2017 Europeans - Entries

[Nirti]

As the Golden Spin and Santa Claus Cup of this week-end were the last chance to reach TES to qualify for European Championships, we have now a good idea of how many skaters we'll see in Ostrava.

I'll update this post when we'll know more information about national selections.


Men : 36 entries
1 Slavik HAYRAPETYAN ARM 1
2 Mario-Rafael IONIAN AUT 2
3 Larry LOUPOLOVER AZE 3
4 Anton KARPUK BLR 4
Alexei MIALIONKHIN BLR 4 S
5 Jorik HENDRICKX BEL 5
6 Nicky OBREYKOV BUL 6
Ivo GATOVSKI BUL 6 S
7 Nicholas VRDOLJAK CRO 7
8 Jiri BELOHRADSKY CZE 8
9 Michal BREZINA CZE 8
Tomas KUPKA CZE 8 S
Jan KURNIK CZE 8 S
10 Daniel Albert NAURITS EST 9
Samuel KOPPEL EST 9 S
Daniil ZURAV EST 9 S
11 Valtter VIRTANEN FIN 10
Roman GALAY FIN 10 S
12 Kevin AYMOZ FRA 11
13 Chafik BESSEGHIER FRA 11
Romain PONSART FRA 11 S
14 Moris KVITELASHVILI GEO 12
Irakli MAYSURADZE GEO 12 S
15 Paul FENTZ GER 13
Peter LIEBERS GER 13 S
Franz STREUBEL GER 13 S
16 Graham NEWBERRY GBR 14
Phillip HARRIS GBR 14 S
17 Alexander BOROVOJ HUN 15
Alexander MASZLJANKO HUN 15 S
18 Alexei BYCHENKO ISR 16
19 Mark GORODNITSKY ISR 16
20 Daniel SAMOHIN ISR 16
21 Ivan RIGHINI ITA 17
22 Maurizio ZANDRON ITA 17
Matteo RIZZO ITA 17 S
23 Deniss VASILJEVS LAT 18
24 Thomas KENNES NED 19
25 Sondre ODDVOLL BOE NOR 20
26 Igor REZNICHENKO POL 21
Krzysztof GALA POL 21 S
27 Mikhail KOLYADA RUS 22
28 Maxim KOVTUN RUS 22
29 Alexander SAMARIN RUS 22
Dmitri ALIEV RUS 22 S
Alexander PETROV RUS 22 S
30 Michael NEUMAN SVK 23
31 Javier FERNANDEZ ESP 24
32 Javier RAYA ESP 24
Felipe MONTOYA ESP 24 S
33 Alexander MAJOROV SWE 25
Ondrej SPIEGL SWE 25 S
34 Stephane WALKER SUI 26
Nicola TODESCHINI SUI 26 S
35 Engin Ali ARTAN TUR 27
Burak DEMIRBOGA TUR 27 S
36 Ivan PAVLOV UKR 28
Yaroslav PANIOT UKR 28 S

As last year, IRL Stakelum missed the free skating TES by 1 point...

