The 2026 European Figure Skating Championships were held from 13 to 18 January at the Utilita Arena Sheffield in Sheffield, England, in the United Kingdom. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition also determined the entry quotas for each skating federation to the 2027 European Championships. Nika Egadze of Georgia won the men's event, Niina Petrõkina of Estonia won the women's event, Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulava of Georgia won the pairs event, and Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron of France won the ice dance event. With his sixth victory, Cizeron tied the record held by Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov of the Soviet Union for winning the most European Championship titles in ice dance, although he won his six titles with different partners.
Background The European Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). They are the oldest competition in figure skating. The first European Championships were held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany. Only eligible skaters from ISU member countries in Europe are allowed to compete, while skaters from countries outside of Europe instead compete at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. The 2026 European Championships were held from 13 to 18 January at the Utilita Arena Sheffield in Sheffield, England, in the United Kingdom.
Qualification The number of entries from each nation for the 2026 European Championships was based on the results of the 2025 European Championships. These nations were eligible to enter more than one skater or team in the indicated disciplines. Skaters from Russia and Belarus were banned from participating "until further notice" due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
+Number of entries per discipline Spots Men Women Pairs Ice dance 3 2
Schedule Date Time Discipline Segment 14 January 12:55 Pairs Short Program 17:00 Women Short Program 15 January 13:00 Men Short Program 19:00 Pairs Free Skate 16 January 12:00 Ice Dance Rhythm Dance 18:00 Women Free Skate 17 January 13:00 Men Free Skate 18:30 Ice Dance Free Dance 18 January 15:00 — Exhibition
Changes to preliminary assignments The International Skating Union published the initial list of entrants on 17 December 2025. Date Discipline Withdrew Added Notes 22 December Men rowspan=3 Pairs 7 January Men rowspan=4 10 January Pairs Injury (Conti) 13 January Men Visa issues Pairs Ice dance Health reasons 15 January Men rowspan=3 colspan=2 Ice dance
Judging
All of the technical elements in any figure skating performancesuch as jumps and spinswere assigned a predetermined base point value and then scored by a panel of nine judges on a scale from –5 to 5 based on their quality of execution. The judging panel's Grade of Execution (GOE) was determined by calculating the trimmed mean (the average after discarding the highest and lowest scores), and this GOE was added to the base value to come up with the final score for each element. The panel's scores for all elements were added together to generate a total elements score. At the same time, the judges evaluated each performance based on three program componentsskating skills, presentation, and compositionand assigned a score from 0.25 to 10 in 0.25 point increments. The judging panel's final score for each program component was also determined by calculating the trimmed mean. Those scores were then multiplied by the factor shown on the following chart; the results were added together to generate a total program component score.
+Program component factoring Discipline Short program Rhythm dance Free skate Free dance Men 1.67 3.33 Women 1.33 2.67 Pairs 1.33 2.67 Ice dance 1.33 2.00 Deductions were applied for certain violations like time infractions, stops and restarts, or falls. The total elements score and total program component score were added together, minus any deductions, to generate a final performance score for each skater or team.
Medal summary
Medalists Medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline: +Medal recipients Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Women Pairs Ice dance Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline: +Small medal recipients for highest short program or rhythm dance Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Women Pairs Ice dance Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline: +Small medal recipients for highest free skate or free dance Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Medals by country Table of medals for overall placement:
Results Men's singles
Nika Egadze of Georgia won the gold medal after winning both the short program and free skate segments, making history as the first men's singles skater from his country to achieve this result. "I am so happy to be here in the UK and to skate here," said the 23-year-old. "I feel so pleased. I was trying to compete with myself. I didn’t hear anyone’s scores. I just wanted to do my job here. And I think it wasn’t perfect, because in the second half of the program, I missed some element of the combo. Some things I need to correct a little bit. But I’m so happy that I finally made it. I am not feeling yet that I am the champion. I am just glad that I did two almost clean programs. There were small things but overall, I am thrilled."
Matteo Rizzo of Italy won the silver medal following two solid performances. "Obviously I’m happy about everything," said the 27-year-old. "Of course, you always want more, and I know I haven’t skated my best today. Also, Nika today—he really pulled out an incredible program, a really big program! So, kudos to him. I’m still very happy about the result. I’m happy for my team and for everybody else." Rizzo went into the event, competing with Nikolaj Memola, for the second men's Olympic spot for Team Italy. The spot was to be determined by the Italian Ice Sports Federation depending on which skater had the higher placement. Following Rizzo's result, he was ultimately awarded that Olympic spot. "I grew up in Milan," Rizzo shared, "And I know it’s going to be special... I think I skated my best, and I think I showed everybody what I can do and what I am worth."
