Brazilian Figure Skating Championships
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| Brazilian Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
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| Status | Active |
| Genre | National championships |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country |  Brazil |
| Organized by | Brazilian Ice Sports Federation |
The Brazilian Figure Skating Championships (Portuguese: Campeonato Brasileiro de Patinação Artística no Gelo) are an annual figure skating competition organized by the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation (Portuguese: Confederação Brasileira de Desportos no Gelo) to crown the national champions of Brazil. Competitive figure skating is relatively new to Brazil. The Brazilian Ice Sports Federation became a member of the International Skating Union (ISU) in 2006,[1] making Brazil the first nation from South America to join the ISU.[2] The first national championships – the Rio Open of Figure Skating (Portuguese: Rio Open de Patinação Artística) – were held in 2015 in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
In 2009, Kevin Alves became the first man to represent Brazil in international competition, at the 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.[4] In 2014, Isadora Williams became the first skater from Brazil to qualify for the Winter Olympics.[5] In 2018, she became the first skater from Brazil (and all of South America) to reach the free skate at the Winter Olympics. Williams' first time competing at in Brazil was at the 2019 Brazilian Championships, held at the ice rink of the ParkShopping Canoas, an indoor shopping mall in Canoas. Matheus Figueiredo, president of the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation, stated: "The specific intention behind bringing the event to the shopping mall was to promote the sport, fostering interaction with the public and giving them the opportunity to watch an Olympian, who, for the first time in her career, was competing in Brazil."[6] When Williams announced her retirement from competitive skating in 2021, she stated that she wanted to finish her career by competing at the 2021 Brazilian Championships,[7] but injury prevented her from doing so.[8]
Medals are awarded in men's singles and women's singles at the senior and junior levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. In 2017, the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation reorganized the structure of the national championships to align with that of the ISU. This included dividing skaters into separate competitions based on their age and technical level (senior-level, junior-level, etc.), as well as adopting the ISU Judging System.[9] The Brazilian Championships were cancelled in 2020 owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]
Men's singles
| Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Rio de Janeiro | Rafael Barga | Leonardo Araújo | No other competitors | [3] |
| 2016–17 | Valmir Belangieri Jr. | [11] | |||
| 2017–18 | Gramado | No other competitors | [9] | ||
| 2018–19 | Felipe Kubo | Rafael Barga | Arthur Casado | [12][13] | |
| 2019–20 | Canoas | No men's competitors | [6] | ||
| 2020–21 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021–22 | São Paulo | Laerte Oliveira | Arthur Casado | Leonardo Araújo | |
| 2022–23 | Leonardo Araújo | Derrick Camargo | [14] | ||
| 2023–24 | Arthur Alcorte | Guilherme Ferrazzi | No other competitors | [15] | |
| 2024–25 | No other competitors | [16] | |||
| 2025–26 | Diogo da Costa | No other competitors | [17] | ||
Women's singles
| Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015–16 | Rio de Janeiro | Simone Pastusiak | Jaqueline Pastusiak | No other competitors | [3] |
| 2016–17 | Marcele Cataldo | Thalita Gomes | [11] | ||
| 2017–18 | Gramado | Deborah Bell | Simone Pastusiak | No other competitors | [9] |
| 2018–19 | Sophia Duchemin | Marcele Cataldo | [12][13] | ||
| 2019–20 | Canoas | Isadora Williams | Deborah Bell | No other competitors | [6] |
| 2020–21 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | [10] | |||
| 2021–22 | São Paulo | Deborah Bell | Ana Decottignies | No other competitors | |
| 2022–23 | Ana Decottignies | No other competitors | [14] | ||
| 2023–24 | No women's competitors | [15] | |||
| 2024–25 | Deborah Bell | No other competitors | [16] | ||
| 2025–26 | No women's competitors | [17] | |||