The 2017 European Figure Skating Championships were held 25–29 January 2017 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing.
| 2017 European Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 25–29 January 2017 |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Location: | Ostrava, Czech Republic |
| Host: | Czech Figure Skating Association |
| Venue: | Ostrava Aréna |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Javier Fernández | |
Ladies' singles:  Evgenia Medvedeva | |
| Pairs: Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | |
Ice dance:  Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | |
| Previous: 2016 European Championships | |
| Next: 2018 European Championships | |
Records edit
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:
| Event | Component | Skater(s) | Score | Date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ladies | Free skate | Evgenia Medvedeva
|
150.79 | 27 January 2017 | [2] |
| Total score | 229.71 | [3] |
Eligibility edit
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, 2016, in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2017 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 edit
| Minimum technical scores (TES)[4] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP / SD | FS / FD |
| Men | 25 | 45 |
| Ladies | 20 | 36 |
| Pairs | 20 | 36 |
| Ice dance | 19 | 29 |
| 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 edit
Based on the results of the 2016 European Championships, the ISU allows each country one to three entries per discipline.
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Russia  Israel
|
Russia
|
Russia  Italy  Germany
|
Russia Italy
|
| 2 |  Belgium  Czech Republic France Italy Spain
|
 Finland France Germany Italy  Latvia  Sweden
|
France  Austria  Belarus
|
France  Great Britain  Slovakia  Denmark Israel
|
| If not listed above, one entry is allowed. | ||||
Entries edit
National associations began announcing their selections in December 2016. The ISU published a complete list on 4 January 2017:
Changes to initial assignments edit
| Announced | Country | Discipline | Initial | Replacement | Reason/Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 10, 2017 | Germany
|
Pairs | Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | N/A | Split[19] |
| January 11, 2017 |  Luxembourg
|
Ladies | Fleur Maxwell | N/A | |
| January 14, 2017 |  Ukraine
|
Pairs | Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei | N/A | |
| January 18, 2017 | Czech Republic
|
Ice Dancing | Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka | Nicole Kuzmich / Alexandr Sinicyn | |
| January 19, 2017 |  Netherlands
|
Ladies | Niki Wories | N/A |
Results edit
Men edit
Fernandez won his fifth European title.[20]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Javier Fernández | Spain
|
294.84 | 1 | 104.25 | 1 | 190.59 |
| 2 | Maxim Kovtun | Russia
|
266.80 | 2 | 94.53 | 2 | 172.27 |
| 3 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia
|
250.18 | 4 | 83.96 | 3 | 166.22 |
| 4 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium
|
242.56 | 5 | 82.50 | 5 | 160.06 |
| 5 | Oleksii Bychenko | Israel
|
239.24 | 3 | 86.68 | 9 | 152.56 |
| 6 | Moris Kvitelashvili |  Georgia
|
238.20 | 10 | 76.85 | 4 | 161.35 |
| 7 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia
|
235.20 | 6 | 79.87 | 6 | 155.33 |
| 8 | Alexander Samarin | Russia
|
230.87 | 9 | 77.26 | 7 | 153.61 |
| 9 | Chafik Besseghier | France
|
