2015–16 national figure skating championships

National figure skating championships of the 2015–16 season took place mostly between November 2015 and January 2016. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

2015–16 national figure skating championships
Type:	National
Season:	2015–16
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Competitions

Key

Nationals

Qualifying

Date	Event	Type	Level	Disc.	Location	Refs
2015
September 23–27	New Zealand Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	M/L/D	Auckland, New Zealand	[1]
November 21–23	Japan Junior Championships	Nat.	Junior	M/L/D	Ibaraki, Japan	[2]
November 27–29	Icelandic Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	L	Reykjavík, Iceland	[3]
Nov. 28 – Dec. 4	Australian Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	All	Penrith, Australia	[4]
December 1–2	Philippine Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	All	Manila, Philippines	[5]
December 1–6	British Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	All	Sheffield, England	[6]
December 2–6	Skate Canada Challenge	Qual.	Sen.-Nov.	All	Edmonton, AB, Canada	[7]
December 9–10	Serbian Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	L	Belgrade, Serbia	[8]
December 10–13	Swedish Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	M/L	Helsingborg, Sweden	[9]
December 11–12	Swiss Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Jun.	All	Lausanne-Prilly, Switzerland	[10]
December 11–13	Belarusian Championships	Nat.	Senior	All	Minsk, Belarus	[11]
December 11–13	Danish Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Nov.	M/L/D	Tarnby, Denmark	[12]
December 11–13	Estonian Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Jun.	M/L/D	Tallinn, Estonia	[13]
December 12–13	German Championships	Nat.	Senior	All	Essen, Germany	[14]
December 12–13	Latvian Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	M/L	Riga, Latvia	[15]
December 12–13	Slovenian Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	M/L/D	Celje, Slovenia	[16]
December 16–18	Austrian Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	All	Innsbruck, Austria	[17]
December 16–19	Italian Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Jun.	All	Turin, Italy	[18]
December 17–19	French Championships	Nat.	Senior	All	Épinal, France	[19]
December 18–20	Finnish Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Jun.	M/L/D	Finland	[20]
December 18–20	Ukrainian Championships	Nat.	Senior	All	Kyiv, Ukraine	[21]
December 18–20	Four Nationals Championships (Czech, Slovak, Polish, Hungarian)	Nat.	Sen.–Jun.	All	Třinec, Czech Republic	[22]
December 18–20	Bulgarian Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Nov.	M/L/D	Sofia, Bulgaria	[23]
December 18–20	Turkish Championships	Nat.		All	İzmir, Turkey	[24]
December 19–20	Spanish Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Nov.	All	San Sebastián, Spain	[25]
December 23–27	Russian Championships	Nat.	Senior	All	Yekaterinburg, Russia	[26]
December 24–27	Japan Championships	Nat.	Senior	All	Hokkaido, Japan	[2]
December 26–27	Chinese Championships	Nat.	Senior	All	Harbin, China	[27]
2016
January 6–10	German Junior Championships	Nat.	Jun.–Nov.	All	Berlin, Germany	[14]
January 8–10	South Korean Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Jun.	All	Seoul, South Korea
January 15–24	U.S. Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	All	Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.	[28]
January 18–24	Canadian Championships	Nat.	Sen.-Nov.	All	Halifax, NS, Canada	[7]
January 19–21	Ukrainian Junior Champ.	Nat.	Junior	All	Kyiv, Ukraine	[21]
January 21–23	Russian Junior Championships	Nat.	Junior	All	Chelyabinsk, Russia	[26]
February 5–7	Norwegian Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Nov.	M/L	Bergen, Norway	[29]
February 26–28	French Junior Championships	Nat.	Junior		Poitiers, France	[19]
March 5–6	Dutch Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Nov.	M/L	The Hague, Netherlands	[30]
March 19–20	Croatian Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Nov.	M/L	Zagreb, Croatia	[31]
April 12–13	Hong Kong Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Nov.	All	Hong Kong, China	[32]
April 15–16	Malaysian Championships	Nat.	Sen.–Nov.	M/L	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	[33]
May 28–29	Cyprus Championships	Nat.	Jun.–Nov.	M/L	Limassol, Cyprus	[34]
Levels: Sen. = Senior; Jun. = Junior; Nov. = Novice Disciplines: M = Men's singles; L = Ladies' singles; P = Pair skating; D = Ice dancing; All = All four disciplines

