| 2013 European Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov (Overall Ice Dancing Silver Medalist) in the 2013 European Figure Skating Competition. | |
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | January 23 – 27 |
| Season: | 2012–13 |
| Location: | Zagreb,Croatia |
| Host: | Croatia Skating Federation |
| Venue: | Dom Sportova |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Javier Fernández | |
Ladies' singles: Carolina Kostner | |
Pairs: Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | |
| Ice dance:Ekaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev | |
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| Previous: 2012 European Championships | |
| Next: 2014 European Championships | |
The2013European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the2012–13 season. The competition was held from 23 to 27 January 2013 at theDom Sportova inZagreb,Croatia. Medals were awarded in the disciplines ofmen's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dancing.[1]
Skaters were eligible for the event if they were representing a Europeanmember nation of theInternational Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2012 in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the2013 Four Continents Championships. National associations selected their entries according to their own criteria, Still, the ISU mandated that their selections achieve a minimum technical elements score (TES) at an international event prior to the European Championships.
| Minimum technical scores (TES)[2][3] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP /SD | FS /FD |
| Men | 25 | 45 |
| Ladies | 20 | 36 |
| Pairs | 20 | 36 |
| Ice dance | 18 | 28 |
| Must be achieved at an ISU-recognized international event in the ongoing or preceding season. SP and FS scores may be attained at different events. | ||
Based on the results of the2012 European Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Russia Czech Republic France | Italy Russia |  Germany Russia | Russia France |
| 2 | Spain Italy Belgium |  Finland Georgia Sweden France | Italy France Great Britain Belarus | ItalyGreat Britain Germany Lithuania Azerbaijan |
| If not listed above, one entry was allowed. | ||||
Entries submitted by member states:
2012 European ladies' silver medalistKiira Korpi of Finland withdrew due to inflammation of her left Achilles tendon and was replaced byAlisa Mikonsaari.[4] The defending ice dancing champions, France'sNathalie Péchalat /Fabian Bourzat, withdrew due to a partial tear of Bourzat's adductor muscle.[5] France did not have a substitute. The 2012 pair skating silver medalists,Vera Bazarova /Yuri Larionov of Russia, withdrew due to Larionov's wrist injury andKsenia Stolbova /Fedor Klimov were named as their replacements.[6] Poor weather delayed some arrivals. Germany'sAliona Savchenko /Robin Szolkowy's flight was cancelled twice.[7] A group of Russian skaters flying to Zagreb were stuck inBudapest, Hungary for ten hours due to weather and organizational problems.[8]
France'sFlorent Amodio was first in the men's short program, one point ahead of Spain'sJavier Fernández, while France'sBrian Joubert finished third.[9][10] Seven-time European championEvgeni Plushenko withdrew after the short program due to aggravation of his back problem.[9] Fernández placed first in the free skate, withMichal Březina of the Czech Republic in second and Amodio in third. Fernández finished first overall and won Spain's first ever European title in figure skating, silver went to Amodio, while Březina claimed the bronze medal and the first European podium of his career.[11][12]
Russia'sAdelina Sotnikova placed first in the ladies' short program, with Italy'sCarolina Kostner andValentina Marchei in second and third respectively.[13][14]Elizaveta Tuktamysheva of Russia won the free skate ahead of Kostner and Sotnikova. Kostner finished first in the overall standings and won her fifth European title while Sotnikova and Tuktamysheva took their first continental medals, silver and bronze respectively.[12][15]
Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov of Russia won the pairs' short program ahead of Germany'sAliona Savchenko /Robin Szolkowy and Italy'sStefania Berton /Ondrej Hotarek.[16][17] The top three maintained their respective positions in the free skate. Volosozhar / Trankov repeated as European champions, while Savchenko / Szolkowy took silver and Berton / Hotarek took the bronze, Italy's first European medal in pair skating.[10][18]
Russia'sEkaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev placed first in the short dance, with teammatesElena Ilinykh /Nikita Katsalapov and Italy'sAnna Cappellini /Luca Lanotte rounding out the top three.[17][19] Bobrova / Soloviev won their first European title, silver medalists Ilinykh / Katsalapov were first in the free dance by 0.33 and second overall by 0.11, and bronze medalists Cappellini / Lanotte finished on the European podium for the first time in their career.[14][20]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points[27] | SP[28] | FS[29] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | Russia | 212.45 | 1 | 73.23 | 1 | 139.22 |
| 2 | Aliona Savchenko /Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 205.24 | 2 | 70.21 | 2 | 135.03 |
| 3 | Stefania Berton /Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 187.45 | 3 | 64.28 | 3 | 123.17 |
| 4 | Vanessa James /Morgan Ciprès | France | 178.81 | 4 | 59.27 | 4 | 119.54 |
| 5 | Yuko Kavaguti /Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 175.48 | 5 | 56.20 | 5 | 119.28 |
| 6 | Ksenia Stolbova /Fedor Klimov | Russia | 167.23 | 8 | 53.70 | 6 | 113.53 |
| 7 | Daria Popova /Bruno Massot | France | 157.12 | 7 | 53.75 | 7 | 103.37 |
| 8 | Mari Vartmann /Aaron Van Cleave | Germany | 141.79 | 6 | 55.14 | 10 | 86.65 |
| 9 | Nicole Della Monica /Matteo Guarise | Italy | 140.89 | 9 | 47.26 | 8 | 93.63 |
| 10 | Stacey Kemp /David King | Great Britain | 131.51 | 10 | 45.39 | 11 | 86.12 |
| 11 | Julia Lavrentieva /Yuri Rudyk |  Ukraine | 128.79 | 11 | 41.66 | 9 | 87.13 |
| 12 | Elizaveta Makarova /Leri Kenchadze |  Bulgaria | 115.96 | 13 | 37.15 | 12 | 78.81 |
| 13 | Stina Martini /Severin Kiefer |  Austria | 112.29 | 12 | 39.07 | 13 | 73.22 |
| 14 | Maria Paliakova /Nikita Bochkov | Belarus | 103.13 | 14 | 37.06 | 14 | 66.07 |
| 15 | Magdalena Klatka /Radosław Chruściński |  Poland | 99.65 | 15 | 34.73 | 15 | 64.92 |
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Medals for overall placement:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Javier Fernández | Florent Amodio | Michal Březina |
| Ladies | Carolina Kostner | Adelina Sotnikova | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva |
| Pair skating | Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | Aliona Savchenko /Robin Szolkowy | Stefania Berton /Ondrej Hotarek |
| Ice dancing | Ekaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev | Elena Ilinykh /Nikita Katsalapov | Anna Cappellini /Luca Lanotte |
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Florent Amodio | Javier Fernández | Brian Joubert |
| Ladies | Adelina Sotnikova | Carolina Kostner | Valentina Marchei |
| Pair skating | Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | Aliona Savchenko /Robin Szolkowy | Stefania Berton /Ondrej Hotarek |
| Ice dancing | Ekaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev | Elena Ilinykh /Nikita Katsalapov | Anna Cappellini /Luca Lanotte |
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Javier Fernández | Michal Březina | Florent Amodio |
| Ladies | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Carolina Kostner | Adelina Sotnikova |
| Pair skating | Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | Aliona Savchenko /Robin Szolkowy | Stefania Berton /Ondrej Hotarek |
| Ice dancing | Elena Ilinykh /Nikita Katsalapov | Ekaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev | Anna Cappellini /Luca Lanotte |
