Lithuanian Figure Skating Championships

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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.

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

In 2010 and 2017, combined championship competitions were held with Latvia. 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

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Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1992 Competition cancelled [2]
1993 Kaunas Marius Joneliūnas [7]
1994 Latvia Andrejs Vlaščenko (Latvia) Poland Marek Sząszor (Poland) Belarus 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
2002 Aidas Reklys[10]
2003 Tomas Katukevičius Aleksandras Pirogovas
2004
2005 Mikolas Judele
2006 Aleksandras Pirogovas
2007 Saulius Ambrulevičius[12] Aleksandras Pirogovas Viktor Silov
2008 Viktor Silov Simonas Germanavicius
2009 Kaunas
2010 Latvia Riga Latvia Girts Jekabsons (Latvia) No other competitors [13]
2011 Artūras Ganžela Deividas Kizala
2012 No other competitors
2013 Deividas Kizala Laurynas Vonžodas
2014 Kaunas No men's competitors [14]
2015 [15]
2016 Artūras Ganžėla No other competitors [16]
2017 Latvia Ventspils Latvia Deniss Vasiļjevs (Latvia)[a] Latvia Gļebs Basins (Latvia)[a] No other competitors [17]
2018 No men's competitors
2019 Elektrėnai Belarus Alexander Lebedev (Belarus) No other competitors [18]
2020–23 No men's competitors
2024 Kaunas Daniel Korabelnik Daniel Kockers No other competitors [19]
2025 No other competitors [20]
2026 [21]
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Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1992 Competition cancelled [2]
1993 Kaunas Laurynė Slavinskaitė [7]
1994 Ingrida Zenkevičiūtė Belarus Natalija Sapiolkina (Belarus) Laurynė Slavinskaitė [5]
1995 Latvia 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
2002
2003 Rūta Gajauskaitė Diana Rybalko
2004
2005
2006 Rūta Gajauskaitė Laura Iaknaviciute Aida Rybalko
2007 Beatričė Rožinskaitė Aida Rybalko Marina Simonova
2008
2009 Kaunas Rimgaile Meskaite Kotryna Karaliute
2010 Latvia Riga Latvia Žanna Pugača (Latvia)[b] Beatričė Rožinskaitė[b] Aida Rybalko [13]
2011 Rimgaile Meskaite Inga Janulevičiūtė
2012 Inga Janulevičiūtė Rimgaile Meskaite Beatričė Meilūnaitė
2013 Aleksandra Golovkina Inga Janulevičiūtė Julija Kravcenko
2014 Kaunas Inga Janulevičiūtė Aleksandra Golovkina Beatričė Meilūnaitė [14]
2015 Viltė Radzvilavičiūtė No other competitors [15]
2016 Aleksandra Golovkina Inga Janulevičiūtė Viltė Radzvilavičiūtė [16]
2017 Latvia Ventspils Latvia Angelīna Kučvaļska (Latvia)[c] Elžbieta Kropa[c] Deimantė Kizalaitė [17]
2018 Kaunas Greta Morkytė No other competitors [22]
2019 Elektrėnai Paulina Ramanauskaitė Greta Morkytė [18]
2020 Kaunas Aleksandra Golovkina [23]
2021 Elektrėnai Elžbieta Kropa No other competitors [24]
2022 Kaunas Aleksandra Golovkina Selina Kaneda Latvia Sharlote Jekabsone (Latvia) [25]
2023 Darija Afinogenova Jogailė Aglinskytė [26]
2024 Meda Variakojytė Aleksandra Golovkina [19]
2025 Jogailė Aglinskytė No other competitors [20]
2026 [21]
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Pairs

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Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1992 Competition cancelled [2]
1993–94 Kaunas No pairs competitors
1995
1996 No pairs competitors [9]
1997
1998
1999
2000–12 No pairs competitors
2013
No other competitors
2014 Kaunas [14]
2015
2016 [16]
2017 [27]
2018 Kaunas [22]
2019–26 No pairs competitors since 2018
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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."[28]

