Lithuanian Figure Skating Championships

Lithuanian Figure Skating Championships
StatusActive
GenreNational championships
FrequencyAnnual
Country Lithuania
Organised byLithuanian Skating Federation

The Lithuanian Figure Skating Championships (Lithuanian: Lietuvos dailiojo čiuožimo čempionatas) are an annual figure skating competition organized by the Lithuanian Skating Federation (Lithuanian: Lietuvos čiuožimo federacija) to crown the national champions of Lithuania.[1] Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants.

The Lithuanian government cancelled the 1992 Lithuanian Championships after Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas competed in ice dance at the Olympics, World Championships, and European Championships without permission, as Drobiazko was not yet a Lithuanian citizen, despite being married to a Lithuanian.[2] Drobiazko was granted Lithuanian citizenship in 1993 for her "merits in sport and for promoting the country's name".[3] Drobiazko and Vanagas hold the hold for winning the most Lithuanian Championship titles in ice dance (with twelve).

Figure skating in Lithuania has been hampered by a lack of resources. in 1993, there were only two operable ice rinks in Lithuania – one in Kaunas and one in Elektrėnai – and the cost was prohibitive. The Lithuanian Skating Federation also had difficulty attracting international competitors from whom they had hoped Lithuanian skaters could learn.[4] In November 1993, the Lithuanian Skating Federation had to invite guest skaters from neighboring nations to fill out the Lithuanian Championships, because the Lithuanian team featured only one man, who withdrew from the competition after the first day due to injury, four women, and one ice dance team.[5]

The Latvian Skating Association hosted a joint competition – the 2016 Latvian Open – in December 2016 in Ventspils, which served as the 2017 national championships for both Latvia and Lithuania. The results were separated to form national podiums for each nation.[6]

Senior medalists

From left to right: Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevičius, five-time Lithuanian champions in ice dance; Aleksandra Dolinskė, five-time Lithuanian champion in women's singles; and Goda Butkutė and Nikita Ermolaev, four-time Lithuanian champions in pair skating

