2012 European Figure Skating Championships

The 2012 European Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the 2011–12 season. The event determined the European Champions in men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The competition was held from 23 to 29 January 2012 in Sheffield, Great Britain.

Qualification Skaters were eligible for the event if they were representing a European member nations of the International Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2011 in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2012 Four Continents Championships. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria but the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the European Championships.

Minimum TES Minimum technical scores (TES) Discipline SP / SD FS / FD Men 20 35 Ladies 15 25 Pairs 17 30 Ice dance 17 27 Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events.

Number of entries per discipline Based on the results of the 2011 European Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2 Great Britain Great Britain If not listed above, one entry was allowed.

Entries Some skaters were required to compete in a preliminary round, while others received a direct entry into the short program, after which the number of entries might be reduced further. If a country had a non-direct entry, its lowest-ranked skater according to the Worlds Standings competed in the preliminary round. Number of skaters Discipline Pre. Dir. SP FS Men 18 18 28 24 Ladies 23 18 28 24 Pairs 19 16 Ice dance 19 12 20 20 Pre. = Preliminary round; Dir. = Direct entry; SP = Short program; FS = Free skating

Member states submitted the following entries: Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Sarkis Hayrapetyan Viktor Pfeifer Kerstin Frank Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Kevin van der Perren Jorik Hendrickx Isabelle Pieman Kaat Van Daele Tomáš Verner Michal Březina Pavel Kaška Eliška Březinová Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař Alexandra Herbríková / Rudy Halmaert Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown Viktor Romanenkov Jelena Glebova Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari Kiira Korpi Juulia Turkkila Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo Brian Joubert Florent Amodio Chafik Besseghier Maé Bérénice Méité Yrétha Silété Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Daria Popova / Bruno Massot Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart Elene Gedevanishvili Peter Liebers Paul Fentz Sarah Hecken Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso Great Britain Jason Thompson Jenna McCorkell Sally Hoolin / James Hunt Stacey Kemp / David King Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Louise Walden / Owen Edwards Márton Markó Viktória Pavuk Zsuzsanna Nagy / Máté Fejes Dóra Turóczi / Balázs Major Clara Peters Alexei Bychenko Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov Paolo Bacchini Samuel Contesti Carolina Kostner Valentina Marchei Francesca Rio Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek Carolina Gillespie / Luca Demattè Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Rimgailė Meškaitė Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas Maciej Cieplucha Alexandra Zvorygina / Maciej Bernadowski Zoltán Kelemen Sabina Măriuţă Artur Gachinski Evgeni Plushenko Sergei Voronov Alena Leonova Ksenia Makarova Polina Korobeynikova Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko Monika Simančíková Javier Fernández Javier Raya Sonia Lafuente Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz Alexander Majorov Adrian Schultheiss Joshi Helgesson Viktoria Helgesson Michelle Lundberg / Richard Lundberg Stanislav Pertsov Natalia Popova Nadezhda Frolenkova / Mikhail Kasalo Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun

In January 2012, the ISU released a statement confirming that Evgeni Plushenko, who did not have a minimum score from the current or previous season, had been allowed to participate in the competition.

Schedule (Local time, UTC/GMT):

Monday 23 January 15:00–18:05 – Preliminary round: Ice dancing 18:30–21:35 – Preliminary round: Men Tuesday 24 January 14:00–17:45 – Preliminary round: Ladies Wednesday 25 January 14:00–16:55 – Pairs' short 17:45–18:00 – Opening ceremony 18:30–21:25 – Short dance Thursday 26 January 13:00–17:10 – Men's short 18:30–21:30 – Pairs' free Friday 27 January 13:00–17:10 – Ladies' short 18:00–21:20 – Free dance Saturday 28 January 11:55–16:00 – Men's free 17:30–21:25 – Ladies' free Sunday 29 January 13:30–16:00 – Exhibitions

Overview 2012 was the first time in more than twenty years that Great Britain organized the European Championships. Robin Cousins choreographed the opening ceremony featuring 100 young local skaters and attended by Prince Edward.

