Gabriele "Gaby" Seyfert is a German former figure skater. She is a two-time World champion, and the 1968 Olympic silver medalist.
Jutta Müller was a German figure skater and one of the most successful figure skating coaches worldwide.
Heidemarie Steiner married Walther, is a German figure skating coach and former competitor. She competed in pair skating and ladies singles.
Blue Swords is an international figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union. It is usually held in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Champions of the event win the Blue Swords Trophy.
SC Karl-Marx-Stadt was a sports club located at Karl-Marx-Stadt in the German Democratic Republic.
Ursula "Uschi" Keszler is a figure skating coach and choreographer and a former competitor for West Germany.
Ralph Borghard is a German former figure skater who represented East Germany for most of his career. He is the 1963 Blue Swords champion and a three-time East German national champion. His best result at an ISU Championship, sixth, came at the 1966 European Championships.
The 1968 World Figure Skating Championships were held in Geneva, Switzerland from February 27 to March 3. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The ISU representative was John R. Shoemaker from the USA and the ISU Technical Delegate was Elemér Terták from Hungary.
The 1964 Prague Skate was a senior international figure skating competition held in Czechoslovakia in December 1964. It was the inaugural edition of the annual international event. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Czechoslovakia took the top two spots in the ice dancing competition, with gold going to the reigning world champions Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman. A future Olympic champion, Ondrej Nepela of Czechoslovakia, won the men's title ahead of East Germany's Günter Zöller. The reigning European bronze medalist, Nicole Hassler of France, took the ladies' title by defeating East Germany's Gabriele Seyfert, a future Olympic medalist, and former European medalist Jana Mrázková of Czechoslovakia.
The 1983 Blue Swords was a senior international figure skating competition in East Germany. Skaters from fourteen countries participated at the competition in East Berlin. The competition was held November 23–26 1983. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating. Boris Uspenski won the men's title for the Soviet Union. Janina Wirth and Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert won gold for East Germany in the ladies' and pairs' categories, respectively.
Blue Swords was a senior international figure skating competition in East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.
The 1970 Blue Swords was an international figure skating competition organized in East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating. It was the tenth edition of the annual event and included skaters from ten countries. East Germany won all three categories, with Jan Hoffmann taking the men's title, Sonja Morgenstern winning the ladies' event, and Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann becoming the pair champions.
The 1969 Blue Swords was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. East Germany's Günter Zöller won his fourth consecutive Blue Swords title, defeating the Soviet Union's Vladimir Kovalev and teammate Jan Hoffmann. East Germans swept the ladies' podium, led by Sonja Morgenstern.
The 1968 Blue Swords was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. East Germany's Günter Zöller won his third consecutive title by defeating the Soviet Union's Valeri Meshkov and Vladimir Kurenbin. His teammate, Sonja Morgenstern, won her first Blue Swords title, outscoring Austria's Eva Kriegelstein. The Soviet Union's Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov won the ice dancing title for the second year in a row.
The 1967 Blue Swords was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. East Germany's Günter Zöller outscored the Soviet Union's Vladimir Kurenbin for gold in the man's category. East Germans swept the ladies' podium, led by Beate Richter, who won her first gold medal at the event after three previous podium results. Soviet ice dancers Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov defeated the defending champions, Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger of East Germany, who had beaten them a year earlier.
The 1966 Blue Swords was an international senior-level figure skating competition organized in Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. East German national champion Günter Zöller won the first of his four consecutive Blue Swords titles, defeating Czechoslovakia's Marian Filc and West Germany's Reinhard Ketterer. East Germans swept the ladies' and pairs' podiums, led by Gabriele Seyfert, who won her fourth straight gold medal at the event, and Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther. Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger won gold ahead of the Soviet Union's Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov and British duo Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw.
Blue Swords is a senior level international figure skating competition organized in East Germany. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.
The Blue Swords began as a senior international figure skating competition in East Germany. First time in 1984 the competition was organised only for junior skaters. The 1985 edition was held November 21–23 in East-Berlin. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.
The Blue Swords began as a senior international figure skating competition in East Germany. First time in 1984 the competition was organised only for junior skaters. The 1986 edition was held November 13–15 in Karl-Marx-Stadt. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.
The Blue Swords was an international figure skating competition in East Germany. First time in 1984 the competition was organised only for junior skaters. The 1987 edition with participants from twenty countries was held November 11–14 in East-Berlin. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles and pair skating.
Ralph Borghard (GDR)
