1961 European Figure Skating Championships

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1961 European Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:January 26 – 29
Season:1961
Location: Flag of Berlin.svg West Berlin,
American Sector
Host:Deutscher Eislauf-Verband (DEV)
Venue: Berlin Sportpalast
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of France.svg Alain Giletti
Ladies' singles:
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pair skating:
Flag of Germany.svg Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Ice dance:
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 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]

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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. 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 The Soviet team was also withdrawn from the originally planned World Championships for the same reason, but that tournament was subsequently cancelled after Sabena Flight 548.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

Men

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

Judges were

Ladies

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

Judges were

Pairs

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

Judges were

Ice dance

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

Judges were

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References

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  2. "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03.
  3. "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
  4. "European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.
  5. "News from Europe", Skating magazine, March 1961
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