The 2023 European Figure Skating Championships were held from 25 to 29 January 2023 at the Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each skating federation at the 2024 European Championships.
| 2023 European Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 25 – 29 January |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Location: | Espoo, Finland |
| Host: | Finnish Figure Skating Association |
| Venue: | Espoo Metro Areena |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Adam Siao Him Fa | |
| Women's singles: Anastasiia Gubanova | |
| Pairs: Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | |
| Ice dance: Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | |
| Previous: 2022 European Championships | |
| Next: 2024 European Championships | |
Qualification
Age and minimum TES requirements
The competition was open to skaters from all European member nations of the International Skating Union. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2023 Four Continents Championships.
Skaters were eligible if they turned 15 years of age before 1 July 2022 and met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepted scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions during the ongoing season at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships or during the preceding season.
| Discipline | SP / RD | FS / FD |
|---|---|---|
| Men | 28 | 46 |
| Women | 25 | 42 |
| Pairs | 25 | 42 |
| Ice dance | 28 | 45 |
- SP/RD and FS/FD scores may be attained at different events.
Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2022 European Championships, each European ISU member nations could field one to three entries per discipline. However, on 1 March 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee, the International Skating Union (ISU) banned figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
| Spots | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Italy | Italy | Spain | |
| 2 | Azerbaijan Czech Republic France Georgia Latvia | Azerbaijan Belgium Estonia Georgia Poland Switzerland | Georgia Germany Hungary Spain | France Great Britain Italy Lithuania Ukraine |
- If not listed above, one entry is allowed.
Schedule
| Date | Disc. | Time | Segment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 25 January | Pairs | 13:15 | Short program |
| — | 16:45 | Opening ceremony | |
| Men | 17:40 | Short program | |
| Thursday, 26 January | Women | 13:35 | |
| Pairs | 19:25 | Free skating | |
| Friday, 27 January | Ice dance | 13:15 | Rhythm dance |
| Men | 18:00 | Free skating | |
| Saturday, 28 January | Women | 13:00 | |
| Ice dance | 18:30 | Free dance | |
| Sunday, 29 January | — | 15:30 | Exhibition gala |
- All times are listed in local time (UTC+02:00).
Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2022. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on 3 January 2023.
| Country | Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenia | — | Viktoriia Azroian / Artur Gruzdev | ||
| Austria | Maurizio Zandron | Olga Mikutina | Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr | — |
| Azerbaijan | — | — | — | Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov |
| Belgium | Loena Hendrickx | — | ||
| Nina Pinzarrone | ||||
| Bulgaria | Larry Loupolover | Alexandra Feigin | ||
| Croatia | Jari Kessler | — | ||
| Cyprus | — | Marilena Kitromilis | ||
| Czech Republic | Petr Kotlařík | Nikola Rychtaříková | Federica Simoli / Alessandro Zarbo | Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler |
| Georgii Reshtenko | — | — | — | |
| Estonia | Mihhail Selevko | Eva-Lotta Kiibus | ||
| — | Niina Petrõkina | |||
| Finland | Valtter Virtanen | Janna Jyrkinen | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | |
| France | Kévin Aymoz | Léa Serna | Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev | Loïcia Demougeot / Théo le Mercier |
| Adam Siao Him Fa | — | — | Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud | |
| Georgia | Nika Egadze | Anastasiia Gubanova | Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya | |
| Morisi Kvitelashvili | — | — | ||
