2010 European Figure Skating Championships

The 2010 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2009–10 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia from 18 to 24 January 2010.

2010 European Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:18 January – 24
Season:2009–10
Location:Tallinn, Estonia
Host:Estonian Skating Union
Venue:Saku Suurhall Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Russia Evgeni Plushenko
Ladies' singles:
Italy Carolina Kostner
Pairs:
Russia Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov
Ice dance:
Russia Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin
Navigation
Previous:
2009 European Championships
Next:
2011 European Championships

Qualification edit

The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2009. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters were the 2010 Four Continents Championships. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. Based on the results of the 2009 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. The following countries earned more than the minimum.[1]

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance
3   France
  Italy
  Finland
  Russia
  Germany
  Russia
  France
  Italy
  Russia
2   Belgium
  Czech Republic
  Russia
  Sweden
  Germany
  Great Britain
  Hungary
  Italy
  Turkey
  France
  Great Britain
  Italy
  Ukraine
  Azerbaijan
  Great Britain
  Lithuania
  Ukraine

Schedule edit

All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2).

  • Tuesday, 19 January
    • 13:30 Ice dancing – Compulsory dance
    • 18:45 Opening ceremony
    • 19:20 Pairs – Short program
  • Wednesday, 20 January
    • 11:00 Men – Short program
    • 19:00 Pairs – Free skating (group 1)
    • 20:30 Pairs – Free skating (group 2 to 4)
  • Thursday, 21 January
    • 13:00 Ice dancing – Original dance
    • 18:45 Men – Free skating (group 1)
    • 20:15 Men – Free skating (group 2 to 4)
  • Friday, 22 January
    • 10:00 Ladies – Short Program
    • 18:40 Ice dancing – Free dance (group 1)
    • 20:00 Ice dancing – Free dance (group 2 to 4)
  • Saturday, 23 January
    • 13:30 Ladies – Free skating (group 1)
    • 15:00 Ladies – Free skating (group 2 to 4)
    • 20:00 Closing reception
  • Sunday, 24 January
    • 15:30 Exhibition gala

Medals table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Russia (RUS)3025
2  Italy (ITA)1102
3  Finland (FIN)0101
  Germany (GER)0101
  Switzerland (SUI)0101
6  France (FRA)0011
  Georgia (GEO)0011
Totals (7 entries)44412

Competition notes edit

In the men's short program, Evgeni Plushenko set a new world record of 91.30 points.[2] He won his sixth European title.[3][4] Stéphane Lambiel won his third European silver medal and Brian Joubert won his 9th consecutive European medal. In ladies, Carolina Kostner won her third European title, defeating the reigning champion Laura Lepistö, who won her third European medal.[5][6] Elene Gedevanishvili won Georgia's first medal at an ISU Championships.[6]

In pair skating, Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov won their first European title, edging out defending champions Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy.[7][8] In the free skate, they set a new free skate world record of 139.23 points, only to have their record broken by the Chinese silver medallists Pang Qing / Tong Jian at the 2010 Olympic Games. In ice dancing, Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin won their second European title, after previously winning in 2008. Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali won their second straight silver medals while the defending champions, Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski, dropped to third.[9][10][11]

Results edit

Men edit

 
The men's podium at the 2010 European Championships. From left: Stéphane Lambiel (2nd), Evgeni Plushenko (1st), Brian Joubert (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Evgeni Plushenko   Russia 255.39 1 91.30 1 164.09
2 Stéphane Lambiel   Switzerland 238.54 5 77.75 2 160.79
3 Brian Joubert   France 236.45 2 88.55 3 147.90
4 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 224.74 4 79.60 5 145.14
5 Samuel Contesti   Italy 221.33 7 75.90 4 145.43
6 Yannick Ponsero   France 219.52 3 82.40 7 137.12
7 Alban Préaubert   France 207.61 6 76.37 9 131.24
8 Javier Fernández   Spain 204.83 13 66.50 6 138.33
9 Stefan Lindemann   Germany 203.95 9 70.19 8 133.76
10 Tomáš Verner   Czech Republic 203.18 8 72.75 10 130.43
11 Kevin van der Perren   Belgium 195.48 11 67.72 11 127.76
12 Adrian Schultheiss   Sweden 188.79 12 66.55 13 122.24
13 Anton Kovalevski   Ukraine 186.84 14 65.20 14 121.64
14 Sergei Voronov   Russia 185.38 17 60.27 12 125.11
15 Kristoffer Berntsson   Sweden 183.10 10 69.20 17 113.90
16 Paolo Bacchini   Italy 181.42 16 60.90 15 120.52
17 Viktor Pfeifer   Austria 178.41 15 63.42 16 114.99
18 Gregor Urbas   Slovenia 163.84 20 56.90 18 106.94
19 Zoltán Kelemen   Romania 161.10 18 59.40 20 101.70
20 Jorik Hendrickx   Belgium 161.06 19 58.70 19 102.36
Did not advance to free skating
21 Maciej Cieplucha   Poland 21 56.45
22 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari   Finland 22 53.55
23 Karel Zelenka   Italy 23 53.09
24 Peter Reitmayer   Slovakia 24 51.35
25 Maxim Shipov   Israel 25 51.21
26 Boris Martinec   Croatia 26 50.49
27 Matthew Parr   United Kingdom 27 49.02
28 Damjan Ostojič   Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 47.96
29 Viktor Romanenkov   Estonia 29 47.60
30 Alexandr Kazakov   Belarus 30 45.97
31 Kutay Eryoldaş   Turkey 31 37.40
32 Boyito Mulder   Netherlands 32 36.38
33 Marton Marko   Hungary 33 35.32
34 Saulius Ambrulevičius   Lithuania 34 34.49
35 Girts Jekabsons   Latvia 35 32.67
36 Georgi Kenchadze   Bulgaria 36 32.02
37 Pierre Balian   Armenia 37 31.82
WD Joffrey Bourdon   Montenegro

