German Figure Skating Championships | |
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Status | Active |
Genre | National championships |
Frequency | Annual |
Country | ![]() |
Inaugurated | 1891 |
Previous event | 2025 German Championships |
Next event | 2026 German Championships |
Organized by | German Ice Skating Union |
The German Figure Skating Championships (German : Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) are an annual figure skating competition organized by the German Ice Skating Union (German : Deutsche Eislauf-Union) to crown the national champions of Germany. The first official German championships were held in 1891 in Munich; A. Schmitson was the winner. Pair skating was added in 1907, an event for women in 1911, and ice dance in 1950. Between 1949 and 1990, East Germany and West Germany held separate championships; the West German championships are considered the official German championships.
Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Werner Rittberger, the skater who is credited with inventing the loop jump, [1] holds the record for winning the most German championship titles in men's singles (with eleven), while Ellen Brockhöft and Nicole Schott are tied for winning the most championships in women's singles (with seven each). Aljona Savchenko holds the record in pair skating (with ten), although not all with the same partner. Three teams are tied for winning the most German championship titles in ice dance: Angelika Buck and Erich Buck; Kati Winkler and René Lohse; and Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi (with six each).
While unofficial German figure skating championships were held from 1887 to 1889 in Hamburg, the first official championship event was held in Munich in 1891. A. Schmitson won this inaugural event. [2] In its early years, Germany and the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary had joint championships. The second German champion Georg Zachariades, for example, was from Vienna, as was Gustav Hügel, who won in 1894. The first German Nationals in pair skating were held in 1907 in Altona, for women in Olomouc in 1911, and for ice dance in Cologne in 1950.
After the Anschluss – the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into Nazi Germany in March 1938 – Austrian skaters competed in the German Championships until World War II ended and Austria regained its independence. [3] In 1945 and 1946, no championships were held at all.
From 1949 to 1990, East Germany and West Germany held separate national championships. Winners in West Germany were called German Champions and are therefore covered in the tables below. In East Germany, the winners were called GDR Champions (German : DDR-Meister). The medalists from the National Championships in East Germany are listed at East German Figure Skating Championships.
The 2026 German Championships are scheduled to be held 8–13 December 2025 in Oberstdorf. [4]
Year | Location | Gold [5] | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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1907 | Altona |
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1908 | No competition held | ||||
1909 | Munich | ![]() ![]() |
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1910 | No competition held | ||||
1911 | Berlin |
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1915–19 | No competitions due to World War I | ||||
1920 | Berlin |
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1921 | No pairs competitors | ||||
1922 | Riessersee |
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1923 |
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1924 | Berlin |
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1925 | Titisee |
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1926 | Berlin |
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1928 | Füssen |
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1929 | Opole [c] |
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1930 | Wrocław [d] | ||||
1931 | Schierke |
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1932 | Riessersee |
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1933 | Opole [c] |
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1934 | Braunlage |
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1935 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1937 | Hamburg |
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1938 | Cologne |
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1939 | Berlin | ![]() | ![]()
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1940 | Vienna | [2] | |||
1941 | Munich |
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1942 | Cologne |
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1943 | Düsseldorf | ||||
1944 | Vienna |
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1945–46 | No competitions due to World War II | ||||
1947 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1948 | Krefeld |
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1949 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1950 | Cologne |
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1951 | Hamburg | ||||
1952 | Düsseldorf |
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1953 | Krefeld |
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1954 | Berlin |
