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1961 European Figure Skating Championships

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Figure skating competition
1961 European Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:January 26 – 29
Season:1961
Location:Berlin West Berlin,
American Sector
Host:Deutscher Eislauf-Verband (DEV)
Venue:Berlin Sportpalast
Champions
Men's singles:
France Alain Giletti
Ladies' singles:
Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pairs:
West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones
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The 1961 European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,[1] ladies' singles,[2] pair skating,[3] and ice dancing.[4]

The competitions took place from January 26 to 29, 1961 in West Berlin. West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, but the German Skating Association from East Germany organized the championships[1]. The event took place without the participation of skaters from the Soviet Union not because of a political boycott, but rather because an exceptionally mild winter left the Russian skaters with insufficient ice for practice in their home country. The Soviet team was also withdrawn from the originally planned World Championships for the same reason, but that tournament was subsequently cancelled after Sabena Flight 548.[5]

The defending champions in all four divisions retained their titles. In the pairs competition, however, the champions Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler faced a close battle with Margret Göbl & Franz Ningel, who had defeated them at the West German championships earlier in the season. Göbl & Ningel may have been penalized for including an illegal lift in their program.[6]

In the ladies' event, Sjoukje Dijkstra built up a lead in the compulsory figures that assured her of victory. Her free skating program was described as "exhausting". The stars of the free skating were Helli Sengstschmidt and Jana Mrázková, who both reportedly did triple salchow jumps in their programs.[6]

Alain Giletti likewise assured himself of victory by winning the figures by a large margin. All three medalists in the men's division gave fine free skating performances.[6]

Results

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Men

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Rank Name Places
1 France Alain Giletti 9
2 France Alain Calmat 11
3 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer 23
4 Austria Peter Jonas 37
5 Austria Emmerich Danzer 51.5
6 United Kingdom Robin Jones 55.5
7 West Germany Sepp Schönmetzler 65
8 East Germany Bodo Bockenauer 79
9 Austria Heinrich Podhajsky 80
10 Norway Per Kjølberg 87
11 West Germany Peter Krick 91
12 Netherlands Wouter Toledo 111
13 East Germany Michael Flebbe 112
14 Italy Giordano Abbondati 122
15 Finland Ragnar Wikström 135

Judges were

Ladies

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Rank Name Places
1 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 9
2 Austria Regine Heitzer 21
3 Czechoslovakia Jana Mrázková 26
4 Austria Karin Frohner 49
5 France Dany Rigoulot 57
6 Austria Helli Sengstschmid 58
7 Czechoslovakia Eva Grožajová 66
8 France Nicole Hassler 73
9 United Kingdom Diana Clifton-Peach 77
10 Czechoslovakia Jitka Hlaváčková 83
11 United Kingdom Anne Reynolds 85
12 West Germany Karin Gude 90
13 Switzerland Franziska Schmidt 115
14 Italy Christa Fassi 136
15 France Danièle Giraud 141
16 West Germany Ursula Barkey 147
17 Hungary Éva Csoma 162
18 Hungary Helga Zöllner 169
19 Switzerland Dorette Bek 175
20 Italy Silvana Saccozzi 178
21 East Germany Gabriele Seyfert 179
22 Italy Sandra Brugnera 188
23 East Germany Heidemarie Steiner 190
24 Netherlands Willie ten Hoopen 216

Judges were

Pairs

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Rank Name Places
1 West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 13
2 West Germany Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 14
3 East Germany Margit Senf / Peter Göbel 38.5
4 West Germany Rita Blumenberg / Werner Mensching 36
5 Austria Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl 43.5
6 Czechoslovakia Hana Dvořáková / Karel Vosátka 52.5
7 United Kingdom Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows 69.5
8 Switzerland Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 74.5
9 East Germany Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 75.5
10 East Germany Renate Rößler / Klaus Wasserfuhr 78

Judges were

Ice dance

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Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 7
2 France Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 14
3 United Kingdom Linda Shearman / Michael Philipps 25
4 United Kingdom Mary Parry / Roy Mason 26
5 Czechoslovakia Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman 33
6 West Germany Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 46
7 Italy Olga Gilardi / Germano Ceccattini 47
8 Italy Ludovica Boccacci / Gianfranco Canepa 63
9 France Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun 65
10 Czechoslovakia Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan 72
11 Hungary Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi 73
12 Austria Christel Trebesiner / Georg Felsinger 87
13 West Germany Margot Nissen / Klaus Ebel 87
14 Switzerland Marlyse Fornachon / Charly Pichard 95
15 West Germany Martha Schamberger / Hans-Jürgen Schamberger 98

Judges were

References

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  1. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011年06月03日.
  2. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013年03月03日.
  3. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007年04月12日.
  4. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013年12月05日.
  5. ^ "News from Europe", Skating magazine, March 1961
  6. ^ a b c "The European Championships", Skating magazine, May 1961

Sources

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  • Result List provided by the ISU
  • printed program of the Europeans

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