Figure Skating
- World Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
- Ladies' champion: Maria Butyrskaya, Russia
- Pairs' champions: Yelena Berezhnaya & Anton Sikharulidze, Russia
- Ice dancing champions: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov, Russia
- European Figure Skating Championships –
- Men's champion: Alexei Yagudin, Russia
- Ladies' champion: Maria Butyrskaya, Russia
- Pairs' champions: Maria Petrova & Alexei Tikhonov, Russia
- Ice dancing champions: Anjelika Krylova & Oleg Ovsyannikov, Russia
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