European Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count

Main article: European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The event is sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU) and is the sport's oldest competition. Only skaters from ISU member countries in Europe are eligible to compete.

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Ulrich Salchow of Sweden currently hold the record for the most gold medals won in men's singles (at nine), while Irina Slutskaya of Russia holds the record for the most gold medals won in women's singles (at seven). Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev from the Soviet Union hold the record for the most gold medals in pair skating (at seven), while Rodnina won another four gold medals with her previous partner Alexei Ulanov and thus holds the record for the most gold medals won by a skater in pair skating (at eleven). Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov, also from the Soviet Union, hold the record for the most gold medals won in ice dance (at six).

Men's singles

The first European Championships were held in 1891 in Hamburg, Germany, and featured one segment, compulsory figures.^[1] The 1893 European Championships were the first time the event was held under the jurisdiction of the International Skating Union (ISU), which was formed in the summer of 1892.^[2]

Ulrich Salchow from Sweden has won the most gold medals in the men's singles (at nine).^[3] The record for most back-to-back titles is held by Austrian Karl Schäfer with eight gold medals.^[4] Salchow and Schäfer also share the record for the most total medals won with Brian Joubert from France and Evgeni Plushenko from Russia (with ten medals each).^[4] Four skaters also share the record for the most silver medals won (with four): Gustav Hügel from Austria; Alain Giletti from France; and Vladimir Kovalyov and Vladimir Kotin, both from the Soviet Union.^[4] Three skaters share the record for the most bronze medals won (with four each): Karol Divín from Czechoslovakia, Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk, who completed for the Soviet Union and then Ukraine, and Brian Joubert from France.^[4]

Total medal count by nation

Ulrich Salchow has won a record nine gold medals in men's singles at the European Championships.

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.

Number of European Championship medals in men's singles by nation^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	31	17	21	69
2	Russia	14	18	11	43
3	France	14	16	10	40
4	Sweden	11	1	4	16
5	Czechoslovakia	10	7	8	25
6	Soviet Union	8	12	10	30
7	Spain	7	0	0	7
8	East Germany	4	1	3	8
9	Great Britain	3	7	7	17
10	Ukraine	3	1	3	7
11	West Germany	2	4	6	12
12	Italy	2	4	4	10
13	Hungary	2	4	3	9
14	Germany	1	10	9	20
15	Switzerland	1	5	2	8
16	Czech Republic	1	1	2	4
17	United States	1	0	0	1
18	Norway	0	3	3	6
19	CIS	0	1	1	2
	Poland	0	1	1	2
21	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	1	0	1
23	Belgium	0	0	3	3
24	Finland	0	0	2	2
25	Georgia	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		115	115	115	345

Most gold medals by skater

Karl Schäfer holds the record for the most back-to-back titles (eight) and shares the record for the most medals won in total (ten).

• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order).
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.

Top 10 ranking of men's singles skaters by gold medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Skater	Nation	Period				Total
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	1898–1913	9	–	1	10
2	Karl Schäfer	Austria	1927–1936	8	1	1	10
3	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	1998–2012	7	3	–	10
4	Javier Fernández	Spain	2013–2019	7	–	–	7
5	Willy Böckl	Austria	1913–1928	6	–	2	8
6	Alain Giletti	France	1953–1961	5	4	–	9
7	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia	1966–1973	5	–	3	8
8	Jan Hoffmann	East Germany	1973–1980	4	1	2	7
9	Alexandre Fadeev	Soviet Union	1983–1989	4	–	2	6
10	Emmerich Danzer	Austria	1963–1968	4	–	1	5

Most medals by skater

Evgeni Plushenko shares the record for the most medals won in total (ten).

• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order).
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.

Top 10 ranking of men's singles skaters by total medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Skater	Nation	Period				Total
1	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	1898–1913	9	–	1	10
2	Karl Schäfer	Austria	1927–1936	8	1	1	10
3	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	1998–2012	7	3	–	10
4	Brian Joubert	France	2002–2011	3	3	4	10
5	Alain Giletti	France	1953–1961	5	4	–	9
6	Willy Böckl	Austria	1913–1928	6	–	2	8
7	Ondrej Nepela	Czechoslovakia	1966–1973	5	–	3	8
8	Karol Divín	Czechoslovakia	1954–1964	2	2	4	8
9	Javier Fernández	Spain	2013–2019	7	–	–	7
10	Jan Hoffmann	East Germany	1973–1980	4	1	2	7

Women's singles

The women's event was first held in 1930 in Vienna, Austria. The first combined European Championships for men, women, and pairs took place in 1932 in Paris, France.