Ladies : 36 entries
1 Anastasia GALUSTYAN ARM 1
2 Kerstin FRANK AUT 2
Natalie KLOTZ AUT 2 S
Lara ROTH AUT 2 S
Belinda SCHÖNBERGER AUT 2 S
Nina Larissa WOLFSLAST AUT 2 S
3 Loena HENDRICKX BEL 3
4 Hristina VASSILEVA BUL 4
5 Michaela-Lucie HANZLIKOVA CZE 5
Eliska BREZINOVA CZE 5 S
6 Helery HÄLVIN EST 6
Gerli LIINAMÄE EST 6 S
Kristina SHKULETA-GROMOVA EST 6 S
7 Viveca LINDFORS FIN 7
8 Emmi PELTONEN FIN 7
Jenni SAARINEN FIN 7 S
9 Laurine LECAVELIER FRA 8
10 Mae Berenice MEITE FRA 8
11 Nicole SCHOTT GER 9
12 Nathalie WEINZIERL GER 9
WD Lutricia BOCK GER 9 S
Lea Johanna DASTICH GER 9 S
WD Maria-Katharina HERCEG GER 9 S
Kristina ISAEV GER 9 S
13 Natasha MCKAY GBR 10
Nina POVEY GBR 10 S
14 Ivett TOTH HUN 11
Julia BATORI HUN 11 S
Fruzsina MEDGYESI HUN 11 S
15 Aimee BUCHANAN ISR 12
Katarina KULGEYKO ISR 12 S
16 Carolina KOSTNER ITA 13
17 Roberta RODEGHIERO ITA 13
Giada RUSSO ITA 13 S
18 Angelina KUCHVALSKA LAT 14
19 Elzbieta KROPA LTU 15
Aleksandra GOLOVKINA LTU 15 S
Inga JANULEVICIUTE LTU 15 S
WD 11/01/2017 20 Fleur MAXWELL LUX 16
WD 19/01/2017 21 Niki WORIES NED 17
22 Anne Line GJERSEM NOR 18
Juni Marie BENJAMINSEN NOR 18 S
23 Colette Coco KAMINSKI POL 19
24 Julia SAUTER ROU 20
25 Evgenia MEDVEDEVA RUS 21
26 Anna POGORILAYA RUS 21
27 Maria SOTSKOVA RUS 21
Stanislava KONSTANTINOVA RUS 21 S
Elena RADIONOVA RUS 21 S
Elizaveta TUKTAMYSHEVA RUS 21 S
28 Antonina DUBININA SRB 22
29 Nicole RAJICOVA SVK 23
Bronislava DOBIASOVA SVK 23 S
Alexandra HAGAROVA SVK 23 S
30 Dasa GRM SLO 24
31 Valentina MATOS ESP 25
Sonia LAFUENTE ESP 25 S
32 Matilda ALGOTSSON SWE 26
33 Joshi HELGESSON SWE 26
Isabelle OLSSON SWE 26 S
Anita ÖSTLUND SWE 26 S
34 Yasmine Kimiko YAMADA SUI 27
Jeromie REPOND SUI 27 S
35 Birce ATABEY TUR 28
36 Anna KHNYCHENKOVA UKR 29

BLR Makeenka missed the qualification by 1 point in free skating.

Pairs : 20 entries
1 Miriam ZIEGLER / Severin KIEFER AUT 1
2 Tatiana DANILOVA / Mikalai KAMIANCHUK BLR 2
3 Lana PETRANOVIC / Antonio SOUZA-KORDEIRU CRO 3
4 Anna DUSKOVA / Martin BIDAR CZE 4
5 Lola ESBRAT / Andrei NOVOSELOV FRA 5
6 Vanessa JAMES / Morgan CIPRES FRA 5
Camille MENDOZA / Pavel KOVALEV FRA 5 S
7 Minerva Fabienne HASE / Nolan SEEGERT GER 6
8 Aliona SAVCHENKO / Bruno MASSOT GER 6
WD 11/01/2017 9 Mari VARTMANN / Ruben BLOMMAERT GER 6
10 Zoe JONES / Christopher BOYADJI GBR 7
11 Arina CHERNIAVSKAIA / Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKI ISR 8
12 Nicole DELLA MONICA / Matteo GUARISE ITA 9
13 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 9
14 Valentina MARCHEI / Ondrej HOTAREK ITA 9
15 Goda BUTKUTE / Nikita ERMOLAEV LTU 10
16 Ksenia STOLBOVA / Fedor KLIMOV RUS 11
17 Evgenia TARASOVA / Vladimir MOROZOV RUS 11
18 Natalia ZABIIAKO / Alexander ENBERT RUS 11
Kristina ASTAKHOVA / Alexei ROGONOV RUS 11 S
WD 19/01/2017 Yuko KAVAGUTI / Alexander SMIRNOV RUS 11 S
19 Ioulia CHTCHETININA / Noah SCHERER SUI 12
Alexandra HERBRIKOVA / Nicolas ROULET SUI 12 S
WD 14/01/2017 20 Renata OGANESIAN / Mark BARDEI UKR 13