| Germany | Nikita Starostin | Nicole Schott | Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert | Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan |
| — | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | — | ||
| Great Britain | Graham Newberry | Natasha McKay | Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson |
| Greece | — | Alexandra Mintsidou | — | |
| Hungary | Aleksandr Vlasenko | Júlia Láng | Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko | Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Leonyidovics Szemko |
| Ireland | Samuel McAllister | — | — | |
| Israel | Mark Gorodnitsky | Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy | ||
| Italy | Gabriele Frangipani | Lara Naki Gutmann | Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
| Daniel Grassl | — | Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Victoria Manni / Carlo Röthlisberger | |
| Matteo Rizzo | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | — | ||
| Latvia | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Sofja Stepčenko | — | Aurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell |
| Lithuania | — | Meda Variakojytė | Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala | |
| — | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | |||
| Moldova | Anastasia Gracheva | — | ||
| Monaco | Davide Lewton Brain | — | ||
| Netherlands | — | Lindsay van Zundert | Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein | Hanna Jakucs / Alessio Galli |
| Norway | Mia Caroline Risa Gomez | — | Maria Bjørkli / James Koszuta | |
| Poland | Vladimir Samoilov | Ekaterina Kurakova | Anastasia Polibina / Pavel Golovishnikov | |
| Romania | — | Julia Sauter | — | |
| Serbia | Antonina Dubinina | |||
| Slovakia | Adam Hagara | Alexandra Michaela Filcová | Anna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov | |
| Slovenia | David Sedej | Daša Grm | — | |
| Spain | Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté | — | ||
| Sweden | Andreas Nordebäck | Josefin Taljegård | Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord | |
| Switzerland | Lukas Britschgi | Livia Kaiser | — | Arianna Sassi / Luca Morini |
| — | Kimmy Repond | — | ||
| Turkey | Burak Demirboğa | — | ||
| Ukraine | Kyrylo Marsak | Anastasia Gozhva | Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta | Mariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov |
| — | Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov | |||
Changes to preliminary assignments
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Notes | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 January | Pairs | Anastasia Metelkina / Daniil Parkman | — | Metelkina & Parkman split. | |
| Karina Safina / Luka Berulava | Injury (Safina) | ||||
| 17 January | Men | Vladimir Litvintsev | Visa issue | ||
| 18 January | Ivan Shmuratko | Kyrylo Marsak | Injury | ||
| Women | Aleksandra Golovkina | Jogailė Aglinskytė | |||
| 19 January | Barbora Vránková | Nikola Rychtaříková | Illness | ||
| 21 January | Jogailė Aglinskytė | Meda Variakojytė | Injury | ||
| 23 January | Mariia Seniuk | — | |||
| 24 January | Maia Sørensen |
Medal summary
Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest overall placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Adam Siao Him Fa | Matteo Rizzo | Lukas Britschgi |
| Women | Anastasiia Gubanova | Loena Hendrickx | Kimmy Repond |
| Pairs | Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel |
| Ice dance | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis |
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Adam Siao Him Fa | Matteo Rizzo | Deniss Vasiļjevs |
| Women | Anastasiia Gubanova | Loena Hendrickx | Kimmy Repond |
| Pairs | Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert |
| Ice dance | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis |
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieved the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Matteo Rizzo | Adam Siao Him Fa | Lukas Britschgi |
| Women | Anastasiia Gubanova | Kimmy Repond | Loena Hendrickx |
| Pairs | Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel |
| Ice dance | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis |
Medals by country
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the short/rhythm segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (9 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Georgia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Results
Men's singles
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Siao Him Fa | France | 267.77 | 1 | 96.53 | 2 | 171.24 | |
| Matteo Rizzo | Italy | 259.92 | 2 | 86.46 | 1 | 173.46 | |
| Lukas Britschgi | Switzerland | 248.01 | 5 | 79.26 | 3 | 168.75 | |
| 4 | Kévin Aymoz | France | 240.92 | 4 | 83.75 | 4 | 157.17 |
| 5 | Deniss Vasiļjevs | Latvia | 236.35 | 3 | 84.81 | 6 | 151.54 |
| 6 | Daniel Grassl | Italy | 230.83 | 8 | 77.03 | 5 | 153.80 |
| 7 | Nika Egadze | Georgia | 220.65 | 12 | 72.96 | 7 | 147.69 |
| 8 | Mihhail Selevko | Estonia | 218.30 | 11 | 73.74 | 8 | 144.56 |
| 9 | Andreas Nordebäck | Sweden | 212.95 | 9 | 75.98 | 10 | 136.97 |
| 10 | Gabriele Frangipani | Italy | 211.62 | 7 | 77.35 | 12 | 134.27 |
| 11 | Maurizio Zandron | Austria | 207.68 | 13 | 72.57 | 11 | 135.11 |
| 12 | Tomàs-Llorenç Guarino Sabaté | Spain | 205.19 | 14 | 71.65 | 13 | 133.54 |
| 13 | Mark Gorodnitsky | Israel | 202.34 | 22 | 64.94 | 9 | 137.40 |
| 14 | Valtter Virtanen | Finland | 198.28 | 18 | 68.33 | 14 | 129.95 |
| 15 | Nikita Starostin | Germany | 197.97 | 10 | 74.70 | 17 | 123.27 |
| 16 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia | 194.59 | 16 | 70.55 | 16 | 124.04 |
| 17 | Vladimir Samoilov | Poland | 191.59 | 6 | 78.26 | 21 | 113.33 |
| 18 | Adam Hagara | Slovakia | 189.72 | 21 | 65.15 | 15 | 124.57 |
| 19 | Jari Kessler | Croatia | 182.83 | 19 | 67.87 | 19 | 114.96 |
| 20 | Burak Demirboğa | Turkey | 182.82 | 23 | 64.33 | 18 | 118.49 |
| 21 | Kyrylo Marsak | Ukraine | 181.98 | 17 | 70.41 | 22 | 111.57 |
| 22 | Davide Lewton Brain | Monaco | 179.54 | 20 | 66.07 | 20 | 113.47 |
| 23 | Graham Newberry | Great Britain | 174.64 | 15 | 70.85 | 24 | 103.79 |
| 24 | Aleksandr Vlasenko | Hungary | 173.94 | 24 | 62.49 | 23 | 111.45 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Petr Kotlařík | Czech Republic | 60.24 | 25 | 60.24 | — | |
| 26 | Georgii Reshtenko | Czech Republic | 54.52 | 26 | 54.52 | ||
| 27 | Larry Loupolover | Bulgaria | 53.26 | 27 | 53.26 | ||
| 28 | Samuel McAllister | Ireland | 48.07 | 28 | 48.07 | ||
| 29 | David Sedej | Slovenia | 46.28 | 29 | 46.28 | ||
Women's singles
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anastasiia Gubanova | Georgia | 199.91 | 1 | 69.81 | 1 | 130.10 | |
| Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | 193.48 | 2 | 67.85 | 3 | 125.63 | |
| Kimmy Repond | Switzerland | 192.51 | 3 | 63.83 | 2 | 128.68 | |
| 4 | Ekaterina Kurakova | Poland | 186.90 | 5 | 61.81 | 4 | 125.09 |
| 5 | Nina Pinzarrone | Belgium | 185.92 | 6 | 61.35 | 5 | 124.57 |
| 6 | Niina Petrõkina | Estonia | 183.74 | 7 | 61.05 | 6 | 122.69 |
| 7 | Janna Jyrkinen | Finland | 176.96 | 8 | 60.77 | 7 | 116.19 |
| 8 | Lara Naki Gutmann | Italy | 169.29 | 13 | 55.39 | 8 | 113.90 |
| 9 | Nicole Schott | Germany | 163.82 | 16 | 54.33 | 9 | 109.49 |
| 10 | Julia Sauter | Romania | 160.42 | 11 | 56.58 | 12 | 103.84 |
| 11 | Sofja Stepčenko | Latvia | 159.34 | 14 | 55.32 | 11 | 104.02 |
| 12 | Olga Mikutina | Austria | 159.08 | 4 | 62.78 | 18 | 96.30 |
| 13 | Marilena Kitromilis | Cyprus | 158.91 | 18 | 53.71 | 10 | 105.20 |
| 14 | Lindsay van Zundert | Netherlands | 158.10 | 10 | 58.13 | 15 | 99.97 |
| 15 | Eva-Lotta Kiibus | Estonia | 156.95 | 15 | 55.26 | 13 | 101.69 |
| 16 | Alexandra Feigin | Bulgaria | 155.23 | 17 | 54.31 | 14 | 100.92 |
| 17 | Josefin Taljegård | Sweden | 154.98 | 12 | 55.53 | 16 | 99.45 |
| 18 | Livia Kaiser | Switzerland | 151.20 | 9 | 60.25 | 20 | 90.95 |
| 19 | Natasha McKay | Great Britain | 148.00 | 20 | 51.94 | 19 | 96.06 |
| 20 | Anastasia Gozhva | Ukraine | 143.69 | 22 | 46.78 | 17 | 96.91 |
| 21 | Daša Grm | Slovenia | 143.05 | 19 | 52.47 | 21 | 90.58 |
| 22 | Mia Caroline Risa Gomez | Norway | 137.62 | 21 | 49.14 | 22 | 88.48 |