Georgii Reshtenko of the Czech Republic finished the event as the surprise bronze medalist. He placed eighth in the short program due to low levels on his spins and footwork sequence. "I was hoping for a score like maybe 80, 81," he shared. "But then I looked at the protocols, and I looked at my spins and I was, I am so dumb. So I really don’t want to lose points on the spins, so I will pay attention to that in the free program." Reshtenko went on to deliver a strong free skate performance, placing third in that segment with a new personal best score and moving up the bronze medal position overall. "Today, something happened that I didn’t expect for sure!" he said. "I am super happy in how I did and I was just surprised. I wasn’t expecting to sit in that leader’s chair and be in the lead at all because our group was so strong, as you saw. And everyone was going clean and I didn’t expect that at all... I barely made the free skate at Europeans last year. I was 23rd, and I am now, you know, third. I am so happy about it."
Brothers Aleksandr and Mihhail Selevko of Estonia went into the event competing for the sole Estonian men's Olympic spot. They placed second and third in the short program, respectively. "It was always our dream to be on the European podium together. Right now it feels like we achieved this dream. No one can take this away from us," they shared. During the free skate, however, they both struggled with Aleksandr placing tenth in the free skate and Mihhail placing eleventh. They ultimately dropped to fifth and sixth place, respectively. "Well, it wasn’t my best performance for sure," stated Aleksandr following his free skate. "It was really tiring. I was trying to invest to save points wherever it was possible." Mihhail speaking on his own experience shared, "It was definitely a fight through the program. I was trying to take it one jump at a time, but yeah, I’m a bit disappointed. The practice sessions were going really well, and I was hoping to show that, but it happens."
Kévin Aymoz of France, a gold medal contender, had a disastrous short program and did not advance to the free skate segment. +Men's results Rank Skater Nation Total SP FS Nika Egadze 273.00 1 91.281181.72 Matteo Rizzo 256.37 4 88.002168.37 Georgii Reshtenko 238.27 8 78.623159.65 4 Lukas Britschgi 236.90 6 82.125154.78 5 Aleksandr Selevko 232.46 2 88.7110143.75 6 Mihhail Selevko 230.30 3 88.2811142.02 7 Tamir Kuperman 230.17 7 79.827150.35 8 Kyrylo Marsak 229.25 11 76.926152.33 9Deniss Vasiļjevs227.51977.808149.71 10Adam Hagara224.27 14 68.964155.31 11Nikolaj Memola223.52 10 77.779145.75 12Andreas Nordebäck216.08 12 76.7812139.30 13Daniel Grassl215.33 5 84.8215130.51 14Jari Kessler201.46 20 66.3213135.14 15Fedir Kulish201.22 16 68.5214132.70 16François Pitot197.87 13 73.0921124.78 17Maurizio Zandron196.25 19 67.6817128.57 18Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté195.42 17 67.9419127.48 19Vladimir Samoilov193.49 23 64.5516128.94 20Davide Lewton Brain192.87 21 65.2818127.59 21Ean Weiler190.63 15 68.9222121.71 22Genrikh Gartung189.32 24 64.4520124.87 23Matias Lindfors183.63 18 67.8024115.83 24Edward Appleby181.72 22 64.9523116.77 25Jakub Lofek 59.76 25 59.76 Did not advanceto free skate 26Alp Eren Özkan 58.47 26 58.47 27Kévin Aymoz 53.95 27 53.95 28Alexander Zlatkov 50.90 28 50.90 29David Sedej 46.18 29 46.18
Women's singles Niina Petrõkina of Estonia successfully defended her European title from the previous year and scored personal bests in all three competition segments. She had only recently begun training her Lutz and flip jumps around two weeks prior to the event following a surgery she had performed on her Achilles in early October. "...The whole preparation for this event was done in a week," shared Petrõkina. "I’m so grateful to my team, my coaches, my doctors for all the work that we did. I came in here with expectation to skate clean, because I knew I could do it, but I’m still in shock a little bit, because everything happened so fast... Tonight, the crowd was so loud that I thought I was in Estonia! At my first European victory, I was shocked. This time I came here to win. I wanted to show everyone that it was possible to win twice, because back in Estonia, I was told that it is really almost impossible to win it twice, so I wanted to prove that it is possible."
Loena Hendrickx of Belgium won the silver medal. Having undergone ankle surgery in February 2025, this event was only her third competition of the season. Despite feeling ill on the morning of the short program, Hendrickx still opted to compete, placing fifth in that segment following fall on her opening triple Flip and underrotating the back end of triple Lutz-triple toe while the first jump was deemed to be a quarter rotation short. "I’m disappointed because I worked really hard and this mistake on the flip usually never happens in training," shared Hendrickx. "I think it was the adrenaline which made the difference to the practice, but yeah, after the mistake, I still tried to enjoy my performance and skate for the crowd. I am happy with the Lutz. I went for the triple-triple and showed that I am a fighter." She delivered a more solid free skate though lost points from not attempting a triple-triple combination, placing third in that segment of the competition and moving up to the silver medal position overall. Hendrickx stated that she was not satisfied with her performance and said she’d rather have had second place with a "better program."