Medalists

Men

Men
Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Refs
Australia	Brendan Kerry	Andrew Dodds	Jordan Dodds	[4]
Austria	Mario-Rafael Ionian	Manuel Koll	Albert Mück	[17]
Belarus	Aliaksei Mialiokhin	Pavel Ignatenko	Yakau Zenko	[11]
Belgium
Bulgaria	Yasen Petkov	—		[23]
Canada	Patrick Chan	Liam Firus	Kevin Reynolds	[7]
China	Jin Boyang	Song Nan	Zang Wenbo	[27]
Czech Republic	Michal Březina	Jiří Bělohradský	Petr Kotlařík	[22]
Denmark	Keiran Richard Araza	—		[12]
Estonia	Daniil Zurav	Aleksandr Selevko	Jegor Zelenjak	[13]
Finland	Valtter Virtanen	Roman Galay	Matthias Versluis	[20]
France	Chafik Besseghier	Florent Amodio	Simon Hocquaux	[19]
Germany	Franz Streubel	Paul Fentz	Niko Ulanovsky	[14]
Hong Kong	Leslie Man Cheuk Ip	Harry Hau Yin Lee	Kwun Hung Leung	[32]
Hungary	Alexander Maszljanko	Alexander Borovoj	Máté Böröcz	[35]
Israel
Italy	Ivan Righini	Matteo Rizzo	Maurizio Zandron	[18]
Japan	Yuzuru Hanyu	Shoma Uno	Takahito Mura	[2]
Malaysia	Julian Zhi Jie Yee	Kai Xiang Chew	—	[33]
Netherlands	Thomas Kennes	Michel Tsiba	Florian Gostelie	[30]
Norway	Sondre Oddvoll Bøe	—		[29]
Philippines
Poland	Igor Reznichenko	Patrick Myzyk	Krzysztof Gała	[36]
Romania
Russia	Maxim Kovtun	Mikhail Kolyada	Alexander Petrov	[26]
Slovakia	Michael Neuman	Jakub Kršňák	Marco Klepoch	[37]
Slovenia	David Kranjec	—		[16]
South Korea	Lee June-hyoung	Kim Jin-seo	Cha Jun-hwan
Spain	Javier Fernández	Felipe Montoya	Javier Raya	[25]
Sweden	Ondrej Spiegl	Illya Solomin	Trevor Bergqvist	[9]
Switzerland	Stéphane Walker	Nicola Todeschini	Nicolas Dubois	[10]
Turkey	Engin Ali Artan	Ali Demirboğa	Burak Demirboğa	[24]
Ukraine	Ivan Pavlov	Yaroslav Paniot	Mykhailo Medunytsya	[21]
United Kingdom	Phillip Harris	Peter-James Hallam	Jamie Wright	[6]
United States	Adam Rippon	Max Aaron	Nathan Chen	[28]

Ladies

Ladies
Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Refs
Australia	Kailani Craine	Brooklee Han	Chantelle Kerry	[4]
Austria	Kerstin Frank	Belinda Schönberger	Lara Nikola Roth	[17]
Belarus	Janina Makeenka	Daria Batura	Mariya Saldakaeva	[11]
Belgium
Bulgaria	Hristina Vassileva	Daniela Stoeva	Elizaveta Makarova	[23]
Canada	Alaine Chartrand	Gabrielle Daleman	Kaetlyn Osmond	[7]
China	Zhao Ziquan	Li Xiangning	Jiao Yunya	[27]
Czech Republic	Eliška Březinová	Michaela Lucie Hanzlíková	Anna Dušková	[22]
Denmark	Daria Podtelejnikova	—		[12]
Estonia	Helery Hälvin	Elizaveta Leonova	Kristina Škuleta-Gromova	[13]
Finland	Anni Järvenpää	Jenni Saarinen	Juulia Turkkila	[20]
France	Maé-Bérénice Méité	Laurine Lecavelier	Alizée Crozet	[19]
Germany	Lutricia Bock	Nathalie Weinzierl	Nicole Schott	[14]
Hungary	Ivett Tóth	Fruzsina Medgyesi	Júlia Bátori	[35]
Israel
Italy	Giada Russo	Roberta Rodeghiero	Sara Casella	[18]
Japan	Satoko Miyahara	Wakaba Higuchi	Mao Asada	[2]
Netherlands	Niki Wories	Mila Morelissen	Nicolien van Beek	[30]
New Zealand	Allie Rout	Sarah MacGibbon	—	[1]
Norway	Anne Line Gjersem	Camilla Gjersem	Jemima Rasmuss	[29]
Philippines
Poland	Aleksandra Rudolf	Agnieszka Rejment	Colette Kaminski	[36]
Romania
Russia	Evgenia Medvedeva	Elena Radionova	Anna Pogorilaya	[26]
Serbia	Antonina Dubinina	Jovana Tomović	—	[8]
Slovakia	Nicole Rajičová	Alexandra Hagarová	Nina Letenayová	[37]
Slovenia	Daša Grm	Naja Ferkov	Urša Krušec	[16]
South Korea	You Young	Choi Da-bin	Lim Eun-soo
Spain	Sonia Lafuente	Marta García	—	[25]
Sweden	Joshi Helgesson	Isabelle Olsson	Matilda Algotsson	[9]
Switzerland	Tanja Odermatt	Shaline Rüegger	Yasmine Yamada	[10]
Turkey	Birce Atabey	Sıla Saygı	Sinem Kuyucu	[24]
Ukraine	Anastasia Hozhva	Anna Khnychenkova	Daria Hozhva	[21]
United Kingdom	Danielle Harrison	Zoe Wilkinson	Nina Povey	[6]
United States	Gracie Gold	Polina Edmunds	Ashley Wagner	[28]

