title: 2010 European Figure Skating Championships
text: # 2010 European Figure Skating Championships
  
  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 | France Italy | Finland Russia | Germany Russia | France Italy Russia |
  | 2 | Belgium Czech Republic Russia Sweden | Germany Great Britain Hungary Italy Turkey | France Great Britain Italy Ukraine | Azerbaijan Great Britain Lithuania Ukraine |
  
  ## 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
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Russia (RUS) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
  | 2 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 3 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 3 | Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 6 | Georgia (GEO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
  
  ## 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 | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Evgeni Plushenko | Russia | 255.39 | 1 | 91.30 | 1 | 164.09 |
  | 2 | Stéphane Lambiel | Switzerland | 238.54 | 5 | 77.75 | 2 | 160.79 |
  | 3 | Brian Joubert | France | 236.45 | 2 | 88.55 | 3 | 147.90 |
  | 4 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 224.74 | 4 | 79.60 | 5 | 145.14 |
  | 5 | Samuel Contesti | Italy | 221.33 | 7 | 75.90 | 4 | 145.43 |
  | 6 | Yannick Ponsero | France | 219.52 | 3 | 82.40 | 7 | 137.12 |
  | 7 | Alban Préaubert | France | 207.61 | 6 | 76.37 | 9 | 131.24 |
  | 8 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 204.83 | 13 | 66.50 | 6 | 138.33 |
  | 9 | Stefan Lindemann | Germany | 203.95 | 9 | 70.19 | 8 | 133.76 |
  | 10 | Tomáš Verner | Czech Republic | 203.18 | 8 | 72.75 | 10 | 130.43 |
  | 11 | Kevin van der Perren | Belgium | 195.48 | 11 | 67.72 | 11 | 127.76 |
  | 12 | Adrian Schultheiss | Sweden | 188.79 | 12 | 66.55 | 13 | 122.24 |
  | 13 | Anton Kovalevski | Ukraine | 186.84 | 14 | 65.20 | 14 | 121.64 |
  | 14 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 185.38 | 17 | 60.27 | 12 | 125.11 |
  | 15 | Kristoffer Berntsson | Sweden | 183.10 | 10 | 69.20 | 17 | 113.90 |
  | 16 | Paolo Bacchini | Italy | 181.42 | 16 | 60.90 | 15 | 120.52 |
  | 17 | Viktor Pfeifer | Austria | 178.41 | 15 | 63.42 | 16 | 114.99 |
  | 18 | Gregor Urbas | Slovenia | 163.84 | 20 | 56.90 | 18 | 106.94 |
  | 19 | Zoltán Kelemen | Romania | 161.10 | 18 | 59.40 | 20 | 101.70 |
  | 20 | Jorik Hendrickx | Belgium | 161.06 | 19 | 58.70 | 19 | 102.36 |
  | Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
  | 21 | Maciej Cieplucha | Poland | | 21 | 56.45 | | |
  | 22 | Ari-Pekka Nurmenkari | Finland | | 22 | 53.55 | | |
  | 23 | Karel Zelenka | Italy | | 23 | 53.09 | | |
  | 24 | Peter Reitmayer | Slovakia | | 24 | 51.35 | | |
  | 25 | Maxim Shipov | Israel | | 25 | 51.21 | | |
  | 26 | Boris Martinec | Croatia | | 26 | 50.49 | | |
  | 27 | Matthew Parr | United Kingdom | | 27 | 49.02 | | |
  | 28 | Damjan Ostojič | Bosnia and Herzegovina | | 28 | 47.96 | | |
  | 29 | Viktor Romanenkov | Estonia | | 29 | 47.60 | | |
  | 30 | Alexandr Kazakov | Belarus | | 30 | 45.97 | | |
  | 31 | Kutay Eryoldaş | Turkey | | 31 | 37.40 | | |
  | 32 | Boyito Mulder | Netherlands | | 32 | 36.38 | | |
  | 33 | Marton Marko | Hungary | | 33 | 35.32 | | |
  | 34 | Saulius Ambrulevičius | Lithuania | | 34 | 34.49 | | |
  | 35 | Girts Jekabsons | Latvia | | 35 | 32.67 | | |
  | 36 | Georgi Kenchadze | Bulgaria | | 36 | 32.02 | | |
  | 37 | Pierre Balian | Armenia | | 37 | 31.82 | | |
  | WD | Joffrey Bourdon | Montenegro | | | | | |
  