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1956 | Cologne |
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1957 | Berlin |
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1958 | Munich | [2] | |||
1959 | Berlin | ||||
1960 | Essen | ||||
1961 | Oberstdorf | ||||
1962 | Frankfurt | ||||
1963 | Berlin |
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1964 | Oberstdorf | [71] | |||
1965 | Cologne |
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1966 | Füssen | [12] | |||
1967 | West Berlin | ||||
1968 | Essen | [72] | |||
1969 | Cologne | [15] | |||
1970 | Oberstdorf |
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1971 | West Berlin |
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1972 | Bad Nauheim |
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1973 | Krefeld |
| No other competitors | [19] | |
1974 | Augsburg | [18] |
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1975 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1976 | Bremerhaven |
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1977 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1978 | Dortmund |
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1979 | Herne | [23] |
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1980 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1981 | Unna |
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1982 | Mannheim | Bettina Hage / Stefan Zins |
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1983 | Oberstdorf |
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1984 | Unna |
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1985 | Bremerhaven |
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| No other competitors | [26] |
1986 | Mannheim |
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1987 | West Berlin |
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1988 | Unna |
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1989 | West Berlin |
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1990 | Oberstdorf |
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1991 | Berlin |
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1992 | Unna | ||||
1993 | Mannheim |
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1994 | Herne |
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1995 | Oberstdorf |
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1996 | Berlin |
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1997 | Oberstdorf |
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1998 | Berlin | No other competitors | [36] | ||
1999 | Oberstdorf |
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2000 | Berlin |
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2001 | Oberstdorf |
| No other competitors | [39] | |
2002 | Berlin |
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2003 | Oberstdorf |
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2004 | Berlin | [42] | |||
2005 | Oberstdorf | [43] | |||
2006 | Berlin | [44] | |||
2007 | Oberstdorf | No other competitors | [45] | ||
2008 | Dresden | [46] | |||
2009 | Oberstdorf |
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2010 | Mannheim |
| No other competitors | [48] | |
2011 | Oberstdorf | [49] | |||
2012 | No other competitors | [50] | |||
2013 | Hamburg | [51] | |||
2014 | Berlin | [52] | |||
2015 | Stuttgart | No other competitors | [53] | ||
2016 | Essen | [54] | |||
2017 | Berlin | No other competitors | [55] | ||
2018 | Frankfurt | [56] | |||
2019 | Stuttgart | No other competitors | [57] | ||
2020 | Oberstdorf | [58] | |||
2022 | Neuss | [60] | |||
2023 | Oberstdorf | [61] | |||
2024 | Berlin | [62] | |||
2025 | Oberstdorf | [63] |
Year | Location | Gold [5] | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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1937 | Hamburg |
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1938 | Cologne | No other competitors | |||
1939 | Essen |
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1940 | Berlin |
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1941 | Cologne |
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1942 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1943 | Ice dance competition cancelled | ||||
1944 | Berlin |
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1945–46 | No competitions due to World War II | ||||
1947–49 | No ice dance competitions held | ||||
1950 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1953 | Nuremberg |
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1954 | Cologne |
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1955 | Mannheim |
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1956 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1957 | Berlin |
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1958 | Munich |
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1959 | Berlin |
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1960 | Essen |
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1961 | Oberstdorf |
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1962 | Frankfurt |
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1963 | Berlin |
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1964 | Oberstdorf |
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1965 | Cologne | [11] | |||
1966 | Füssen |
