Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships
The Bulgarian Figure Skating Championships are a competition held annually to determine the national champions of Bulgaria. 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 Bulgarian Skating Federation, the sport's governing body.
History
[edit]Bulgaria's national governing body was established on 16 September 1949 and initially included ice hockey.[1] The first Bulgarian figure skaters to compete internationally were Aleksandr Penchev,at the 1966 Winter Universiade and Emil Dimitrov, at the 1966 Prague Skate.[2] Bulgaria joined the International Skating Union in 1967.[3]
Evelina Panova competed at the inaugural World Junior Championships (1976).[1] Over the next seven years, Bulgaria debuted at the European Championships in three disciplines — Margarita Dimitrova in women's singles (1979), Boyko Aleksiev in men's singles (1980), and Hristina Boyanova and Yavor Ivanov in ice dance (1983). In 1984, Boyanova and Ivanov became the first figure skaters to represent Bulgaria at the Olympics. A year later, figure skating and ice hockey were split into separate federations.[2]
Senior medalists
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]Women's singles
[edit]Pairs
[edit]Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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1990 | |||||
1991 | |||||
1992 | |||||
1993 | Sofia | ||||
1994 | Sofia | ||||
1995 | Sofia | ||||
1996 | Sofia | ||||
1997 | Sofia | N. Vlahova / A. Korchuchanov | |||
1998 | |||||
1999 | |||||
2000 | |||||
2001 | |||||
2002–03 | Rumiana Spassova / Stanimir Todorov | No other competitors | |||
2003–04 | Rumiana Spassova / Stanimir Todorov | ||||
2004–05 | Rumiana Spassova / Stanimir Todorov | ||||
2005–06 | Rumiana Spassova / Stanimir Todorov | ||||
2006–07 | Nina Ivanova / Leri Kenchadze | ||||
2008–09 | Nina Ivanova / Filip Zalevski | ||||
2009–10 | Sofia | Nina Ivanova / Filip Zalevski | Alexandra Goncharuk / Leri Kenchadze | No other competitors | |
2010–11 | |||||
2011–12 | |||||
2012–13 | |||||
2013–14 | Sofia | Elizaveta Makarova / Leri Kenchadze | No other competitors | [4] | |
2014–15 | Sofia | Elizaveta Makarova / Leri Kenchadze | [5] |
Ice dance
[edit]Junior medalists
[edit]Men's singles
[edit]Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2023 | Sofia | Rosen Peev | Alexander Kachamakov | No other competitors | [12] |
2024 | Dean Mihaylov | Yoanis Apostou | Alexander Kachamakov | [13] | |
2025 | Dean Mihaylov | Rosen Peev | Kalojan Nalbantov | [14] |
Women
[edit]Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2014 | Sofia | Alexandra Feigin | Paolina Popova | Monika Yordanova | [4] |
2015 | Alexandra Feigin | Teodora Markova | Simona Arnaudova | [5] | |
2023 | Chiara Hristova | Krista Georgieva | Marina Nikolova | [12] | |
2024 | Chiara Hristova | Leilah Patten | Lia Lyubenova | [13] | |
2025 | Lia Lyubenova | Chiara Hristova | Krista Georgieva | [14] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Bulgarian Skating Federation Celebrated its 50th Jubilee". Bulgarian Skating Federation. September 2001. Archived from the original on 30 September 2008.
- ^ a b "История на фигурното пързаляне в България" [History of figure skating in Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). allsports.bg. 7 March 2010. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014.
- ^ "Bulgarian Skating Federation". International Skating Union.
- ^ a b c d "Results: 2013–14 season". Bulgarian Skating Federation. 22 December 2013. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ a b c d "Results: 2014–15 season". Bulgarian Skating Federation. 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2014.
- ^ a b "National Championships 18 - 20.12.2015". December 2015.
- ^ a b "National Championships 16 - 18.12.2016". December 2016.
- ^ a b "National Championships 19 - 21.12.2017". December 2017.
- ^ a b "National Championships 16 - 18.11.2018". December 2018.
- ^ a b "National Championship 29.11 - 01.12.2019". December 2019.
- ^ a b "National Championships 26 - 28.11.2021". December 2021.
- ^ a b c d "National Championships 15-18 December 2022". December 2022.
- ^ a b c d "National Championships 14-17 December 2023". December 2023.
- ^ a b c d "2025 Bulgarian Nationals". SkatingScores. Retrieved 23 December 2024.