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The Slovak Figure Skating Championships () are an annual figure skating competition organized by he Slovak Figure Skating Association () to crown the national champions of Slovakia. The senior-level championships are held in coordination with the skating federations of Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia as part of the Four Nationals Figure Skating Championships. The first Slovak Championships held after the dissolution of Czechoslovakia took place in 1993.

The Czech Skating Association and the Slovak Figure Skating Association joined their national championships in 2007. Poland joined in 2009 and Hungary in 2014. Senior-level skaters from the four nations compete at the Four Nationals Championships, and then the results are split to form national podiums for each nation. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior level, and in pair skating and ice dance at the junior level, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Junior-level singles skaters and novice-level skaters in all disciplines compete in a separate competition that is exclusive to Slovakia.

Róbert Kažimír and Marco Klepoch are tied for winning the most Slovak Championships titles in men's singles (with five each), while Zuzana Babiaková (née Paurová) holds the record for winning the most titles in women's singles (with nine). Siblings Oľga Beständigová and Jozef Beständig hold the record in pair skating (with eight), while Lukáš Csölley holds the record in ice dance (with nine), but they were not all won with the same partner.

History

The first Slovak skating club – the Bratislava Skating Club () – was founded in 1871.

In 1918, after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the First Czechoslovak Republic was established. The Skating Union of the Czechoslovak Republic was formed in 1922, which brought together both Czech and Slovak skaters. Czech and Slovak skaters competed at the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships until the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992. The Slovak Republic was established on 1 January 1993, and in June 1993, the Slovak Figure Skating Association was accepted as a full member of the International Skating Union (ISU).

The Czech Skating Association and the Slovak Figure Skating Association ran independent national championships until the 2006–07 season, when the two associations joined their national championships together as one event. The inaugural Czech and Slovak Figure Skating Championships were held in Liberec in the Czech Republic. Tomáš Verner of the Czech Republic won the men's event, while Igor Macypura was the highest ranked Slovak men's singles skater. Ivana Reitmayerová of Slovakia won the women's event, while Nella Simaová was the highest ranked Czech women's singles skater. Kamila Hájková and David Vincour of the Czech Republic were the only entrants in the ice dance event. The Czech Republic and Slovakia alternated as hosts for the combined championships until the 2008–09 season, when Poland joined and the Three Nationals Figure Skating Championships were officially formed. Since Hungary joined during the 2013–14 season, the event has been known as the Four Nationals Figure Skating Championships. Skaters from the four countries compete together and the results are split at the end of the competition to form national podiums.

Senior medalists

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Junior medalists

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pairs

Ice dance

Records

See also

* Four Nationals Figure Skating Championships
* Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships

References

External links

Slovak Figure Skating Association


History of Slovak figure skating

{{National Figure Skating Championships

Figure skating in Slovakia
Figure skating national championships