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1967 | Berlin |
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1968 | Essen |
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1969 | Cologne |
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1970 | Oberstdorf |
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1971 | Berlin |
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1972 | Bad Nauheim |
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1973 | Krefeld | [19] | |||
1974 | Augsburg |
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1975 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1976 | Bremerhaven |
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1977 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1978 | Dortmund | [22] [23] |
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1979 | Herne |
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1980 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
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1981 | Unna |
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1982 | Mannheim |
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1983 | Oberstdorf |
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1984 | Unna |
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1985 | Bremerhaven |
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1986 | Mannheim |
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1987 | West Berlin | [27] | |||
1988 | Unna |
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1989 | West Berlin |
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1990 | Oberstdorf |
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1991 | Berlin |
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1992 | Unna |
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1993 | Mannheim | [31] | |||
1994 | Herne | [32] | |||
1995 | Oberstdorf | [33] | |||
1996 | Berlin |
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1997 | Oberstdorf |
| [35] | ||
1998 | Berlin |
| [36] | ||
1999 | Oberstdorf |
| [37] | ||
2000 | Berlin |
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2001 | Oberstdorf |
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| [39] | |
2002 | Berlin | No other competitors | [40] | ||
2003 | Oberstdorf |
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2004 | Berlin | No other competitors | [42] | ||
2005 | Oberstdorf |
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2006 | Berlin |
| [44] | ||
2007 | Oberstdorf | No other competitors | [45] | ||
2008 | Dresden | [46] | |||
2009 | Oberstdorf | [47] | |||
2010 | Mannheim | [48] | |||
2011 | Oberstdorf | [49] | |||
2012 | [50] | ||||
2013 | Hamburg |
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2014 | Berlin | No other competitors | [52] | ||
2015 | Stuttgart |
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2016 | Essen |
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2017 | Berlin | [55] | |||
2018 | Frankfurt | [56] | |||
2019 | Stuttgart | [57] | |||
2020 | Oberstdorf | [58] | |||
2021 | Dortmund | No other competitors | [59] | ||
2022 | Neuss |
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2023 | Oberstdorf | No other competitors | [61] | ||
2024 | Berlin | [62] | |||
2025 | Oberstdorf | [63] |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2002 | Chemnitz | Peter Liebers | Steffen Hörmann | Julian Bässler | [74] |
2003 | Oberstdorf | Marcel Kotzian | Philipp Tischendorf | Norman Keck | [75] |
2004 | Philipp Tischendorf | Marcel Kotzian | Adrian Schager | [76] | |
2005 | Norman Keck | Philipp Tischendorf | Denis Wieczorek | [77] | |
2006 | Berlin | Daniel Dotzauer | Michael Biondi | Alan Riefert | [44] |
2007 | Oberstdorf | Franz Streubel | Denis Wieczorek | [45] | |
2008 | Dresden | Patrick Stein | Christopher Berneck | [46] | |
2009 | Oberstdorf | Paul Fentz | Matii Landgraf | Denis Wieczorek | [47] |
2010 | Mannheim | Martin Rappe | Alexander Schöpke | Christopher Berneck | [48] |
2011 | Oberstdorf | Niko Ulanovsky | Maxim Stiefel | [49] | |
2012 | Niko Ulanovsky | Alexander Schöpke | Joti Polizoakis | [50] | |
2013 | Joti Polizoakis | Alexander Bjelde | Anton Kempf | [51] | |
2014 | [52] | ||||
2015 | Anton Kempf | Catalin Dimitrescu | Dave Kötting | [53] | |
2016 | Berlin | Catalin Dimitrescu | Dave Kötting | Kai Jagoda | [54] |
2017 | Mannheim | Thomas Stoll | Thomas Junski | Isaak Droysen | [55] |
2018 | Chemnitz | Jonathan Hess | Kai Jagoda | Denis Gurdzhi | [56] |
2019 | Dortmund | Denis Gurdzhi | Daniel Sapozhnikov | Louis Weissert | [57] |
2020 | Mannheim | Nikita Starostin | [58] | ||
2021 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2022 | Dortmund | Louis Weissert | Denis Gurdzhi | Arthur Mai | [78] |
2023 | Oberstdorf | Luca Fünfer | Hugo Willi Herrmann | Alexander Vlascenko | [79] |
2024 | Leon Rojkov | [80] | |||
2025 | Genrikh Gartung | Robert Wildt | Hugo Willi Herrmann | [63] |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2002 | Chemnitz | Group I: Denise Zimmermann | Group I: Melanie Meyer | Group I: Mari Vartmann | [74] |
Group II: Rebecca Handke | Group II: Anne Sachtler | Group II: Laura Stosno | |||
2003 | Oberstdorf | Group I: Amanda Valentine | Group I: Wenke Ludwig | Group I: Melanie Meyer | [75] |
Group II: Cornelia Beyermann | Group II: Marietheres Huonker | Group II: Tanja Rautenberg | |||
