The Pavel Roman Memorial () is an annual ice dance competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the Czech Figure Skating Association () and the Olomouc Figure Skating Club at the Zimní stadion Olomouc in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The competition debuted in 1992 and is named in honor of Pavel Roman, who competed internationally in pair skating and ice dance for Czechoslovakia. Medals may be awarded at the senior and junior levels, although competition at every level may not be held every year due to a lack of entrants.
History
The Pavel Roman Memorial is named in honor of Pavel Roman, who competed internationally in pair skating and ice dance for Czechoslovakia. With his sister Eva Romanová, they were four-time world champions (1962–1965), two-time European champions (1964–1965), and seven-time Czechoslovak national championships (1959–1965), all in ice dance. After retiring from competitive skating, Romanová and Roman toured with Holiday on Ice. Roman died in a motorcycle crash in 1972.
The Pavel Roman Memorial was first held in 1992 in Olomouc, in what was then Czechoslovakia. It was a continuation of the November 17th Cup (), an earlier figure skating competition which dated back to 1968. It had been thirty years since Romanová and Roman won their first World Championship title, and twenty years since Roman's death. Barbara Fusar-Poli and Alberto Reani of Italy won the competition.
The dissolution of Czechoslovakia occurred on 31 December 1992, leading to the creation of two independent nations: the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The 1993 Pavel Roman Memorial was the first to be held in the newly independent Czech Republic; Bérangère Nau and Luc Monéger of France were the winners.
No competition was held from 1997 to 1999 after the Zimní stadion Olomouc was damaged during the 1997 Central European flood. The competition was also cancelled in 2017 and 2020, the latter of which was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senior medalists
+Senior event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 No competitions held due to the 1997 Central European flood 2000 2001 2002 2003 No senior-level competitors 2004 2005 No other competitors 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 No other competitors 2016 No senior-level competitors 2017 Competition cancelled 2018 No other competitors 2019 2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 No other competitors
Junior medalists While junior-level competitions were held at the Pavel Roman Memorial prior to 2002, this is earliest for which full results have been documented. +Junior event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 No junior-level competitors 2017 Competition cancelled 2018 2019 2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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External links Official website