Nepela Memorial
| Nepela Memorial | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | ISU Challenger Series |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Venue | Ondrej Nepela Arena |
| Location(s) | Bratislava |
| Country | Slovakia |
| Inaugurated | 1993 |
| Previous event | 2024 Nepela Memorial |
| Next event | 2025 Nepela Memorial |
| Organized by | Slovak Figure Skating Association |
The Nepela Memorial (Slovak: Memoriál Ondreja Nepelu) is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted in Bratislava, Slovakia, by the Slovak Figure Skating Association (Slovak: Slovensky Krasokorčuliarsky Zväz). The competition debuted in 1993 and is named in honor of Ondrej Nepela, a former Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia and won the gold medal at the 1972 Winter Olympics. When the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the Nepela Memorial – at that point called the Ondrej Nepela Trophy – was one of the inaugural competitions. The Nepela Memorial has been a Challenge Series every year since, except for 2020 and 2021, when the competitions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance; and as part of the Challenger Series, skaters earn ISU World Standing points based on their results.
Three skaters are tied for winning the most Nepela Memorial titles in men's singles (with two each): Gabriele Frangipani of Italy, Mikhail Kolyada of Russia, and Kensuke Nakaniwa of Japan. Likewise, three skaters are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (also with two each): Evgenia Medvedeva of Russia, Zuzana Paurova of Slovakia, and Júlia Sebestyén of Hungary. Dorota Zagorska and Mariusz Siudek of Poland hold the record in pair skating (with two each). Seven teams are tied for winning the most titles in ice dance (also with two each): Agata Błażowska and Marcin Kozubek of Poland, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev or Russia, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain, Julia Golovina and Oleg Voyko of Ukraine, Nóra Hoffmann and Maxim Zavozin of Hungary, Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov or Russia, and Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi of Germany.