2004 | Group I: Laura Linde | Group I: Yvonne Plechinger | Group I: Bettina Bayer | [76] | |
Group II: Marietheres Huonker | Group II: Alina Zetzsche | Group II: Kristina Kolberg | |||
2005 | Bettina Bayer | Brigitte Blickling | Katharina Teljuk | [77] | |
2006 | Berlin | Group I: Nicole Scheck | Group I: Bettina Bayer | Group I: Ina Seterbakken | [44] |
Group II: Katja Grohmann | Group II: Jessica Erdin | Group II: Annchristin Huonker | |||
2007 | Oberstdorf | Group I: Sarah Hecken | Group I: Isabel Drescher | Group I: Katharina Gierok | [45] |
Group II: Jessica Kosuch | Group II: Jessica Hujsl | Group II: Caroline Mey | |||
2008 | Dresden | Briana Munoz | Nathalie Weinzierl | Bettina Bayer | [46] |
2009 | Oberstdorf | Julia Pfrengle | Bettina Bayer | Josephine Klinger | [47] |
2010 | Mannheim | Luisa Weber | Jessica Füssinger | Jennifer Urban | [48] |
2011 | Oberstdorf | Anne Zetzsche | Anna Baumgartel | Amani Fancy | [49] |
2012 | Angelika Dubinski | Maria Herceg | Anna Baumgärtel | [50] | |
2013 | Lutricia Bock | Annabelle Prölß | Natalia Fartushina | [51] | |
2014 | Maria Herceg | Alissa Scheidt | [52] | ||
2015 | Lea Johanna Dastich | Kristina Isaev | [53] | ||
2016 | Berlin | Kristina Isaev | Annika Hocke | Alissa Scheidt | [54] |
2017 | Mannheim | Jennifer Schmidt | Dora Hus | Ann-Christin Marold | [55] |
2018 | Chemnitz | Ann-Christin Marold | Franziska Kettl | Tina Helleken | [56] |
2019 | Dortmund | Elodie Eudine | Katalin Janne Salatzki | [57] | |
2020 | Mannheim | Nargiz Suleymanova | Aya Hatakawa | Anastasia Steblyanka | [58] |
2021 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2022 | Dortmund | Olesya Ray | Aya Hatakawa | Janne Salatzki | [78] |
2023 | Oberstdorf | Valentina Adrianova | Anna Grekul | [79] | |
2024 | Nicol Kalugina | Ina Jungmann | [80] | ||
2025 | Anna Gerke | Julia Grabowski | [63] |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2002 | Chemnitz |
| No other competitors | [74] | |
2003 | Oberstdorf |
| No other competitors | [75] | |
2004 |
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2006 | Berlin |
| No other competitors | [44] | |
2009 | Oberstdorf |
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| No other competitors | [47] |
2010 | Mannheim |
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2011 | Oberstdorf |
| No other competitors | [49] | |
2012 |
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2013 | [51] | ||||
2014 |
| No other competitors | [52] | ||
2015 |
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2016 | Berlin | [54] | |||
2017 | Mannheim |
| [55] | ||
2019 | Stuttgart |
| [57] | ||
2020 | Oberstdorf |
| No other competitors | [58] | |
2021 | Dortmund | No other competitors | [59] | ||
2022 | Neuss | [60] | |||
2023 | Oberstdorf |
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2024 | Berlin |
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2025 | Oberstdorf |
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| No other competitors | [63] |
Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
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2002 | Chemnitz |
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2003 | Oberstdorf |
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| No other competitors | [75] |
2004 |
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2005 |
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2006 | Berlin |
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2007 | Oberstdorf |
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2008 | Dresden |
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2009 | Oberstdorf |
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| [47] | |
2010 | Mannheim |
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2011 | Oberstdorf |
| [49] | ||
2012 |
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2013 | [51] | ||||
2014 |
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2015 | Stuttgart |
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2016 | Berlin |
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2017 | Mannheim |
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2018 | Frankfurt |
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2019 | Stuttgart |
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| [57] | |
2020 | Oberstdorf |
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| [58] |
2021 | Dortmund |
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| No other competitors | [59] |
2022 | Neuss |
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2023 | Oberstdorf |
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2024 | Berlin |
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2025 | Oberstdorf |
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Discipline | Most championship titles | |||
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Skater(s) | No. | Years | Ref. | |
Men's singles | Werner Rittberger | 11 | 1911–13; 1920–26; 1928 | [81] |
Women's singles | Ellen Brockhöft | 7 | 1921; 1923–28 | [82] |
Nicole Schott | 7 | 2012; 2015; 2018–20; 2022–23 | [83] | |
Pairs | 8 | 2004–09; 2011; 2014 | [84] [85] | |
Aljona Savchenko [a] | 10 | 2004–09; 2011; 2014; 2016; 2018 | ||
Ice dance | 6 | 1968–73 | [5] | |
6 | 2007; 2011–15 | [86] | ||
6 | 1996; 1998–2000; 2003–04 | [87] [88] |