1972 European Figure Skating Championships

Figure skating competition 1972 European Championships ISU Championship 1971-72 SWE Gothenburg, Sweden Scandinavium TCH Ondrej Nepela AUT Beatrix Schuba URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov FRG Angelika Buck / Erich Buck 1971 European Championships 1973 European Championships The 1972 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden from 11 to 15 January. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,European Figure Skating Championships Men http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147122-164338-54457-0-file,00.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110603230908/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-147122-164338-54457-0-file%2C00.pdf 2011-06-03 International Skating Union ladies' singles,European Figure Skating Championships Ladies http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147123-164339-54461-0-file,00.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20130303000540/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-147123-164339-54461-0-file%2C00.pdf 2013-03-03 International Skating Union pair skating,European Figure Skating Championships Pairs http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147120-164336-54459-0-file,00.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070412052553/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-147120-164336-54459-0-file%2C00.pdf 2007-04-12 International Skating Union and ice dancing.European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file,00.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20131205005915/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file%2C00.pdf 2013-12-05 International Skating Union Overview The 1970 European bronze medalist, Günter Zöller, arrived in Gothenburg with the East German team but withdrew before the start of the event after going to the West German embassy to defect. In the men's event, the top three after the compulsory figures held their placements for the medals. Ondrej Nepela completed triple salchow and toe loop jumps and finished first in the CF and the FS too. Sergey Chetverukhin finished second in CF and 3rd in FS, who skated with powerful, and elegance but fell on a triple salchow attempt. Patrick Péra won the bronze medal with no triples at all after he finished 3rd in the CF and 4th in the FS.. Yuriy Ovchinnikov placed second in the free skating but was unable to move up to the podium after placing 7th in the CF."Europeans", Skating magazine, Apr 1972 The ladies' title was again won by defending champion Beatrix Schuba, who built up such an overwhelming lead in the compulsory figures that she won by a huge margin despite placing 5th in the free skating. Afterwards a German newspaper mocked her as the "Champion Without a Double Axel". Rita Trapanese took the silver medal, while Sonja Morgenstern moved up to bronze medal position after winning the free skating with a performance for which she received a 6.0 mark for artistic impression. In the pairs event, Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov also successfully defended their title in spite of some small mistakes. Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin won the silver with a performance that was considered more artistic, if less difficult, than that of the winners. The third-place team, Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann, included two thrown double axels in their free skating, which at that time was one of the most difficult elements attempted by pair skaters, and unusual enough to draw comment. As Gross was only 14 years old at this time while her partner Kagelmann was a tall grown man of 21, they were one of the first of what later became known as "one-and-a-half" or "flea-and-gorilla" pair teams.Beverley Smith, Figure Skating: A Celebration, 0-7710-2819-9 The dance event was the only discipline in which the title changed hands, as Angelika and Erich Buck unseated the defending champions Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov. The bronze medal went to the veteran British competitor Janet Sawbridge, now skating with Peter Dalby. It was Sawbridge's sixth medal at the European championships, achieved with three different partners. Results Men Rank Name Places 1TCH Ondrej Nepela 2URS Sergey Chetverukhin 3FRA Patrick Péra 4GBR Haig Oundjian 5GBR John Curry 6URS Vladimir Kovalyov 7URS Yuriy Ovchinnikov 8FRA Didier Gailhaguet 9SWI Daniel Höner 10TCH Zdeněk Pazdírek 11GDR Bernd Wunderlich 12AUT Josef Schneider 13ITA Stefano Bargauan 14HUN László Vajda 15FRG Harald Kuhn 16AUT Günther Hilgarth 17GBR Gordon Andison 18ROM 1965 György Fazekas 19FIN Pekka Leskinen 20TCH Peter Augustovič 21SWE Thomas Öberg 22YUG Zoran Matas 23DEN John Ferdinandsen WDGDR Günter Zöller DNS Ladies Rank Name Places 1AUT Beatrix Schuba 2ITA Rita Trapanese 3GDR Sonja Morgenstern 4HUN Zsuzsa Almássy 30European Championships 1972. Göteborg, Sweden 5GDR Christine Errath 6SWI Charlotte Walter 7GBR Jean Scott 8GBR Maria McLean 9NED Dianne de Leeuw 10URS Yelena Aleksandrova 11FRG Isabel de Navarre 12TCH Liana Drahová 13FRG Gerti Schanderl 14SWE Anita Johansson 15SWI Karin Iten 16ITA Cinzia Frosio 17AUT Sonja Balun 18POL 1928 Urszula Zielińska 19TCH Hana Knapová 20FRA Marie-Claude Bierre 21GDR Steffi Knoll 22AUT Iris Ebenwaldner 23URS Marina Sanaya 24SWI Donna Walter 25YUG Helena Gazvoda 26ITA Manuela Bertelè 27NOR Liv Egelund 28DEN Kirsten Frikke Pairs Rank Name Places 1URS Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov 2URS Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin 3GDR Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann 4FRG Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger 5GDR Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann 6URS Irina Chernyayeva / Vasiliy Blagov 7GDR Marlies Radunsky / Rolf Österreich 8POL 1928 Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki 9FRG Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch 10GBR Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth 11FRA Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle 12POL 1928 Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Szczypa 13FRG Gabriele Cieplik / Reinhard Ketterer 14SWI Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle 15AUT Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec 16FRA Pascale Kovelmann / Jean-Pierre Rondel 17TCH Miroslava Sáblíková / Pavel Komárek 18GBR Jayne Torvill / Michael Hutchinson Ice dance Rank Name Places 1FRG Angelika Buck / Erich Buck 2URS Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov 3GBR Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby 4GBR Hilary Green / Glynn Watts 5URS Tetyana Voytyuk / Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn 6URS Yelena Zharkova / Gennadiy Karponosov 7TCH Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický 8GBR Rosalind Druce / David Barker 9POL 1928 Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk 10FRA Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars 11HUN Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay 12ITA Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani 13FRG Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs 14POL 1928 Ewa Kołodziej / Tadeusz Góra 15AUT Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky 16SWI Silvia Bodmer / Beat Steib 17FRG Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp 18TCH Světlana Marinovová / Miloš Buršík 19DEN Vivi Poulsen / Kurt Poulsen References https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1454&dat=19720111&id=9rosAAAAIBAJ&sjid=vgkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5152,1809383 Zoeller defects United Press International Star-News 11 January 1972 http://www.zov-sportverraeter.de/en/exhibition/on-the-run/guenter-zoeller/ ZOV Sport Verräter: Günter Zöller Landtag Brandenburg April–May 2014 External links results European Figure Skating Championships, 1972 European Figure Skating Championships, 1972 Category:European Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Sweden Category:International sports competitions in Gothenburg Category:1970s in Gothenburg European Figure Skating Championships, 1972