The Israeli Figure Skating Championships is a
figure skating competition
A figure skating competition is a judged sports competition in figure skating.
Types of figure skating competitions
International
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held annually to crown the
national champions
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of
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Winners are given the title of National Champion. Over the years, the date of the competition has been moved for regional political reasons or for the lack of ice. Nationals are mostly held in the Canada Centre in
Metulla
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. The levels of the nationals are senior, junior, novice, and age groups. The disciplines of competition are
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
. Some years some disciplines are not held because there are no skaters in those disciplines. The competition is held by the Israel Ice Skating Federation, which was founded in 1990. It joined the
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Net ...
as a full member in 1993.
.
Senior medalists
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Junior medalists
Men
Ladies
Ice dancing
Novice medalists
Men
Ladies
Ice dancing
References
External links
Israeli skating federation2008–09 results
{{National Figure Skating Championships
Figure skating national championships
Figure skating in Israel