Irina Slutskaya from Russia has won the most gold medals in the women's singles (seven). Sonja Henie from Norway and Katarina Witt from East Germany share the record for most back-to-back titles (six each). The record for total medals won is held by Italian Carolina Kostner with eleven medals. The most silver medals were won by Regine Heitzer from Austria, Dagmar Lurz from West Germany and Kira Ivanova from the Soviet Union (with four each), while Anna Kondrashova from the Soviet Union, Viktoria Volchkova from Russia, and Carolina Kostner from Italy share the record for the most bronze medals (with four each).

Total medal count by nation

Irina Slutskaya has won the record seven gold medals in women's singles at the European Championships.

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.

Number of European Championship medals in women's singles by nation^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	18	17	11	46
2	East Germany	17	4	3	24
3	Austria	12	13	10	35
4	Great Britain	6	11	11	28
5	Netherlands	6	3	3	12
6	Norway	6	0	0	6
7	France	5	4	4	13
8	Italy	5	3	7	15
9	West Germany	2	6	4	12
10	Czechoslovakia	2	3	3	8
11	Switzerland	2	2	3	7
12	Canada	2	0	0	2
13	Finland	1	3	5	9
14	Hungary	1	2	3	6
15	Belgium	1	1	2	4
	Georgia	1	1	2	4
17	Soviet Union	0	7	6	13
18	Ukraine	0	3	3	6
19	Germany	0	2	4	6
20	United States	0	1	1	2
21	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
22	Sweden	0	0	2	2
Totals (22 entries)		87	87	87	261

Most gold medals by skater

Sonja Henie from Norway shares the record for most back-to-back titles with six.

• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.

Top 10 ranking of women's singles skaters by gold medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Skater	Nation	Period				Total
1	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	1996–2006	7	2	–	9
2	Katarina Witt	East Germany	1982–1988	6	1	–	7
3	Sonja Henie	Norway	1931–1936	6	–	–	6
4	Carolina Kostner	Italy	2006–2018	5	2	4	11
5	Surya Bonaly	France	1991–1996	5	1	–	6
	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands	1959–1964	5	1	–	6
7	Anett Pötzsch	East Germany	1975–1980	4	1	1	6
8	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia	1996–2002	3	2	1	6
	Cecilia Colledge	Great Britain	1933–1939	3	2	1	6
10	Gabriele Seyfert	East Germany	1966–1970	3	2	–	5

Most medals by skater

Carolina Kostner has won the most medals overall at the European Championships (eleven).

• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.

Top 10 ranking of women's singles skaters by total medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Skater	Nation	Period				Total
1	Carolina Kostner	Italy	2006–2018	5	2	4	11
2	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	1996–2006	7	2	–	9
3	Katarina Witt	East Germany	1982–1988	6	1	–	7
4	Regine Heitzer	Austria	1960–1966	2	4	1	7
5	Sonja Henie	Norway	1931–1936	6	–	–	6
6	Surya Bonaly	France	1991–1996	5	1	–	6
	Sjoukje Dijkstra	Netherlands	1959–1964	5	1	–	6
8	Anett Pötzsch	East Germany	1975–1980	4	1	1	6
9	Maria Butyrskaya	Russia	1996–2002	3	2	1	6
	Cecilia Colledge	Great Britain	1933–1939	3	2	1	6

Pairs

The first pair skating event was held in 1930 in Vienna, Austria. The first combined European Championships for men, women, and pairs took place in 1932 in Paris, France.

Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev from the Soviet Union hold the record for the most gold medals won (seven in a row). Due to missing at the 1979 European Championships in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, Rodnina and Zaitsev shares the record for the longest winning streak at back-to-back events with Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler from West Germany (with six victories each). Irina Rodnina won another four gold medals with her previous partner Alexei Ulanov and was undefeated at eleven European Championships in a row. The record for total medals won is shared by two pairs (eight each): Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov from the Soviet Union, and Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov from Russia, while Rodnina holds the record for the most total medals won by a skater in pairs (eleven). Belousova and Protopopov also share the record for the most silver medals won with Marianna and László Nagy from Hungary (with four each), while Aljona Savchenko from Germany won five silver medals but with different partners. The record for the most bronze medals is held by Sarah Abitbol and Stéphane Bernadis from France (five). Franz Ningel from West Germany also won five bronze medals, but with different partners.

Total medal count by nation

Irina Rodnina (left) has won eleven gold medals at Europeans Championships in pair skating for the Soviet Union: four with Alexei Ulanov (right) and another seven with Alexander Zaitsev.

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.

Number of European Championship medals in pair skating by nation^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	25	25	16	66
2	Russia	23	16	20	59
3	Germany	10	9	3	22
4	West Germany	8	3	7	18
5	Hungary	7	6	4	17
6	Austria	2	7	6	15
7	East Germany	2	5	12	19
8	France	2	2	6	10
9	Czechoslovakia	2	2	1	5
10	Italy	2	1	2	5
11	Great Britain	1	3	5	9
12	Switzerland	1	3	0	4
13	CIS	1	1	1	3
14	Belgium	1	0	1	2
15	Poland	0	2	3	5
16	Czech Republic	0	1	0	1
	Georgia	0	1	0	1
Totals (17 entries)		87	87	87	261

Most gold medals by pairs team

Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler were the first pairs team to win six titles at the European Championships.

• Only pair results are included in the list. Individual results in case of partner changes are marked with a note or listed separately below the table.
• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the pairs receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order by the female partner's last name.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.
• If a skater or pair has competed for multiple countries, countries are listed in chronological order (from first to last).

Top 10 ranking of pairs skaters by gold medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Female partner	Male partner	Nation	Period				Total
1	Irina Rodnina	Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	1973–1980	7	–	–	7
2	Marika Kilius[a]	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	West Germany	1959–1964	6	–	–	6
3	Tatiana Totmianina	Maxim Marinin	Russia	2001–2006	5	1	–	6
4	Maxi Herber	Ernst Baier	Germany	1935–1939	5	–	–	5
5	Ludmila Belousova	Oleg Protopopov	Soviet Union	1962–1969	4	4	–	8
6	Aljona Savchenko[b]	Robin Szolkowy	Germany	2006–2013	4	3	–	7
7	Irina Rodnina	Alexei Ulanov[c]	Soviet Union	1969–1972	4	–	–	4
	Tatiana Volosozhar	Maxim Trankov[d]	Russia	2012–2016	4	–	–	4
9	Elena Valova	Oleg Vasiliev	Soviet Union	1983–1987	3	2	–	5
10	Ekaterina Gordeeva	Sergei Grinkov	Soviet Union  Russia	1986–1994	3	1	–	4

Notes:

1. Marika Kilius won another three bronze medals with Franz Ningel (1955–1957), earning nine European medals in total.
2. Aljona Savchenko won another two silver medals with Bruno Massot (2016–2017), earning nine European medals in total.
3. Alexei Ulanov won another one silver and one bronze medal with Lyudmila Smirnova (1973–1974), earning six European medals in total.
4. Maxim Trankov won another one silver and two bronze medals with Maria Mukhortova (2008–2010), earning seven European medals in total.

One skater won three gold medals, one silver medal and three bronze medals in the pairs event, but with different partners:

• Artur Dmitriev won two gold medals and three silver medals partnered with Natalia Mishkutionok (1989–94) while representing the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Russia; and one gold medal and one silver medal partnered with Oksana Kazakova (1996–98) while representing Russia.

Most medals by pairs team

Ludmilla Belousova and Oleg Protopopov were the first pairs team to win eight medals at the European Championships.

• Only pair results are included in the list. Individual results in case of partner changes are marked with a note or listed separately below the table.
• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order).
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.