Ice dance : 30 entries
1 Tina GARABEDIAN / Simon PROULX-SENECAL ARM 1
2 Vavara OGLOBLINA / Mikhail ZHIRNOV AZE 2
Anastasia GALYETA / Avidan BROWN AZE 2 S
3 Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV BLR 3
WD 18/01/2017 Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA CZE 4
4 Nicole KUZMICHOVA / Alexandr SINICYN CZE 4 S
5 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN DEN 5
6 Katerina BUNINA / German FROLOV EST 6
7 Cecilia TÖRN / Jussiville PARTANEN FIN 7
Juulia TURKKILA / Matthias VERSLUIS FIN 7 S
8 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC FRA 8
9 Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON FRA 8
Lorenza ALESSANDRINI / Pierre SOUQUET FRA 8 S
10 Tatiana KOZMAVA / Alexei SHUMSKI GEO 9
11 Kavita LORENZ / Joti POLIZOAKIS GER 10
Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN GER 10 S
Katharina MÜLLER / Tim DIECK GER 10 S
Jennifer URBAN / Benjamin STEFFAN GER 10 S
12 Lilah FEAR / Lewis GIBSON GBR 11
13 Robynne TWEEDALE / Joseph BUCKLAND GBR 11
WD Penny COOMES / Nicholas BUCKLAND GBR 11 S
Ekaterina FEDYUSHCHENKO / Lucas KITTERIDGE GBR 11 S
14 Hanna JAKUCS / Daniel ILLES HUN 12
15 Adel TANKOVA / Ronald ZILBERBERG ISR 13
16 Isabella TOBIAS / Ilia TKACHENKO ISR 13
17 Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE ITA 14
18 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 14
19 Jasmine TESSARI / Francesco FIORETTI ITA 14
20 Olga JAKUSHINA / Andrey NEVSKIY LAT 15
21 Taylor TRAN / Saulius AMBRULEVICIUS LTU 16
22 Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV POL 17
Justyna PLUTOWSKA / Jeremie FLEMIN POL 17 S
23 Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV RUS 18
24 Victoria SINITSINA / Nikita KATSALAPOV RUS 18
25 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN RUS 18
Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN RUS 18 S
Elena ILINYKH / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS 18 S
Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS 18 S
26 Lucie MYSLIVECKOVA / Lukas CSOLLEY SVK 19
27 Sara HURTADO / Kirill KHALIAVIN ESP 20
Olivia SMART / Adria DIAZ ESP 20 S
28 Victoria MANNI / Carlo RÖTHLISBERGER SUI 21
29 Alisa AGAFONOVA / Alper UCAR TUR 22
30 Alexandra NAZAROVA / Maxim NIKITIN UKR 23
Yuliia ZHATA / Yan LUKOUSKI UKR 23 S

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Just some advanced warning of a minor change, which is unrelated to the slots.

Now, I don't know if we should be reading anything into this (hey, she could just be trying to make it more obvious who she is, and the pedigree she has), but Christopher Boyadji's new partner, Zoe Wilkinson, appears to have reverted back to using her maiden name of Zoe Jones.

This story from her local newspaper in the lead up to Nationals calls her Zoe Jones, and today the title of her Facebook Fan Page was changed from "Zoe Wilkinson fans" to "Zoe Jones - Fans"

So I would expect that, come January, we will probably see her appear in the Entry list with the name we were familiar with seeing on entry lists in the late 1990's / early 2000's.

Hey, I'm forecasting a lot of nostalgic talk from Simon and Chris when they see the name "Zoe Jones" on the start list! And even more when she comes onto the ice!

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Nirti]

Jones or Wilkinson, I'm admirative with her return to competitive skating!

