Lukas Britschgi

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Lukas Britschgi
Britschgi at the 2020 European Championships
Born (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)
Schaffhausen, Switzerland
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Figure skating career
Country Switzerland
DisciplineMen's singles
CoachMichael Huth
Robert Dierking
Skating clubES Frauenfeld
Began skating2005
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Espoo Singles
Swiss Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Wetzikon Singles
Gold medal – first place 2019 Biel/Bienne Singles
Gold medal – first place 2021 Lucerne Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Küsnacht Singles
Silver medal – second place 2016 Lucerne Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Neuchâtel Singles

Lukas Britschgi (born 17 February 1998) is a Swiss figure skater. He is the 2023 European bronze medalist, 2023 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, a four-time ISU Challenger Series medalist (including gold at the 2023 Warsaw Cup), and a four-time Swiss national champion (2019–20, 2022, 2024). He represented Switzerland at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Personal life[edit]

Britschgi was born on February 17, 1998, in Schaffhausen, Switzerland.[1]

He has a brother and is bilingual, able to speak German and English fluently. He is also a university student, studying business administration.[2]

His figure skating idol is Stéphane Lambiel.[2]

Career[edit]

Britschgi began figure skating in 2005 at about seven years old, having been introduced to the sport by his mother who was a former ice dancer. Initially skating only for fun, he did not decide to become a competitive figure skater until around the age of fourteen.[2][3]

He debuted at the 2014–15 Swiss Junior Championships, where he won the silver medal.[4]

2015–16 season[edit]

Britschgi debuted on the 2015–16 Junior Grand Prix series, placing fifteenth at 2015 JGP Latvia. He then went on to finish fifth at the 2015 Leo Scheu Memorial, fourth at the 2015 Merano Cup, and seventh at the 2015 NRW Trophy.[4]

At the 2015–16 Swiss Junior Championships, Britschgi won the gold medal. He closed his season with a fifth place finish at the 2016 Bavarian Open.[4]

2016–17 season[edit]

Britschgi started the season on the 2016–17 Junior Grand Prix series, placing tenth at the 2016 JGP Czech Republic and thirteenth at the 2016 JGP Germany. He went on to place fourth at the 2016 Cup of Nice and thirteenth at the 2016 Tallinn Trophy.[4]

Competing at his first senior Swiss Championships, Britschgi won the silver medal. He ended his season at the 2017 Bavarian Open, where he placed tenth.[4]

2017–18 season[edit]

Prior to the season, Britschgi decided to relocate to Oberstdorf, Germany, with Michael Huth becoming his coach.[5][6][2]

Britschgi opened the season with a fifteenth-place finish at the 2017 Ondrej Nepela Trophy, a tenth-place finish at the 2017 Cup of Nice, a bronze medal at the 2017 Golden Bear of Zagreb, and a twelfth-place finish at the 2017 Warsaw Cup.[4]

He then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2017–18 Swiss Championships and closed his season with a silver medal at the 2018 Bavarian Open.[4]

2018–19 season[edit]

Britschgi opened his season at the 2018 Finlandia Trophy, finishing in eighth place. He then went on to place eighth at the 2018 Ice Star, ninth at the 2018 CS Alpen Trophy, and eighth at the 2018 Warsaw Cup.[4]

At the 2018–19 Swiss Championships, Britschgi won his first national title and was subsequently selected to represent Switzerland at the 2019 European Championships in Minsk, Belarus, and the 2019 World Championships in Saitama, Japan.[4] At the European Championships, Britschgi placed thirty-first in the short program, failing to qualify for the free skate segment of the competition and finishing thirty-first overall. He then went on to win the bronze medal at the 2019 International Challenge Cup.[4]

Britschgi concluded his season at the World Championships, where he placed thirty-fourth in the short program, not qualifying for the free skate segment of the competition and finished thirty-fourth overall.[4]

2019–20 season[edit]

Britschgi started his season by winning the bronze medal at the 2018 Golden Bear of Zagreb as well as finishing sixth at both the 2019 Volvo Open Cup and the 2019 Warsaw Cup. Britschgi then went on to win his second consecutive title at the 2019–20 Swiss Championships.[4]

At the 2020 European Championships in Graz, Austria, Britschgi finished in nineteenth place after placing twenty-second in the short program and nineteenth in the free skate. He then went on to place fourth at the 2020 International Challenge Cup.[4]

Although selected to compete at the 2020 World Championships, the event was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][7]

