The 2016 European Figure Skating Championships were held 25–31 January 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing.
Eligibility Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented a European member nation of the International Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2015 in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2016 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 2545 Ladies 2036 Pairs 2036 Ice dance 1929 Scores had to be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores could be attained at different events.
Number of entries per discipline Based on the results of the 2015 European Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.
Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2 Great Britain If not listed above, one entry is allowed.
Entries National associations began announcing their selections in mid-December 2015. The ISU published a complete list on 5 January 2016:
Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing Slavik Hayrapetyan Anastasia Galustyan Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal Mario-Rafael Ionian Kerstin Frank Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin Larry Loupolover Alexei Mialionkhin Janina Makeenka Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev Jorik Hendrickx Charlotte Vandersarren Daniela Stoeva Nicholas Vrdoljak Jiří Bělohradský Michal Březina Eliška Březinová Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka Pernille Sørensen Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen Daniil Zurav Helery Hälvin Valtter Virtanen Viveca Lindfors Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen Florent Amodio Laurine Lecavelier Maé-Bérénice Méité Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet Peroline Ojardias / Michael Bramante Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron Armen Agaian Franz Streubel Paul Fentz Lutricia Bock Nathalie Weinzierl Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck Great Britain Phillip Harris Danielle Harrison Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland Alexander Maszljanko Ivett Tóth Anna Marie Pearce / Mark Magyar Carolina Moscheni / Balázs Major Oleksii Bychenko Daniel Samohin Aimee Buchanan Adel Tankova / Evgeni Krasnopolski Isabella Tobias / Ilia Tkachenko Ivan Righini Matteo Rizzo Roberta Rodeghiero Giada Russo Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise Bianca Manacorda / Niccolò Macii Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri Deniss Vasiļjevs Angelīna Kučvaļska Olga Jakushina / Andrey Nevskiy Aleksandra Golovkina Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev Taylor Tran / Saulius Ambrulevičius Fleur Maxwell Thomas Kennes Niki Wories Sondre Oddvoll Bøe Anne Line Gjersem Patrick Myzyk Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev Julia Sauter Mikhail Kolyada Maxim Kovtun Alexander Petrov Evgenia Medvedeva Anna Pogorilaya Elena Radionova Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Michael Neuman Nicole Rajičová Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley David Kranjec Daša Grm Javier Fernández Felipe Montoya Sonia Lafuente Marcelina Lech / Aritz Maestu Celia Robledo / Luis Fenero Alexander Majorov Matilda Algotsson Joshi Helgesson Isabelle Olsson Stéphane Walker Tanja Odermatt Alexandra Herbríková / Nicolas Roulet Katarina Paice / Iurii Ieremenko Engin Ali Artan Birce Atabey Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar Ivan Pavlov Anna Khnychenkova Valeria Haistruk / Oleksiy Oliynyk Changes: Aimee Buchanan replaced Katarina Kulgeyko as Israel's entry in ladies. Chafik Besseghier withdrew due to a torn ligament in his right ankle. He was not replaced because France had named no substitutes. Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew due to an Achilles tendon injury to Kavaguti. They were replaced by Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov. Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji withdrew from the pairs' event and were not replaced because the Great Britain had no substitute in pairs. On 25 January, Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov withdrew due to Klimov's shoulder injury and were replaced by Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov.
Time schedule Wednesday, January 27 Ladies - Short program: 10:15 - 15:25 Opening ceremony: 16:45 - 17:05 Men - Short program: 17:30 - 22:40 Thursday, January 28 Ice dance - Short dance: 12:25 - 16:55 Men - Free program: 17:45 - 21:50 Friday, January 29 Pairs - Short program: 13:45 - 16:50 Ladies - Free program: 18:00 - 21:55 Saturday, January 30 Pairs - Free program: 10:00 - 13:00 Ice dance - Free dance: 14:30 - 17:50 Sunday, January 31 Gala exhibition: 14:30 - 17:00
Overview Bratislava hosted the European Figure Skating Championships for the fourth time, having previously hosted in 1958, 1966, and 2001.
In the men's event, Spain's Javier Fernández won his fourth consecutive European title, while silver medalist Oleksii Bychenko won the first-ever European medal for Israel.
In the ladies' event, Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva became the European champion in her first season on the senior international level. Teammates Elena Radionova and Anna Pogorilaya won their second consecutive silver and bronze medals, respectively.
In the pairs' event, Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov won their fourth European title. Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot took silver in their first appearance at Europeans as a pair, while Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov repeated as the bronze medalists.
In the ice dancing event, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron of France won their second consecutive European title. Both Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte of Italy and Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev of Russia stepped onto their fourth European podium.