  ### Ladies
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Carolina Kostner | Italy | 173.46 | 1 | 65.80 | 1 | 107.66 |
  | 2 | Laura Lepistö | Finland | 166.37 | 3 | 62.96 | 3 | 103.41 |
  | 3 | Elene Gedevanishvili | Georgia | 164.54 | 4 | 60.82 | 2 | 103.72 |
  | 4 | Kiira Korpi | Finland | 163.68 | 2 | 64.26 | 5 | 99.42 |
  | 5 | Sarah Meier | Switzerland | 157.44 | 8 | 54.86 | 4 | 102.58 |
  | 6 | Júlia Sebestyén | Hungary | 156.77 | 6 | 57.44 | 6 | 99.33 |
  | 7 | Alena Leonova | Russia | 153.57 | 5 | 58.26 | 7 | 95.31 |
  | 8 | Valentina Marchei | Italy | 149.46 | 7 | 55.34 | 8 | 94.12 |
  | 9 | Ksenia Makarova | Russia | 146.85 | 9 | 54.06 | 9 | 92.79 |
  | 10 | Jelena Glebova | Estonia | 138.93 | 13 | 50.10 | 10 | 88.83 |
  | 11 | Viktoria Helgesson | Sweden | 137.10 | 12 | 50.86 | 12 | 86.24 |
  | 12 | Tuğba Karademir | Turkey | 136.42 | 10 | 53.88 | 13 | 82.54 |
  | 13 | Oksana Gozeva | Russia | 135.39 | 14 | 47.26 | 11 | 88.13 |
  | 14 | Jenna McCorkell | United Kingdom | 128.06 | 11 | 53.80 | 17 | 74.26 |
  | 15 | Ivana Reitmayerová | Slovakia | 125.31 | 15 | 47.06 | 14 | 78.25 |
  | 16 | Sarah Hecken | Germany | 121.79 | 16 | 46.34 | 16 | 75.45 |
  | 17 | Sonia Lafuente | Spain | 121.15 | 17 | 45.26 | 15 | 75.89 |
  | 18 | Natalia Popova | Ukraine | 113.35 | 20 | 44.30 | 18 | 69.05 |
  | 19 | Teodora Poštič | Slovenia | 113.35 | 19 | 44.46 | 19 | 68.89 |
  | WD | Susanna Pöykiö | Finland | 44.68 | 18 | 44.68 | | |
  | Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
  | 21 | Tamar Katz | Israel | | 21 | 43.70 | | |
  | 22 | Katsiarina Pakhamovich | Belarus | | 22 | 43.54 | | |
  | 23 | Karly Robertson | United Kingdom | | 23 | 41.74 | | |
  | 24 | Shira Willner | Germany | | 24 | 38.10 | | |
  | 25 | Miriam Ziegler | Austria | | 25 | 36.06 | | |
  | 26 | Mirna Libric | Croatia | | 26 | 35.74 | | |
  | 27 | Martina Bocek | Czech Republic | | 27 | 35.08 | | |
  | 28 | Manouk Gijsman | Netherlands | | 28 | 34.96 | | |
  | 29 | Erle Harstad | Norway | | 29 | 34.82 | | |
  | 30 | Birce Atabey | Turkey | | 30 | 33.76 | | |
  | 31 | Katherine Hadford | Hungary | | 31 | 32.66 | | |
  | 32 | Karina Johnson | Denmark | | 32 | 32.16 | | |
  | 33 | Isabelle Pieman | Belgium | | 33 | 30.32 | | |
  | 34 | Fleur Maxwell | Luxembourg | | 34 | 30.18 | | |
  | 35 | Beatričė Rožinskaitė | Lithuania | | 35 | 29.60 | | |
  | 36 | Clara Peters | Ireland | | 36 | 29.42 | | |
  | 37 | Sabina Paquier | Romania | | 37 | 29.38 | | |
  | 38 | Marina Seeh | Serbia | | 38 | 29.32 | | |
  | 39 | Zanna Pugaca | Latvia | | 39 | 29.04 | | |
  | 40 | Sonia Radeva | Bulgaria | | 40 | 26.64 | | |
  | 41 | Maria Papasotiriou | Greece | | 41 | 23.02 | | |
  | WD | Joelle Forte | Azerbaijan | | | | | |
  | WD | Sonja Mugoša | Montenegro | | | | | |
  
  ### Pairs
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 213.15 | 2 | 73.92 | 1 | 139.23 |
  | 2 | Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy | Germany | 211.72 | 1 | 74.12 | 2 | 137.60 |
  | 3 | Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov | Russia | 202.03 | 3 | 73.54 | 3 | 128.49 |
  | 4 | Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov | Ukraine | 187.83 | 4 | 67.60 | 4 | 120.23 |
  | 5 | Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov | Russia | 159.84 | 5 | 55.84 | 6 | 104.00 |
  | 6 | Nicole Della Monica / Yannick Kocon | Italy | 156.80 | 6 | 52.64 | 5 | 104.16 |
  | 7 | Vanessa James / Yannick Bonheur | France | 151.28 | 7 | 52.04 | 7 | 99.24 |
  | 8 | Anaïs Morand / Antoine Dorsaz | Switzerland | 144.95 | 11 | 47.88 | 8 | 97.07 |
  | 9 | Maylin Hausch / Daniel Wende | Germany | 142.76 | 9 | 50.66 | 9 | 92.10 |
  | 10 | Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia | France | 139.73 | 8 | 51.24 | 11 | 88.49 |
  | 11 | Stacey Kemp / David King | United Kingdom | 137.29 | 13 | 45.26 | 10 | 92.03 |
  | 12 | Erica Risseeuw / Robert Paxton | United Kingdom | 130.09 | 14 | 43.50 | 12 | 86.59 |
  | 13 | Maria Sergejeva / Ilja Glebov | Estonia | 129.46 | 12 | 47.60 | 13 | 81.86 |
  | 14 | Joanna Sulej / Mateusz Chruściński | Poland | 124.79 | 10 | 48.38 | 15 | 76.41 |
  | 15 | Jessica Crenshaw / Chad Tsagris | Greece | 115.59 | 16 | 36.60 | 14 | 78.99 |
  | 16 | Nina Ivanova / Filip Zalevski | Bulgaria | 106.31 | 15 | 38.56 | 16 | 67.75 |
  | Did not advance to free skating ||||||||
  | 17 | Lubov Bakirova / Mikalai Kamianchuk | Belarus | | 17 | 36.18 | | |
  | 18 | Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski | Israel | | 18 | 30.90 | | |
  | 19 | Gabriela Čermanová / Martin Hanulák | Slovakia | | 19 | 30.04 | | |
  | 20 | Viktória Hacht / Kristóf Trefil | Hungary | | 20 | 29.34 | | |
  | WD | Marika Zanforlin / Federico Degli Esposti | Italy | | | | | |
  
