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1956 European Figure Skating Championships

1956 European Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:January 19 – 21
Season:1955–56
Location:France Paris, France
Champions
Men's singles:
France Alain Giletti
Ladies' singles:
Austria Ingrid Wendl
Pairs:
Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
Ice dance:
United Kingdom Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas
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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,[1] ladies' singles,[2] pair skating,[3] and ice dancing.[4] It was the first time Soviet skaters competed internationally since the Russian Revolution.[5]

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 France Alain Giletti
2 United Kingdom 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 István Szenes
9 United Kingdom Brian Tuck
10 West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer
11 Switzerland Hans Müller
12 Soviet Union Igor Persiantsev
13 Austria Hanno Ströher
14 West Germany Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
15 Soviet Union Lev Mikhaylov
16 Soviet Union Valentin Zakharov

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 Austria Ingrid Wendl
2 United Kingdom Yvonne Sugden
3 United Kingdom Erica Batchelor
4 West Germany Rosi Pettinger
5 Austria Hanna Walter
6 United Kingdom 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 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy 23[6]
3 West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel
4 United Kingdom Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles
5 Czechoslovakia Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal
6 Austria Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert
7 Hungary Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida
8 Soviet Union Lidiya Gerasimova / Yuriy Kiselov
9 United Kingdom Carolyn Krau / Rodney Ward
10 West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst
11 Soviet Union Maya Belenkaya / Igor Moskvin
12 Switzerland Susy Holstein / Willy Wahl
13 East Germany Vera Kuhrüber / Horst Kuhrüber
14 France Colette Tarozzi / Jean Vives

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 United Kingdom Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas
2 United Kingdom June Markham / Courtney Jones
3 United Kingdom 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

  1. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-03.
  2. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03.
  3. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
  4. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.
  5. ^ Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.
  6. ^ European Championships 1956. Paris, France