227.59 | 11 | 76.19 | 10 | 151.40 |
| 10 | Paul Fentz | Germany
|
225.85 | 12 | 72.68 | 8 | 153.17 |
| 11 | Alexander Majorov | Sweden
|
217.98 | 7 | 78.87 | 12 | 139.11 |
| 12 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic
|
215.52 | 8 | 78.61 | 13 | 136.91 |
| 13 | Ivan Righini | Italy
|
210.15 | 14 | 69.96 | 11 | 140.19 |
| 14 | Ivan Pavlov | Ukraine
|
202.87 | 15 | 68.94 | 14 | 133.93 |
| 15 | Kévin Aymoz | France
|
199.47 | 13 | 71.26 | 18 | 128.21 |
| 16 | Graham Newberry | Great Britain
|
198.06 | 16 | 67.79 | 16 | 130.27 |
| 17 | Stéphane Walker |  Switzerland
|
196.74 | 19 | 62.86 | 15 | 133.88 |
| 18 | Javier Raya | Spain
|
195.54 | 17 | 66.67 | 17 | 128.87 |
| 19 | Maurizio Zandron | Italy
|
186.40 | 18 | 63.79 | 19 | 122.61 |
| 20 | Jiří Bělohradský | Czech Republic
|
181.62 | 20 | 60.99 | 21 | 120.63 |
| 21 | Slavik Hayrapetyan |  Armenia
|
180.78 | 21 | 60.69 | 22 | 120.09 |
| 22 | Daniel Albert Naurits |  Estonia
|
176.10 | 24 | 55.14 | 20 | 120.96 |
| 23 | Valtter Virtanen | Finland
|
164.09 | 22 | 56.52 | 24 | 107.57 |
| 24 | Sondre Oddvoll Bøe |  Norway
|
162.85 | 23 | 55.24 | 23 | 107.61 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Igor Reznichenko |  Poland
|
54.81 | 25 | 54.81 | — | |
| 26 | Nicholas Vrdoljak |  Croatia
|
53.45 | 26 | 53.45 | — | |
| 27 | Alexander Borovoj |  Hungary
|
53.02 | 27 | 53.02 | — | |
| 28 | Thomas Kennes | Netherlands
|
52.95 | 28 | 52.95 | — | |
| 29 | Anton Karpuk | Belarus
|
52.26 | 29 | 52.26 | — | |
| 30 | Mark Gorodnitsky | Israel
|
51.72 | 30 | 51.72 | — | |
| 31 | Larry Loupolover |  Azerbaijan
|
51.30 | 31 | 51.30 | — | |
| 32 | Engin Ali Artan |  Turkey
|
50.38 | 32 | 50.38 | — | |
| 33 | Daniel Samohin | Israel
|
50.33 | 33 | 50.33 | — | |
| 34 | Michael Neuman | Slovakia
|
47.67 | 34 | 47.67 | — | |
| 35 | Nicky Obreykov |  Bulgaria
|
44.83 | 35 | 44.83 | — | |
| 36 | Mario-Rafael Ionian | Austria
|
42.62 | 36 | 42.62 | — | |
Ladies edit
Evgenia Medvedeva won her second European title.[21][22] Medvedeva set a new world record for the free skating (150.79 points)[2] and for the combined total (229.71 points).[3]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia
|
229.71 | 1 | 78.92 | 1 | 150.79 |
| 2 | Anna Pogorilaya | Russia
|
211.39 | 2 | 74.39 | 3 | 137.00 |
| 3 | Carolina Kostner | Italy
|
210.52 | 3 | 72.40 | 2 | 138.12 |
| 4 | Maria Sotskova | Russia
|
192.52 | 4 | 72.17 | 5 | 120.35 |
| 5 | Laurine Lecavelier | France
|
188.10 | 5 | 63.81 | 4 | 124.29 |
| 6 | Nicole Rajičová | Slovakia
|
179.70 | 7 | 60.98 | 6 | 118.72 |
| 7 | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium
|
172.71 | 11 | 55.41 | 7 | 117.30 |
| 8 | Ivett Tóth | Hungary
|
172.65 | 6 | 61.49 | 8 | 111.16 |
| 9 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Italy
|
161.00 | 8 | 57.77 | 12 | 103.23 |
| 10 | Nicole Schott | Germany
|
160.63 | 9 | 56.88 | 10 | 103.75 |
| 11 | Emmi Peltonen | Finland
|
160.57 | 14 | 53.52 | 9 | 107.05 |
| 12 | Anastasia Galustyan | Armenia
|
155.14 | 10 | 56.40 | 14 | 98.74 |
| 13 | Matilda Algotsson | Sweden
|
154.63 | 18 | 51.35 | 11 | 103.28 |
| 14 | Joshi Helgesson | Sweden
|
152.86 | 13 | 53.93 | 13 | 98.93 |
| 15 | Helery Hälvin | Estonia
|
146.68 | 16 | 51.72 | 15 | 94.96 |
| 16 | Maé-Bérénice Méité | France
|
145.07 | 12 | 54.96 | 19 | 90.11 |
| 17 | Nathalie Weinzierl | Germany
|
143.40 | 22 | 48.70 | 17 | 94.70 |
| 18 | Natasha McKay | Great Britain
|
140.85 | 24 | 45.97 | 16 | 94.88 |
| 19 | Angelīna Kučvaļska | Latvia