2020–21 season[edit]

Britschgi began the season with an eighth-place finish at the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy.[4]

Despite the 2020–21 Swiss Championships being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Britschgi was ultimately selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. He went on to place fifteenth at the event after placing seventeenth in the short program and sixteenth in the free skate. With this placement, Britschgi was able to secure one spot for Swiss men's singles skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics.[8][9]

2021–22 season[edit]

Britschgi started the season by competing at the 2021 Finlandia Trophy, the 2021 Asian Open Trophy, and the 2021 Warsaw Cup, where he placed eighth, fifth, and seventh, respectively. He then went on to win the gold medal at the 2021 NRW Trophy.[4]

At the 2021–22 Swiss Championships, Britschgi won his third national title and was subsequently named to the European, Olympic, and World team. He went on to place eleventh at the 2022 European Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, after placing thirteenth in the short program and eleventh in the free skate.[4]

At the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Britschgi managed to qualify for the free skate segment of the competition after placing twenty-fourth in the short program. In the free program, Britschgi placed twenty-third and moved up to twenty-third place overall.[4]

Shortly prior the 2022 World Championships, Britschgi tested positive for COVID-19 and was forced to withdraw from the event.[10]

2022–23 season[edit]

Britschgi began his season by finishing fifth at the 2022 Finlandia Trophy, before going on to compete at the 2022 Budapest Trophy where he won the silver medal. He then went on to make his Grand Prix series debut at 2022 Skate Canada International, where he finished sixth.[4] Shortly before the 2022 Grand Prix de France, Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan withdrew and Britschgi was called up to replace him.[11][12]

At the 2022 Warsaw Cup, Britschgi won the bronze medal after skating a clean short and free program, scoring personal bests in the process.[4] Following the event, however, he fell off his bicycle and broke his collar bone and had to five weeks off the ice to recover. As a result, Britschgi had to miss the 2022–23 Swiss Championships.[13]

Competing at the 2023 European Championships in Espoo, Finland, Britschgi placed fifth in the short program after fall on his quad toe loop attempt.[13] However, he managed to perform a near perfect free skate, placing third in that segment of the competition and winning the bronze medal. His bronze medal was the highest finish for a Swiss skater of any discipline at the European Championships in over a decade. Following the event, Britschgi said he was "relieved" to have performed so well with only four weeks of post-accident training. This placement granted two spots for Swiss men's singles skaters at the 2024 European Championships.[14]

At the 2023 World Championships in Saitama, Japan, Britschgi placed ninth in both the short and free program segments of the competition and finished in eighth place overall, scoring a new personal best free skate and combined total score in the process. 's top ten finish guaranteed two spots for Swiss men's singles skaters at the 2024 World Championships.[4][2]

2023–24 season[edit]

Britschgi began the season with two appearances on the Challenger circuit, finishing fourth at the 2023 Finlandia Trophy before winning the silver medal the next week at the 2023 Budapest Trophy.[4] At the Grand Prix, he placed fourth at the 2023 Grand Prix de France, including a third-place finish in the free skate with a new personal best score. His total score of 263.43 would have been sufficient to win the gold medal at the 2023 Skate Canada International the prior week.[15] In between Grand Prix appearances, Britschgi competed at the 2023 Warsaw Cup, winning the gold medal, his first Challenger title.[16] At the 2023 NHK Trophy, he placed third in both segments to win the bronze medal, a result he described as "amazing."[17] This was the first Grand Prix medal for a Swiss skater since Sarah Meier and Stéphane Lambiel's silver medals on the 2007–08 circuit.[18]

After winning another Swiss national title, Britschgi was assigned to the 2024 European Championships in Kaunas. He finished second in the short program, but errors in the free skate dropped him to fifth overall.[19]

Programs[edit]

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2023–2024
[20][21]
2022–2023
[3]
  • An Honourable Choice
    by Saunder Jurriaans, Danny Bensi
  • Sacrifice of Tradition
    by Ilan Eshkeri
  • Trap
    by OBC9LHKA
  • Knight / Promises
    by Saunder Jurriaans, Danny Bensi
    choreo. by Adam Solya
2021–2022
[22] 		Euphoria:
2020–2021
[8]
2019–2020
[23]
2018–2019
[6]
2017–2018
[24]
2016–2017
[25]
2015–2016
[26]

Competitive highlights[edit]

