2006 European Figure Skating Championships
# 2006 European Figure Skating Championships

The 2006 European Figure Skating Championships were a senior international figure skating competition in the 2005–06 season. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The event was held at the Palais des Sports de Gerland in Lyon, France, from January 17 to 22, 2006.

## Qualifying

The competition was open to skaters from European ISU member nations who reached the age of 15 before July 1, 2005. The corresponding competition for non-European skaters was the 2006 Four Continents Championships. Based on the results of the 2005 European Championships, each country was allowed between one and three entries per discipline. National associations selected their entries based on their own criteria.

## Medals table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Lithuania (LTU) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |

## Overview

Russia swept all four gold medals.

In men's singles, Russia's Evgeni Plushenko won his fifth European title. Switzerland's Stéphane Lambiel and France's Brian Joubert won silver and bronze respectively.

Russia's Irina Slutskaya won a record seventh European ladies' title, which put her ahead of Katarina Witt and Sonja Henie. Teammate Elena Sokolova took silver and Italy's Carolina Kostner the bronze.

In the pairs' event, Russia's Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin won their fifth consecutive European title. Germany's Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy took silver and Russia's Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov the bronze. The Czech Republic's Olga Prokuronova / Karel Štefl, who were 10th in the short program, suffered a fall on a lift in the free skate. Prokuronova lay on the ice for several seconds before Štefl helped her to her feet and she exited the ice. They withdrew from the event. An ISU doctor said Prokuronova had not sustained a serious injury but was taken to the hospital for further examination.

In ice dancing, Russia's Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov trailed in the compulsory dance but rebounded in the original and free dances to take their third consecutive European title, while Ukraine's Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov won silver and Lithuania's Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas the bronze.

