  Georgia 175.82 8 68.55 8 107.27
9 Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan  Germany 169.17 9 67.90 10 101.27
10 Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko  Hungary 167.08 10 65.04 9 102.04
11 Victoria Manni / Carlo Röthlisberger  Italy 164.21 11 64.23 11 99.98
12 Mariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov  Ukraine 156.99 13 61.00 12 95.99
13 Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy  Israel 156.52 12 61.72 13 94.80
14 Anna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov  Slovakia 150.04 15 59.18 14 90.86
15 Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov  Ukraine 148.37 14 59.36 15 89.01
16 Anastasia Polibina / Pavel Golovishnikov  Poland 138.99 17 54.55 16 84.44
17 Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala  Lithuania 136.20 16 55.06 17 81.14
18 Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov  Azerbaijan 132.18 19 51.55 18 80.63
19 Hanna Jakucs / Alessio Galli  Netherlands 130.35 18 53.46 19 76.89
20 Aurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell  Latvia 124.88 20 51.41 20 73.47
Did not advance to free dance
21 Arianna Sassi / Luca Morini  Switzerland 49.91 21 49.91 —
22 Maria Bjorkli / James Koszuta  Norway 47.71 22 47.71
23 Viktoriia Azroian / Artur Gruzdev  Armenia 40.89 23 40.89

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