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Crystal Skate of Romania

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Crystal Skate of Romania
Logo of the Crystal Skate of Romania
StatusActive
GenreInternational competition
FrequencyAnnual
CountriesRomania Romania
Inaugurated1999
Organized byRomanian Skating Federation

The Crystal Skate of Romania is an annual figure skating competition organized by the Romanian Skating Federation (Romanian: Federatia romana de patinaj). The inaugural competition took place in January 2000 in Miercurea Ciuc, and featured skaters from only Estonia, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, as well as Romania.[1] Since 2000, the Romanian Figure Skating Championships have occasionally been held in conjunction with the Crystal Skate of Romania.[2] The top Romanian competitors are recognized as the Romanian national champions.[3] Beginning in 2011, events for junior-level men and women were added.[4]

Medals are awarded in men's and women's singles at the senior and junior levels, although each discipline may not necessarily be held every year due to a lack of participants. Gheorghe Chiper of Romania holds the record for winning the most Crystal Skate titles in men's singles (with five), while Roxana Luca and Julia Sauter, also of Romania, are tied for winning the most Crystal Skate titles in women's singles (with three each).

Senior results

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Maurizio Zandron at the 2014 World Championships
Lara Naki Gutmann at the 2025 Skate America
The 2022 Crystal Skate of Romania champions (from left to right): Maurizio Zandron of Austria (men's singles) and Lara Naki Gutmann of Italy (women's singles)

Men's singles

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Senior men's event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999–2000 Miercurea-Ciuc Estonia Alexei Kozlov Romania Gheorghe Chiper Romania Cornel Gheorghe [5]
2000–01 Bucharest Romania Gheorghe Chiper Bulgaria Hristo Turlakov Romania Balint Miklos [6]
2001–02 France Thierry Cerez Ukraine Oleksandr Smokvin [7]
2002–03 Hungary Zoltán Tóth Switzerland Patrick Meier [8]
2003–04 Miercurea-Ciuc Ukraine Anton Kovalevski Finland Mikko Minkkinen [9]
2004–05 Bucharest Romania Gheorghe Chiper Ukraine Anton Kovalevski Slovenia Gregor Urbas [10]
2005–06 Russia Alexander Shubin France Samuel Contesti [11]
2006–07 No competition held
2007–08 Galați France Yoann Deslot France Mark Vaillant Ukraine Alexei Bychenko [12]
2008–09 Poland Przemysław Domański Ukraine Alexei Bychenko France Mark Vaillant [13]
2009–10 Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson Sweden Adrian Schultheiss France Chafik Besseghier [14]
2010–11 Brașov France Chafik Besseghier Romania Zoltán Kelemen Switzerland Mikael Redin [15]
2011–12 Belgium Jorik Hendrickx Romania Zoltán Kelemen [4]
2012–13 Philippines Michael Christian Martinez Romania Zoltan Kelemen Italy Paolo Bacchini [16]
2013–14 Romania Zoltan Kelemen Kazakhstan Abzal Rakimgaliev Italy Maurizio Zandron [17]
2014–15 No men's competitors [18]
2015–16 Finland Tomi Pulkkinen Romania Dorjan Kecskes No other competitors [19]
2016–17 Miercurea-Ciuc Romania Dorjan Kecskes No other competitors [20]
2017–18 OtopeniFrance Philip Warren Romania Dorjan Kecskes No other competitors [21]
2018–19 Slovakia Marco Klepoch Austria Manuel Drechsler Romania Andrei Tanase [22]
2019–20 No competition held
2020–21 Bucharest Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [23]
2021–22 Otopeni [24]
2022–23 Bucharest Austria Maurizio Zandron Italy Emanuele Indelicato Bulgaria Filip Kaimakchiev [25]
2023–24 Competition cancelled [26]
2024–25 Otopeni Bulgaria Beat Schümperli Bulgaria Alexander Zlatkov Bulgaria Larry Loupolover [27]
2025–26 No men's competitors [28]