Top 10 ranking of pairs skaters by total medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Female partner	Male partner	Nation	Period				Total
1	Ludmila Belousova	Oleg Protopopov	Soviet Union	1962–1969	4	4	–	8
2	Maria Petrova	Alexei Tikhonov	Russia	1999–2007	2	2	4	8
3	Irina Rodnina[a]	Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	1973–1980	7	–	–	7
4	Aljona Savchenko[b]	Robin Szolkowy	Germany	2006–2013	4	3	–	7
5	Marianna Nagy	László Nagy	Hungary	1949–1957	2	4	1	7
6	Evgenia Tarasova	Vladimir Morozov	Russia	2015–2022	2	3	2	7
7	Sarah Abitbol	Stéphane Bernadis	France	1996–2003	–	2	5	7
8	Marika Kilius[c]	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler	West Germany	1959–1964	6	–	–	6
9	Tatiana Totmianina	Maxim Marinin	Russia	2001–2006	5	1	–	6
10	Maxi Herber	Ernst Baier	Germany	1935–1939	5	–	–	5

Notes:

1. Irina Rodnina won another four golds with Alexei Ulanov (1969–1972), earning a total of eleven medals, all of which were gold.
2. Aljona Savchenko won another two silver medals with Bruno Massot (2016–2017), earning nine European medals in total.
3. Marika Kilius won another three bronze medals with Franz Ningel (1955–1957), earning nine European medals in total.

Four skaters won a total of more than five medals in the pairs event, but with different partners:

• Artur Dmitriev won three gold medals, one silver medal, and three bronze medals: two gold medals and three silver medals partnered with Natalia Mishkutionok (1989–94) while representing the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States and Russia; and one gold medal and one silver medal partnered with Oksana Kazakova (1996–98) while representing Russia.
• Maxim Trankov from Russia won four gold medals partnered with Tatiana Volosozhar (2012–16) and one silver medal and two bronze medals partnered with Maria Mukhortova (2008–10).
• Alexei Ulanov from the Soviet Union won four gold medals partnered with Irina Rodnina (1969–72) and one silver medal and a bronze medal partnered with Lyudmila Smirnova (1973–74).
• Franz Ningel from West Germany won one silver medal and five bronze medals: three bronze medals partnered with Marika Kilius (1955–57) and one silver medal and two bronze medals partnered with Margret Göbl (1960–62).

Ice dance

Ice dance is the most recent of the four disciplines at the European Figure Skating Championships. It was first held in 1954 in Bolzano, Italy.^[5]

Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov from the Soviet Union hold the record for the most gold medals won (six). Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron from France hold the longest winning streak at back-to-back events with five. Courtney Jones from Great Britain won five European Championships in a row as well, but with different partners. The record for total medals won is shared by three ice dance teams (with eight each): Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov, Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov, and Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, who all competed for the Soviet Union (although Klimova and Ponomarenko represented the Commonwealth of Independent States at their last competition in 1992). Klimova and Ponomarenko also shares the record for the most silver medals won with six other ice dance teams (with three each): Angelika and Erich Buck from West Germany, Irina Moiseeva and Andrei Minenkov from the Soviet Union, Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin (who represented the Soviet Union, the Commonwealth of Independent States and then Russia), Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov from Russia, Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte from Italy, and Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev from Russia. British ice dancers Janet Sawbridge and Yvonne Suddick also won three silver medals, but each of them with different partners. The record for the most bronze medals is held by Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karponosov from the Soviet Union (five).

Total medal count by nation

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.

Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov have won the most gold medals in ice dance at the European Championships (six).

Number of European Championship medals in ice dance by nation^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	18	14	14	46
2	Great Britain	17	17	18	52
3	Russia	15	13	14	42
4	France	11	8	7	26
5	Italy	4	7	3	14
6	Czechoslovakia	2	1	2	5
7	West Germany	1	3	1	5
8	CIS	1	1	1	3
9	Finland	1	0	2	3
10	Hungary	0	2	2	4
	Ukraine	0	2	2	4
12	Bulgaria	0	2	1	3
13	Lithuania	0	0	3	3
Totals (13 entries)		70	70	70	210

Most gold medals by ice dance team

With five gold medals and six medals total, Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron are the most successful ice dance team at the European Championships in the 21st century.