## Results

### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 245.33 | 1 | 82.80 | 1 | 162.53 |
| 2 | Stéphane Lambiel | Switzerland | 228.87 | 3 | 74.73 | 2 | 154.14 |
| 3 | Brian Joubert | France | 222.95 | 2 | 77.85 | 3 | 145.10 |
| 4 | Frédéric Dambier | France | 200.16 | 4 | 71.21 | 5 | 128.95 |
| 5 | Ilia Klimkin | Russia | 197.42 | 8 | 64.10 | 4 | 133.32 |
| 6 | Alban Préaubert | France | 190.18 | 5 | 69.08 | 8 | 121.10 |
| 7 | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | 182.32 | 11 | 59.98 | 7 | 122.34 |
| 8 | Silvio Smalun | Germany | 181.73 | 9 | 63.88 | 9 | 117.85 |
| 9 | Gheorghe Chiper | Romania | 181.51 | 6 | 66.46 | 11 | 115.05 |
| 10 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 178.26 | 7 | 66.13 | 14 | 112.13 |
| 11 | Ivan Dinev | Bulgaria | 177.18 | 16 | 54.30 | 6 | 122.88 |
| 12 | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | 176.70 | 10 | 60.70 | 10 | 116.00 |
| 13 | Sergei Davydov | Belarus | 170.51 | 15 | 56.70 | 13 | 113.81 |
| 14 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | 167.37 | 13 | 57.68 | 16 | 109.69 |
| 15 | Sergei Dobrin | Russia | 165.63 | 14 | 57.10 | 17 | 108.53 |
| 16 | Anton Kovalevski | Ukraine | 164.49 | 22 | 49.87 | 12 | 114.62 |
| 17 | Gregor Urbas | Slovenia | 162.95 | 18 | 52.99 | 15 | 109.96 |
| 18 | Viktor Pfeifer | Austria | 159.27 | 12 | 57.89 | 19 | 101.38 |
| 19 | Karel Zelenka | Italy | 158.96 | 19 | 52.98 | 18 | 105.98 |
| 20 | Adrian Schultheiss | Sweden | 149.10 | 17 | 54.19 | 22 | 94.91 |
| 21 | Jamal Othman | Switzerland | 148.85 | 23 | 49.37 | 20 | 99.48 |
| 22 | Roman Serov | Israel | 148.10 | 21 | 50.05 | 21 | 98.05 |
| 23 | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari | Finland | 137.11 | 20 | 51.14 | 23 | 85.97 |
| 24 | Aidas Reklys | Lithuania | 128.51 | 24 | 46.12 | 24 | 82.39 |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||||
| 25 | John Hamer | United Kingdom | | 25 | 45.99 | | |
| 26 | Zoltán Tóth | Hungary | | 26 | 44.93 | | |
| 27 | Michael Chrolenko | Norway | | 27 | 44.22 | | |
| 28 | Przemysław Domański | Poland | | 28 | 42.55 | | |
| 29 | Trifun Zivanovic | Serbia and Montenegro | | 29 | 42.38 | | |
| 30 | Igor Macypura | Slovakia | | 30 | 42.00 | | |
| 31 | Zeus Issariotis | Greece | | 31 | 38.53 | | |
| 32 | Alper Uçar | Turkey | | 32 | 36.38 | | |
| 33 | Boris Martinec | Croatia | | 33 | 35.05 | | |
| 34 | Adrian Matei | Romania | | 34 | 34.79 | | |
| 35 | Yediel Canton | Spain | | 35 | 34.52 | | |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Irina Slutskaya | Russia | 193.24 | 1 | 66.43 | 1 | 126.81 |
| 2 | Elena Sokolova | Russia | 177.81 | 2 | 60.88 | 2 | 116.93 |
| 3 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 172.45 | 5 | 60.04 | 3 | 112.41 |
| 4 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 167.16 | 3 | 60.87 | 4 | 106.29 |
| 5 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 153.27 | 4 | 60.19 | 6 | 93.08 |
| 6 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 146.37 | 11 | 47.74 | 5 | 98.63 |
| 7 | Susanna Pöykiö | Finland | 144.75 | 7 | 56.05 | 8 | 88.70 |
| 8 | Alisa Drei | Finland | 141.55 | 9 | 49.76 | 7 | 91.79 |
| 9 | Viktoria Volchkova | Russia | 131.88 | 6 | 57.08 | 15 | 74.80 |
| 10 | Annette Dytrt | Germany | 131.11 | 12 | 47.39 | 9 | 83.72 |
| 11 | Idora Hegel | Croatia | 127.15 | 10 | 48.63 | 11 | 78.52 |
| 12 | Viktória Pavuk | Hungary | 126.88 | 8 | 50.70 | 12 | 76.18 |
| 13 | Tuğba Karademir | Turkey | 124.72 | 17 | 41.42 | 10 | 83.30 |
| 14 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 121.90 | 13 | 46.61 | 13 | 75.29 |
| 15 | Jelena Glebova | Estonia | 116.59 | 14 | 42.32 | 16 | 74.27 |
| 16 | Sonia Radeva | Bulgaria | 114.24 | 21 | 39.29 | 14 | 74.95 |
| 17 | Nadège Bobillier | France | 112.88 | 15 | 41.89 | 19 | 70.99 |
| 18 | Andrea Kreuzer | Austria | 111.95 | 20 | 39.92 | 17 | 72.03 |
| 19 | Valentina Marchei | Italy | 111.66 | 19 | 40.31 | 18 | 71.35 |
| 20 | Teodora Poštič | Slovenia | 111.15 | 18 | 41.15 | 20 | 70.00 |
| 21 | Martine Zuiderwijk | Netherlands | 104.77 | 16 | 41.69 | 21 | 63.08 |
| 22 | Ekaterina Proyda | Ukraine | 96.47 | 24 | 37.17 | 22 | 59.30 |
| 23 | Jacqueline Belenyesiová | Slovakia | 94.93 | 23 | 37.27 | 23 | 57.66 |
| 24 | Lina Johansson | Sweden | 90.61 | 22 | 38.09 | 24 | 52.52 |
