The 2010 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2009–10 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Saku Suurhall Arena in Tallinn, Estonia from 18 to 24 January 2010.

Qualification The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 before 1 July 2009. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters were the 2010 Four Continents Championships. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria. Based on the results of the 2009 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. The following countries earned more than the minimum.

Spots Men Ladies Pairs Dance 3 2 Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain

Schedule All times are Eastern European Time (UTC+2).

Tuesday, 19 January 13:30 Ice dancing – Compulsory dance 18:45 Opening ceremony 19:20 Pairs – Short program Wednesday, 20 January 11:00 Men – Short program 19:00 Pairs – Free skating (group 1) 20:30 Pairs – Free skating (group 2 to 4) Thursday, 21 January 13:00 Ice dancing – Original dance 18:45 Men – Free skating (group 1) 20:15 Men – Free skating (group 2 to 4) Friday, 22 January 10:00 Ladies – Short Program 18:40 Ice dancing – Free dance (group 1) 20:00 Ice dancing – Free dance (group 2 to 4) Saturday, 23 January 13:30 Ladies – Free skating (group 1) 15:00 Ladies – Free skating (group 2 to 4) 20:00 Closing reception Sunday, 24 January 15:30 Exhibition gala

Medals table

Competition notes In the men's short program, Evgeni Plushenko set a new world record of 91.30 points. He won his sixth European title. Stéphane Lambiel won his third European silver medal and Brian Joubert won his 9th consecutive European medal. In ladies, Carolina Kostner won her third European title, defeating the reigning champion Laura Lepistö, who won her third European medal. Elene Gedevanishvili won Georgia's first medal at an ISU Championships.

In pair skating, Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov won their first European title, edging out defending champions Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy. In the free skate, they set a new free skate world record of 139.23 points, only to have their record broken by the Chinese silver medallists Pang Qing / Tong Jian at the 2010 Olympic Games. In ice dancing, Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin won their second European title, after previously winning in 2008. Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali won their second straight silver medals while the defending champions, Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski, dropped to third.

Results Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Evgeni Plushenko 255.39 1 91.30 1 164.09 2 Stéphane Lambiel 238.54 5 77.75 2 160.79 3 Brian Joubert 236.45 2 88.55 3 147.90 4 Michal Březina 224.74 4 79.60 5 145.14 5 Samuel Contesti 221.33 7 75.90 4 145.43 6 Yannick Ponsero 219.52 3 82.40 7 137.12 7 Alban Préaubert 207.61 6 76.37 9 131.24 8 Javier Fernández 204.83 13 66.50 6 138.33 9 Stefan Lindemann 203.95 9 70.19 8 133.76 10 Tomáš Verner 203.18 8 72.75 10 130.43 11 Kevin van der Perren 195.48 11 67.72 11 127.76 12 Adrian Schultheiss 188.79 12 66.55 13 122.24 13 Anton Kovalevski 186.84 14 65.20 14 121.64 14 Sergei Voronov 185.38 17 60.27 12 125.11 15 Kristoffer Berntsson 183.10 10 69.20 17 113.90 16 Paolo Bacchini 181.42 16 60.90 15 120.52 17 Viktor Pfeifer 178.41 15 63.42 16 114.99 18 Gregor Urbas 163.84 20 56.90 18 106.94 19 Zoltán Kelemen 161.10 18 59.40 20 101.70 20 Jorik Hendrickx 161.06 19 58.70 19 102.36 Did not advance to free skating 21 Maciej Cieplucha 21 56.45 22 Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari 22 53.55 23 Karel Zelenka 23 53.09 24 Peter Reitmayer 24 51.35 25 Maxim Shipov 25 51.21 26 Boris Martinec 26 50.49 27 Matthew Parr 27 49.02 28 Damjan Ostojič 28 47.96 29 Viktor Romanenkov 29 47.60 30 Alexandr Kazakov 30 45.97 31 Kutay Eryoldaş 31 37.40 32 Boyito Mulder 32 36.38 33 Marton Marko 33 35.32 34 Saulius Ambrulevičius 34 34.49 35 Girts Jekabsons 35 32.67 36 Georgi Kenchadze 36 32.02 37 Pierre Balian 37 31.82 WD Joffrey Bourdon

