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Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
Recurring figure skating competition From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Hungarian Figure Skating Championships (Hungarian: Magyarország évi Műkorcsolyázó Bajnoksága) are an annual figure skating competition organized by the Hungarian National Skating Federation (Hungarian: Magyar Országos Korcsolyázó Szövetség) to crown the national champions of Hungary. The first official Hungarian Championships were held in 1900 in Budapest and consisted of events in speed skating and figure skating. Men and women competed in the same event until 1924, when a separate women's event was held. Pair skating was added in 1928 and ice dance in 1949. There were periodic interruptions early on, especially during World War I, but the championships have been held without interruption since 1946. Since 2014, the senior-level championships, as well as the junior-level pairs and ice dance championships, have been held in conjunction with the skating federations of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia as part of the Four Nationals Figure Skating Championships. Junior-level singles skaters and novice-level skaters in all disciplines compete in a separate competition that is exclusive to Hungary.
Medals are awarded 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. László Vajda currently holds the record for winning the most Hungarian Championship titles in men's singles (with ten), while Júlia Sebestyén holds the record in women's singles (with nine). Marianna Nagy and László Nagy hold the record in pair skating (with eight), and Krisztina Regőczy and András Sallay hold the record in ice dance (with nine).
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The first official Hungarian Championships were held in 1900 in Budapest and consisted of events in speed skating and figure skating.[1] National skating competitions in Hungary have almost exclusively been held in Budapest. Men and women competed in the same championship event until 1924, when a separate women's event was added.[2] Pair skating was added in 1928,[3] and ice dance in 1949.[4] There were periodic interruptions early on, especially during World War I, but the championships have been held without interruption since 1946.
Hungary currently holds its senior-level championships, as well as its junior-level pairs and ice dance championships, as part of the Four Nationals Figure Skating Championships. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1992, 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 championships together as one event.[5] 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 formed.[6] Since the addition of Hungary during the 2013–14 season, the event has been known as the Four Nationals Figure Skating Championships.[7] The four nations rotate as hosts, while skaters from the four countries compete together and the results are then split at the end of the competition to form national podiums.[8]
In 2021, Hungary held their own national championships when the COVID-19 pandemic made travel to the 2021 Four Nationals Championships in Cieszyn, Poland, unfeasible.[9]
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From left to right: Aleksandr Vlasenko, three-time Hungarian champion in men's singles; Mariia Ignateva and Danijil Szemko, four-time Hungarian champions in ice dance; Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko, two-time Hungarian champions in pair skating; and Ivett Tóth, six-time Hungarian champion in women's singles
Singles
Prior to the establishment of a separate event for women in 1924, men and women competed in the same event.[2]
Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
Ice dance
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Junior medalists
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Women's singles
Pairs
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Records
From left to right: Júlia Sebestyén has won nine Hungarian Championship titles in women's singles; and Marianna Nagy and László Nagy have won eight Hungarian Championship titles in pair skating.
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