Women's singles

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Senior women's event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1999–2000 Miercurea-Ciuc Romania Roxana Luca Switzerland Martine Adank Netherlands Marion Krijgsman [5]
2000–01 Bucharest Italy Claudia di Constanzo Romania Simona Pungă [6]
2001–02 Italy Lea Bottacini Ukraine Olha Orlova [7]
2002–03 Finland Miia Marttinen Italy Vanessa Giunchi Hungary Viktória Pavuk [8]
2003–04 Miercurea-Ciuc Hungary Viktória Pavuk Finland Tytti Tervonen Romania Simona Pungă [9]
2004–05 Bucharest Ukraine Galina Maniachenko Romania Roxana Luca Romania Roxana Simionescu [10]
2005–06 France Nadège Bobillier Bulgaria Sonia Radeva [11]
2006–07 No competition held
2007–08 Galați France Chloé Depouilly Bulgaria Sonia Radeva Romania Roxana Luca [12]
2008–09 Italy Stefania Berton Ukraine Iryna Movchan Hungary Viktória Pavuk [13]
2009–10 Hungary Júlia Sebestyén Austria Kerstin Frank Japan Shoko Ishikawa [14]
2010–11 Brașov Norway Anne Line Gjersem Turkey Sıla Saygı Austria Kerstin Frank [15]
2011–12 Estonia Jelena Glebova Estonia Gerli Liinamäe Japan Kana Muramoto [4]
2012–13 Italy Roberta Rodeghiero Norway Anine Rabe Romania Sabina Măriuţă [16]
2013–14 France Laurine Lecavelier Italy Francesca Rio Norway Anine Rabe [17]
2014–15 Romania Julia Sauter Italy Carol Bressanutti South Korea Kwak Min-jeong [18]
2015–16 South Korea Kim Tae-kyung United Kingdom Frances Howell United Kingdom Michelle Callison [19]
2016–17 Miercurea-Ciuc Romania Julia Sauter No other competitors [20]
2017–18 Otopeni Poland Elżbieta Gabryszak Finland Sallianna Öztürk Finland Karolina Luhtonen [21]
2018–19 Bulgaria Alexandra Feigin Romania Julia Sauter Czech Republic Eliška Březinová [22]
2019–20 No competition held
2020–21 Bucharest Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [23]
2021–22 Otopeni [24]
2022–23 Bucharest Italy Lara Naki Gutmann Romania Julia Sauter Lithuania Aleksandra Golovkina [25]
2023–24 Competition cancelled [26]
2024–25 Otopeni Romania Julia Sauter Italy Elena Agostinelli Czech Republic Eliška Březinová [27]
2025–26 Finland Olivia Lisko Israel Mariia Dmitrieva Poland Marietta Atkins [28]

Ice dance

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Senior ice dance event medalists
Season Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2012–13 Brașov
  • Russia
 [16]

Junior medalists

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Men's singles

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Junior men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011–12 Brașov United Kingdom Jamie Whiteman Turkey Osman Akgün United Kingdom Charles Parry-Evans [4]
2012–13 Turkey Osman Akgün Switzerland Nicola Todeschini Norway Sondre Oddvoll Boe [16]
2013–14 Norway Sondre Oddvoll Bøe Germany Genki Suzuki Italy Giorgio Settembrini [17]
2014–15 Armenia Slavik Hayrapetyan Italy Carlo Vittorio Palermo Italy Alessandro Fadini [18]
2015–16 Ukraine Mikhail Medunitsa Ukraine Olexander Khilinichenko United Kingdom Ruaridh Fisher [19]
2016–17 Miercurea-Ciuc United Kingdom Ruaridh Fisher No other competitors [20]
2017–18 Otopeni Italy Nikolaj Memola [21]
2018–19 No junior men's competitors [22]
2019–22 No competitions held
2022–23 Bucharest Romania Christian-Stephan Nainer Italy Tommaso Barison Romania Tudor Dominic Andrei [25]
2023–24 Competition cancelled [26]
2024–25 Otopeni Israel Nikita Sheiko Israel Kirill Sheiko United Kingdom Jack Donovan [27]
2025–26 Czech Republic Jakub Tykal Austria Daniel Ruis Denmark Wendell Hansson-Östergaard [28]

Women's singles

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Junior women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011–12 Brașov Sweden Rebecka Emanuelsson Austria Anna Hoffmann Kazakhstan Regina Glazman [4]
2012–13 United Kingdom Amani Fancy Italy Guia Tagliapietra Switzerland Laure Nicodet [16]
2013–14 Germany Nicole Schott Italy Chiara Calderone Finland Vilma Lehtinen [17]
2014–15 Netherlands Daisy Vreenegoor Kazakhstan Regina Glazman Netherlands Lena Slagter [18]
2015–16 Romania Julia Sauter United Kingdom Suzi Murray Australia Yancey Chan [19]
2016–17 Miercurea-Ciuc United Kingdom Morgan Swales Romania Zselyke Aletta Kenéz Romania Cristina Mihaela Silca[20]
2017–18 Otopeni Italy Anna Memola Romania Ana Sofia Beschea Sweden Emma Kivioja [21]
2018–19 Bulgaria Ivelina Baicheva Bulgaria Maria Levushkina Italy Esther Schwarz [22]
2019–22 No competitions held
2022–23 Bucharest United Kingdom Arabella Sear-Watkins Ukraine Anastasiia Vasylchenko Romania Tara Maria Ienciu [25]
2023–24 Competition cancelled [26]
2024–25 Otopeni Italy Amanda Ghezzo Israel Simona Tkachman Italy Chiara Minighini [27]
2025–26 Estonia Maria Eliise Kaljuvere Georgia (country) Inga Gurgenidze Czech Republic Jana Horcicková [28]

Ice dance

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Junior ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
2011–12 Brașov
  • Hungary
  • Tamara Turóczi
  • Dániel Majer
 No other competitors [4]

Records

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Gheorghe Chiper at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Julia Sauter at the 2025 World Championships
From left to right: Gheorghe Chiper of Romania won five Crystal Skate titles in men's singles, while Julia Sauter of Romania has won three Crystal Skate titles in women's singles.
Records
Discipline Most championship titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles 5 2001–03;
2005–06		 [29]
Women's singles 3 2000–02 [30]
2015;
2017;
2025		 [31]
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Cumulative medal count (senior medalists)