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Carolina Kostner 173.46 1 65.80 1 107.66 2 Laura Lepistö 166.37 3 62.96 3 103.41 3 Elene Gedevanishvili 164.54 4 60.82 2 103.72 4 Kiira Korpi 163.68 2 64.26 5 99.42 5 Sarah Meier 157.44 8 54.86 4 102.58 6 Júlia Sebestyén 156.77 6 57.44 6 99.33 7 Alena Leonova 153.57 5 58.26 7 95.31 8 Valentina Marchei 149.46 7 55.34 8 94.12 9 Ksenia Makarova 146.85 9 54.06 9 92.79 10 Jelena Glebova 138.93 13 50.10 10 88.83 11 Viktoria Helgesson 137.10 12 50.86 12 86.24 12 Tuğba Karademir 136.42 10 53.88 13 82.54 13 Oksana Gozeva 135.39 14 47.26 11 88.13 14 Jenna McCorkell 128.06 11 53.80 17 74.26 15 Ivana Reitmayerová 125.31 15 47.06 14 78.25 16 Sarah Hecken 121.79 16 46.34 16 75.45 17 Sonia Lafuente 121.15 17 45.26 15 75.89 18 Natalia Popova 113.35 20 44.30 18 69.05 19 Teodora Poštič 113.35 19 44.46 19 68.89 WD Susanna Pöykiö 44.68 18 44.68 Did not advance to free skating 21 Tamar Katz 21 43.70 22 Katsiarina Pakhamovich 22 43.54 23 Karly Robertson 23 41.74 24 Shira Willner 24 38.10 25 Miriam Ziegler 25 36.06 26 Mirna Libric 26 35.74 27 Martina Boček 27 35.08 28 Manouk Gijsman 28 34.96 29 Erle Harstad 29 34.82 30 Birce Atabey 30 33.76 31 Katherine Hadford 31 32.66 32 Karina Johnson 32 32.16 33 Isabelle Pieman 33 30.32 34 Fleur Maxwell 34 30.18 35 Beatričė Rožinskaitė 35 29.60 36 Clara Peters 36 29.42 37 Sabina Paquier 37 29.38 38 Marina Seeh 38 29.32 39 Žanna Pugača 39 29.04 40 Sonia Radeva 40 26.64 41 Maria Papasotiriou 41 23.02 WD Joelle Forte WD Sonja Mugoša

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov 213.15 2 73.92 1 139.23 2 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 211.72 1 74.12 2 137.60 3 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 202.03 3 73.54 3 128.49 4 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov 187.83 4 67.60 4 120.23 5 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 159.84 5 55.84 6 104.00 6 Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon 156.80 6 52.64 5 104.16 7 Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur 151.28 7 52.04 7 99.24 8 Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz 144.95 11 47.88 8 97.07 9 Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende 142.76 9 50.66 9 92.10 10 Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia 139.73 8 51.24 11 88.49 11 Stacey Kemp / David King 137.29 13 45.26 10 92.03 12 Erica Risseeuw / Robert Paxton 130.09 14 43.50 12 86.59 13 Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov 129.46 12 47.60 13 81.86 14 Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński 124.79 10 48.38 15 76.41 15 Jessica Crenshaw / Chad Tsagris 115.59 16 36.60 14 78.99 16 Nina Ivanova / Filip Zalevski 106.31 15 38.56 16 67.75 Did not advance to free skating 17 Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk 17 36.18 18 Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski 18 30.90 19 Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák 19 30.04 20 Viktória Hacht / Kristóf Trefil 20 29.34 WD Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD 1 Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin 199.25 1 42.78 2 61.49 2 94.98 2 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 195.86 3 37.47 1 61.68 1 96.71 3 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski 189.67 2 37.87 4 58.59 3 93.21 4 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 188.51 5 36.36 3 60.08 4 92.07 5 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 184.05 4 36.76 5 57.05 5 90.24 6 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 176.10 6 35.93 9 52.83 6 87.34 7 Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky 174.91 7 34.63 6 55.92 9 84.36 8 Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo 171.28 9 32.60 7 54.30 8 84.38 9 Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev 171.26 8 33.33 8 53.03 7 84.90 10 Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin 163.21 11 31.53 11 50.02 10 81.66 11 Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev 162.82 10 32.15 10 51.22 12 79.45 12 Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones 159.52 12 29.96 12 49.85 11 79.71 13 Caitlin Mallory / Kristjan Rand 155.93 15 29.16 15 47.33 13 79.44 14 Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet 147.56 17 27.82 13 48.80 14 70.94 15 Christina Beier / William Beier 147.36 13 29.41 14 48.45 16 69.50 16 Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland 145.91 16 28.63 16 46.98 15 70.30 Did not advance to free dance 17 Kira Geil / Dmitri Matsjuk 71.73 14 29.16 19 42.57 18 Kamila Hájková / David Vincour 71.21 18 25.88 17 45.33 19 Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze 66.28 22 22.59 18 43.69 20 Nikola Višňová / Lukáš Csolley 64.57 21 22.61 20 41.96 21 Katelyn Good / Nikolaj Sorensen 63.13 20 22.84 21 40.29 22 Federica Testa / Christopher Mior 61.88 19 23.31 24 38.57 23 Nikki Georgiadis / Graham Hockley 59.98 24 21.18 23 38.80 24 Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki 59.85 25 20.99 22 38.86 25 Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost 59.28 23 21.84 25 37.44 26 Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov 50.11 26 17.08 26 33.03 WD Virginiya Hoptman / Pavel Filchenkov

References

External links

ISU Media Guide