European Figure Skating Championships

The first European Championships were held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany, and featured one segment – compulsory figures – with seven competitors.

[2] All of the medalists were from Germany; Oskar Uhlig won the first gold medal, A. Schmitson finished in second place, and Franz Zilly was third.

[1] The 1893 European Championships were the first time that the event was held under the jurisdiction of the International Skating Union, which was formed in the summer of 1892.

[1] There were no European Championships for two years, which Hines speculated was due to the small number of contestants in 1894 and 1895, although the competition returned in 1898.

[1] After Barbara Ann Scott of Canada and Dick Button of the United States won the 1948 European Championships, while Eva Pawlik of Austria and Hans Gerschwiler of Switzerland were awarded the silver medals, the competition was restricted to European skaters.

[12] Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov of the Soviet Union hold the record for the most championships won in ice dance (at six).

Each ISU member country can send at least one competitor per discipline, with a maximum of three competitors per discipline if they have earned the minimum total element scores, which is determined and published each season by the ISU, during the current or immediately previous season.

[18] On 29 January 2024, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) disqualified Kamila Valieva of Russia for four years retroactive to 25 December 2021 for an anti-doping violation.

The men's medalists at the 2016 European Championships
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the men's event at the 2016 European Championships : Javier Fernández of Spain (center) , Alexei Bychenko of Israel (left) , and Maxim Kovtun of Russia (right)
The women's medalists at the 2010 European Championships
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the women's event at the 2010 European Championships : Carolina Kostner of Italy (center) , Laura Lepistö of Finland (left) , and Elene Gedevanishvili of Georgia (right)
The pairs medalists at the 2012 European Championships
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the pairs event at the 2012 European Championships : Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia (center) , Vera Bazarova and Yuri Larionov of Russia (left) , and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia (right)
The ice dance medalists at the 2014 European Championships
The gold, silver, and bronze medalists in the ice dance event at the 2014 European Championships : Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy (center) , Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia (left) , and Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland of Great Britain (right)