I just noticed that Goda Butkute has updated her IcePartnerSearch biography on november 24th, just after their bronze medal at Tallinn Trophy. So maybe one less pair.

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

Jones or Wilkinson, I'm admirative with her return to competitive skating!

It just goes to show that it doesn't matter what age you are - if you've got it, you've got it. :agree:

I do think it a shame that she didn't stick to Singles, because she would have had a good shot at the title this year. But, I guess her results last year achieved what she wanted to do (i.e. making a point to those that deprived her of her Olympic dream in 2002), and now she didn't want to deprive the younger skaters of their chance at glory.

This is going to be interesting seeing how she progresses as a Pairs skater over the next year or so. I really hope her and Chris do well.

Still baffled why we don't have any other Pairs couples. Like, what is Amani doing?

I just noticed that Goda Butkute has updated her IcePartnerSearch biography on november 24th, just after their bronze medal at Tallinn Trophy. So maybe one less pair.

Mmmm. That's not a good sign. Especially half-way through the season before an Olympic season.

Do Lithuania have any back-up Pairs? Or are they in a position to quickly make new Pairs couples in time for Pyeongchang?

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Nirti]

Mmmm. That's not a good sign. Especially half-way through the season before an Olympic season.

Do Lithuania have any back-up Pairs? Or are they in a position to quickly make new Pairs couples in time for Pyeongchang?

CaroLiza_fan

To get lithuanian citizenship is very difficult, it was a hard fight for Isabella Tobias to get it for Sochi (she skated 4 seasons with Stagniunas), and then, it has a bit shocked that she changed another time to skate for Israel.
I don't know if Ermolaev (born in Sankt-Peterburg, Russia) has lithuanian citizenship too (sometimes he was refered as "Ermolaevas", who sounds more lithuanian), but to find an other elite skater with lithuanian citizenship is impossible because there's no male skaters currently...

 

[cathlen]

Pairs : between 19 and 22 entries (depending if Lech/Maestu and Pearce/Magyar are still active or not and if Butkute/Ermolaev split or not)

Lech/Maestu should be there, unless they're injured. I saw no info of them being inactive. Though they did not compete in any International Competition this season yet...

 

[CaroLiza_fan]

To get lithuanian citizenship is very difficult, it was a hard fight for Isabella Tobias to get it for Sochi (she skated 4 seasons with Stagniunas), and then, it has a bit shocked that she changed another time to skate for Israel.
I don't know if Ermolaev (born in Sankt-Peterburg, Russia) has lithuanian citizenship too (sometimes he was refered as "Ermolaevas", who sounds more lithuanian), but to find an other elite skater with lithuanian citizenship is impossible because there's no male skaters currently...

That whole situation with Tobias was why I was getting concerned with this development.

Although I had seen the results from the Latvian-Lithuanian Championships, I didn't have a really detailed look at the time. But I just went back to them and I see what you mean. ALL the Men's skaters competing at any level were Latvian.

You know, something is going to have to change. The combination of no local boys coming through and this strict policy on citizenship is badly putting Lithuania on the back foot.

I can't see the policy changing any time soon, so the local Federation are going to have to concentrate on trying to attract local boys to the sport.

Otherwise, figure skating in Lithuania is going to be only Ladies Singles very soon.

CaroLiza_fan

 

[Nirti]

Lech/Maestu should be there, unless they're injured. I saw no info of them being inactive. Though they did not compete in any International Competition this season yet...