Competition placements at senior level [4]
Season 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
Winter Olympics 23rd
World Championships 34th C 15th WD 8th 6th
European Championships 31st 19th 11th 3rd 5th
GP France 7th 4th
GP NHK Trophy 3rd
GP Skate Canada 6th
CS Alpen Trophy 9th
CS Asian Open 5th
CS Budapest Trophy 2nd 2nd
CS Finlandia Trophy 8th 8th 5th 4th
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 8th
CS Nepela Memorial 15th
CS Tallinn Trophy 13th
CS Warsaw Cup 12th 8th 6th 7th 3rd 1st
Bavarian Open 10th 2nd
Challenge Cup 3rd 4th
Cup of Nice 10th
Golden Bear of Zagreb 3rd 3rd
Ice Star 8th
NRW Trophy 3rd 1st
Sofia Trophy 2nd
Volvo Open Cup 6th
Swiss Championships 2nd 3rd 1st 1st C 1st 1st
Competition placements at junior level [4][27]
Season 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
JGP Czech Republic 10th
JGP Germany 13th
JGP Latvia 15th
Bavarian Open 5th
Cup of Nice 4th
Leo Scheu Memorial 5th
Merano Cup 4th
NRW Trophy 7th
Swiss Championships 2nd 1st

Detailed results[edit]

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 274.09 2024 World Championships
Short program TSS 93.41 2024 World Championships
TES 50.93 2023 CS Warsaw Cup
PCS 42.89 2024 World Championships
Free skating TSS 180.68 2024 World Championships
TES 94.60 2024 World Championships
PCS 86.08 2024 World Championships
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 171.81 2017 CS Warsaw Cup
Short program TSS 57.51 2017 CS Warsaw Cup
TES 29.61 2016 JGP Czech Republic
PCS 30.35 2017 CS Warsaw Cup
Free skating TSS 119.99 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
TES 61.19 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy
PCS 60.80 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy

Senior level[edit]

