The Lithuanian Figure Skating Championships () are an annual figure skating competition organized by the Lithuanian Skating Federation () to crown the national champions of Lithuania. The championships originally scheduled for 1992 were cancelled when the Lithuanian government stripped all funding from the Lithuanian Skating Federation. Therefore, the first national championships held after Lithuania's independence from the Soviet Union took place in Kaunas in 1993. On two occasions, Latvia and Lithuania co-hosted joint competitions, both of which served as Lithuania's national championships.

Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels, although each discipline may not necessarily be held every year due to a lack of participants. Saulius Ambrulevičius holds the record for winning the most Lithuanian Championship titles in men's singles (with seven), a feat he accomplished before switching to ice dance, while Aleksandra Golovkina-Dolinskė holds the record in women's singles (with six). Goda Butkutė and Nikita Ermolaev hold the record in pair skating (with five); however, they are the only pairs team Lithuania has had compete at the senior level. Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas hold the record in ice dance (with twelve).

History Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1944, but finally achieved independence in August 1991. The 1992 Lithuanian Championships were cancelled when Algis Dobrovolskas, then-Deputy Prime Minister of Lithuania, ordered in April 1992 that all federal funding for the Lithuanian Skating Federation be stopped after Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas competed in ice dance at the Winter Olympics, World Championships, and European Championships, as Drobiazko was not yet a Lithuanian citizen, despite being married to a Lithuanian. In his decree, Dobrovolskas wrote that the use of "funds from the state budget of the Republic of Lithuania to support athletes from other countries and finance their participation in various competitions will not be tolerated and financed by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania". Drobiazko was ultimately granted Lithuanian citizenship in 1993 for her "merits in sport and for promoting the country's name".

Figure skating in Lithuania has been hampered by a lack of resources. In 1993, there were only two operable ice rinks in Lithuania – one in Kaunas and one in Elektrėnai – and the cost was prohibitive. The Lithuanian Skating Federation also had difficulty attracting international competitors from whom they hoped Lithuanian skaters could learn. In November 1993, the Lithuanian Skating Federation invited guest skaters from neighboring nations to fill out the national championships, because the Lithuanian team at that time featured only one man, who withdrew from the competition after the first day due to injury, four women, and one ice dance team.

In 2010 and 2017, combined championship competitions were held with Latvia. The results were separated to form national podiums for each nation.

Senior medalists

Men's singles +Senior men's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1992 Competition cancelled 1993 Kaunas Marius Joneliūnas (No records found) 1994 Andrejs Vlaščenko Marek Sząszor Vitalijus Lysenko 1995 Vaidotas Juraitis Aidas Reklys Vladislova Rudkevičius 1996 Evgenijus Kapitulecas Vaidotas Juraitis Aidas Reklys 1997 1998 1999 2000 Aidas Reklys Tomas Katukevičius 2001 Tomas Katukevičius Aidas Reklys 2002 Aidas Reklys 2003 Tomas Katukevičius Aleksandras Pirogovas 2004 2005 Mikolas Judele 2006 Aleksandras Pirogovas 2007 Saulius Ambrulevičius Aleksandras Pirogovas Viktor Silov 2008 Viktor Silov Simonas Germanavicius 2009 Kaunas 2010 Riga Girts Jekabsons No other competitors 2011 Artūras Ganžela Deividas Kizala 2012 No other competitors 2013 Kaunas No other competitors No men's competitors 2016 Artūras Ganžėla No other competitors 2017 Ventspils Deniss Vasiļjevs Gļebs Basins No other competitors No men's competitors 2024 Kaunas Daniel Korabelnik Daniel Kockers No other competitors 2025 No other competitors 2026

Women's singles +Senior women's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1992 Competition cancelled 1993 Kaunas Laurynė Slavinskaitė (No records found) 1994 Ingrida Zenkevičiūtė Natalija Sapiolkina Laurynė Slavinskaitė 1995 N. Vusovska 1996 Laurynė Slavinskaitė Ingrida Zenkevičiūtė Inesa Jurevičiūtė 1997 1998 1999 Ingrida Zenkevičiūtė 2000 Inesa Jurevičiūtė 2001 Gintarė Vostrecovaitė Julija Selepen Inesa Jurevičiūtė 2002 2003 Rūta Gajauskaitė Diana Rybalko 2004 2005 2006 Rūta Gajauskaitė Laura Iaknaviciutė Aida Rybalko 2007 Beatričė RožinskaitėAida RybalkoMarina Simonova 2008 2009 Kaunas Rimgaile Meskaitė Kotryna Karaliutė 2010 Riga Žanna Pugača Beatričė Rožinskaitė Aida Rybalko 2011 Rimgaile Meskaitė Inga Janulevičiūtė 2012 Aleksandra Golovkina Rimgaile Meskaitė 2013 Kaunas Julija Kravčenko 2014 Inga Janulevičiūtė Aleksandra Golovkina Beatričė Meilūnaitė 2015 Viltė Radzvilavičiūtė No other competitors 2016 Aleksandra Golovkina Inga Janulevičiūtė Viltė Radzvilavičiūtė 2017 Ventspils Angelīna Kučvaļska Elžbieta Kropa Deimantė Kizalaitė 2018 Kaunas Greta Morkytė No other competitors 2019 Elektrėnai Paulina RamanauskaitėElžbieta Kropa Greta Morkytė 2020 Kaunas Aleksandra Golovkina 2021 Elektrėnai Elžbieta Kropa No other competitors 2022 Kaunas Aleksandra Golovkina Selina Kaneda Sharlotė Jekabsonė 2023 Daria Afinogenova Jogailė Aglinskytė 2024 Meda Variakojytė Aleksandra Golovkina 2025 Jogailė Aglinskytė No other competitors 2026

