Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships | |
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Type: | National championships |
Location: | Ukraine |
Host: | Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation |
The Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships are held annually to crown the national champions of Ukraine. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation, the sport's national governing body. The competition's results are among the criteria used to determine the teams to the World Championships, World Junior Championships, European Championships, and Winter Olympics.
In 2014, the Ukrainian Figure Skating Federation hosted an international event – the 2014 Ukrainian Open – which also served as Ukraine's national championships for that year.
Vitaliy Danylchenko and Anton Kovalevski currently hold the record for the most Ukrainian Championships won in men's singles (with five each), while Olena Liashenko holds the record in women's singles (with seven) and Tatiana Volosozhar holds the record in pair skating (with five, although those were not all won while competing with the same partner). Irina Romanova and Igor Yaroshenko, and Oleksandra Nazarova and Maksym Nikitin, are tied for the most Ukrainian Championships won in ice dance (with six each).