| Free Skating Not Reached ||||||||
| 25 | Fleur Maxwell | Luxembourg | | 25 | 37.10 | | |
| 26 | Ivana Hudziecová | Czech Republic | | 26 | 33.62 | | |
| 27 | Cindy Carquillat | Switzerland | | 27 | 31.10 | | |
| 28 | Željka Krizmanić | Croatia | | 28 | 29.82 | | |
| 29 | Olga Zadvornova | Latvia | | 29 | 29.62 | | |
| 30 | Kirsten Verbist | Belgium | | 30 | 29.16 | | |
| 31 | Ksenia Jastsenjski | Serbia and Montenegro | | 31 | 23.00 | | |
| 32 | Rūta Gajauskaitė | Lithuania | | 32 | 22.69 | | |
| WD | Roxana Luca | Romania | | | | | |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tatiana Totmianina / Maxim Marinin | Russia | 195.87 | 1 | 68.04 | 1 | 127.83 |
| 2 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 188.08 | 3 | 64.46 | 2 | 123.62 |
| 3 | Maria Petrova / Alexei Tikhonov | Russia | 187.04 | 2 | 66.07 | 3 | 120.97 |
| 4 | Julia Obertas / Sergei Slavnov | Russia | 173.90 | 4 | 62.21 | 4 | 111.69 |
| 5 | Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek | Poland | 153.67 | 5 | 49.53 | 5 | 104.14 |
| 6 | Marylin Pla / Yannick Bonheur | France | 138.20 | 7 | 47.04 | 6 | 91.16 |
| 7 | Eva-Maria Fitze / Rico Rex | Germany | 134.44 | 8 | 46.02 | 7 | 88.42 |
| 8 | Rebecca Handke / Daniel Wende | Germany | 130.70 | 6 | 47.81 | 8 | 82.89 |
| 9 | Rumiana Spassova / Stanimir Todorov | Bulgaria | 116.40 | 9 | 38.87 | 9 | 77.53 |
| 10 | Julia Beloglazova / Andrei Bekh | Ukraine | 108.95 | 11 | 36.45 | 10 | 72.50 |
| 11 | Stacey Kemp / David King | United Kingdom | 106.80 | 13 | 35.98 | 11 | 70.82 |
| 12 | Diana Rennik / Aleksei Saks | Estonia | 103.06 | 14 | 35.47 | 12 | 67.59 |
| 13 | Alina Dikhtiar / Filip Zalevski | Ukraine | 101.02 | 12 | 36.04 | 13 | 64.98 |
| WD | Olga Prokuronova / Karel Štefl | Czech Republic | | 10 | 37.51 | | |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tatiana Navka / Roman Kostomarov | Russia | 202.32 | 3 | 38.21 | 1 | 60.79 | 1 | 103.32 |
| 2 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Ukraine | 196.73 | 1 | 38.82 | 3 | 58.79 | 4 | 99.12 |
| 3 | Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas | Lithuania | 196.18 | 2 | 38.34 | 5 | 56.95 | 2 | 100.89 |
| 4 | Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder | France | 194.49 | 4 | 35.66 | 2 | 59.02 | 3 | 99.81 |
| 5 | Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski | Israel | 188.91 | 5 | 34.79 | 4 | 57.03 | 5 | 97.09 |
| 6 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia | 175.72 | 7 | 32.69 | 6 | 53.31 | 6 | 89.72 |
| 7 | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | Italy | 167.86 | 6 | 33.21 | 7 | 51.54 | 10 | 83.11 |
| 8 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr | United Kingdom | 167.19 | 8 | 31.96 | 9 | 51.00 | 7 | 84.23 |
| 9 | Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin | Azerbaijan | 165.62 | 9 | 30.06 | 8 | 51.52 | 9 | 84.04 |
| 10 | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Russia | 162.65 | 10 | 28.64 | 10 | 49.79 | 8 | 84.22 |
| 11 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France | 156.46 | 11 | 28.63 | 11 | 47.61 | 11 | 80.22 |
| 12 | Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek | Hungary | 152.25 | 13 | 27.08 | 12 | 45.64 | 12 | 79.53 |
| 13 | Christina Beier / William Beier | Germany | 151.04 | 12 | 28.62 | 13 | 45.41 | 13 | 77.01 |
| 14 | Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azroyan | Armenia | 144.52 | 14 | 26.25 | 14 | 44.09 | 14 | 74.18 |
| 15 | Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski | Israel | 138.47 | 17 | 22.70 | 15 | 42.39 | 15 | 73.38 |
| 16 | Alexandra Kauc / Michał Zych | Poland | 135.91 | 16 | 23.74 | 17 | 39.20 | 16 | 72.97 |
| 17 | Julia Golovina / Oleg Voiko | Ukraine | 135.87 | 15 | 24.53 | 16 | 41.42 | 17 | 69.92 |
| 18 | Alessia Aureli / Andrea Vaturi | Italy | 128.07 | 19 | 20.89 | 18 | 39.12 | 18 | 68.06 |
| 19 | Kamila Hájková / David Vincour | Czech Republic | 127.77 | 18 | 22.31 | 20 | 37.70 | 19 | 67.76 |
| 20 | Phillipa Towler-Green / Phillip Poole | United Kingdom | 122.92 | 20 | 20.84 | 19 | 39.03 | 21 | 63.05 |
| 21 | Zsuzsanna Nagy / György Elek | Hungary | 118.89 | 21 | 18.91 | 21 | 35.40 | 20 | 64.58 |
| 22 | Leonie Krail / Oscar Peter | Switzerland | 109.94 | 22 | 17.80 | 22 | 33.92 | 22 | 58.22 |