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Men's singles

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Total number of Crystal Skate medals in men's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania75416
2 France4239
3 Bulgaria1225
 Ukraine1225
5 Austria1102
 Sweden1102
7 Slovakia1023
8 Finland1012
9 Estonia1001
 Philippines1001
 Poland1001
12 Hungary0202
13 Italy0123
14 Belgium0101
 Kazakhstan0101
 Russia0101
17 Switzerland0022
18 Slovenia0011
Totals (18 entries)20191958

Women's singles

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Total number of Crystal Skate medals in women's singles by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania63514
2 Italy3609
3 Finland2215
4 Ukraine2114
5 France2103
6 Hungary2024
7 Bulgaria1113
 Norway1113
9 Estonia1102
10 Poland1012
 South Korea1012
12 Austria0112
 Great Britain0112
14 Israel0101
 Switzerland0101
 Turkey0101
17 Czech Republic0022
 Japan0022
19 Lithuania0011
 Netherlands0011
Totals (20 entries)22212164

Total medals

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This table includes one gold medal and one silver medal each for Russia, and one bronze medal for Hungary, from the ice dance competition in 2012.

Total number of Crystal Skate medals by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Romania138930
2 France63312
3 Italy37212
4 Ukraine3339
5 Finland3227
6 Bulgaria2338
7 Hungary2237
8 Estonia2103
9 Poland2013
10 Austria1214
11 Russia1203
12 Norway1113
13 Sweden1102
14 Slovakia1023
15 South Korea1012
16 Philippines1001
17 Switzerland0123
18 Great Britain0112
19 Belgium0101
 Israel0101
 Kazakhstan0101
 Turkey0101
23 Czech Republic0022
 Japan0022
25 Lithuania0011
 Netherlands0011
 Slovenia0011
Totals (27 entries)434141125

References

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  1. ↑ Ionescu, Mirela (15 January 2000). "Patinaj artistic" [Figure skating]. Pro Sport (in Romanian). p. 10. Retrieved 19 May 2026 – via Arcanum Newspapers.
  2. ↑ "Events and Results of the 2000/01 Season". The Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "Results Archive". Romanian Skating Federation (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 13 March 2026. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2011 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 26 August 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 "2000 Crystal Skate of Romania". The Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 25 June 2007. Retrieved 25 June 2007.
  6. 1 2 "2000 Crystal Skate of Romania". The Figure Skating Corner. Archived from the original on 1 April 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  7. 1 2 "2001 Crystal Skate". Tracings. Archived from the original on 21 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  8. 1 2 "2002 Crystal Skate". Tracings. Archived from the original on 21 April 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Patinaj artistic: Cupa Patina de Cristal şi campionatele naţionale de seniori" [Figure skating: Crystal Skate Cup and national senior championships]. Adevărul Harghitei (in Romanian). 26 November 2003. p. 6-a. Retrieved 19 May 2026 – via Arcanum Newspapers.
  10. 1 2 "Patine de cristal" [Crystal Skate]. Pro Sport (in Romanian). 6 December 2004. p. 12. Retrieved 19 May 2026 – via Arcanum Newspapers.
  11. 1 2 "Patinaj artistic: Gheorghe Chiper – două titluri" [Figure skating: Gheorghe Chiper – two titles]. Adevărul Harghitei (in Romanian). 8 November 2005. p. 2-a. Retrieved 19 May 2026 – via Arcanum Newspapers.
  12. 1 2 "2007 Crystal Skate of Romania". Tracings. Archived from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  13. 1 2 "Galacon versenyeztek a műkorcsolyázók" [Figure skaters compete in Galac]. Csíki Hírlap (in Hungarian). 18 November 2008. p. 9. Retrieved 19 May 2026 – via Arcanum Newspapers.
  14. 1 2 Fülöp, Zoltán (3–9 December 2009). "Sebestyén Júlia sikere Romániában" [Júlia Sebestyén's success in Romania]. Új Kelet (in Hungarian). p. 13. Retrieved 21 May 2026 – via Arcanum Newspapers.
  15. 1 2 "2010 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 26 August 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 "2012 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 1 September 2025. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  17. 1 2 3 4 "2013 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 21 May 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "2014 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "2015 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 "2016 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "2017 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
  22. 1 2 3 4 "2018 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 25 January 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  23. 1 2 "Cancelled – 2020 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 21 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  24. 1 2 "Cancelled – 2021 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 21 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  25. 1 2 3 4 "2022 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 19 August 2025. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  26. 1 2 3 4 "Cancelled – 2023 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 21 May 2026. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
  27. 1 2 3 4 "2024 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 22 August 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  28. 1 2 3 4 "2026 Crystal Skate of Romania". Skating Scores. Archived from the original on 21 May 2026. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
  29. ↑ "Gheorghe Chiper – ROU Romania". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  30. ↑ "Competition Results – Roxana Luca". International Skating Union. 24 July 2010. Archived from the original on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  31. ↑ "Competition Results – Julia Sauter (ROU)". International Skating Union. 21 May 2026. Archived from the original on 26 March 2026. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
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