| 2012 European Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
 The 2012 medalists in the men's event | |
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 23 – 29 January |
| Season: | 2011–12 |
| Location: | Sheffield,England, United Kingdom |
| Host: | NISA |
| Venue: | Sheffield Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Evgeni Plushenko | |
Ladies' singles: Carolina Kostner | |
| Pairs:Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | |
Ice dance: Nathalie Péchalat /Fabian Bourzat | |
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| Previous: 2011 European Championships | |
| Next: 2013 European Championships | |
The2012European Figure Skating Championships was an international figure skating competition in the2011–12 season. The event determined the European Champions inmen's singles, ladies singles,pair skating, andice dancing. The competition was held from 23 to 29 January 2012 inSheffield,Great Britain.[1][2]
Skaters were eligible for the event if they were representing a Europeanmember nations of theInternational Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2011 in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the2012 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 (TES) at an international event prior to the European Championships.
| Minimum technical scores (TES) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | SP /SD | FS /FD |
| Men | 20 | 35 |
| Ladies | 15 | 25 |
| Pairs | 17 | 30 |
| Ice dance | 17 | 27 |
| 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 the2011 European Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.
| Spots | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Dance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | France Czech Republic Russia | Italy Russia |  Germany Russia | France Russia |
| 2 |  Belgium Italy Sweden Spain |  Switzerland Finland Sweden Belgium France | Italy Czech Republic Great Britain France Belarus | Italy Germany Hungary Czech Republic UkraineGreat Britain |
| If not listed above, one entry was allowed. | ||||
Some skaters were required to compete in a preliminary round, while others received a direct entry into the short program, after which the number of entries might be reduced further.[3] If a country had a non-direct entry, its lowest-ranked skater according to the Worlds Standings competed in the preliminary round.
| Number of skaters | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Pre. | Dir. | SP | FS |
| Men | 18 | 18 | 28 | 24 |
| Ladies | 23 | 18 | 28 | 24 |
| Pairs | 19 | 16 | ||
| Ice dance | 19 | 12 | 20 | 20 |
| Pre. = Preliminary round; Dir. = Direct entry; SP = Short program; FS = Free skating | ||||
Member states submitted the following entries:[3]
In January 2012, the ISU released a statement confirming thatEvgeni Plushenko, who did not have a minimum score from the current or previous season, had been allowed to participate in the competition.[4]
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2012 was the first time in more than twenty years that Great Britain organized theEuropean Championships.[5]Robin Cousins choreographed the opening ceremony featuring 100 young local skaters and attended byPrince Edward.[5]
Evgeni Plushenko won the preliminary round.[6] The top 11 skaters advanced from the preliminary round to the short program, joining 17 direct entries.[7]Jason Thompson who placed 13th also advanced as the representative of the host country.[7]Artur Gachinski narrowly won the short program ahead of Plushenko.[8] Plushenko won the free skate and took his seventh European title, while Gachinski took the silver and France'sFlorent Amodio won the bronze.[9]
23 ladies competed in the preliminary round, with the top ten advancing to the short program to join 18 direct entries.[10]Polina Korobeynikova was the winner of the preliminary round.[11] The top three in the short program wereCarolina Kostner,Kiira Korpi andKsenia Makarova.[12] In the free skate, Kostner placed first, followed by Korobeynikova, andElene Gedevanishvili. Kostner won her fourth European title.[13] Kiira Korpi took silver, her third European medal, and Gedevanishvili won her second bronze.
Russia'sYuko Kavaguti /Alexander Smirnov withdrew as a result of an emergency surgery the previous week to remove Smirnov's appendix andKsenia Stolbova /Fedor Klimov took their place.[14] No preliminary round was held because there were only 19 teams in total.[7] Germany'sAliona Savchenko /Robin Szolkowy withdrew before the short program due to injury.[15][16] Russia'sTatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov won the short.[17] Germany'sMari Vartmann /Daniel Wende collided with each other while attempting to avoid a French couple during the morning practice before the long programs on 26 January.[18] Volosozhar / Trankov won the free skate to take their first European title, whileVera Bazarova /Yuri Larionov and Stolbova / Klimov took silver and bronze respectively for a Russian sweep of the podium.[19]
