2012 European Figure Skating Championships
Introduction The '''2012 European Figure Skating Championships''' was an international figure skating competition in the 2011–12 season. The event determined the European Champions in men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The competition was held from 23 to 29 January 2012 in Sheffield, Great Britain.
Qualification Skaters were eligible for the event if they were representing a European member nations of the International 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 the 2012 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 TES=== 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. ===Number of entries per discipline===Based on the results of the 2011 European Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline. Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3               2                      Great Britain                Great Britain  If not listed above, one entry was allowed.
Entries 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. 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: Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing  Sarkis Hayrapetyan  Viktor Pfeifer Kerstin Frank Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin  Kevin van der Perren  Jorik Hendrickx Isabelle Pieman  Kaat Van Daele  Tomáš Verner  Michal Březina  Pavel Kaška Eliška Březinová Klára Kadlecová / Petr Bidař  Alexandra Herbríková / Rudy Halmaert Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev  Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown  Viktor Romanenkov Jelena Glebova Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand  Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari Kiira Korpi  Juulia Turkkila Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo  Brian Joubert  Florent Amodio  Chafik Besseghier Maé Bérénice Méité  Yrétha Silété Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  Daria Popova / Bruno Massot  Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat  Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones  Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart  Elene Gedevanishvili  Peter Liebers  Paul Fentz Sarah Hecken Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy  Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende  Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi  Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso  Great Britain Jason Thompson Jenna McCorkell Sally Hoolin / James Hunt  Stacey Kemp / David King Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland  Louise Walden / Owen Edwards  Márton Markó Viktória Pavuk Zsuzsanna Nagy / Máté Fejes  Dóra Turóczi / Balázs Major  Clara Peters  Alexei Bychenko Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov  Paolo Bacchini  Samuel Contesti Carolina Kostner  Valentina Marchei  Francesca Rio Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek  Carolina Gillespie / Luca Demattè Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  Rimgailė Meškaitė Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas  Maciej Cieplucha Alexandra Zvorygina / Maciej Bernadowski  Zoltán Kelemen Sabina Măriuţă  Artur Gachinski  Evgeni Plushenko  Sergei Voronov Alena Leonova  Ksenia Makarova  Polina Korobeynikova Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov  Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov  Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko  Monika Simančíková  Javier Fernández  Javier Raya Sonia Lafuente Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz  Alexander Majorov  Adrian Schultheiss Joshi Helgesson  Viktoria Helgesson Michelle Lundberg / Richard Lundberg  Stanislav Pertsov Natalia Popova Nadezhda Frolenkova / Mikhail Kasalo  Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri DunIn January 2012, the ISU released a statement confirming that Evgeni Plushenko, who did not have a minimum score from the current or previous season, had been allowed to participate in the competition.
Schedule (Local time, UTC/GMT):* '''Monday 23 January'''** 15:00–18:05 – Preliminary round: Ice dancing** 18:30–21:35 – Preliminary round: Men* '''Tuesday 24 January'''** 14:00–17:45 – Preliminary round: Ladies* '''Wednesday 25 January'''** 14:00–16:55 – Pairs' short** 17:45–18:00 – Opening ceremony** 18:30–21:25 – Short dance* '''Thursday 26 January'''** 13:00–17:10 – Men's short** 18:30–21:30 – Pairs' free* '''Friday 27 January'''** 13:00–17:10 – Ladies' short** 18:00–21:20 – Free dance* '''Saturday 28 January'''** 11:55–16:00 – Men's free** 17:30–21:25 – Ladies' free* '''Sunday 29 January'''** 13:30–16:00 – Exhibitions
Overview 2012 was the first time in more than twenty years that Great Britain organized the European Championships. Robin Cousins choreographed the opening ceremony featuring 100 young local skaters and attended by Prince Edward.Evgeni Plushenko won the preliminary round. The top 11 skaters advanced from the preliminary round to the short program, joining 17 direct entries. Jason Thompson who placed 13th also advanced as the representative of the host country. Artur Gachinski narrowly won the short program ahead of Plushenko. Plushenko won the free skate and took his seventh European title, while Gachinski took the silver and France's Florent Amodio won the bronze.23 ladies competed in the preliminary round, with the top ten advancing to the short program to join 18 direct entries. Polina Korobeynikova was the winner of the preliminary round. The top three in the short program were Carolina Kostner, Kiira Korpi and Ksenia Makarova. In the free skate, Kostner placed first, followed by Korobeynikova, and Elene Gedevanishvili. Kostner won her fourth European title. Kiira Korpi took silver, her third European medal, and Gedevanishvili won her second bronze.Russia's Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov withdrew as a result of an emergency surgery the previous week to remove Smirnov's appendix and Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov took their place. No preliminary round was held because there were only 19 teams in total. Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy withdrew before the short program due to injury. Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov won the short. Germany's Mari 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. Volosozhar / Trankov won the free skate to take their first European title, while Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov and Stolbova / Klimov took silver and bronze respectively for a Russian sweep of the podium.19 teams competed in the ice dancing preliminary round, with the top eight advancing to the short dance to join 12 direct entries. Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov were first in the preliminary round. Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev, Nathalie Pechalat / Fabian Bourzat, and Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko were the top three in the short dance. Pechalat / Bourzat won the free dance to take their second European title, Bobrova / Soloviev repeated as silver medalists, and Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov won bronze, their first time on the podium.