|
139.63 | 20 | 49.05 | 18 | 90.58 |
| 20 | Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková | Czech Republic
|
138.23 | 15 | 52.39 | 21 | 85.84 |
| 21 | Anna Khnychenkova | Ukraine
|
136.57 | 21 | 48.93 | 20 | 87.64 |
| 22 | Kerstin Frank | Austria
|
132.08 | 17 | 51.47 | 24 | 80.61 |
| 23 | Viveca Lindfors | Finland
|
130.10 | 19 | 49.48 | 22 | 80.62 |
| 24 | Anne Line Gjersem | Norway
|
128.68 | 23 | 48.06 | 23 | 80.62 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Julia Sauter |  Romania
|
45.59 | 25 | 45.59 | — | |
| 26 | Daša Grm |  Slovenia
|
43.48 | 26 | 43.48 | — | |
| 27 | Yasmine Kimiko Yamada | Switzerland
|
42.33 | 27 | 42.33 | — | |
| 28 | Elžbieta Kropa |  Lithuania
|
41.52 | 28 | 41.52 | — | |
| 29 | Antonina Dubinina |  Serbia
|
41.05 | 29 | 41.05 | — | |
| 30 | Colette Coco Kaminski | Poland
|
39.83 | 30 | 39.83 | — | |
| 31 | Aimee Buchanan | Israel
|
38.49 | 31 | 38.49 | — | |
| 32 | Birce Atabey | Turkey
|
35.59 | 32 | 35.59 | — | |
| 33 | Valentina Matos | Spain
|
34.79 | 33 | 34.79 | — | |
| 34 | Hristina Vassileva | Bulgaria
|
24.55 | 34 | 24.55 | — | |
Pairs edit
Bronze medalists the previous two years, Tarasova/Morozov won their first European title after placing first in the short program and second in the free skate.[23][24][25] Ranked third in the short and first in the free, Savchenko/Massot received silver for the second consecutive year. Bronze medalists James/Ciprès were the first French pair to win a European medal in fourteen years (since 2003, when Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis took silver).
Ice dancing edit
Papadakis/Cizeron became European champions for the third consecutive year.[26]
Medals summary edit
Medals by country edit
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Medalists edit
Medals for overall placement
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Javier Fernández
|
Maxim Kovtun
|
Mikhail Kolyada
|
| Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva
|
Anna Pogorilaya
|
Carolina Kostner
|
| Pairs | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
|
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
|
Small medals for placement in the short segment
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Javier Fernández
|
Maxim Kovtun
|
Oleksii Bychenko
|
| Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva
|
Anna Pogorilaya
|
Carolina Kostner
|
| Pairs | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
| Ice dance | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
|
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
|
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Small medals for placement in the free segment
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Javier Fernández
|
Maxim Kovtun
|
Mikhail Kolyada
|
| Ladies | Evgenia Medvedeva
|
Carolina Kostner
|
Anna Pogorilaya
|
| Pairs | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot
|
Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov
|
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
|
| Ice dance | Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
|
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte
|
Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev
|
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External links edit
Media related to 2017 European Figure Skating Championships at Wikimedia Commons- Official website
- 2017 European Championships at the International Skating Union