Results in the 2016–17 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Nov 20–27, 2016 Estonia 2016 CS Tallinn Trophy 16 45.09 9 119.99 13 165.08
Dec 15–17, 2016 Switzerland 2017 Swiss Championships 4 53.99 2 116.61 2 170.60
Feb 8–12, 2017 Bulgaria 2017 Sofia Trophy 3 57.57 2 123.13 2 180.70
Feb 14–19, 2017 Germany 2017 Bavarian Open 11 55.94 8 123.43 10 179.37
Results in the 2017–18 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 21–23, 2017 Slovakia 2017 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 15 54.19 15 107.87 15 162.06
Oct 11–15, 2017 France 2017 Cup of Nice 10 61.51 10 120.59 10 182.10
Oct 26–29, 2017 Croatia 2017 Golden Bear of Zagreb 4 51.65 3 112.08 3 163.73
Nov 16–19, 2017 Poland 2017 CS Warsaw Cup 13 57.51 10 114.30 12 171.81
Dec 15–16, 2017 Switzerland 2018 Swiss Championships 1 61.88 3 113.42 3 175.30
Jan 26–31, 2018 Germany 2018 Bavarian Open 2 68.70 3 130.37 2 199.07
Results in the 2018–19 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 4–7, 2018 Finland 2018 CS Finlandia Trophy 10 68.40 8 138.36 8 206.76
Oct 18–20, 2018 Belarus 2018 Ice Star 4 69.03 10 105.89 8 174.92
Nov 11–18, 2018 Austria 2018 CS Alpen Trophy 9 62.16 9 120.11 9 182.27
Nov 23–25, 2018 Poland 2018 Warsaw Cup 10 55.52 4 121.69 8 177.21
Dec 14–16, 2018 Switzerland 2019 Swiss Championships 1 71.67 1 139.05 1 210.72
Jan 21–27, 2019 Belarus 2019 European Championships 31 55.86 – – 31 55.86
Feb 21–24, 2019 Netherlands 2019 International Challenge Cup 3 70.43 3 136.45 3 206.88
Mar 18–24, 2019 Japan 2019 World Championships 34 54.58 – – 34 54.58
Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 24–27, 2019 Croatia 2019 Golden Bear of Zagreb 6 60.41 3 126.05 3 186.46
Nov 5–10, 2019 Latvia 2019 Volvo Open Cup 4 70.05 10 123.59 6 193.64
Nov 14–17, 2019 Poland 2019 CS Warsaw Cup 7 66.60 7 122.83 6 189.43
Dec 7–8, 2019 Switzerland 2020 Swiss Championships 1 73.58 1 132.40 1 205.98
Jan 20–26, 2020 Austria 2020 European Championships 22 66.32 19 124.43 19 190.75
Feb 20–23, 2020 Netherlands 2020 International Challenge Cup 6 69.02 5 132.96 4 201.98
Results in the 2020–21 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 23–26, 2020 Germany 2020 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 11 66.63 4 143.53 8 210.16
Nov 26–29, 2020 Germany 2020 NRW Trophy 5 64.52 2 119.71 3 184.23
Mar 22–28, 2021 Sweden 2021 World Championships 17 78.27 16 147.28 15 225.55
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 7–10, 2021 Finland 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 15 65.28 8 145.81 8 211.09
Oct 13–17, 2021 China 2021 Asian Open Trophy 6 69.07 3 147.97 5 217.04
Nov 4–7, 2021 Germany 2021 NRW Trophy 1 76.42 1 142.14 1 218.56
Nov 18–21, 2021 Poland 2021 CS Warsaw Cup 6 79.34 12 134.42 7 213.76
Nov 27–28, 2021 Switzerland 2022 Swiss Championships 1 85.13 1 155.28 1 240.41
Jan 10–16, 2022 Estonia 2022 European Championships 13 72.96 11 145.95 11 218.91
Feb 8–10, 2022 China 2022 Winter Olympics 24 76.16 23 136.42 23 212.58
Results in the 2022–23 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 5–9, 2022 Finland 2022 CS Finlandia Trophy 10 66.62 4 149.80 5 216.42
Oct 13–16, 2022 Hungary 2022 CS Budapest Trophy 5 72.85 2 166.81 2 239.66
Oct 28–30, 2022 Canada 2022 Skate Canada International 8 64.35 6 148.08 6 212.43
Nov 4–6, 2022 France 2022 Grand Prix de France 9 74.25 7 148.61 7 222.86
Nov 17–20, 2022 Poland 2022 CS Warsaw Cup 2 86.51 3 167.15 3 253.66
Jan 25–29, 2023 Finland 2023 European Championships 5 79.26 3 168.75 3 248.01
Mar 22–26, 2023 Japan 2023 World Championships 9 86.18 9 171.16 8 257.34
Results in the 2023–24 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 6–8, 2023 Finland 2023 CS Finlandia Trophy 6 74.02 4 155.35 4 229.37
Oct 13–15, 2023 Hungary 2023 CS Budapest Trophy 6 77.78 1 168.34 2 246.12
Nov 3–5, 2023 France 2023 Grand Prix de France 4 86.94 3 176.49 4 263.43
Nov 15–19, 2023 Poland 2023 CS Warsaw Cup 1 91.51 3 154.71 1 246.22
Nov 24–26, 2023 Japan 2023 NHK Trophy 3 86.42 3 168.18 3 254.60
Dec 15–17, 2023 Switzerland 2024 Swiss Championships 1 93.09 1 171.80 1 264.89
Jan 10–14, 2024 Lithuania 2024 European Championships 2 91.17 10 151.29 5 242.46
Mar 18–24, 2024 Canada 2024 World Championships 5 93.41 4 180.68 6 274.09

Junior results[edit]

Results in the 2014–15 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 17–18, 2015 Switzerland 2015 Swiss Championships (Junior) 1 46.57 3 76.24 2 122.81
Results in the 2015–16 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 27–29, 2015 Latvia 2015 JGP Latvia 21 40.57 15 89.46 15 130.03
Oct 27–31, 2015 Austria 2015 Leo Scheu Memorial 3 51.09 5 93.02 5 144.11
Nov 12–15, 2015 Italy 2015 Merano Cup 2 48.72 4 89.91 4 138.63
Nov 24–29, 2015 Germany 2015 NRW Trophy 7 46.08 7 88.55 7 134.63
Jan 9–10, 2016 Switzerland 2016 Swiss Championships (Junior) 1 54.52 1 106.95 1 161.47
Feb 17–21, 2016 Germany 2016 Bavarian Open 7 51.23 3 107.60 5 158.83
Results in the 2016–17 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2016 Czech Republic 2016 JGP Czech Republic 12 53.54 10 109.49 10 163.03
Oct 5–8, 2016 Germany 2016 JGP Germany 19 48.63 12 105.65 13 154.28
Oct 19–23, 2016 France 2016 Cup of Nice 10 48.27 3 105.87 4 154.14

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