2016 European Figure Skating Championships
| 2016 European Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | 25–31 January 2016 |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Location: | Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Host: | Slovak Figure Skating Association |
| Venue: | Ondrej Nepela Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: Javier Fernández
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Ladies' singles: Evgenia Medvedeva
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| Pair skating: Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
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Ice dancing: Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron
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| Previous: 2015 European Championships |
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| Next: 2017 European Championships |
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The 2016 European Figure Skating Championships were held 25–31 January 2016 in Bratislava, Slovakia. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing.
Skaters were eligible for the event if they represented a European member nation of the International Skating Union and had reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2015 in their place of birth. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters is the 2016 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.
Based on the results of the 2015 European Championships, the ISU allowed each country one to three entries per discipline.
National associations began announcing their selections in mid-December 2015. The ISU published a complete list on 5 January 2016:
Changes:
Bratislava hosted the European Figure Skating Championships for the fourth time, having previously hosted in 1958, 1966, and 2001.
In the men's event, Spain's Javier Fernández won his fourth consecutive European title, while silver medalist Oleksii Bychenko won the first-ever European medal for Israel.
In the ladies' event, Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva became the European champion in her first season on the senior international level. Teammates Elena Radionova and Anna Pogorilaya won their second consecutive silver and bronze medals, respectively.
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