Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships

The First Czechoslovak Republic was established in 1918 after the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Skating Union of the Czechoslovak Republic (; ) was formed in 1922, bringing together Czechs and Slovaks in both figure skating and speed skating. After "a break of several years", The first indoor ice rink in Czechoslovakia was built on Štvanice in Prague in 1932, establishing Prague as the skating center of Czechoslovakia. Skating lagged in Slovakia until the construction of an artificial ice rink in Bratislava. The Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union was established in 1945 to foster cooperation between Czech and Slovak skaters. However, the 1993 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships had already been held in Hradec Králové earlier in December. Many Czechoslovak medalists went on to compete successfully for the newly independent nations: Kateřina Beránková, Radka Kovaříková, Lenka Kulovaná, René Novotný, Jaroslav Suchý, and Irena Zemanová for the Czech Republic; and Pavol Poráč, Viera Poráčová, Zaneta Štefániková, and Rastislav Vnučko for Slovakia. == Senior medalists ==

Men's singles Ondrej Nepela, eight-time Czechoslovak national champion, died in 1989 at the age of 38. The Ondrej Nepela Memorial premiered in 1993, and is held annually at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia. Nepela was named the Slovak Athlete of the Century in 2000. Women's singles Pairs Ice dance Pavel Roman, seven-time Czechoslovak champion in ice dance with his sister Eva Romanová, died in a motorcycle crash in 1972. In 1992, the Olomouc Figure Skating Club debuted the Pavel Roman Memorial – a competition exclusively for ice dance – in Olomouc, in what was then Czechoslovakia. Since the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, this competition has continued annually in the Czech Republic. ;Notes == Records ==