1956 European Figure Skating Championships

Figure skating competition 1956 European Championships ISU Championship January 19 21 1955–56 France Paris, France France Alain Giletti Austria Ingrid Wendl Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt UK Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas 1955 European Championships 1957 European Championships The 1956 European Figure Skating Championships were held on January 19–21, 1956 in Paris, France. 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 It was the first time Soviet skaters competed internationally since the Russian Revolution.Hines James R. Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating 2011 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-6859-5 Lanham, Maryland 31 Results Men Rank Name Places 1 France Alain Giletti 2 UK Michael Booker 3 Czechoslovakia Karol Divín 4 France Alain Calmat 5 West Germany Tilo Gutzeit 6 Austria Norbert Felsinger 7 Switzerland François Pache 8 Hungary 1949 István Szenes 9 UK Brian Tuck 10 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer 11 Switzerland Hans Müller 12 USSR Igor Persiantsev 13 Austria Hanno Ströher 14 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 15 USSR Lev Mikhaylov 16 USSR Valentin Zakharov Ladies Rank Name Places 1 Austria Ingrid Wendl 2 UK Yvonne Sugden 3 UK Erica Batchelor 4 West Germany Rosi Pettinger 5 Austria Hanna Walter 6 UK Dianne Peach 7 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 8 Netherlands Joan Haanappel 9 West Germany Erika Rücker 10 Austria Ilse Musyl 11 Italy Emma Giardini 12 Switzerland Alice Fischer 13 West Germany Ina Bauer 14 Czechoslovakia Jindra Kramperová 15 Switzerland Karin Borner 16 Czechoslovakia Jana Dočekalová 17 Czechoslovakia Miloslava Tumová 18 France Gilberte Naboudet 19 France Corinne Altman 20 Czechoslovakia Milena Kladrubská 21 France Michèle Allard Pairs Rank Name Places 1 Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt 2 Hungary 1949 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 23European Championships 1956. Paris, France 3 West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel 4 UK Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles 5 Czechoslovakia Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal 6 Austria Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert 7 Hungary 1949 Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida 8 USSR Lidiya Gerasimova / Yuriy Kiselov 9 UK Carolyn Krau / Rodney Ward 10 West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst 11 USSR Maya Belenkaya / Igor Moskvin 12 Switzerland Susy Holstein / Willy Wahl 13 East Germany 1949 Vera Kuhrüber / Horst Kuhrüber 14 France Colette Tarozzi / Jean Vives Ice dance Rank Name Places 1 UK Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas 2 UK June Markham / Courtney Jones 3 UK Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby 4 France Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel 5 West Germany Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch 6 Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink 7 Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 8 Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn 9 West Germany Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burkhardt 10 Italy Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini 11 West Germany Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 12 Italy Maria Locatelli / Vinico Toncelli 13 Italy Olga Cilardini / Gianfranco Canepa References External links results European Figure Skating Championships European Figure Skating Championships 1956 European Championships 1956 European Figure Skating Championships European Figure Skating Championships 1956 European Figure Skating Championships