  ### Ice dancing
  
  | Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | CD | CD | OD | OD | FD | FD |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin | Russia | 199.25 | 1 | 42.78 | 2 | 61.49 | 2 | 94.98 |
  | 2 | Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali | Italy | 195.86 | 3 | 37.47 | 1 | 61.68 | 1 | 96.71 |
  | 3 | Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski | Russia | 189.67 | 2 | 37.87 | 4 | 58.59 | 3 | 93.21 |
  | 4 | Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat | France | 188.51 | 5 | 36.36 | 3 | 60.08 | 4 | 92.07 |
  | 5 | Sinead Kerr / John Kerr | United Kingdom | 184.05 | 4 | 36.76 | 5 | 57.05 | 5 | 90.24 |
  | 6 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 176.10 | 6 | 35.93 | 9 | 52.83 | 6 | 87.34 |
  | 7 | Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky | Israel | 174.91 | 7 | 34.63 | 6 | 55.92 | 9 | 84.36 |
  | 8 | Anna Zadorozhniuk / Sergei Verbillo | Ukraine | 171.28 | 9 | 32.60 | 7 | 54.30 | 8 | 84.38 |
  | 9 | Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev | Russia | 171.26 | 8 | 33.33 | 8 | 53.03 | 7 | 84.90 |
  | 10 | Nóra Hoffmann / Maxim Zavozin | Hungary | 163.21 | 11 | 31.53 | 11 | 50.02 | 10 | 81.66 |
  | 11 | Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev | Ukraine | 162.82 | 10 | 32.15 | 10 | 51.22 | 12 | 79.45 |
  | 12 | Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones | France | 159.52 | 12 | 29.96 | 12 | 49.85 | 11 | 79.71 |
  | 13 | Caitlin Mallory / Kristjan Rand | Estonia | 155.93 | 15 | 29.16 | 15 | 47.33 | 13 | 79.44 |
  | 14 | Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet | France | 147.56 | 17 | 27.82 | 13 | 48.80 | 14 | 70.94 |
  | 15 | Christina Beier / William Beier | Germany | 147.36 | 13 | 29.41 | 14 | 48.45 | 16 | 69.50 |
  | 16 | Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland | United Kingdom | 145.91 | 16 | 28.63 | 16 | 46.98 | 15 | 70.30 |
  | Did not advance to free dance ||||||||||
  | 17 | Kira Geil / Dmitri Matsjuk | Austria | 71.73 | 14 | 29.16 | 19 | 42.57 | | |
  | 18 | Kamila Hájková / David Vincour | Czech Republic | 71.21 | 18 | 25.88 | 17 | 45.33 | | |
  | 19 | Allison Reed / Otar Japaridze | Georgia | 66.28 | 22 | 22.59 | 18 | 43.69 | | |
  | 20 | Nikola Višňová / Lukáš Csolley | Slovakia | 64.57 | 21 | 22.61 | 20 | 41.96 | | |
  | 21 | Katelyn Good / Nikolaj Sorensen | Denmark | 63.13 | 20 | 22.84 | 21 | 40.29 | | |
  | 22 | Federica Testa / Christopher Mior | Italy | 61.88 | 19 | 23.31 | 24 | 38.57 | | |
  | 23 | Nikki Georgiadis / Graham Hockley | Greece | 59.98 | 24 | 21.18 | 23 | 38.80 | | |
  | 24 | Oksana Klimova / Sasha Palomäki | Finland | 59.85 | 25 | 20.99 | 22 | 38.86 | | |
  | 25 | Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost | Switzerland | 59.28 | 23 | 21.84 | 25 | 37.44 | | |
  | 26 | Lesia Valadzenkava / Vitali Vakunov | Belarus | 50.11 | 26 | 17.08 | 26 | 33.03 | | |
  | WD | Virginiya Hoptman / Pavel Filchenkov | Azerbaijan | | | | | | | |
  