1953 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1953 December 2018 April 2020 1953 World Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship February 8 15 1953 Switzerland Davos, Switzerland US 1912 Hayes Alan Jenkins US 1912 Tenley Albright UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy 1952 World Championships 1954 World Championships The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 8 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland. Medal table SWI flagcountry 2 1 1 US 1912 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 CAN 1921 0 0 1 HUN 1949 Results Men Rank Name Age CF FS Points Places 1 US 1912 Hayes Jenkins 19 2 925.2 1 727.2 183.6 13 2 US 1912 James Grogan 21 1 931.9 3 704.3 181.8 16 3 Italy Carlo Fassi 24 3 907.1 6 659.8 174.1 36 4 US 1912 Ronald Robertson 15 7 851.8 2 707.9 173.3 37 5 France Alain Giletti 13 5 864.7 4 675.2 171.4 44 6 US 1912 Dudley Richards 21 6 870.6 5 673.8 171.6 49 7 Canada 1921 Peter Firstbrook 19 4 871.4 8 640.6 168.0 59 8 Canada 1921 Peter Dunfield 21 8 790.7 7 656.5 160.8 73 9 UK Michael Booker 15 9 778.4 9 622.9 155.7 81 10 West Germany Freimut Stein 28 10 764.4 10 609.9 152.7 88 11 Austria Kurt Oppelt 20 13 712.8 11 592.2 145.0 102 12 Switzerland Hubert Köpfler 17 11 745.4 12 553.3 144.3 106 13 Hungary 1949 György Czakó 19 14 701.6 13 543.1 138.3 115 WD West Germany Klaus Loichinger 12 729.5 DNF Judges: Italy Ercole Cattaneo UK Pamela Davis Canada 1921 John D. Greig Belgium Henri Hoyoux Switzerland A. Jaisli US 1912 Alex Krupy Austria Hans Meixner France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques West Germany Adolf Walker Ladies Rank Name Age CF FS Total Points Places 1 US 1912 Tenley Albright 17 1 757.3 1 560.73 1318.03 188.29 7 2 West Germany Gundi Busch 17 2 730.9 3 531.27 1262.17 180.31 16 3 UK Valda Osborn 18 3 719.7 513.77 1233.47 176.21 28 4 US 1912 Carol Heiss 13 5 705.4 2 531.29 1236.69 176.67 27 5 Canada 1921 Suzanne Morrow 22 4 716.7 516.63 1233.33 176.19 28 6 Canada 1921 Vera Smith 20 1198.68 171.24 48 7 US 1912 Margaret Graham 1189.79 169.97 49 8 UK Yvonne Sugden 13 1175.51 167.93 53 9 UK Erica Batchelor 19 1145.62 163.66 70 10 UK Ann Robinson 1141.28 163.04 74 11 Austria Annelies Schilhan 16 12 642.1 499.11 1141.21 163.03 72 12 Canada 1921 Mary Kenner 19 86 13 UK Norma Skevington 83 14 West Germany Rosi Pettinger 19 97 15 Switzerland Doris Zerbe 109 16 US 1912 Margaret Dean 112 17 Switzerland Yolande Jobin 22 112 18 Hungary 1949 Eszter Jurek 16 129 19 Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman 19 130 WD West Germany Helga Dudzinski 23 DNF WD Austria Sissy Schwarz 16 DNF Judges: Canada 1921 John D. Greig Switzerland A. Jaisli US 1912 Alex Krupy Austria Ernst Labin UK Mollie Phillips France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques West Germany Adolf Walker Pairs Rank Name Age Total Points Places 1 UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks 20/23 77.0 11.00 10.5 2 Canada 1921 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden 23/26 76.37 10.91 16 3 Hungary 1949 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 24/25 74.62 10.66 23.5 4 Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean 18/21 74.27 10.61 24 5 UK Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood 20/24 71.40 10.20 39 6 Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 16/20 70.14 10.02 43.5 7 UK Jane Higson / Robert Hudson 70.07 10.01 44.5 8 Hungary 1949 Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida 18/23 67.48 9.64 57 9 West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst 19/ 66.78 9.54 61 10 Belgium Charlotte Michiels / Gaston van Ghelder 65.88 9.34 66 Judges: UK Pauline L. Barrajo Switzerland Emile Finsterwald Canada 1921 John D. Greig Belgium Henri Hoyoux Austria Walter Malek West Germany Werner Rittberger Hungary 1949 Elemér Terták Ice dance Rank Name Age CD FD Points Places 1 UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy 22/22 1 111.4 1 73.85 37.05 6 2 UK Joan Dewhirst / John Slater 17/25 2 110.0 2 73.05 36.61 10 3 US 1912 Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan 20/23 3 104.4 3 70.7 35.02 14 4 UK Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas 5 102.6 4 68.0 34.12 20 5 US 1912 Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby 4 101.0 6 67.45 33.69 23 6 Netherlands Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam 6 96.9 7 66.7 32.72 30 7 US 1912 Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel 40/32 7 88.9 5 67.85 31.35 35 8 Switzerland Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown 8 83.0 9 61.1 28.82 42 9 Austria Helga Binder / Edwin Führich 10 81.8 8 61.5 28.66 45 10 Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 9 83.7 12 55.0 27.74 50 11 Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn 11 82.0 11 55.4 27.48 54 12 Austria Luise Lehner / Hans Kutschera 12 76.5 10 55.9 26.48 59 Judges: UK Pamela Davis Switzerland Emile Finsterwald Austria Hans Meixner US 1912 R. Sackett Belgium A. Voordeckers Sources Result List provided by the ISU Category:World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships World Figure Skating Championships Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by Switzerland Category:Sport in Davos Category:February 1953 sports events in Europe