Results ===Men===The men's podium  Rank Name Nation Total points PR SP FS '''1''' Evgeni Plushenko  261.23 1 157.52 2 84.71 1 176.52 '''2''' Artur Gachinski  246.27 1 84.80 2 161.47 '''3''' Florent Amodio  234.18 5 78.48 3 155.70 4 Michal Březina  229.30 6 76.13 4 153.17 5 Tomáš Verner  225.36 3 81.14 6 144.22 6 Javier Fernández  222.26 4 80.11 7 142.15 7 Samuel Contesti  212.32 11 66.86 5 145.46 8 Brian Joubert  207.83 10 67.92 8 139.91 9 Jorik Hendrickx  204.63 8 68.98 9 135.65 10 Sergei Voronov  195.89 14 60.88 10 135.01 11 Alexander Majorov  193.18 9 68.33 11 124.85 12 Chafik Besseghier  181.85 12 63.12 13 118.73 13 Kim Lucine  179.33 16 57.64 12 121.69 14 Zoltán Kelemen  178.02 2 114.64 15 60.12 14 117.90 15 Peter Liebers  176.75 13 61.08 16 115.67 16 Paolo Bacchini  169.40 17 55.77 18 114.34 17 Paul Fentz  169.40 4 107.92 23 51.74 15 117.66 18 Viktor Pfeifer  168.92 21 53.58 17 115.34 19 Maciej Cieplucha  166.86 3 108.53 20 54.17 19 112.69 20 Justus Strid  156.33 6 103.04 18 54.71 21 101.62 21 Dmytro Ihnatenko  154.88 24 51.61 20 103.27 22 Alexei Bychenko  141.19 5 106.19 19 54.69 22 86.50 23 Viktor Romanenkov  135.09 8 95.86 22 52.24 23 82.85 WD Kevin van der Perren  7 71.05 Did not advance to free skating 25 Jason Thompson  Great Britain 13 89.63 25 51.42 26 Pavel Kaška  11 93.10 26 51.34 27 Vitali Luchanok  7 98.28 27 48.32 28 Slavik Hayrapetyan  10 93.19 28 45.75 29 Ali Demirboga  9 93.99 29 45.54 Did not advance to short program 30 Laurent Alvarez  12 90.70 31 Márton Markó  14 85.41 32 Manol Atanassov  15 81.07 WD Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari ===Ladies=== Rank Name Nation Total points PR SP FS '''1''' Carolina Kostner  183.55 1 63.22 1 120.33 '''2''' Kiira Korpi  166.94 2 61.80 4 105.14 '''3''' Elene Gedevanishvili  165.93 4 57.14 3 108.79 4 Polina Korobeynikova  164.13 1 109.73 12 49.41 2 114.72 5 Viktoria Helgesson  160.82 5 55.68 5 105.14 6 Ksenia Makarova  159.59 3 57.55 7 102.04 7 Alena Leonova  158.78  6 54.50 6 104.28 8 Valentina Marchei  146.84 7 53.52 9 93.32 9 Yrétha Silété  145.50 4 90.38 8 52.75 11 92.75 10 Joshi Helgesson  145.11 2 96.27 9 52.32 10 92.79 11 Jelena Glebova  141.92 10 52.32 13 89.60 12 Natalia Popova  138.60 5 88.70 19 43.75 8 94.85 13 Maé Bérénice Méité  137.33 11 49.86 15 87.47 14 Monika Simančíková  136.79 3 91.99 14 46.39 12 90.40 15 Sonia Lafuente  133.64 13 47.34 16 86.30 16 Alina Fjodorova  133.48 6 87.82 18 44.37 14 89.11 17 Juulia Turkkila  130.33 15 45.65 17 84.68 18 Jenna McCorkell  Great Britain 125.41 16 45.32 19 80.09 19 Isabelle Pieman  122.13 17 44.39 20 77.74 20 Romy Bühler  121.25 24 38.14 18 83.11 21 Myriam Leuenberger  117.73 21 41.77 21 75.96 22 Nathalie Weinzierl  115.89 20 42.56 22 73.33 23 Francesca Rio  108.66 7 73.23 22 40.02 23 68.64 24 Karina Sinding Johnson  92.12 23 38.23 24 53.89 Did not advance to free skating 25 Fleur Maxwell  9 67.35 25 37.06 26 Kaat Van Daele  10 67.22 26 35.11 27 Chelsea Rose Chiappa  27 34.46 28 Clara Peters  8 69.92 28 30.88 Did not advance to short program 29 Birce Atabey  11 65.98 30 Kerstin Frank  12 65.86 31 Rimgailė Meškaitė  13 65.38 32 Manouk Gijsman  14 64.07 33 Patricia Gleščič  15 63.06 34 Camilla Gjersem  16 63.04 35 Ksenia Bakusheva  17 61.60 36 Eliška Březinová  18 60.43 37 Daniela Stoeva  19 60.33 38 Georgia Glastris  20 58.85 39 Sabina Măriuţă  21 57.15 40 Marina Seeh  22 52.24 41 Mirna Libric  23 50.70===Pairs=== Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS '''1''' Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov  210.45 1 72.80 1 137.65 '''2''' Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov  193.79 2 66.89 2 126.90 '''3''' Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov  171.81 3 58.66 3 113.15 4 Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek  158.99 4 54.38 4 104.61 5 Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave  154.99 7 52.00 5 102.99 6 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès  151.93 8 51.81 6 100.12 7 Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende  148.82 5 54.03 7 94.79 8 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot  139.98 6 53.91 9 86.07 9 Stacey Kemp / David King  Great Britain 138.39 9 45.75 8 92.64 10 Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk  122.25 14 39.06 10 83.19 11 Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski  120.32 12 41.69 11 78.63 12 Carolina Gillespie / Luca Demattè  120.11 11 42.75 12 77.36 13 Alexandra Herbríková / Rudy Halmaert  115.87 10 42.99 14 72.88 14 Anaïs Morand / Timothy Leemann  114.20 13 41.48 15 72.72 15 Stina Martini / Severin Kiefer  112.10 15 38.05 13 74.05 16 Sally Hoolin / James Hunt  Great Britain 94.08 16 33.41 16 60.67 Did not advance to free skating 17 Elizabeta Makarova / Leri Kenchadze  17 32.80 18 Maria Paliakova / Mikhail Fomichev  18 28.33 WD Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy ===Ice dancing=== Rank Name Nation Total points PR SD FD '''1''' Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat  164.18 2 64.89 1 99.29 '''2''' Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev  160.23 1 65.06 2 95.17 '''3''' Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov  153.12 7 59.49 3 93.63 4 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte  153.09 6 59.62 4 93.47 5 Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko  152.22 3 61.34 5 90.88 6 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland  Great Britain 145.31 4 59.78 6 85.53 7 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones  142.27 8 57.40 7 84.87 8 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi  140.84 9 56.79 8 84.05 9 Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas  139.53 5 59.66 10 79.87 10 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov  133.04 1 81.55 11 49.66 9 83.38 11 Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri  129.46 2 74.34 10 52.45 11 77.01 12 Tanja Kolbe / Stefano Caruso  123.89 6 71.05 13 49.07 13 74.82 13 Louise Walden / Owen Edwards  Great Britain 122.59 4 72.75 14 48.36 14 74.23 14 Irina Shtork / Taavi Rand  121.09 7 69.21 19 44.97 12 76.12 15 Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun  119.95 3 73.10 16 46.71 15 73.24 16 Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz  117.26 5 72.07 12 49.35 17 67.91 17 Zsuzsanna Nagy / Máté Fejes  114.40 18 44.99 16 69.41 18 Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev  113.51 17 45.88 18 67.63 19 Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown  111.46 8 68.68 15 47.47 19 63.99 20 Nadezhda Frolenkova / Mikhail Kasalo  104.74 20 42.60 20 62.14 Did not advance to short dance 21 Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart  9 67.22 22 Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost  10 67.01 23 Dóra Turóczi / Balázs Major  11 65.01 24 Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin  12 63.34 25 Henna Lindholm / Ossi Kanervo  13 63.26 26 Alisa Agafonova / Alper Uçar  14 60.63 27 Alexandra Zvorygina / Maciej Bernadowski  15 58.94 28 Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov  16 57.97 29 Ekaterina Bugrov / Vasili Rogov  17 56.11 30 Ksenia Pecherkina / Aleksandrs Jakushin  18 53.93 31 Alexandra Chistiakova / Dimitar Lichev  19 45.42
Medals summary ===Medals by country===Table 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:===Medalists===Medals for overall placement: 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 KatsalapovSmall medals for placement in the short segment: 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 TkachenkoSmall medals for placement in the free segment: 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
References
External links * *  Entries at the International Skating Union*  Start order and results