• Only teams' results are included in the list. Individual results in the case of partner changes are listed separately below the table.
• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the teams receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order by the female partner's last name.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.
• If a skater or team has competed for multiple countries, countries are listed in chronological order (from first to last).

Top 10 ranking of ice dance teams by gold medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Female partner	Male partner	Nation	Period				Total
1	Lyudmila Pakhomova	Aleksandr Gorshkov	Soviet Union	1969–1976	6	1	1	8
2	Natalia Bestemianova	Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	1982–1988	5	2	–	7
3	Gabriella Papadakis	Guillaume Cizeron	France	2015–2020	5	1	–	6
4	Marina Klimova	Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union  CIS	1984–1992	4	3	1	8
5	Jayne Torvill	Christopher Dean	Great Britain	1981–1994	4	–	–	4
	Diane Towler	Bernard Ford	Great Britain	1966–1969	4	–	–	4
7	Oksana Grishuk	Evgeni Platov	CIS  Russia	1992–1998	3	2	1	6
8	Tatiana Navka	Roman Kostomarov	Russia	2003–2006	3	–	1	4
9	Doreen Denny	Courtney Jones[a]	Great Britain	1959–1961	3	–	–	3
10	Irina Moiseeva	Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union	1976–1982	2	3	2	7

Notes:

1. Courtney Jones won another two gold medals and one bronze medal with June Markham (1956–1958), earning five gold medals and six European medals in total.

Most medals by ice dance team

Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko shares the record for the most total medals (eight).

• Only teams' results are included in the list. Individual results in the case of partner changes are listed separately below the table.
• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the team receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order by the female partner's last name.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.
• If a skater or couple has competed for multiple countries, countries are listed in chronological order (from first to last).

Top 10 ranking of ice dance teams by total medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Female partner	Male partner	Nation	Period				Total
1	Lyudmila Pakhomova	Aleksandr Gorshkov	Soviet Union	1969–1976	6	1	1	8
2	Marina Klimova	Sergei Ponomarenko	Soviet Union  CIS	1984–1992	4	3	1	8
3	Natalia Linichuk	Gennadi Karponosov	Soviet Union	1974–1981	2	1	5	8
4	Natalia Bestemianova	Andrei Bukin	Soviet Union	1982–1988	5	2	–	7
5	Irina Moiseeva	Andrei Minenkov	Soviet Union	1976–1982	2	3	2	7
6	Gabriella Papadakis	Guillaume Cizeron	France	2015–2020	5	1	–	6
7	Oksana Grishuk	Evgeni Platov	CIS  Russia	1992–1998	3	2	1	6
8	Ekaterina Bobrova	Dmitri Soloviev	Russia	2011–2018	1	3	2	6
	Maya Usova	Alexander Zhulin	Soviet Union  CIS  Russia	1989–1994	1	3	2	6
10	Marina Anissina	Gwendal Peizerat	France	1998–2002	2	2	1	5

Two more skaters won a total of six medals in the ice dance event, but with different partners:

• Courtney Jones from Great Britain won five gold medals and one silver medal: two gold medals and one silver medal while partnered with June Markham (1956–58) and three gold medals while partnered with Doreen Denny (1959–61).
• Janet Sawbridge from Great Britain won three silver medals and three bronze medals: two silver medals and one bronze medal while partnered with David Hickinbottom (1963–65), one silver medal and one bronze medal while partnered with Jon Lane (1968–69), and one bronze medal while partnered with Peter Dalby (1972).

Overall

Irina Rodnina is the most decorated figure skater at the European Championships with eleven gold medals.

• The table only shows the period of the achievement, not all participation at the European Championships.

Medal records across all four disciplines at the European Figure Skating Championships^[4]

Achievement	Record	Skater	Nation	Discipline	Period
Most gold medals	11	Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1980
Most silver medals	5	Aljona Savchenko	Germany	Pairs	2006–2017
Most bronze medals	5	Franz Ningel	West Germany	Pairs	1955–1962
		Gennadi Karponosov	Soviet Union	Ice dance	1974–1981
		Natalia Linichuk
		Sarah Abitbol	France	Pairs	1996–2001
		Stéphane Bernadis
Most overall medals	11	Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1980
		Carolina Kostner	Italy	Women's singles	2006–2018
Most wins at back-to-back events	10	Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1978

Total medal count by nation

With seven gold medals in men's singles event, Javier Fernández from Spain is one of the most decorated figure skaters at the European Championships.