19 teams competed in the ice dancing preliminary round, with the top eight advancing to the short dance to join 12 direct entries.[7]Julia Zlobina /Alexei Sitnikov were first in the preliminary round.[20]Ekaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev,Nathalie Pechalat /Fabian Bourzat, andEkaterina Riazanova /Ilia Tkachenko were the top three in the short dance.[21] Pechalat / Bourzat won the free dance to take their second European title, Bobrova / Soloviev repeated as silver medalists, andElena Ilinykh /Nikita Katsalapov won bronze, their first time on the podium.[22]
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | PR[23] | SP[24] | FS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 261.23 | 1 | 157.52 | 2 | 84.71 | 1 | 176.52 |
| 2 | Artur Gachinski | Russia | 246.27 | 1 | 84.80 | 2 | 161.47 | ||
| 3 | Florent Amodio | France | 234.18 | 5 | 78.48 | 3 | 155.70 | ||
| 4 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 229.30 | 6 | 76.13 | 4 | 153.17 | ||
| 5 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 225.36 | 3 | 81.14 | 6 | 144.22 | ||
| 6 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 222.26 | 4 | 80.11 | 7 | 142.15 | ||
| 7 | Samuel Contesti | Italy | 212.32 | 11 | 66.86 | 5 | 145.46 | ||
| 8 | Brian Joubert | France | 207.83 | 10 | 67.92 | 8 | 139.91 | ||
| 9 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium | 204.63 | 8 | 68.98 | 9 | 135.65 | ||
| 10 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 195.89 | 14 | 60.88 | 10 | 135.01 | ||
| 11 | Alexander Majorov | Sweden | 193.18 | 9 | 68.33 | 11 | 124.85 | ||
| 12 | Chafik Besseghier | France | 181.85 | 12 | 63.12 | 13 | 118.73 | ||
| 13 | Kim Lucine |  Monaco | 179.33 | 16 | 57.64 | 12 | 121.69 | ||
| 14 | Zoltán Kelemen |  Romania | 178.02 | 2 | 114.64 | 15 | 60.12 | 14 | 117.90 |
| 15 | Peter Liebers | Germany | 176.75 | 13 | 61.08 | 16 | 115.67 | ||
| 16 | Paolo Bacchini | Italy | 169.40 | 17 | 55.77 | 18 | 114.34 | ||
| 17 | Paul Fentz | Germany | 169.40 | 4 | 107.92 | 23 | 51.74 | 15 | 117.66 |
| 18 | Viktor Pfeifer |  Austria | 168.92 | 21 | 53.58 | 17 | 115.34 | ||
| 19 | Maciej Cieplucha |  Poland | 166.86 | 3 | 108.53 | 20 | 54.17 | 19 | 112.69 |
| 20 | Justus Strid |  Denmark | 156.33 | 6 | 103.04 | 18 | 54.71 | 21 | 101.62 |
| 21 | Dmytro Ihnatenko | Ukraine | 154.88 | 24 | 51.61 | 20 | 103.27 | ||
| 22 | Alexei Bychenko |  Israel | 141.19 | 5 | 106.19 | 19 | 54.69 | 22 | 86.50 |
| 23 | Viktor Romanenkov |  Estonia | 135.09 | 8 | 95.86 | 22 | 52.24 | 23 | 82.85 |
| WD | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | 7 | 71.05 | |||||
| Did not advance to free skating | |||||||||
| 25 | Jason Thompson | Great Britain | 13 | 89.63 | 25 | 51.42 | |||
| 26 | Pavel Kaška | Czech Republic | 11 | 93.10 | 26 | 51.34 | |||
| 27 | Vitali Luchanok | Belarus | 7 | 98.28 | 27 | 48.32 | |||
| 28 | Slavik Hayrapetyan |  Armenia | 10 | 93.19 | 28 | 45.75 | |||
| 29 | Ali Demirboga |  Turkey | 9 | 93.99 | 29 | 45.54 | |||
| Did not advance to short program | |||||||||
| 30 | Laurent Alvarez | Switzerland | 12 | 90.70 | |||||
| 31 | Márton Markó | Hungary | 14 | 85.41 | |||||
| 32 | Manol Atanassov |  Bulgaria | 15 | 81.07 | |||||
| WD | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari | Finland | |||||||
Table of medals for overall placement:
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 |  Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 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 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 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) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Medals for overall placement:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Evgeni Plushenko | Artur Gachinski | Florent Amodio |
| Ladies | Carolina Kostner | Kiira Korpi | Elene Gedevanishvili |
| Pair skating | Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | Vera Bazarova /Yuri Larionov | Ksenia Stolbova /Fedor Klimov |
| Ice dancing | Nathalie Pechalat /Fabian Bourzat | Ekaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev | Elena Ilinykh /Nikita Katsalapov |
Small medals for placement in the short segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Artur Gachinski | Evgeni Plushenko | Tomáš Verner |
| Ladies | Carolina Kostner | Kiira Korpi | Ksenia Makarova |
| Pair skating | Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | Vera Bazarova /Yuri Larionov | Ksenia Stolbova /Fedor Klimov |
| Ice dancing | Ekaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev | Nathalie Pechalat /Fabian Bourzat | Ekaterina Riazanova /Ilia Tkachenko |
Small medals for placement in the free segment:
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Evgeni Plushenko | Artur Gachinski | Florent Amodio |
| Ladies | Carolina Kostner | Polina Korobeynikova | Elene Gedevanishvili |
| Pair skating | Tatiana Volosozhar /Maxim Trankov | Vera Bazarova /Yuri Larionov | Ksenia Stolbova /Fedor Klimov |
| Ice dancing | Nathalie Pechalat /Fabian Bourzat | Ekaterina Bobrova /Dmitri Soloviev | Elena Ilinykh /Nikita Katsalapov |