At Spanish championships (next weekend), no senior pair event is scheduled, but one junior event with 2 pairs. And we've not seen Lech/Maestu since 2016 Europeans, which means they've not tried to reach TES for 2016 Worlds...
Usually binational pairs of this level (good enough to go to Europeans but not enough to go to Worlds) doesn't survive more than 2 years :-(

 

[cathlen]

At Spanish championships (next weekend), no senior pair event is scheduled, but one junior event with 2 pairs. And we've not seen Lech/Maestu since 2016 Europeans, which means they've not tried to reach TES for 2016 Worlds...
Usually binational pairs of this level (good enough to go to Europeans but not enough to go to Worlds) doesn't survive more than 2 years :-(

On their Facebook Page there are some photos from August and no info of break up, that's why I assumed they're still skating together. I hope they will compete in Mentor Nestle Nesquick in Torun, to get TES. That may be just my wish, but not entirely impossible

 

[Nirti]

On their Facebook Page there are some photos from August and no info of break up, that's why I assumed they're still skating together. I hope they will compete in Mentor Nestle Nesquick in Torun, to get TES. That may be just my wish, but not entirely impossible

I've read on french forum that Aritz Maestu is looking for another partner... so we have our answer ^^

Post #1 updated, with Italian Nats we'll see more likely Righini/Rizzo and Kostner/Rodeghiero (Russo :sad21

 

[cathlen]

I've read on french forum that Aritz Maestu is looking for another partner... so we have our answer ^^

Post #1 updated, with Italian Nats we'll see more likely Righini/Rizzo and Kostner/Rodeghiero (Russo :sad21

I wonder what happened? Maybe they split because their partnership was going nowhere... I was counting on some message since they had joint FB page.

 

[Nirti]

Updated after the results of many nationals this weekend

 

[Andrea82]

German team announced

http://www.sport.de/news/ne2549978/em-savchenko-massot-fuehren-deu-aufgebot-an/

Men: Paul Fentz
Women: Nicole Schott; Nathalie Weinzierl
Pairs: Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot; Mari Vartmann/Ruben Blommaert; Minerva-Fabienne Hase/Nolan Seeger
Dance: Kavita Lorenz/Panagiotis Polizoakis

 

[Nirti]

German team announced

http://www.sport.de/news/ne2549978/em-savchenko-massot-fuehren-deu-aufgebot-an/

Men: Paul Fentz
Women: Nicole Schott; Nathalie Weinzierl
Pairs: Aliona Savchenko/Bruno Massot; Mari Vartmann/Ruben Blommaert; Minerva-Fabienne Hase/Nolan Seeger
Dance: Kavita Lorenz/Panagiotis Polizoakis

Wow, finally no Peter Liebers... Thanks for the info!

 

[Cisema]

Austrian team confirmed
http://www.skateaustria.com/index.php/news/kerstin-frank-ist-staatsmeisterin-2017.html

Ladies: Kerstin Frank
Men: Mario Ionian
Pairs: Miriam Ziegler/Severin Kiefer

 

[Cisema]

Czech Team announced
http://ostrava2017.eu/en/ceska-nominace/

Ladies: Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková
Men: Michal Březina,Jiří Bělohradský
Pairs:Anna Dušková/Martin Bidař
Dance: Cortney Mansour/Michal Češka

 

[Nirti]

Czech Team announced
http://ostrava2017.eu/en/ceska-nominace/

Ladies: Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková
Men: Michal Březina,Jiří Bělohradský
Pairs:Anna Dušková/Martin Bidař
Dance: Cortney Mansour/Michal Češka

Thanks Cisema! Hanzlikova and Belohradsky will be new discoveries

 

[Icebethy]

British team announced

http://www.iceskating.org.uk/index....-figure-skating-championships-selection-2017/

 

[cathlen]

British team announced

http://www.iceskating.org.uk/index....-figure-skating-championships-selection-2017/

Wait, Penny and Nick are going to compete? How come after such long and serious injury Penny is going to skate? I'm so afraid the pressure of performing well will screw her recovery...

 

[Nirti]

Wait, Penny and Nick are going to compete? How come after such long and serious injury Penny is going to skate? I'm so afraid the pressure of performing well will screw her recovery...

I've read some weeks ago that Penny was already back on the ice, so probably she recovers good... Happy to see them in Ostrava!

But I'm surprised to see Fedyushchenko/Kitteridge as alternates, as Kitteridge is newly listed on IcePartnerSearch.