Ladies edit

 
The ladies podium at the 2010 European Championships. From left: Laura Lepistö (2nd), Carolina Kostner(1st), Elene Gedevanishvili(3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Carolina Kostner   Italy 173.46 1 65.80 1 107.66
2 Laura Lepistö   Finland 166.37 3 62.96 3 103.41
3 Elene Gedevanishvili   Georgia 164.54 4 60.82 2 103.72
4 Kiira Korpi   Finland 163.68 2 64.26 5 99.42
5 Sarah Meier   Switzerland 157.44 8 54.86 4 102.58
6 Júlia Sebestyén   Hungary 156.77 6 57.44 6 99.33
7 Alena Leonova   Russia 153.57 5 58.26 7 95.31
8 Valentina Marchei   Italy 149.46 7 55.34 8 94.12
9 Ksenia Makarova   Russia 146.85 9 54.06 9 92.79
10 Jelena Glebova   Estonia 138.93 13 50.10 10 88.83
11 Viktoria Helgesson   Sweden 137.10 12 50.86 12 86.24
12 Tuğba Karademir   Turkey 136.42 10 53.88 13 82.54
13 Oksana Gozeva   Russia 135.39 14 47.26 11 88.13
14 Jenna McCorkell   United Kingdom 128.06 11 53.80 17 74.26
15 Ivana Reitmayerová   Slovakia 125.31 15 47.06 14 78.25
16 Sarah Hecken   Germany 121.79 16 46.34 16 75.45
17 Sonia Lafuente   Spain 121.15 17 45.26 15 75.89
18 Natalia Popova   Ukraine 113.35 20 44.30 18 69.05
19 Teodora Poštič   Slovenia 113.35 19 44.46 19 68.89
WD Susanna Pöykiö   Finland 44.68 18 44.68
Did not advance to free skating
21 Tamar Katz   Israel 21 43.70
22 Katsiarina Pakhamovich   Belarus 22 43.54
23 Karly Robertson   United Kingdom 23 41.74
24 Shira Willner   Germany 24 38.10
25 Miriam Ziegler   Austria 25 36.06
26 Mirna Libric   Croatia 26 35.74
27 Martina Bocek   Czech Republic 27 35.08
28 Manouk Gijsman   Netherlands 28 34.96
29 Erle Harstad   Norway 29 34.82
30 Birce Atabey   Turkey 30 33.76
31 Katherine Hadford   Hungary 31 32.66
32 Karina Johnson   Denmark 32 32.16
33 Isabelle Pieman   Belgium 33 30.32
34 Fleur Maxwell   Luxembourg 34 30.18
35 Beatričė Rožinskaitė   Lithuania 35 29.60
36 Clara Peters   Ireland 36 29.42
37 Sabina Paquier   Romania 37 29.38
38 Marina Seeh   Serbia 38 29.32
39 Zanna Pugaca   Latvia 39 29.04
40 Sonia Radeva   Bulgaria 40 26.64
41 Maria Papasotiriou   Greece 41 23.02
WD Joelle Forte   Azerbaijan
WD Sonja Mugoša   Montenegro

