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
Navigation
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2022 European Championships
Next:
2024 European Championships

Qualification

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Age and minimum TES requirements

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

Medal summary

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Medalists

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

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
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:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
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:

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
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

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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

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Men's singles

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
  Adam Siao Him Fa   France 267.77 1 96.53 2 171.24
  Matteo Rizzo   Italy 259.92 2 86.46 1 173.46
  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

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Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
  Anastasiia Gubanova   Georgia 199.91 1 69.81 1 130.10
  Loena Hendrickx   Belgium 193.48 2 67.85 3 125.63
  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

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Rank Team Nation Total points SP FS
  Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii   Italy 195.13 1 70.45 2 124.68
  Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini   Italy 186.96 5 59.48 1 127.48
  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

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Rank Team Nation Total points RD FD
  Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri   Italy 210.44 1 85.53 1 124.91
  Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson   Great Britain 207.89 2 84.12 2 123.77
  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

References

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