Blue Swords (German : Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) 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.
Blue Swords began as a senior international competition in East Germany, and was held annually between 1961 and 1998. In 1985, it became a junior-level event. [1] Since 1997, it is chosen in some years by the International Skating Union to be part of the Junior Grand Prix circuit.
The German name for the event is "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter", referring to the blue swords trademark of Meissen porcelain. The Blue Sword Trophy is made of that porcelain.
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 |  Vladimir Petrenko |  Rudy Luccioni |  Daniel Weiss | |
| 1985 | Vladimir Petrenko |  Rudy Galindo | Yuriy Tsymbalyuk | [1] [2] |
| 1986 | Yuriy Tsymbalyuk |  Rico Krahnert | Mirko Eichhorn | |
| 1987 | Ronny Winkler | Philippe Candeloro |  Elvis Stojko | |
| 1988 | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | Scott Davis | Mirko Eichhorn | |
| 1989 | Mirko Eichhorn | Sergei Minayev |  Zsolt Kerekes | [1] |
| 1990 | Dmitri Dmitrenko | |||
| 1991 | Konstantin Kostin | John Bevan | Patrick-Rene Reinhardt | [1] [2] |
| 1992 |  Evgeni Pliuta | Cyril Deplace | Patrick-Rene Reinhardt | |
| 1993 |  Naoki Shigematsu | Yvan Desjardins |  Markus Leminen | |
| 1994 | Gabriel Monnier | Jens ter Laak | Michael Hopfes | [1] |
| 1995 |  Alexei Yagudin | Gabriel Monnier | David Jäschke | [1] [3] |
| 1996 | Evgeni Plushenko | Timothy Goebel | Vincent Restencourt | [4] [2] |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Inga Gauter | Natalia Skrabnevskaya | Evelyn Großmann | |
| 1985 | Natalia Gorbenko | Inga Gauter | Cornelia Renner | [1] [2] |
| 1986 | Inga Gauter | Tanja Krienke | Alina Pisarenko | |
| 1987 | Karen Preston | Atsuko Suda | Kathleen Fenske | |
| 1988 | Tanja Krienke | Tisha Walker | Stephanie Ferrer | |
| 1989 | Robyn Petroskey | Tanja Krienke | Kaisa Kella | |
| 1990 | Maria Yerdzitskaya | [1] | ||
| 1991 |  Anna Rechnio | Stephanie Fiorito | Susanne Mildenberger | [1] [2] |
| 1992 | Tanja Szewczenko | Astrid Hochstetter | Yuko Fukuya | |
| 1993 | Inna Zayets |  Kateřina Beránková | Astrid Hochstetter | |
| 1994 | Tara Lipinski | Yulia Lavrenchuk | Masayo Oishi | [1] |
| 1995 | Sydne Vogel | Elena Pingacheva | Fumie Suguri | [1] [3] |
| 1996 | Elena Pingacheva | Angela Nikodinov | Veronika Dytrt | [4] [2] |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Irina Mironenko / Dmitri Shkidchenko | Antje Schramm / Jens Müller | Katrin Kanitz / Alexander König | |
| 1985 | Antje Schramm / Jens Müller | Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft | Ekaterina Murugova / Artem Torgashev | [1] [2] |
| 1986 | Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft | Antje Schramm / Jens Müller | Irina Saifutdinova / Andrei Bardykin | |
| 1987 | Inna Svetacheva / Vladimr Shapov | Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft | Jodi Barnes / Rob Williams | |
| 1988 | Elena Nikonova / Nikolai Apter | Sherry Ball / Christopher Bourne | Angela Caspari / Marno Kreft | |
| 1989 | Elena Vlasenko / Sergei Ostriy | Aimee Offner / Brian Helgenberg | Shae-Lynn Bourne / Andrew Bertleff | |
| 1991 | Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski | Isabelle Coulombe / Bruno Marcotte | Nicole Sciarrotta / Gregory Sciarrotta | |
| 1992 | Inga Korshunova / Dmitri Saveliev | Julie Laporte / David Pelletier | Nadine Pflaum / Kristian Simeunovic | |
| 1993 | Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex | Tatiana Lazarenko / Denis Garbusov | Sophie Guestault / François Guestault | |
| 1994 | Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell | Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko | Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilaev | [1] |
| 1995 | Irina Maslennikova / Konstantin Krasnenkov | Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko | Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski | [1] [3] |
| 1996 | Maria Petrova / Teimuraz Pulin | Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski | Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland | [4] [5] [2] |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov | Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński | [1] [2] | |
| 1992 | Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin | Iwona Filipowicz / Michał Szumski | ||
| 1993 | Karina Martirossian / Alexander Poddubskiy | Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo | Magali Sauri / Nicolas Salicis | |
| 1994 | Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin | Elena Piatash / Andrei Baka | Marianne Haguenauer / Romain Haguenauer | [1] |
| 1995 | Ekaterina Davydova / Roman Kostomarov | Jolanta Bury / Łukasz Zalewski | Natalia Gudina / Vitali Kurkudym | [1] [3] |
| 1996 | Nina Ulanova / Michail Stifunin | Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek | Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler | [4] [2] |
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