Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships


The Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships were an annual figure skating competition organized by the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union to crown the national champions of Czechoslovakia. Championships were held as early as 1931, though no competitions were held between 1939 and 1945 due to the German occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II.
Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Karol Divín holds the record for winning the most Czechoslovak Championship titles in men's singles, while Hana Mašková holds the record in women's singles, Soňa Balunová and Miloslav Balun hold the record in pair skating, and Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman hold the record in ice dance.
The peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia occurred on 31 December 1992, leading to the creation of two independent nations: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. However, the 1993 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships had already been held in Hradec Králové earlier in December. Therefore, the first figure skating championships of the newly independent Czech Republic and Slovakia did not take place until 1994. Many Czechoslovak medalists went on to compete successfully for the newly independent nations: Kateřina Beránková, Radka Kovaříková, Lenka Kulovaná, René Novotný, Jaroslav Suchý, and Irena Zemanová for the Czech Republic; and Pavol Poráč, Viera Poráčová, Zaneta Štefániková, and Rastislav Vnučko for Slovakia.

Medalists

Men's singles

Ondrej Nepela, eight-time Czechoslovak national champion, died in 1989 at the age of 38. The Ondrej Nepela Memorial premiered in 1993, and is held annually at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. Nepela was named the Slovak Athlete of the Century in 2000.

Ice dance

Pavel Roman, seven-time Czechoslovak champion in ice dance with his sister Eva Romanová, died in a motorcycle crash in 1972. In 1992, the Olomouc Figure Skating Club debuted the Pavel Roman Memorial in Olomouc, in what was then Czechoslovakia. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, this ice dance competition has continued annually in the Czech Republic.
YearLocationGoldSilverBronze
1959Bratislava
1960Prague
1961Ostrava
1962Bratislava
1963Opava
1964Brno
1965Prague
1966Ostrava
1967Gottwaldov
1968Brno
1969České Budějovice
1970Prešov
1971Plzeň
1972Karviná
1973Liptovský Mikuláš
1974Prague
1975Havířov
1976Prague
1977Žilina
1978Brno
1979Bratislava
1980Karviná
1981Košice
1982Prostějov
1983Banská Bystrica
1984Olomouc
1985Havířov
1986Bratislava
1987Prostějov
1988Nitra
1989HavířovNo other competitors
1990Ostrava
1991PragueNo other competitors
1992Ružomberok
1993Hradec Králové

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