Pairs edit

 
The pairs podium at the 2010 European Championships. From left: Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (2nd), Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov (1st), Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov (3rd).
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov   Russia 213.15 2 73.92 1 139.23
2 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy   Germany 211.72 1 74.12 2 137.60
3 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov   Russia 202.03 3 73.54 3 128.49
4 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov   Ukraine 187.83 4 67.60 4 120.23
5 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov   Russia 159.84 5 55.84 6 104.00
6 Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon   Italy 156.80 6 52.64 5 104.16
7 Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur   France 151.28 7 52.04 7 99.24
8 Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz   Switzerland 144.95 11 47.88 8 97.07
9 Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende   Germany 142.76 9 50.66 9 92.10
10 Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia   France 139.73 8 51.24 11 88.49
11 Stacey Kemp / David King   United Kingdom 137.29 13 45.26 10 92.03
12 Erica Risseeuw / Robert Paxton   United Kingdom 130.09 14 43.50 12 86.59
13 Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov   Estonia 129.46 12 47.60 13 81.86
14 Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński   Poland 124.79 10 48.38 15 76.41
15 Jessica Crenshaw / Chad Tsagris   Greece 115.59 16 36.60 14 78.99
16 Nina Ivanova / Filip Zalevski   Bulgaria 106.31 15 38.56 16 67.75
Did not advance to free skating
17 Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk   Belarus 17 36.18
18 Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski   Israel 18 30.90
19 Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák   Slovakia 19 30.04
20 Viktória Hacht / Kristóf Trefil   Hungary 20 29.34
WD Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti   Italy

Ice dancing edit

 
The ice dancing podium at the 2010 European Championships. From left: Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski (3rd), Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin (1st), Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali (2nd).
Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin   Russia 199.25 1 42.78 2 61.49 2 94.98
2 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali   Italy 195.86 3 37.47 1 61.68 1 96.71
3 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski   Russia 189.67 2 37.87 4 58.59 3 93.21
4 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat   France 188.51 5 36.36 3 60.08 4 92.07
5 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr   United Kingdom 184.05 4 36.76 5 57.05 5 90.24
6 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte   Italy 176.10 6 35.93 9 52.83 6 87.34
7 Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky   Israel 174.91 7 34.63 6 55.92 9 84.36
8 Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo   Ukraine 171.28 9 32.60 7 54.30 8 84.38
9 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev   Russia 171.26 8 33.33 8 53.03 7 84.90
10 Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin   Hungary 163.21 11 31.53 11 50.02 10 81.66
11 Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev   Ukraine 162.82 10 32.15 10 51.22 12 79.45
12 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones   France 159.52 12 29.96 12 49.85 11 79.71
13 Caitlin Mallory / Kristjan Rand   Estonia 155.93 15 29.16 15 47.33 13 79.44
14 Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet   France 147.56 17 27.82 13 48.80 14 70.94
15 Christina Beier / William Beier   Germany 147.36 13 29.41 14 48.45 16 69.50
16 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland   United Kingdom 145.91 16 28.63 16 46.98 15 70.30
Did not advance to free dance
17 Kira Geil / Dmitri Matsjuk   Austria 71.73 14 29.16 19 42.57
18 Kamila Hájková / David Vincour   Czech Republic 71.21 18 25.88 17 45.33
19 Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze   Georgia 66.28 22 22.59 18 43.69
20 Nikola Višňová / Lukáš Csolley   Slovakia 64.57 21 22.61 20 41.96
21 Katelyn Good / Nikolaj Sorensen   Denmark 63.13 20 22.84 21 40.29
22 Federica Testa / Christopher Mior   Italy 61.88 19 23.31 24 38.57
23 Nikki Georgiadis / Graham Hockley   Greece 59.98 24 21.18 23 38.80
24 Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki   Finland 59.85 25 20.99 22 38.86
25 Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost   Switzerland 59.28 23 21.84 25 37.44
26 Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov   Belarus 50.11 26 17.08 26 33.03
WD Virginiya Hoptman / Pavel Filchenkov   Azerbaijan

References edit

  1. ^ "International Skating Union Communication No. 1565 Entries ISU Championships 2010". Archived from the original on 18 May 2009. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  2. ^ "ISU European Figure Skating Championships 2010 – Day 2". International Skating Union. 20 January 2010. Archived from the original on 21 June 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
  3. ^ Kondakova, Anna (20 January 2010). "Plushenko 'satisfied' with short program". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  4. ^ Kondakova, Anna (21 January 2010). "Plushenko wins sixth European title". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  5. ^ Kondakova, Anna (22 January 2010). "Kostner leads at Europeans; Korpi second". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  6. ^ a b Kondakova, Anna (23 January 2010). "Kostner wins third European title". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  7. ^ Kondakova, Anna (19 January 2010). "Germans lead pairs after short program". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  8. ^ Kondakova, Anna (20 January 2010). "Kavaguti and Smirnov win gold, Germans second". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  9. ^ Kondakova, Anna (19 January 2010). "Domnina and Shabalin lead Ice Dance in Tallinn". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  10. ^ Kondakova, Anna (21 January 2010). "Domnina and Shabalin maintain lead after Original Dance". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  11. ^ Kondakova, Anna (22 January 2010). "Domnina and Shabalin win second European title". Goldenskate.com. Retrieved 31 March 2011.

External links edit