2006 European Figure Skating Championships
2006 European Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | January 17 – 22 |
Season: | 2005–06 |
Location: | Lyon, France |
Venue: | Palais des Sports de Lyon |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Evgeni Plushenko | |
Ladies' singles: Irina Slutskaya | |
Pair skating: Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | |
Ice dancing: Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | |
Previous: 2005 European Championships | |
Next: 2007 European Championships |
The 2006 European Figure Skating Championships were a senior international figure skating competition in the 2005–06 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France from January 17 to 22, 2006.
Qualifying
The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2005. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2006 Four Continents Championships. Based on the results of the 2005 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.
Medals table
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2 | Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Overview
Russia swept all four gold medals.
In men's singles, Russia's Evgeni Plushenko won his fifth European title.[1] Switzerland's Stéphane Lambiel and France's Brian Joubert won silver and bronze respectively.
Russia's Irina Slutskaya won a record seventh European ladies' title, which put her ahead of Katarina Witt and Sonja Henie.[2] Teammate Elena Sokolova took silver and Italy's Carolina Kostner the bronze.
In the pairs' event, Russia's Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin won their fifth consecutive European title.[3][4] Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy took silver and Russia's Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov the bronze. The Czech Republic's Olga Prokuronova / Karel Štefl, who were 10th in the short program, suffered a fall on a lift in the free skate.[5] Prokuronova lay on the ice for several seconds before Štefl helped her to her feet and she exited the ice.[5] They withdrew from the event. An ISU doctor said Prokuronova had not sustained a serious injury but was taken to the hospital for further examination.[5]
In ice dancing, Russia's Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov trailed in the compulsory dance but rebounded in the original and free dances to take their third consecutive European title, while Ukraine's Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov won silver and Lithuania's Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas the bronze.[3][4]
Results
Men
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 245.33 | 1 | 82.80 | 1 | 162.53 |
2 | Stéphane Lambiel | Switzerland | 228.87 | 3 | 74.73 | 2 | 154.14 |
3 | Brian Joubert | France | 222.95 | 2 | 77.85 | 3 | 145.10 |
4 | Frédéric Dambier | France | 200.16 | 4 | 71.21 | 5 | 128.95 |
5 | Ilia Klimkin | Russia | 197.42 | 8 | 64.10 | 4 | 133.32 |
6 | Alban Préaubert | France | 190.18 | 5 | 69.08 | 8 | 121.10 |
7 | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | 182.32 | 11 | 59.98 | 7 | 122.34 |
8 | Silvio Smalun | Germany | 181.73 | 9 | 63.88 | 9 | 117.85 |
9 | Gheorghe Chiper | Romania | 181.51 | 6 | 66.46 | 11 | 115.05 |
10 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 178.26 | 7 | 66.13 | 14 | 112.13 |
11 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 177.18 | 16 | 54.30 | 6 | 122.88 |
12 | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | 176.70 | 10 | 60.70 | 10 | 116.00 |
13 | Sergei Davydov | Belarus | 170.51 | 15 | 56.70 | 13 | 113.81 |
14 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | 167.37 | 13 | 57.68 | 16 | 109.69 |
15 | Sergei Dobrin | Russia | 165.63 | 14 | 57.10 | 17 | 108.53 |
16 | Anton Kovalevski | Ukraine | 164.49 | 22 | 49.87 | 12 | 114.62 |
17 | Gregor Urbas | Slovenia | 162.95 | 18 | 52.99 | 15 | 109.96 |
18 | Viktor Pfeifer | Austria | 159.27 | 12 | 57.89 | 19 | 101.38 |
19 | Karel Zelenka | Italy | 158.96 | 19 | 52.98 | 18 | 105.98 |
20 | Adrian Schultheiss | Sweden | 149.10 | 17 | 54.19 | 22 | 94.91 |
21 | Jamal Othman | Switzerland | 148.85 | 23 | 49.37 | 20 | 99.48 |
22 | Roman Serov | Israel | 148.10 | 21 | 50.05 | 21 | 98.05 |
23 | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari | Finland | 137.11 | 20 | 51.14 | 23 | 85.97 |
24 | Aidas Reklys | Lithuania | 128.51 | 24 | 46.12 | 24 | 82.39 |
Free Skating Not Reached | |||||||
25 | John Hamer | United Kingdom | 25 | 45.99 | |||
26 | Zoltán Tóth | Hungary | 26 | 44.93 | |||
27 | Michael Chrolenko | Norway | 27 | 44.22 | |||
28 | Przemysław Domański | Poland | 28 | 42.55 | |||
29 | Trifun Zivanovic | Serbia and Montenegro | 29 | 42.38 | |||
30 | Igor Macypura | Slovakia | 30 | 42.00 | |||
31 | Zeus Issariotis | Greece | 31 | 38.53 | |||
32 | Alper Uçar | Turkey | 32 | 36.38 | |||
