2023 German Figure Skating Championships

2023 German Figure Skating Championships
2023 German Figure Skating Championships
Type:	National Championship
Date:	January 5–7, 2023 (S/J/N) ; December 16-18, 2022 (J/N)
Season:	2022–23
Location:	Oberstdorf
Venue:	Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf
Champions
	Men's singles: ; Nikita Starostin (S) ; Luca Fünfer (J) ; Soner Öztürk (N)
	Women's singles: ; Nicole Schott (S) ; Olesya Ray (J) ; Anna Gerke, Sasha Tandogan (N)
	Pairs: ; Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel (S) ; Sonja Löwenherz / Robert Löwenherz (J) ; Sophie Krebs / Linus Rotte (N)
	Ice dance: ; Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan (S) ; Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy (J) ; Enikö Kobor / Zoard Kobor, Warunya Katharina Salenbauch / Paiboon Hermann Salenbauch (N)
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The 2023 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen 2023) were held on January 5–7, 2023 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf.^[1] Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles on the senior level and pair skating and ice dance on the senior, junior, and novice levels. Single skating competitions on the junior and novice levels were held on December 16-18, 2022 at the Eissportzentrum Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf.^[2]

The results of the national championships were among the criteria used to choose the German teams for the 2023 Winter University Games, 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival, 2023 European Championships, 2023 Junior World Championships and 2023 World Championships.

Medalists

Senior
Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Nikita Starostin	Kai Jagoda	Lotfi Sereir
Women	Nicole Schott	Kristina Isaev	Elisabeth Jäger
Pairs	Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel	Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster	No other competitors
Ice dance	Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan	Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers	No other competitors
Junior
Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Luca Fünfer	Hugo Willi Herrmann	Alexander Vlascenko
Women	Olesya Ray	Valentina Andrianova	Anna Grekul
Pairs	Sonja Löwenherz / Robert Löwenherz	Aliyah Ackermann / Tobija Harms	Josephine Lossius / Artem Rotar
Ice dance	Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy	Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter	Alexia Kruk / Jan Eisenhaber
Novice
Discipline	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys	Soner Öztürk	Leon Rojkov	Richard Alexander von Göler
Girls	Anna Gerke (Group A) Sasha Tandogan (Group B)	Marie Bierwert (Group A) Jara Wabner (Group B)	Nikol Kalugina (Group A) Annette Meyer (Group B)
Pairs	Sophie Krebs / Linus Rotte	No other competitors
Ice dance	Enikö Kobor / Zoard Kobor (Advanced) Warunya Katharina Salenbauch / Paiboon Hermann Salenbauch (Intermediate)	Nelly Elisa Hemcke / Deniz Briesemeister (Advanced) Holly Moore / Jan Egorov (Intermediate)	Lea-Sophie Fromm / Jonathan Hörmann (Advanced) Laura Alexis Leisten / Marius Göbel (Intermediate)

Senior results

Men

Rank	Name	Club	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Nikita Starostin	ERCW	NRW	226.69	2	70.26	1	156.43
2	Kai Jagoda	SCB	BER	203.59	1	75.36	2	128.23
3	Lotfi Sereir	EKVB	B-W	135.79	3	40.70	3	95.09
4	Mattis Böhm	ESCR	B-W	108.23	4	35.12	4	72.11
5	Valentin Schellenberger	SERC	B-W	96.39	5	33.01	5	63.38
WD	Denis Gurdzhi	ECO	BAY

Women

Rank	Name	Club	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Nicole Schott	EJE	NRW	192.67	1	64.89	1	127.78
2	Kristina Isaev	MERC	B-W	166.58	2	51.30	2	115.28
3	Elisabeth Jäger	MEV	BAY	105.89	3	37.21	4	68.68
4	Eva Balduzzi	SVP	BAY	98.70	4	29.69	3	69.01

Pairs

Rank	Name	Club	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel	SCC / SCC	BER	193.88	1	72.73	1	121.15
2	Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster	CEC / CEC	SAS	165.51	2	56.44	2	109.07

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Club	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan	ECO / ECO	BAY	188.53	1	74.85	1	113.68
2	Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers	CEC / CEC	SAS	170.52	2	68.34	2	102.18

