2008 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
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The 2008 Hungarian Figure Skating Championships were the Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
Hungarian Figure Skating Championships
The Hungarian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Hungary. Skaters compete in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing...

 of the 2007-2008 figure skating season
Figure skating season
The figure skating season is the period of time in which competitions are contested in the sport of figure skating. The skating season begins on July 1 of one year and goes until the end of June of the next. The seasons are referred to by the years they span...

. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, pairs
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

 on the senior level for the title of national champion of Hungary
Hungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

. The results of the national championships were used to choose the Hungarian teams to the 2008 World Figure Skating Championships
2008 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2008 World Figure Skating Championships was the World Figure Skating Championships of the 2007–2008 figure skating season. The World Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The event was open to figure skaters...

 and the 2008 European Figure Skating Championships
2008 European Figure Skating Championships
The 2008 European Figure Skating Championships were European Figure Skating Championships of the 2007–2008 season. Skaters competed in the categories of men's singles, ladies singles, pairs, and ice dancing....

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The 2008 Championships took place on January 10, 2008 in Budapest
Budapest
Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

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Men

Rank Name Nation Points SP FS
Free skating
The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...

1 Tigran Vardanjan
Tigran Vardanjan
Tigran Vardanjan is a Russian figure skater who competes internationally for Hungary. He is the 2007-2009 Hungarian national champion.He is coached by his parents, Gurgen Vardanjan and Jeranjak Ipakjan...

AST 116.41 1 1
2 Márk Magyar HUN 102.71 2 2


Ladies

Rank Name Nation Points SP FS
Free skating
The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...

1 Júlia Sebestyén
Julia Sebestyen
Júlia Sebestyén is a Hungarian figure skater. She is the 2004 European Champion and 2002-2010 Hungarian national champion. At the 2004 European Figure Skating Championships, she became the first Hungarian woman to win the European title...

TSE 165.13 1 1
2 Katherine Hadford
Katherine Hadford
Katherine "Kati" Hadford is a Hungarian-American figure skater who skates internationally for Hungary. She is the 2008 & 2010 Hungarian national silver medalist and three time bronze medalist.-Personal life:...

JÉG 128.68 3 2
3 Viktória Pavuk
Viktoria Pavuk
Viktória Pavuk is a Hungarian figure skater. She is the 2011 National Champion and two-time Hungarian national silver medalist....

MTK 120.04 2 3
4 Chelsea-Rose Chiappa MIS 94.82 5 4
5 Bianka Pádár BSP 92.46 4 5
6 Annamária Szolga JÉG 67.62 6 6

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Points SP FS
Free skating
The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...

1 Natalie Ganem / Kristóf Trefil MIS 99.64 1 1

Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation Points CD OD
Original dance
The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

FD
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

1 Krisztina Barta
Krisztina Barta
Krisztina Barta is a Hungarian ice dancer. She competes with Ádám Tóth. They are the 2008 Hungarian national champions, three time competitors on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, and two time competitors at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.-Navigation:...

 / Ádám Tóth
Ádám Tóth
Ádám Tóth is a Hungarian ice dancer. He competes with Krisztina Barta. They are the 2008 Hungarian national champions, three time competitors on the Junior Grand Prix circuit, and two time competitors at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships.Tóth is not related to fellow Hungarian skater...

TAN 141.51 1 1 1
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