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Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1992 Competition cancelled [2]
1993 Kaunas [7]
1994
  • Latvia
  • 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
2002 No other competitors
2003
  • Clover Zatzman
  • Aurimas Radisauskas
2004
No other competitors
2005
2006
  • Clover Zatzman
  • Aurimas Radisauskas
2007
2008 No other competitors
2009
  • Alissandra Aronow
  • Aleksandr Pirogov
2010
  • Tautvyde Mockute
  • Gediminas Barkauskas
2011
  • Teresaa Vellrath
  • Aleksandr Pirogov
  • Ilona Birgelaitė
  • Aivaras Starvinskas
2012
  • Ilona Birgelaitė
  • Aivaras Starvinskas
 No other competitors
2013 No other competitors
2014 Kaunas No ice dance competitors [14]
2015 No other competitors
2016 [16]
2017 [27]
2018 Kaunas
No other competitors [22]
2019 Elektrėnai No other competitors [18]
2020 Kaunas [23]
2021 Elektrėnai No other competitors [24]
2022 Kaunas [29]
2023–26 No ice dance competitors since 2022
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  1. [a]
    There was no 2017 Lithuanian Champion in the men's event since both of the competitors were from Latvia.
  2. [b]
    Beatričė Rožinskaitė was the 2010 Champion in the women's event since Žanna Pugača, the first-place finisher, was from Latvia.
  3. [c]
    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

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Junior men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2014 Kaunas Laurynas Vonžodas Tadas Jakūbauskas Edvinas Apitionok [14]
2015 Artūras Ganžela [15]
2016 No junior men's competitors [16]
2017 Latvia Ventspils Latvia Daniels Roschiks (Latvia)[a] Aleksandras Chitrenko[a] No other competitors [17]
2018–19 No junior men's competitors
2020 Kaunas Belarus Andrey Mikhalchuk (Belarus) No other competitors [23]
2021 Elektrėnai No junior men's competitors [24]
2022 Kaunas Daniel Korabelnik No other competitors [25]
2023 [26]
2024 Luka Imedashvili [19]
2025 [20]
2026 Mantas Gryba No other competitors [21]
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Women's singles

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2014 Kaunas Deimantė Kizalaitė Elžbieta Kropa Dovilė Didžgalvytė [14]
2015 Kamilė Linauskaitė [15]
2016 Elžbieta Kropa Deimantė Kizalaitė [16]
2017 Latvia Ventspils Latvia Elizabete Jubkāne (Latvia)[b] Greta Morkytė[b] Latvia Darja Šatibelko (Latvia)[b] [17]
2018 Kaunas Paulina Ramanauskaitė Dominyka Molevičiūtė Dovilė Didžgalvytė [22]
2019 Elektrėnai Latvia Polina Andrejeva (Latvia) Selina Kaneda Dominyka Molevičiūtė [18]
2020 Kaunas Jogailė Aglinskytė Latvia Sharlote Jekabsone (Latvia) [23]
2021 Elektrėnai Marija Brejeva Darja Reginevič [24]
2022 Kaunas Daria Afinogenova Meda Variakojytė Georgia (country) Anna Dea Gulbiani Schmidt (Georgia) [25]
2023 Meda Variakojytė Darja Reginevič Yelyzaveta Kovalova [26]
2024 Gabriele Juskaite Agne Ivanovaite Gabija Pociute [19]
2025 Milana Siniavskytė Ema Komiciute [20]
2026 Milana Siniavskytė Evelina Stavickytė Agne Ivanovaite [21]
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Ice dance

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Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2014 Kaunas No junior ice dance competitors [14]
2015 [15]
2016
  • Jogailė Žilionytė
  • Luca Morini
 No other competitors [16]
2017 No other competitors [27]
2018 Kaunas
  • Swantje Brandt
  • Edvinas Apitionok
 [22]
2019 Elektrėnai
[18]
2020–26 No junior ice dance competitors
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  1. [a]
    Aleksandras Chitrenko was the 2017 Junior Champion in the men's event since Daniels Roschiks, the first-place finisher, was from Latvia.
  2. [b]
    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

Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas at the 2001 Grand Prix Final
Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas won twelve Lithuanian Championship titles in ice dance.
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Records
Discipline Most championship titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles 7 2007–13 [30]
Ice dance 12 1993–2002;
2005–06
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