1961 European Figure Skating Championships

Figure skating competition 1961 European Figure Skating Championships ISU Championship January 26 29 1961 Berlin West Berlin,American Sector Deutscher Eislauf-Verband (DEV) Berlin Sportpalast France Alain Giletti Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler UK Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 1960 European Figure Skating Championships 1962 European Figure Skating Championships The 1961 European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete 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 The competitions took place from January 26 to 29, 1961 in West Berlin. West Berlin was de jure not part of West Germany, but the German Skating Association of East Germany de Deutscher Eislauf-Verband organized the championships. The event took place without the participation of skaters from the Soviet Union not because of a political boycott, but rather because an exceptionally mild winter left the Russian skaters with insufficient ice for practice in their home country. The Soviet team was also withdrawn from the originally planned World Championships for the same reason, but that tournament was subsequently cancelled after Sabena Flight 548."News from Europe", Skating magazine, March 1961 The defending champions in all four divisions retained their titles. In the pairs competition, however, the champions Marika Kilius & Hans-Jürgen Bäumler faced a close battle with Margret Göbl & Franz Ningel, who had defeated them at the West German championships earlier in the season. Göbl & Ningel may have been penalized for including an illegal lift in their program."The European Championships", Skating magazine, May 1961 In the ladies' event, Sjoukje Dijkstra built up a lead in the compulsory figures that assured her of victory. Her free skating program was described as "exhausting". The stars of the free skating were Helli Sengstschmidt and Jana Mrázková, who both reportedly did triple salchow jumps in their programs. Alain Giletti likewise assured himself of victory by winning the figures by a large margin. All three medalists in the men's division gave fine free skating performances. Results Men Rank Name Places 1 France Alain Giletti 9 2 France Alain Calmat 11 3 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer 23 4 Austria Peter Jonas 37 5 Austria Emmerich Danzer 51.5 6 UK Robin Jones 55.5 7 West Germany Sepp Schönmetzler 65 8 East Germany Bodo Bockenauer 79 9 Austria Heinrich Podhajsky 80 10 Norway Per Kjølberg 87 11 West Germany Peter Krick 91 12 Netherlands Wouter Toledo 111 13 East Germany Michael Flebbe 112 14 Italy Giordano Abbondati 122 15 Finland Ragnar Wikström 135 Judges were France P. Baron Netherlands Charlotte Benedict-Stieber West Germany K. Beyer UK Pamela Davis Switzerland A. Jaisli Hungary Ferenc Kertész Austria Hans Meixner Italy Giovanni de Mori East Germany E. A. Voigt Ladies Rank Name Places 1 Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra 9 2 Austria Regine Heitzer 21 3 Czechoslovakia Jana Mrázková 26 4 Austria Karin Frohner 49 5 France Dany Rigoulot 57 6 Austria Helli Sengstschmid 58 7 Czechoslovakia Eva Grožajová 66 8 France Nicole Hassler 73 9 UK Diana Clifton-Peach 77 10 Czechoslovakia Jitka Hlaváčková 83 11 UK Anne Reynolds 85 12 West Germany Karin Gude 90 13 Switzerland Franziska Schmidt 115 14 Italy Christa Fassi 136 15 France Danièle Giraud 141 16 West Germany Ursula Barkey 147 17 Hungary Éva Csoma 162 18 Hungary Helga Zöllner 169 19 Switzerland Dorette Bek 175 20 Italy Silvana Saccozzi 178 21 East Germany Gabriele Seyfert 179 22 Italy Sandra Brugnera 188 23 East Germany Heidemarie Steiner 190 24 Netherlands Willie ten Hoopen 216 Judges were Italy Grazia Barcellona Switzerland Karl Enderlin Netherlands Paul Engelfriet Austria Martin Felsenreich Hungary Ferenc Kertész Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala France Néri Valdes West Germany Adolf Walker UK Geoffrey Yates Pairs Rank Name Places 1 West Germany Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler 13 2 West Germany Margret Göbl / Franz Ningel 14 3 East Germany Margit Senf / Peter Göbel 38.5 4 West Germany Rita Blumenberg / Werner Mensching 36 5 Austria Diana Hinko / Heinz Döpfl 43.5 6 Czechoslovakia Hana Dvořáková / Karel Vosátka 52.5 7 UK Valerie Hunt / Peter Burrows 69.5 8 Switzerland Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner 74.5 9 East Germany Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer 75.5 10 East Germany Renate Rößler / Klaus Wasserfuhr 78 Judges were East Germany Ernst K. Bauch Netherlands Charlotte Benedict-Stieber UK Pamela Davis Switzerland A. Jaisli West Germany Theo Klemm Austria Hans Meixner Italy Giovanni de Mori Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala France Néri Valdes Ice dance Rank Name Places 1 UK Doreen Denny / Courtney Jones 7 2 France Christiane Guhel / Jean Guhel 14 3 UK Linda Shearman / Michael Philipps 25 4 UK Mary Parry / Roy Mason 26 5 Czechoslovakia Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman 33 6 West Germany Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet 46 7 Italy Olga Gilardi / Germano Ceccattini 47 8 Italy Ludovica Boccacci / Gianfranco Canepa 63 9 France Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun 65 10 Czechoslovakia Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan 72 11 Hungary Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi 73 12 Austria Christel Trebesiner / Georg Felsinger 87 13 West Germany Margot Nissen / Klaus Ebel 87 14 Switzerland Marlyse Fornachon / Charly Pichard 95 15 West Germany Martha Schamberger / Hans-Jürgen Schamberger 98 Judges were Italy Cia Benacchi-Bordogna Hungary Ferenc Kertész France L. Lauret UK H. Lawrence Austria Walter Malek West Germany Hermann Schiechtl Czechoslovakia Emil Skákala References Sources Result List provided by the ISU printed program of the Europeans Category:European Figure Skating Championships European Figure Skating Championships Category:Figure skating in West Germany Category:International figure skating competitions hosted by West Germany Category:January 1961 sports events in Europe