Pairs +Senior pairs' event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze No pairs competitors prior to 2013 2013 Kaunas No other competitors 2014 2015 No pairs competitors 2016 No other competitors 2017 2018 No pairs competitors since 2018

Ice dance In August 2022, Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania, stripped Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas of their Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas – an award bestowed upon Lithuanian citizens and foreign nationals for outstanding civil and public service – after Drobiasko and Vanagas participated in an event in Russia organized by Tatiana Navka, retired ice dancer and wife of Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Nausėda stripped Drobiazko of her Lithuanian citizenship in September 2023, citing a law which allows such revocation "if the person publicly expresses support for a state that poses a threat to Lithuania or its allies' security interests." Nausėda referred to Lithuania having granted Drobiasko citizenship as a "miserable farce under the current circumstances."

+Senior ice dance event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 1992 Competition cancelled 1993 Kaunas (No records found) 1994 No other competitors 1995 No ice dance competitions 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 No other competitors 2002 No other competitors 2003 2004 No other competitors 2005 2006 2007 2008 No other competitors 2009 2010 2011 2012 No other competitors Kaunas No ice dance competitors 2016 No other competitors 2017 2018 No other competitors 2019 Elektrėnai No other competitors 2020 Kaunas 2021 Elektrėnai No other competitors 2022 Kaunas 2023 2024 No ice dance competitors 2025 No other competitors 2026 No ice dance competitors

Junior medalists Men's singles +Junior men's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 2013KaunasDeividas KizalaLaurynas VonžodasEdvinas Apitionok 2014 Laurynas Vonžodas Tadas Jakūbauskas 2015 Artūras Ganžela 2016 No junior men's competitors 2017 Ventspils Daniels Roschiks Aleksandras Chitrenko No other competitors No junior men's competitors 2020 Kaunas Andrey Mikhalchuk No other competitors 2021 Elektrėnai No junior men's competitors 2022 Kaunas Daniel Korabelnik No other competitors 2023 2024 Luka Imedashvili 2025 2026 Mantas Gryba No other competitors

Women's singles +Junior women's event medalists Year Location Gold Silver Bronze 2013 Kaunas Deimantė Kizalaitė Ugnė Pečiukaitytė Guostė Damulevičiūtė 2014 Elžbieta Kropa Dovilė Didžgalvytė 2015 Kamilė Linauskaitė 2016 Elžbieta Kropa Deimantė Kizalaitė 2017 Ventspils Elizabete Jubkāne Greta Morkytė Darja Šatibelko 2018 Kaunas Paulina Ramanauskaitė Dominyka Molevičiūtė Dovilė Didžgalvytė 2019 Elektrėnai Polina Andrejeva Selina Kaneda Dominyka Molevičiūtė 2020 Kaunas Jogailė Aglinskytė Sharlote Jekabsone 2021 Elektrėnai Marija Brejeva Darja Reginevič 2022 Kaunas Daria Afinogenova Meda Variakojytė Anna Dea Gulbiani Schmidt 2023 Meda Variakojytė Darija Reginėvič Jalizaveta Kovalova 2024 Gabriele Juskaitė Agne Ivanovaitė Gabija Pociutė 2025 Milana Siniavskytė Ema Komiciutė 2026 Milana Siniavskytė Evelina Stavickytė Agne Ivanovaitė

Ice dance Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Kaunas No junior ice dance competitors 2016 No other competitors 2017 No other competitors 2018 2019 Elektrėnai No junior ice dance competitors since 2019

Records

+ Discipline Most championship titles Skater(s) Years Men's singles 7 2007–13 Women's singles 6 2012–13;2016;2020;2022–24 Pairs 5 2013–14;2016–18 Ice dance 12 1993–2002;2005–06

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References

External links Lithuanian Skating Federation