1970 Prague Skate

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1970 Prague Skate
Date: November 13 – 15
Season: 1970–1971
Location: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Ľudmila Bezáková  (TCH)
Ladies' singles:
Flag of Germany.svg  Klaus Grimmelt  (FRG)
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The 1970 Prague Skate was a senior international figure skating competition held 13–15 November 1970 in Czechoslovakia. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles. West German national champion Klaus Grimmelt obtained gold in the men's event while the Soviet Union's Vladimir Kovalev, a future Olympic medalist, took the silver medal. Czechoslovakia's Ľudmila Bezáková won the ladies' title in a competition featuring skaters from a dozen countries.

The Prague Skate is an international figure skating competition. It was a senior event from the 1960s to 1997, usually held in November or December in Prague. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. Since 1999, it is organized in some years as part of the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

A figure skating competition is a judged sports competition in figure skating.

Czechoslovakia 1918–1992 country in Central Europe, predecessor of the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Czechoslovakia, or Czecho-Slovakia, was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.

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Results

Men

RankName [1] Nation
1 Klaus Grimmelt Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
2 Vladimir Kovalev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
3 Stefano Bargauan Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
4 Zdeněk Pazdírek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
5 Josef Schneider Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
6 František Pechar Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
7 Jozef Žídek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
8 Gheorghe Fazekas Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
9 Bernd Wunderlich Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
10 Pekka Leskinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
11 Mieczysław Szmuchert Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
12 Zoran Matas Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
...

Ladies

RankName [1] Nation
1 Ľudmila Bezáková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
2 Ilka Sporrmann Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
3 Donna McCaffrey Flag of Canada.svg  Canada
4 Lia Does Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
5 Marina Titova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
6 Cinzia Frosio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
7 Helena Sedláčková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
8 Steffi Knoll Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
9 Zsofia Wagner Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
10 ??? Trimmel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
11 Beatrice Huștiu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
12 Hana Knapová Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
13 Urszula Zielińska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
14 Helena Gazvoda Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
...

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References

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