Junior results

Men

Rank	Name	Club	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Luca Fünfer	ECR	BAY	155.43	4	46.30	1	109.13
2	Hugo Willi Herrmann	SCB	BER	146.24	2	53.39	2	92.85
3	Alexander Vlascenko	MEV	BAY	145.20	1	53.72	3	91.48
4	Tim England	ESCE	THR	141.63	3	53.25	4	88.38
5	Noah Leander Jüßen	KSVU	NRW	115.20	5	39.05	5	76.15
WD	Robert Wildt	SCC	BER	37.02	6	37.02		86.99

Women

Rank	Name	Club	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Olesya Ray	ERCW	NRW	164.96	1	55.19	1	109.77
2	Valentina Andrianova	ECO	BAY	142.96	2	52.39	2	90.57
3	Anna Grekul	ECO	BAY	122.07	5	40.96	3	81.11
4	Julia Grabowski	EJE	NRW	119.40	7	39.04	4	80.36
5	Sarah Pesch	WSVA	BAY	118.29	4	43.64	6	74.65
6	Ina Jungmann	ERCW	NRW	115.54	6	40.17	5	75.37
7	Hanna Keiß	ECO	BAY	112.68	3	44.30	7	68.38
8	Melina Jolin Scheck	MERC	B-W	101.00	12	34.95	8	66.05
9	Gillian Armstrong	ECO	BAY	100.98	10	36.00	9	64.98
10	Kira Thurner	USGC	SAS	98.88	8	37.13	12	61.75
11	Zoe Trafela	MEV	BAY	97.90	11	35.78	11	62.12
12	Leah-Sophie Beck	TECW	B-W	95.06	13	33.79	13	61.27
13	Louisa Brand	TUSST	B-W	90.94	14	31.40	14	59.54
14	Taisiia Mysko	ERCW	NRW	90.79	9	36.21	17	54.58
15	Valentina Arevalo-Sternhuber	TECW	B-W	90.69	17	26.99	10	63.70
16	Eva Vlad	MERC	B-W	86.87	16	29.67	15	57.20
17	Sophia Kaspirowitsch	ERCW	NRW	86.77	15	30.73	16	56.04
18	Rebecca Breest	USGC	SAS	80.31	18	26.70	18	53.61

Pairs

Rank	Name	Club	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
1	Sonja Löwenherz / Robert Löwenherz	BSV92 / BSV92	BER	120.51	1	44.63	2	75.88
2	Aliyah Ackermann / Tobija Harms	ECO / ECO	BAY	119.98	2	42.83	1	77.15
3	Josephine Lossius / Artem Rotar	BTSC / SCB	BER	116.18	3	41.66	3	74.52
4	Sofia Krause / Albert Loor	SCC / SCC	BER	110.81	4	39.48	4	71.33

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Club	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
1	Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy	ECO/ECO	BAY	168.06	1	66.16	1	101.90
2	Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter	SCB/SCB	BER	155.82	2	60.01	2	95.81
3	Alexia Kruk / Jan Eisenhaber	SCB / SCB	BER	138.18	3	52.93	3	85.25
4	Finja Luisa Maeder / Piero Joel Lopez Moreno	CEC / CEC	SAS	126.10	4	48.60	4	77.50
WD	Savenna Pache / Korbinian Steinsailer	ECO / MEV	BAY	37.49

International team selections

Winter University Games

The 2023 Winter University Games were held in Lake Placid, United States from January 13–16, 2023.^[3] The German team was announced on December 14, 2022.^[4]

	Men	Ice dance
1	Kai Jagoda	Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers

European Youth Olympic Winter Festival

The 2023 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival was held in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy from 21 to 28 January 2023.^[5] The German entries were announced on January 11, 2023.^[6]

	Men	Women
1	Hugo Willi Hermann	Olesya Ray

European Championships

The 2023 European Championships were held in Espoo, Finland from 25 to 29 January 2023.^[7] Germany's team was announced on January 7, 2023.^[1]

	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Nikita Starostin	Nicole Schott	Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel	Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
2			Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert
1st alt.	Kai Jagoda	Kristina Isaev	Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster	Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer
2nd alt.				Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2023 World Junior Championships were held in Calgary, Canada from February 27 – March 5, 2023.^[8] The list of entries was published on February 7, 2023.^[9]

