2016 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2016 European [Figure Skating Championships] were held 25–31 January 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing.
Eligibility
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, 2015 in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2016 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 at an international event prior to the European Championships.Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2015 European Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.Entries
National associations began announcing their selections in mid-December 2015. The ISU published a complete list on 5 January 2016:| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Slavik Hayrapetyan | Anastasia Galustyan | Tina Garabedian / Simon Proulx-Sénécal | ||
| Mario-Rafael Ionian | Kerstin Frank | Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer | Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin | |
| Larry Loupolover | ||||
| Alexei Mialionkhin | Janina Makeenka | Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk | Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev | |
| Jorik Hendrickx | Charlotte Vandersarren | |||
| Daniela Stoeva | ||||
| Nicholas Vrdoljak | ||||
| Jiří Bělohradský Michal Březina | Eliška Březinová | Cortney Mansour / Michal Češka | ||
| Pernille Sørensen | Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen | |||
| Daniil Zurav | Helery Hälvin | |||
| Valtter Virtanen | Viveca Lindfors | Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen | ||
| Florent Amodio | Laurine Lecavelier Maé-Bérénice Méité | Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès | Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet Peroline Ojardias / Michael Bramante Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | |
| Armen Agaian | ||||
| Franz Streubel Paul Fentz | Lutricia Bock Nathalie Weinzierl | Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert | Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck | |
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OverviewBratislava hosted the European Figure Skating Championships for the fourth time, having previously hosted in 1958, 1966, and 2001.In the men's event, Spain's Javier Fernández won his fourth consecutive European title, while silver medalist Oleksii Bychenko won the first-ever European medal for Israel. In the ladies' event, Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva became the European champion in her first season on the senior international level. Teammates Elena Radionova and Anna Pogorilaya won their second consecutive silver and bronze medals, respectively. In the pairs' event, Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov won their fourth European title. Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot took silver in their first appearance at Europeans as a pair, while Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov repeated as the bronze medalists. In the ice dancing event, Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron of France won their second consecutive European title. Both Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte of Italy and Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev of Russia stepped onto their fourth European podium. Medals summaryMedals by countryTable of medals for overall placement:Table of small medals for placement in the short segment: Table of small medals for placement in the free segment: MedalistsMedals for overall placementSmall medals for placement in the short segment Small medals for placement in the free segment |