Evgeni Plushenko won the preliminary round. The top 11 skaters advanced from the preliminary round to the short program, joining 17 direct entries. Jason Thompson who placed 13th also advanced as the representative of the host country. Artur Gachinski narrowly won the short program ahead of Plushenko. Plushenko won the free skate and took his seventh European title, while Gachinski took the silver and France's Florent Amodio won the bronze.

23 ladies competed in the preliminary round, with the top ten advancing to the short program to join 18 direct entries. Polina Korobeynikova was the winner of the preliminary round. The top three in the short program were Carolina Kostner, Kiira Korpi and Ksenia Makarova. In the free skate, Kostner placed first, followed by Korobeynikova, and Elene Gedevanishvili. Kostner won her fourth European title. Kiira Korpi took silver, her third European medal, and Gedevanishvili won her second bronze.

Russia's Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew as a result of an emergency surgery the previous week to remove Smirnov's appendix and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov took their place. No preliminary round was held because there were only 19 teams in total. Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy withdrew before the short program due to injury. Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov won the short. Germany's Mari Vartmann / Daniel Wende collided with each other while attempting to avoid a French couple during the morning practice before the long programs on 26 January. Volosozhar / Trankov won the free skate to take their first European title, while Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov and Stolbova / Klimov took silver and bronze respectively for a Russian sweep of the podium.

19 teams competed in the ice dancing preliminary round, with the top eight advancing to the short dance to join 12 direct entries. Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov were first in the preliminary round. Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev, Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat, and Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko were the top three in the short dance. Pechalat / Bourzat won the free dance to take their second European title, Bobrova / Soloviev repeated as silver medalists, and Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov won bronze, their first time on the podium.

Results Men

Rank Name Nation Total points PR SP FS 1 Evgeni Plushenko 261.23 1 157.52 2 84.71 1 176.52 2 Artur Gachinski 246.27 1 84.80 2 161.47 3 Florent Amodio 234.18 5 78.48 3 155.70 4 Michal Březina 229.30 6 76.13 4 153.17 5 Tomáš Verner 225.36 3 81.14 6 144.22 6 Javier Fernández 222.26 4 80.11 7 142.15 7 Samuel Contesti 212.32 11 66.86 5 145.46 8 Brian Joubert 207.83 10 67.92 8 139.91 9 Jorik Hendrickx 204.63 8 68.98 9 135.65 10 Sergei Voronov 195.89 14 60.88 10 135.01 11 Alexander Majorov 193.18 9 68.33 11 124.85 12 Chafik Besseghier 181.85 12 63.12 13 118.73 13 Kim Lucine 179.33 16 57.64 12 121.69 14 Zoltán Kelemen 178.02 2 114.64 15 60.12 14 117.90 15 Peter Liebers 176.75 13 61.08 16 115.67 16 Paolo Bacchini 169.40 17 55.77 18 114.34 17 Paul Fentz 169.40 4 107.92 23 51.74 15 117.66 18 Viktor Pfeifer 168.92 21 53.58 17 115.34 19 Maciej Cieplucha 166.86 3 108.53 20 54.17 19 112.69 20 Justus Strid 156.33 6 103.04 18 54.71 21 101.62 21 Dmytro Ihnatenko 154.88 24 51.61 20 103.27 22 Alexei Bychenko 141.19 5 106.19 19 54.69 22 86.50 23 Viktor Romanenkov 135.09 8 95.86 22 52.24 23 82.85 WD Kevin van der Perren 7 71.05 Did not advance to free skating 25 Jason Thompson Great Britain 13 89.63 25 51.42 26 Pavel Kaška 11 93.10 26 51.34 27 Vitali Luchanok 7 98.28 27 48.32 28 Slavik Hayrapetyan 10 93.19 28 45.75 29 Ali Demirboga 9 93.99 29 45.54 Did not advance to short program 30 Laurent Alvarez 12 90.70 31 Márton Markó 14 85.41 32 Manol Atanassov 15 81.07 WD Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari

Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points PR SP FS 1 Carolina Kostner 183.55 1 63.22 1 120.33 2 Kiira Korpi 166.94 2 61.80 4 105.14 3 Elene Gedevanishvili 165.93 4 57.14 3 108.79 4 Polina Korobeynikova 164.13 1 109.73 12 49.41 2 114.72 5 Viktoria Helgesson 160.82 5 55.68 5 105.14 6 Ksenia Makarova 159.59 3 57.55 7 102.04 7 Alena Leonova 158.78 6 54.50 6 104.28 8 Valentina Marchei 146.84 7 53.52 9 93.32 9 Yrétha Silété 145.50 4 90.38 8 52.75 11 92.75 10 Joshi Helgesson 145.11 2 96.27 9 52.32 10 92.79 11 Jelena Glebova 141.92 10 52.32 13 89.60 12 Natalia Popova 138.60 5 88.70 19 43.75 8 94.85 13 Maé Bérénice Méité 137.33 11 49.86 15 87.47 14 Monika Simančíková 136.79 3 91.99 14 46.39 12 90.40 15 Sonia Lafuente 133.64 13 47.34 16 86.30 16 Alina Fjodorova 133.48 6 87.82 18 44.37 14 89.11 17 Juulia Turkkila 130.33 15 45.65 17 84.68 18 Jenna McCorkell Great Britain 125.41 16 45.32 19 80.09 19 Isabelle Pieman 122.13 17 44.39 20 77.74 20 Romy Bühler 121.25 24 38.14 18 83.11 21 Myriam Leuenberger 117.73 21 41.77 21 75.96 22 Nathalie Weinzierl 115.89 20 42.56 22 73.33 23 Francesca Rio 108.66 7 73.23 22 40.02 23 68.64 24 Karina Sinding Johnson 92.12 23 38.23 24 53.89 Did not advance to free skating 25 Fleur Maxwell 9 67.35 25 37.06 26 Kaat Van Daele 10 67.22 26 35.11 27 Chelsea Rose Chiappa 27 34.46 28 Clara Peters 8 69.92 28 30.88 Did not advance to short program 29 Birce Atabey 11 65.98 30 Kerstin Frank 12 65.86 31 Rimgailė Meškaitė 13 65.38 32 Manouk Gijsman 14 64.07 33 Patricia Gleščič 15 63.06 34 Camilla Gjersem 16 63.04 35 Ksenia Bakusheva 17 61.60 36 Eliška Březinová 18 60.43 37 Daniela Stoeva 19 60.33 38 Georgia Glastris 20 58.85 39 Sabina Măriuţă 21 57.15 40 Marina Seeh 22 52.24 41 Mirna Libric 23 50.70

Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 210.45 1 72.80 1 137.65 2 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 193.79 2 66.89 2 126.90 3 Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov 171.81 3 58.66 3 113.15 4 Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek 158.99 4 54.38 4 104.61 5 Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave 154.99 7 52.00 5 102.99 6 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 151.93 8 51.81 6 100.12 7 Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende 148.82 5 54.03 7 94.79 8 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot 139.98 6 53.91 9 86.07 9 Stacey Kemp / David King Great Britain 138.39 9 45.75 8 92.64 10 Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk 122.25 14 39.06 10 83.19 11 Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski 120.32 12 41.69 11 78.63 12 Carolina Gillespie / Luca Demattè 120.11 11 42.75 12 77.36 13 Alexandra Herbríková / Rudy Halmaert 115.87 10 42.99 14 72.88 14 Anaïs Morand / Timothy Leemann 114.20 13 41.48 15 72.72 15 Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer 112.10 15 38.05 13 74.05 16 Sally Hoolin / James Hunt Great Britain 94.08 16 33.41 16 60.67 Did not advance to free skating 17 Elizabeta Makarova / Leri Kenchadze 17 32.80 18 Maria Paliakova / Mikhail Fomichev 18 28.33 WD Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy

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