	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Hugo Willi Herrmann	Olesya Ray	Aliyah Ackermann / Tobija Harms	Darya Grimm / Michail Savitskiy
2			Sonja Löwenherz / Robert Löwenherz	Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter
Alt.	Luca Fünfer	Valentina Andrianova		Alexia Kruk / Jan Eisenhaber

World Championships

The 2023 World Championships were held in Saitama, Japan from March 20–26, 2023.^[10] The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on February 28, 2023.^[11]

	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Nikita Starostin	Kristina Isaev	Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert	Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan
2		Nicole Schott	Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel
1st alt.	Kai Jagoda		Letizia Roscher / Luis Schuster	Lara Luft / Maximilian Pfisterer
2nd alt.				Charise Matthaei / Max Liebers

References

^ ^a ^b Lechner, Pamela (January 7, 2023). "Erfolgreiche DM in Oberstdorf: Rekordmarke für Nicole Schott, EM-Team für Espoo nominiert" [Successful German Championships in Oberstdorf: Record for Nicole Schott, European Championship team nominated for Espoo] (in German). German Ice Skating Union.
^ Lechner, Pamela (December 21, 2022). "Olesya Ray und Luca Fünfer siegen bei Deutschen Junioren-Meisterschaften in Oberstdorf" [Olesya Ray and Luca Fünfer win at German Junior Championships in Oberstdorf] (in German). German Ice Skating Union.
^ "Competition Schedule Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games" (PDF). International University Sports Federation. 6 January 2023.
^ "Nominierungsliste Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games" [List of nominations Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games] (PDF) (in German). Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband. December 14, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
^ "EYOF 2023 Figure Skating". International Skating Union.
^ "DOSB nominiert Olesya Ray und Hugo Herrmann für EYOF 2023 in Venetien" [German Olympic Sports Federation nominates Olesya Ray and Hugo Herrmann for EYOF 2023 in Veneto] (in German). German Ice Skating Union. January 11, 2023.
^ "ISU European Figure Skating Championships Espoo 2023 Announcement". International Skating Union.
^ "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2023 Announcement". International Skating Union. 23 April 2022.
^
Junior Worlds Entries
- "ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Men". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.
- "ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Women". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.
- "ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.
- "ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.
^ "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023 Announcement". International Skating Union.
^ "ISU World Championships 2023". International Skating Union. February 28, 2023.

External links

[:0-1] Lechner, Pamela (January 7, 2023). "Erfolgreiche DM in Oberstdorf: Rekordmarke für Nicole Schott, EM-Team für Espoo nominiert" [Successful German Championships in Oberstdorf: Record for Nicole Schott, European Championship team nominated for Espoo] (in German). German Ice Skating Union.

[2] Lechner, Pamela (December 21, 2022). "Olesya Ray und Luca Fünfer siegen bei Deutschen Junioren-Meisterschaften in Oberstdorf" [Olesya Ray and Luca Fünfer win at German Junior Championships in Oberstdorf] (in German). German Ice Skating Union.

[3] "Competition Schedule Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games" (PDF). International University Sports Federation. 6 January 2023.

[4] "Nominierungsliste Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games" [List of nominations Lake Placid 2023 FISU World University Games] (PDF) (in German). Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsportverband. December 14, 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 25, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.

[5] "EYOF 2023 Figure Skating". International Skating Union.

[6] "DOSB nominiert Olesya Ray und Hugo Herrmann für EYOF 2023 in Venetien" [German Olympic Sports Federation nominates Olesya Ray and Hugo Herrmann for EYOF 2023 in Veneto] (in German). German Ice Skating Union. January 11, 2023.

[7] "ISU European Figure Skating Championships Espoo 2023 Announcement". International Skating Union.

[8] "ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships 2023 Announcement". International Skating Union. 23 April 2022.

[9] Junior Worlds Entries
"ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Men". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.

"ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Women". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.

"ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.

"ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.

[10] "ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Men". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.

[11] "ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Women". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.

[12] "ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Pairs". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.

[13] "ISU World Junior Championships 2023: Junior Ice Dance". International Skating Union. February 7, 2023.

[10] "ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023 Announcement". International Skating Union.

[11] "ISU World Championships 2023". International Skating Union. February 28, 2023.

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