Pairs

Pairs
Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Refs
Australia	Paris Stephens / Matthew Dodds	—		[4]
Austria	Miriam Ziegler / Severin Kiefer	—		[17]
Belarus	Tatiana Danilova / Mikalai Kamianchuk	—		[11]
Canada	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau	Lubov Iliushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch	[7]
China	Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei	Sui Jiaying / Yang Yongchao	Zhao Ying / Jie Zhong	[27]
France	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	Camille Mendoza / Pavel Kovalev	No other competitors	[19]
Germany	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert	Minerva-Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert	[14]
Hungary	Anna Marie Pearce / Mark Magyar	—		[35]
Israel
Italy	Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek	Bianca Manacorda / Niccolò Macii	[18]
Japan	Sumire Suto / Francis Boudreau-Audet	Marin Ono / Wesley Killing	Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara	[2]
Russia	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	[26]
South Korea	Ji Min-ji / Themistocles Leftheris	—
Spain	Marcelina Lech / Aritz Maestu	—		[25]
Switzerland	Alexandra Herbríková / Nicolas Roulet	Ioulia Chtchetinina / Noah Scherer	—	[10]
Turkey	Çağla Demirsal / Berk Akalın	—		[24]
Ukraine	Renata Ohanesian / Mark Bardei	Anastasia Pobizhenko / Dmytro Sharpar	—	[21]
United Kingdom	Amani Fancy / Christopher Boyadji	—		[6]
United States	Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran	[28]

Ice dance

Ice dance
Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Refs
Australia	Emily Pike / Patrick Adderley	—		[4]
Austria	Barbora Silná / Juri Kurakin	—		[17]
Belarus	Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev	—		[11]
Canada	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette	[7]
China	Zhao Yue / Zheng Xun	Chen Hong / Zhao Yan	Zhang Yiyi / Wu Nan	[27]
Estonia	Marina Elias / Denis Koreline	—		[13]
Finland	Cecilia Törn / Jussiville Partanen	Olesia Karmi / Max Lindholm	—	[20]
France	Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron	Lorenza Alessandrini / Pierre Souquet	Péroline Ojardias / Michael Bramante	[19]
Germany	Kavita Lorenz / Panagiotis Polizoakis	Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck	Aurelija Ippolito / Bennet Preiss	[14]
Israel
Italy	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Misato Komatsubara / Andrea Fabbri	[18]
Japan	Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed	Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion	Ibuki Mori / Kentaro Suzuki	[2]
Poland	Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev	—		[36]
Russia	Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev	Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov	Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin	[26]
Slovakia	Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley	—		[37]
South Korea	Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov	Min Yura / Alexander Gamelin	Lee Ho-jung / Richard Kang-in Kam
Spain				[25]
Switzerland	Katarina Paice / Iurii Ieremenko	—		[10]
Ukraine	Valeria Haistruk / Oleksiy Oliynyk	Anzhelika Yurchenko / Volodymyr Byelikov	Maria Holubtsova / Kyryl Bielobrov	[21]
United Kingdom	Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland	Carter Jones / Richard Sharpe	Eleanor Hirst / Jordan Barrett	[6]
United States	Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	[28]