• Countries that no longer participate are indicated in italics.

Total number of European Championship medals by nation^[4]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	70	64	56	190
2	Soviet Union	51	58	46	155
3	Austria	45	37	37	119
4	France	32	30	27	89
5	Great Britain	27	38	41	106
6	East Germany	23	10	18	51
7	Czechoslovakia	16	13	14	43
8	West Germany	13	16	18	47
9	Italy	13	15	16	44
10	Germany	11	21	16	48
11	Sweden	11	1	6	18
12	Hungary	10	14	12	36
13	Spain	7	0	0	7
14	Netherlands	6	3	3	12
	Norway	6	3	3	12
16	Switzerland	4	10	5	19
17	Ukraine	3	6	8	17
18	Finland	2	3	9	14
19	CIS	2	3	3	8
20	Belgium	2	1	6	9
21	Canada	2	0	0	2
22	Georgia	1	2	3	6
23	Czech Republic	1	2	2	5
24	United States	1	1	1	3
25	Poland	0	3	4	7
26	Bulgaria	0	2	1	3
27	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Israel	0	1	0	1
	Yugoslavia	0	1	0	1
30	Lithuania	0	0	3	3
31	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 entries)		359	359	359	1,077

Most gold medals by skater

With six gold medals and seven medals in total, Katarina Witt is the one of the most successful European figure skaters in women's singles event.

• If the number of gold medals is identical, the silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the skaters receive the same placement and are sorted in alphabetical order.
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.

Top 10 ranking of skaters by gold medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Skater	Nation	Discipline	Period				Total
1	Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1980	11	–	–	11
2	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	Men's singles	1898–1913	9	–	1	10
3	Karl Schäfer	Austria	Men's singles	1927–1936	8	1	1	10
4	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	Men's singles	1998–2012	7	3	–	10
5	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	Women's singles	1996–2006	7	2	–	9
6	Javier Fernández	Spain	Men's singles	2013–2019	7	–	–	7
	Alexander Zaitsev	Soviet Union	Pairs	1973–1980	7	–	–	7
8	Aleksandr Gorshkov	Soviet Union	Ice dance	1969–1976	6	1	1	8
	Lyudmila Pakhomova
10	Katarina Witt	East Germany	Women's singles	1982–1988	6	1	–	7

Most medals by skater

Carolina Kostner shares the overall record of the European Championships with eleven medals.

• If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order).
• The table only shows the period from the first to the last won medal, not all participation at the European Championships.

Top 10 ranking of skaters by total medals won at the European Championships^[4]

No.	Skater	Nation	Discipline(s)	Period				Total
1	Irina Rodnina	Soviet Union	Pairs	1969–1980	11	–	–	11
2	Carolina Kostner	Italy	Women's singles	2006–2018	5	2	4	11
3	Ulrich Salchow	Sweden	Men's singles	1898–1913	9	–	1	10
4	Karl Schäfer	Austria	Men's singles	1927–1936	8	1	1	10
5	Evgeni Plushenko	Russia	Men's singles	1998–2012	7	3	–	10
6	Ernst Baier	Germany	Men's singles	1931–1939	5	3	2	10
			Pairs
7	Brian Joubert	France	Men's singles	2002–2011	3	3	4	10
8	Irina Slutskaya	Russia	Women's singles	1996–2006	7	2	–	9
9	Marika Kilius	West Germany	Pairs	1955–1964	6	–	3	9
10	Alain Giletti	France	Men's singles	1953–1961	5	4	–	9

References

1. "History of Figure Skating". Lausanne, Switzerland: International Skating Union. 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
2. Hines (2015), p. 50
3. "Ulrich Salchow". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. Müller, Stephan. "Sportstatistik / Sports Statistics: Eiskunstlauf / Figure Skating". sport-record.de. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
5. Hines (2011), p. 83

Works cited

• Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.
• Hines, James R. (2015). Figure Skating in the Formative Years: Singles, Pairs, and the Expanding Role of Women. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-03906-5.

See also

• World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count
• Four Continents Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count