The European Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The event is sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and is the sport's oldest competition. The first European Championships were held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany, and featured one segment, compulsory figures, with seven competitors. They have been held continuously since 1891, with only five interruptions, and have been sanctioned by the ISU since 1893. Women were allowed to compete for the first time in 1930, which is also the first time pair skating was added to the competition. Ice dance was added in 1954. Only eligible skaters from ISU member countries in Europe are allowed to compete.
The Rostelecom Cup, previously known as the Cup of Russia, was an annual international figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. It was organized by the Figure Skating Federation of Russia. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
The Cup of China is an annual international figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating. The Cup of China is organized by the Chinese Skating Association and joined the series in 2003. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
Yan Han is a Chinese competitive figure skater. He is a three-time Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2013 Cup of China champion and a four-time Chinese national champion.
Yulia Vyacheslavovna Lipnitskaya is a Russian retired competitive figure skater. She was part of the Russian team that won the 2014 Winter Olympics team trophy. Individually, Lipnitskaya is the 2014 World silver medalist, the 2014 European champion, the 2013–14 Grand Prix Final silver medalist, and a two-time Russian national silver medalist. As a junior, Lipnitskaya won the 2012 World Junior Championships, 2011–12 Junior Grand Prix Final, and 2012 Russian Junior Championships. She retired from the sport in 2017 due to injuries and anorexia nervosa.
Maurizio Zandron is an Italian-born figure skater who currently competes for Austria; he previously represented Italy until 2018. He is the winner of several medals in international competition, including gold at the 2016 Denkova-Staviski Cup, 2018 Bavarian Open, and 2018 Sofia Trophy. Additionally, Zandron is a five-time Austrian national champion.
Laurine Lecavelier is a French former figure skater. She is a two-time Cup of Tyrol champion, the 2017 Toruń Cup champion, the 2016 Golden Bear of Zagreb champion, and the 2017 French national champion. She has won a total of seven international events and finished within the top ten at four European Championships.
Deniss Vasiļjevs is a Latvian figure skater. He is the 2022 European bronze medalist, the 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy silver medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a six-time Latvian national champion.
Daniel Samohin is an Israeli figure skater who currently competes for the US. He is the 2016 World Junior champion, and has won two ISU Challenger Series medals, including a gold medal at the 2015 U.S. International Classic. Samohin is one of the few skaters to have landed two quad jumps in a short program, three quads in a free program, and five quads in one competition. He was a member of the Israeli delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
Aleksandr Selevko is an Estonian figure skater. He is the 2024 European silver medalist, a two-time ISU Challenger Series bronze medalist, the 2019 Nordics bronze medalist, and a three-time Estonian national champion (2020–22). He represented Estonia at the 2022 Winter Olympics, and is the first Estonian skater to win a medal at a senior international championship.
Nolan Seegert is a German retired pair skater. With his skating partner, Minerva Fabienne Hase, he was the 2019 Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist, 2021 CS Nebelhorn Trophy champion, and three-time German national champion. The pair represented Germany at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Micol Cristini was an Italian figure skater. She has won senior international medals, including gold at the 2017 Denkova-Staviski Cup.
Lin Xiaojun, born Lim Hyo-jun, is a South Korean-born Chinese short track speed skater. He is the 2018 champion of the Men's 1500 m event in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, and also set the new Olympic record for the event. Originally starting as a swimmer, Lim took up skating at a young age. Despite multiple injuries early on in his career, he notably won gold at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics upon his international debut in the Boys' 1000 m event. He would later win the 1000 m and 1500 m events in the Budapest leg of the 2017–18 ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup and earn selection for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. Upon his Olympic debut, Lim won the gold medal, setting a new Olympic record of 2:10.485 in the process, beating Lee Jung-su's previous record set at the 2010 games.
Cléo Hamon is a French pair skater. With her former skating partner, Denys Strekalin, she is a two-time French national champion, 2018 Volvo Open Cup champion, and has competed in the final segment at three World Junior Championships (2017–2019).
Denys Strekalin is a Ukrainian-born pair skater who competes for France. With his partner, Océane Piegad, he is the 2024 French national silver medalist.
Lukas Britschgi is a Swiss figure skater. He is the 2023 European bronze medalist, 2023 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist, and a four-time Swiss national champion. He represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Olga Romanovna Mikutina is a Ukrainian-Austrian figure skater who competes for Austria. She is a three-time Austrian national champion, as well as a two-time Austrian national junior champion (2019–2020). Internationally, she has represented the country at the European and World championships, and finished fourteenth at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Gabriele Frangipani is an Italian figure skater. He is the 2019 Toruń Cup silver medalist, the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy silver medalist, four-time Italian national national medalist, and two-time Italian national junior champion.
The 2020–21 ISU Challenger Series was scheduled to be held from September 9 to December 5, 2020. It was the seventh season that the ISU Challenger Series, a group of senior-level international figure skating competitions, was held. Originally meant to be a series of ten events, the 2020–21 Challenger Series ended up featuring only two individual events, when eight events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Alisa Stomakhina is a Russian-born figure skater who competes internationally for Austria. She is a two-time Austrian junior champion, and she competed at the 2018 World Championships.
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