Results
Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Javier Fernández 302.77 1 102.54 1 200.23 2 Oleksii Bychenko 242.56 4 84.09 4 158.47 3 Maxim Kovtun 242.21 2 88.09 6 154.12 4 Florent Amodio 240.96 8 78.28 2 162.68 5 Mikhail Kolyada 236.58 9 77.58 3 159.00 6 Ivan Righini 236.36 6 82.23 5 154.13 7 Daniel Samohin 232.08 5 82.73 8 149.35 8 Alexander Petrov 229.69 10 76.95 7 152.74 9 Jorik Hendrickx 221.39 7 79.13 9 142.26 10 Michal Březina 211.81 3 84.30 13 127.51 11 Alexander Majorov 204.27 11 76.34 12 127.93 12 Deniss Vasiļjevs 204.24 14 68.32 10 135.92 13 Matteo Rizzo 200.81 12 74.91 14 125.90 14 Franz Streubel 196.17 15 68.11 11 128.06 15 Ivan Pavlov 189.65 13 68.78 15 120.87 16 Paul Fentz 182.59 16 67.97 17 114.62 17 Felipe Montoya 181.95 17 67.73 19 114.22 18 Phillip Harris Great Britain 180.99 18 63.93 16 117.06 19 Stéphane Walker 171.79 22 57.23 18 114.56 20 Jiří Bělohradský 168.57 19 60.53 21 108.04 21 Nicholas Vrdoljak 167.07 21 59.02 20 108.05 22 David Kranjec 163.98 23 56.99 22 106.99 23 Mario-Rafael Ionian 160.57 24 54.16 23 106.41 24 Sondre Oddvoll Bøe 149.60 20 59.12 24 90.48Did not advance to free skating 25 Thomas Kennes 53.86 25 53.86 colspan=2 26 Valtter Virtanen 52.07 26 52.07 colspan=2 27 Alexei Mialionkhin 50.98 27 50.98 colspan=2 28 Daniil Zurav 50.50 28 50.50 colspan=2 29 Armen Agaian 49.32 29 49.32 colspan=2 30 Patrick Myzyk 49.26 30 49.26 colspan=2 31 Slavik Hayrapetyan 46.71 31 46.71 colspan=2 32 Larry Loupolover 44.46 32 44.46 colspan=2 33 Alexander Maszljanko 44.26 33 44.26 colspan=2 34 Michael Neuman 42.03 34 42.03 colspan=2 35 Engin Ali Artan 40.60 35 40.60 colspan=2
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Evgenia Medvedeva 215.45 1 72.55 1 142.90 2 Elena Radionova 209.99 2 70.96 2 139.03 3 Anna Pogorilaya 187.05 3 63.81 3 123.24 4 Angelīna Kučvaļska 176.99 5 58.99 4 118.00 5 Roberta Rodeghiero 170.76 4 61.01 5 109.75 6 Maé-Bérénice Méité 161.23 8 57.35 6 103.88 7 Nathalie Weinzierl 160.64 7 57.36 7 103.28 8 Viveca Lindfors 155.49 11 53.92 8 101.57 9 Joshi Helgesson 153.29 6 58.13 11 95.16 10 Laurine Lecavelier 152.34 13 52.84 9 99.50 11 Ivett Tóth 150.65 10 55.54 12 95.11 12 Nicole Rajičová 146.10 9 57.24 18 88.86 13 Matilda Algotsson 145.32 18 47.97 10 97.35 14 Giada Russo 143.40 12 53.52 16 89.88 15 Anastasia Galustyan 143.05 16 48.93 13 94.12 16 Aleksandra Golovkina 139.83 15 49.30 15 90.53 17 Anne Line Gjersem 139.48 14 49.80 17 89.68 18 Fleur Maxwell 137.76 22 46.55 14 91.21 19 Helery Hälvin 135.02 20 47.49 19 87.53 20 Niki Wories 131.87 21 46.82 20 85.05 21 Anna Khnychenkova 128.80 19 47.90 22 80.90 22 Kerstin Frank 128.08 24 44.85 21 83.23 23 Eliška Březinová 121.26 17 48.21 23 73.05 24 Isabelle Olsson 117.50 23 45.11 24 72.39 Did not advance to free skating 25 Lutricia Bock 43.77 25 43.77 colspan=2 26 Daša Grm 43.36 26 43.36 colspan=2 27 Julia Sauter 41.79 27 41.79 colspan=2 28 Tanja Odermatt 41.44 28 41.44 colspan=2 29 Danielle Harrison Great Britain 40.68 29 40.68 colspan=2 30 Charlotte Vandersarren 39.93 30 39.93 colspan=2 31 Aimee Buchanan 39.79 31 39.79 colspan=2 32 Birce Atabey 37.55 32 37.55 colspan=2 33 Sonia Lafuente 37.12 33 37.12 colspan=2 34 Pernille Sørensen 34.81 34 34.81 colspan=2 35 Daniela Stoeva 33.82 35 33.82 colspan=2 36 Janina Makeenka 27.62 36 27.62 colspan=2
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov 222.66 1 79.77 1 142.89 2 Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot 200.78 2 75.54 3 125.24 3 Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov 197.55 3 70.17 2 127.38 4 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès 185.55 5 62.10 5 123.45 5 Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek 182.61 8 58.47 4 124.14 6 Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise 178.97 6 61.51 6 117.46 7 Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov 174.72 7 60.63 7 114.09 8 Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert 171.30 4 62.90 8 108.40 9 Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer 149.07 9 52.96 10 96.11 10 Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk 147.36 10 48.72 9 98.64 11 Goda Butkutė / Nikita Ermolaev 139.56 11 46.85 11 92.71 12 Bianca Manacorda / Niccolò Macii 130.00 12 44.71 12 85.29 13 Adel Tankova / Evgeni Krasnopolski 114.56 14 37.81 13 76.75 14 Anna Marie Pearce / Mark Magyar 110.55 16 36.00 14 74.55 15 Marcelina Lech / Aritz Maestu 109.11 13 40.46 15 68.65 16 Alexandra Herbríková / Nicolas Roulet 103.47 15 36.38 16 67.09
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