33 | Boris Martinec | Croatia | 33 | 35.05 | |||
34 | Adrian Matei | Romania | 34 | 34.79 | |||
35 | Yediel Canton | Spain | 35 | 34.52 |
Ladies
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 193.24 | 1 | 66.43 | 1 | 126.81 |
2 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 177.81 | 2 | 60.88 | 2 | 116.93 |
3 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 172.45 | 5 | 60.04 | 3 | 112.41 |
4 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 167.16 | 3 | 60.87 | 4 | 106.29 |
5 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 153.27 | 4 | 60.19 | 6 | 93.08 |
6 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 146.37 | 11 | 47.74 | 5 | 98.63 |
7 | Susanna Pöykiö | Finland | 144.75 | 7 | 56.05 | 8 | 88.70 |
8 | Alisa Drei | Finland | 141.55 | 9 | 49.76 | 7 | 91.79 |
9 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | 131.88 | 6 | 57.08 | 15 | 74.80 |
10 | Annette Dytrt | Germany | 131.11 | 12 | 47.39 | 9 | 83.72 |
11 | Idora Hegel | Croatia | 127.15 | 10 | 48.63 | 11 | 78.52 |
12 | Viktória Pavuk | Hungary | 126.88 | 8 | 50.70 | 12 | 76.18 |
13 | Tuğba Karademir | Turkey | 124.72 | 17 | 41.42 | 10 | 83.30 |
14 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 121.90 | 13 | 46.61 | 13 | 75.29 |
15 | Jelena Glebova | Estonia | 116.59 | 14 | 42.32 | 16 | 74.27 |
16 | Sonia Radeva | Bulgaria | 114.24 | 21 | 39.29 | 14 | 74.95 |
17 | Nadège Bobillier | France | 112.88 | 15 | 41.89 | 19 | 70.99 |
18 | Andrea Kreuzer | Austria | 111.95 | 20 | 39.92 | 17 | 72.03 |
19 | Valentina Marchei | Italy | 111.66 | 19 | 40.31 | 18 | 71.35 |
20 | Teodora Poštič | Slovenia | 111.15 | 18 | 41.15 | 20 | 70.00 |
21 | Martine Zuiderwijk | Netherlands | 104.77 | 16 | 41.69 | 21 | 63.08 |
22 | Ekaterina Proyda | Ukraine | 96.47 | 24 | 37.17 | 22 | 59.30 |
23 | Jacqueline Belenyesiová | Slovakia | 94.93 | 23 | 37.27 | 23 | 57.66 |
24 | Lina Johansson | Sweden | 90.61 | 22 | 38.09 | 24 | 52.52 |
Free Skating Not Reached | |||||||
25 | Fleur Maxwell | Luxembourg | 25 | 37.10 | |||
26 | Ivana Hudziecová | Czech Republic | 26 | 33.62 | |||
27 | Cindy Carquillat | Switzerland | 27 | 31.10 | |||
28 | Željka Krizmanić | Croatia | 28 | 29.82 | |||
29 | Olga Zadvornova | Latvia | 29 | 29.62 | |||
30 | Kirsten Verbist | Belgium | 30 | 29.16 | |||
31 | Ksenia Jastsenjski | Serbia and Montenegro | 31 | 23.00 | |||
32 | Rūta Gajauskaitė | Lithuania | 32 | 22.69 | |||
WD | Roxana Luca | Romania |
Pairs
Rank | Name | Nation | Total Points | SP | FS | ||
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1 | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Russia | 195.87 | 1 | 68.04 | 1 | 127.83 |
2 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 188.08 | 3 | 64.46 | 2 | 123.62 |
3 | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 187.04 | 2 | 66.07 | 3 | 120.97 |
4 | Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov | Russia | 173.90 | 4 | 62.21 | 4 | 111.69 |
5 | Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 153.67 | 5 | 49.53 | 5 | 104.14 |
6 | Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur | France | 138.20 | 7 | 47.04 | 6 | 91.16 |
7 | Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex | Germany | 134.44 | 8 | 46.02 | 7 | 88.42 |
8 | Rebecca Handke / Daniel Wende | Germany | 130.70 | 6 | 47.81 | 8 | 82.89 |
9 | Rumiana Spassova / Stanimir Todorov | Bulgaria | 116.40 | 9 | 38.87 | 9 | 77.53 |
10 | Julia Beloglazova / Andrei Bekh | Ukraine | 108.95 | 11 | 36.45 | 10 | 72.50 |
11 | Stacey Kemp / David King | United Kingdom | 106.80 | 13 | 35.98 | 11 | 70.82 |
12 | Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks | Estonia | 103.06 | 14 | 35.47 | 12 | 67.59 |
13 | Alina Dikhtiar / Filip Zalevski | Ukraine | 101.02 | 12 | 36.04 | 13 | 64.98 |
WD | Olga Prokuronova / Karel Štefl | Czech Republic | 10 | 37.51 |
Ice dancing
References
- ↑ Zanca, Salvatore (January 21, 2006). "Plushenko wins fifth skating title at Europeans". Associated Press. USA Today.com. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- ↑ "Slutskaya sets record with 7th European title". Associated Press. MSNBC.com. January 20, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- 1 2 Zanca, Salvatore (January 17, 2006). "Russians lead pairs, trail in ice dance". Associated Press. USA Today.com. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- 1 2 "Plushenko Wins a Fifth Title, And Russia Has a Gold Sweep". The New York Times. January 22, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Czech Pairs Suffers Nasty Spill". Reuters. The New York Times. 19 January 2006.
External links
- 2006 European Figure Skating Championships at the International Skating Union
- Eurosport's page about the Championships
- Photos of the European Championships 2006
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