1983 European Figure Skating Championships

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1983 European Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 1 – 6
Season:1982–83
Location: Dortmund, West Germany
Venue: Westfalenhallen
Champions
Men's singles:
Flag of Germany.svg Norbert Schramm
Ladies' singles:
Flag of East Germany.svg Katarina Witt
Pairs:
Flag of East Germany.svg Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
Ice dance:
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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The 1983 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Dortmund, West Germany from February 1 to 6, 1983. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, [1] ladies' singles, [2] pair skating, [3] and ice dancing. [4]

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Overview and results

The championships cost 1.5 million Deutsche Marks. [5] Compulsory figures were held in Unna and began at 8 a.m. [5] The German Ice Skating Union president Wolf-Dieter Montag, also served as president of the organizing committee. [6]

Men

Simond won compulsory figures. [7] After the short program, Sabovčík was in first, followed by Schramm and Simond. [8] Schramm would win the title.

RankNameNationTFPCFSPFS
1 Norbert Schramm Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 3.8411
2 Jozef Sabovčík Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 7.0225
3 Alexander Fadeev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 8.6592
4 Heiko Fischer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9.4346
5 Vladimir Kotin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 9.8683
6 Jean-Christophe Simond Flag of France.svg  France 10.0167
7 Rudi Cerne Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 10.2754
8 Grzegorz Filipowski Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8
9 Laurent Depouilly Flag of France.svg  France
10 Fernand Fédronic Flag of France.svg  France 8
11 Lars Åkesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
12 Falko Kirsten Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
13 Thomas Hlavik Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
14 Miljan Begovic Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
15 Mark Pepperday Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
16 Richard Furrer Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
17 Bruno Delmaestro Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
18 Petr Barna Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
19 Todd Sand Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
20 András Száraz Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
21 Fernando Soria Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Ladies

RankNameNationCF [8] SPFS
1 Katarina Witt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 211
2 Elena Vodorezova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1
3 Claudia Leistner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 9
4 Manuela Ruben Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6
5 Anna Kondrashova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
6 Kristiina Wegelius Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 5
7 Anna Antonova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
8 Janina Wirth Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 10
9 Sonja Stanek Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 4
10 Sanda Dubravčić Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia 7
11 Karin Telser Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
12 Parthena Sarafidis Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 8
13 Sandra Cariboni Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3
14 Karin Hendschke Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
15 Katrien Pauwels Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
16 Hana Veselá Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
17 Agnès Gosselin Flag of France.svg  France
18 Li Scha Wang Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
19 Hanne Gamborg Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
20 Susan Jackson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
21 Catarina Lindgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
22 Elise Ahonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
23 Nora Miklosi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
24 Rosario Esteban Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
WD Karen Wood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom

Pairs

Baeß / Thierbach repeated as European champions. [9]

RankNameNationSP [7] FS
1 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 11
2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 42
3 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 23
4 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 3
5 Marina Avstriskaya / Yuri Kvashnin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5
6 Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
7 Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6
8 Susan Garland / Robert Daw Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 7
9 Jana Havlova / René Novotný Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
10 Nathalie Tortel / Xavier Douillard Flag of France.svg  France
11 Birgit Kuß / Uwe Fischbeck Flag of France.svg  France
12 Naija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 8

Ice dancing

RankNameNation
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
2 Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
3 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
4 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
5 Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu Flag of France.svg  France
6 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
7 Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
8 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
9 Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia
10 Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary
11 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
12 Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

References

  1. ↑ "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-03.
  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. 1 2 "EISKUNSTLAUF: Das Schlimmste". Der Spiegel (in German). 7 February 1983.
  6. ↑ "Wolf-Dieter Montag – Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (in German). 19 November 2014. p. 3.
  7. 1 2 "Skating Results At Dortmund, West Germany, Jan. 31". UPI. 31 January 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  8. 1 2 "Figure Skating Results European Championship At Dortmund, W. Germany, Feb. 1". UPI. 1 February 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "East Germany's Sabine Baess and Tassilo Thierbach comfortably retained..." UPI. 2 February 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
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