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1992 Competition cancelled [2]
1993 Kaunas M. Joneliauskas [7]
1994 Andrejs Vlaščenko (Latvia) Marek Sząszor (Poland) Vitalijus Lysenko (Belarus) [5]
1995 Vaidotas Juraitis Aidas Reklys Vladislova Rudkevičius [8]
1996 Vaidotas Roklis Tomas Katukevičius [9]
1997
1998
1999
2000 Aidas Reklys[10] Tomas Katukevičius[11]
2001 Tomas Katukevičius Aidas Reklys Deividas Stagniūnas [12]
2002 Aidas Reklys[10]
2003 Tomas Katukevičius[11] Aleksandras Pirogovas [13]
2004 [14]
2005 Mikolas Judele
2006 Aleksandras Pirogovas [15]
2007 Saulius Ambrulevičius[16]
2008 Viktor Silov Simonas Germanavicius [17]
2009 [18]
2010 Riga Girts Jekabsons (Latvia) No other competitors [19]
2011 Artūras Ganžela Deividas Kizala [20]
2012 No other competitors [21]
2013 Deividas Kizala Laurynas Vonžodas [22]
2014 Kaunas No men's competitors [23]
2015 [24]
2016 Artūras Ganžėla No other competitors [25]
2017 Ventspils Deniss Vasiļjevs (Latvia)[a] Gļebs Basins (Latvia)[a] No other competitors [26]
2018 No men's competitors
2019 Elektrėnai Alexander Lebedev (Belarus) No other competitors [27]
2020–23 No men's competitors
2024 Kaunas Daniel Korabelnik Daniel Kockers No other competitors [28]
2025 No other competitors [29]
2026 [30]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1992 Competition cancelled [2]
1993 Kaunas Laurynė Slavinskaitė [7]
1994 Ingrida Zenkevičiūtė Natalija Sapiolkina (Belarus) Laurynė Slavinskaitė [5]
1995 N. Vusovska (Latvia) [8]
1996 Laurynė Slavinskaitė Ingrida Zenkevičiūtė Inesa Jurevičiūtė [9]
1997
1998
1999
2000 Inesa Jurevičiūtė
2001 Gintarė Vostrecovaitė Julija Selepen Inesa Jurevičiūtė [12]
2002
2003 Rūta Gajauskaitė Diana Rybalko [13]
2004 [14]
2005
2006 Rūta Gajauskaitė Laura Iaknaviciute Aida Rybalko [15]
2007
2008 Beatričė Rožinskaitė Aida Rybalko Marina Simonova [17]
2009 Rimgaile Meskaite Kotryna Karaliute [18]
2010 Riga Žanna Pugača (Latvia)[b] Beatričė Rožinskaitė[b] Aida Rybalko [19]
2011 Rimgaile Meskaite Inga Janulevičiūtė [20]
2012 Inga Janulevičiūtė Rimgaile Meskaite Beatričė Meilūnaitė [21]
2013 Aleksandra Golovkina Inga Janulevičiūtė Julija Kravcenko [22]
2014 Kaunas Inga Janulevičiūtė Aleksandra Golovkina Beatričė Meilūnaitė [23]
2015 Viltė Radzvilavičiūtė No other competitors [24]
2016 Aleksandra Golovkina Inga Janulevičiūtė Viltė Radzvilavičiūtė [25]
2017 Ventspils Angelīna Kučvaļska (Latvia)[c] Elžbieta Kropa[c] Deimantė Kizalaitė [26]
2018 Kaunas Greta Morkytė Elžbieta Kropa No other competitors [31]
2019 Elektrėnai Paulina Ramanauskaitė Greta Morkytė [27]
2020 Kaunas Aleksandra Golovkina [32]
2021 Elektrėnai Elžbieta Kropa No other competitors [33]
2022 Kaunas Aleksandra Golovkina Selina Kaneda Sharlote Jekabsone (Latvia) [34]
2023 Darija Afinogenova Jogailė Aglinskytė [35]
2024 Meda Variakojytė Aleksandra Golovkina [28]
2025 Jogailė Aglinskytė No other competitors [29]
2026 [30]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1992 Competition cancelled [2]
1993 Kaunas No pairs competitors [7]
1994 [5]
1995
1996 No pairs competitors [9]
1997
1998
1999
2000–12 No pairs competitors
2013
No other competitors [22]
2014 Kaunas [23]
2015 [36]
2016 [25]
2017 [37]
2018 Kaunas [31]
2019–26 No pairs competitors since 2018

Ice dance

Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania, stripped Margarita Drobiazko of her Lithuanian citizenship in 2023, citing a law which allows such revocation "if the person publicly expresses support for a state that poses a threat to Lithuania or its allies' security interests."[3] Drobiasko and Povilas Vanagas had participated in an event in Russia organized by Tatiana Navka, retired ice dancer and wife of Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. President Nausėda referred to Lithuania having granted Drobiasko citizenship as a "miserable farce under the current circumstances."[38]

Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1992 Competition cancelled [2]
1993 Kaunas [7]
1994
  • Anastasija Gribonkina
  • Erikas Samovičius
(Latvia) 		No other competitors [5]
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
  • Elena Egorova
  • Aurimas Radisauskas
2001
  • Dominyka Valiukeviciute
  • Aurimas Radisauskas
 No other competitors [12]
2002
2003
  • Clover Zatzman
  • Aurimas Radisauskas
 No other competitors [13]
2004
No other competitors [14]
2005
2006
  • Clover Zatzman
  • Aurimas Radisauskas
 [15]
2007
[39][40]
2008 No other competitors [17]
2009
  • Alissandra Aronow
  • Aleksandr Pirogov
 [18]
2010
  • Tautvyde Mockute
  • Gediminas Barkauskas
 [41]
2011
  • Teresaa Vellrath
  • Aleksandr Pirogov
  • Ilona Birgelaitė
  • Aivaras Starvinskas
 [20]
2012
  • Ilona Birgelaitė
  • Aivaras Starvinskas
 No other competitors [21]
2013 No other competitors [22]
2014 Kaunas No ice dance competitors [23]
2015 No other competitors [36]
2016 [25]
2017 [37]
2018 Kaunas
No other competitors [31]
2019 Elektrėnai No other competitors [27]
2020 Kaunas [32]
2021 Elektrėnai No other competitors [33]
2022 Kaunas [34]
2023–26 No ice dance competitors since 2022
  1. ^ a b There was no 2017 Lithuanian Champion in the men's event since both of the competitors were from Latvia.
  2. ^ a b Beatričė Rožinskaitė was the 2010 Champion in the women's event since Žanna Pugača, the first-place finisher, was from Latvia.
  3. ^ a b Elžbieta Kropa was the 2017 Champion in the women's event since Angelīna Kučvaļska, the first-place finisher, was from Latvia.

Junior medalists

Men's singles

Junior men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2014 Kaunas Laurynas Vonžodas Tadas Jakūbauskas Edvinas Apitionok [23]
2015 Artūras Ganžela [24]
2016 No junior men's competitors [25]
2017 Ventspils Daniels Roschiks (Latvia)[a] Aleksandras Chitrenko[a] No other competitors [26]
2018–19 No junior men's competitors
2020 Kaunas Andrey Mikhalchuk (Belarus) No other competitors [32]
2021 Elektrėnai No junior men's competitors [33]
2022 Kaunas Daniel Korabelnik No other competitors [34]
2023 [35]
2024 Luka Imedashvili [28]
2025 [29]
2026 Mantas Gryba No other competitors [30]

Women's singles

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2014 Kaunas Deimantė Kizalaitė Elžbieta Kropa Dovilė Didžgalvytė [23]
2015 Kamilė Linauskaitė [24]
2016 Elžbieta Kropa Deimantė Kizalaitė [25]
2017 Ventspils Elizabete Jubkāne (Latvia)[b] Greta Morkytė[b] Darja Šatibelko (Latvia)[b] [26]
2018 Kaunas Paulina Ramanauskaitė Dominyka Molevičiūtė Dovilė Didžgalvytė [31]
2019 Elektrėnai Polina Andrejeva (Latvia) Selina Kaneda Dominyka Molevičiūtė [27]
2020 Kaunas Jogailė Aglinskytė Sharlote Jekabsone (Latvia) [32]
2021 Elektrėnai Marija Brejeva Darja Reginevič [33]
2022 Kaunas Daria Afinogenova Meda Variakojytė Anna Dea Gulbiani Schmidt (Georgia) [34]
2023 Meda Variakojytė Darja Reginevič Yelyzaveta Kovalova [35]
2024 Gabriele Juskaite Agne Ivanovaite Gabija Pociute [28]
2025 Milana Siniavskytė Ema Komiciute [29]
2026 Milana Siniavskytė Evelina Stavickytė Agne Ivanovaite [30]

Ice dance

Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2014 Kaunas No junior ice dance competitors [23]
2015 [24]
2016
  • Jogailė Žilionytė
  • Luca Morini
 No other competitors [25]
2017 No other competitors [37]
2018 Kaunas
  • Swantje Brandt
  • Edvinas Apitionok
 [31]
2019 Elektrėnai
[27]
2020–26 No junior ice dance competitors
  1. ^ a b Aleksandras Chitrenko was the 2017 Junior Champion in the men's event since Daniels Roschiks, the first-place finisher, was from Latvia.
  2. ^ a b c Greta Morkytė was the 2017 Junior Champion in the women's event since Elizabete Jubkāne, the first-place finisher, was from Latvia. Kamilė Linauskaitė was second among the skaters from Lithuania, and Ieva Mikelionyte was third.

Records

Records
Discipline Most championship titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Ice dance 12 1993–2002;
2005–06

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