| 23 | Júlia Láng | Hungary | 130.28 | 23 | 46.33 | 23 | 83.95 |
| 24 | Nikola Rychtařiková | Czech Republic | 123.13 | 24 | 45.64 | 24 | 77.49 |
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||
| 25 | Alexandra Michaela Filcová | Slovakia | 43.94 | 25 | 43.94 | — | |
| 26 | Léa Serna | France | 43.93 | 26 | 43.93 | ||
| 27 | Antonina Dubinina | Serbia | 42.51 | 27 | 42.51 | ||
| 28 | Anastasia Gracheva | Moldova | 39.08 | 28 | 39.08 | ||
| 29 | Alexandra Mintsidou | Greece | 33.86 | 29 | 33.86 | ||
| WD | Meda Variakojytė | Lithuania | withdrew from competition | ||||
Pairs
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara Conti / Niccolò Macii | Italy | 195.13 | 1 | 70.45 | 2 | 124.68 | |
| Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini | Italy | 186.96 | 5 | 59.48 | 1 | 127.48 | |
| Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel | Germany | 184.26 | 2 | 67.08 | 3 | 117.18 | |
| 4 | Alisa Efimova / Ruben Blommaert | Germany | 173.66 | 3 | 62.77 | 5 | 110.89 |
| 5 | Maria Pavlova / Alexei Sviatchenko | Hungary | 172.98 | 6 | 57.97 | 4 | 115.01 |
| 6 | Camille Kovalev / Pavel Kovalev | France | 169.94 | 4 | 62.46 | 6 | 107.48 |
| 7 | Lucrezia Beccari / Matteo Guarise | Italy | 152.54 | 8 | 53.29 | 7 | 99.25 |
| 8 | Nika Osipova / Dmitry Epstein | Netherlands | 148.94 | 7 | 54.16 | 9 | 94.78 |
| 9 | Violetta Sierova / Ivan Khobta | Ukraine | 143.72 | 10 | 47.53 | 8 | 96.19 |
| 10 | Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby | Great Britain | 137.49 | 9 | 49.43 | 10 | 88.06 |
| 11 | Federica Simioli / Alessandro Zarbo | Czech Republic | 134.02 | 11 | 46.68 | 11 | 87.34 |
| 12 | Sophia Schaller / Livio Mayr | Austria | 132.30 | 12 | 45.40 | 12 | 86.90 |
| 13 | Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord | Sweden | 125.86 | 13 | 42.55 | 13 | 83.31 |
Ice dance
| Rank | Team | Nation | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 210.44 | 1 | 85.53 | 1 | 124.91 | |
| Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain | 207.89 | 2 | 84.12 | 2 | 123.77 | |
| Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis | Finland | 198.21 | 3 | 77.56 | 3 | 120.65 | |
| 4 | Allison Reed / Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | 195.67 | 4 | 77.33 | 4 | 118.34 |
| 5 | Evgenia Lopareva / Geoffrey Brissaud | France | 191.85 | 6 | 76.49 | 5 | 115.36 |
| 6 | Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler | Czech Republic | 188.34 | 5 | 76.91 | 6 | 111.43 |
| 7 | Loïcia Demougeot / Théo Le Mercier | France | 179.96 | 7 | 72.55 | 7 | 107.41 |
| 8 | Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya | Georgia | 175.82 | 8 | 68.55 | 8 | 107.27 |
| 9 | Jennifer Janse van Rensburg / Benjamin Steffan | Germany | 169.17 | 9 | 67.90 | 10 | 101.27 |
| 10 | Mariia Ignateva / Danijil Szemko | Hungary | 167.08 | 10 | 65.04 | 9 | 102.04 |
| 11 | Victoria Manni / Carlo Röthlisberger | Italy | 164.21 | 11 | 64.23 | 11 | 99.98 |
| 12 | Mariia Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov | Ukraine | 156.99 | 13 | 61.00 | 12 | 95.99 |
| 13 | Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy | Israel | 156.52 | 12 | 61.72 | 13 | 94.80 |
| 14 | Anna Šimová / Kirill Aksenov | Slovakia | 150.04 | 15 | 59.18 | 14 | 90.86 |
| 15 | Mariia Pinchuk / Mykyta Pogorielov | Ukraine | 148.37 | 14 | 59.36 | 15 | 89.01 |
| 16 | Anastasia Polibina / Pavel Golovishnikov | Poland | 138.99 | 17 | 54.55 | 16 | 84.44 |
| 17 | Paulina Ramanauskaitė / Deividas Kizala | Lithuania | 136.20 | 16 | 55.06 | 17 | 81.14 |
| 18 | Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov | Azerbaijan | 132.18 | 19 | 51.55 | 18 | 80.63 |
| 19 | Hanna Jakucs / Alessio Galli | Netherlands | 130.35 | 18 | 53.46 | 19 | 76.89 |
| 20 | Aurelija Ipolito / Luke Russell | Latvia | 124.88 | 20 | 51.41 | 20 | 73.47 |
| Did not advance to free dance | |||||||
| 21 | Arianna Sassi / Luca Morini | Switzerland | 49.91 | 21 | 49.91 | — | |
| 22 | Maria Bjorkli / James Koszuta | Norway | 47.71 | 22 | 47.71 | ||
| 23 | Viktoriia Azroian / Artur Gruzdev | Armenia | 40.89 | 23 | 40.89 | ||
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