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3 unusual facts about European Figure Skating Championships


1928 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1928 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1927-1928 season.

Alfred Eisenbeisser

At the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, he and his partner Irina Timcic finished seventh in the mixed pair events.

Figure skating at the Olympic Games

Some countries rely on the results of their national championships while others have more varied criteria based on international success at competitions such as the European Figure Skating Championships and the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships.


Anna Mosenkova

With partner Sergei Sychyov, she is the 2000-2002 Estonian national champion and competed at the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships, with a highest placement of 21st at the 2000 European Figure Skating Championships.

Annick Dumont

Among her current and former students are two time European Figure Skating Championships bronze medalist Stanick Jeannette, Gabriel Monnier, Jérémy Prévoteaux, Vincent Restencourt, two time French champion Laetitia Hubert, four time French silver medalist Frédéric Dambier, Alban Préaubert and Florent Amodio.

Courtney Jones

With partner June Markham, he is the 1957 & 1958 World champion and European champion.

Glossary of figure skating terms

The four figure skating ISU Championships are the World Figure Skating Championships, the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and the European Figure Skating Championships.

History of figure skating

International figure skating competitions began appearing in the late 19th century—in 1891, the European Championships were inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1896, the first World Championships were held in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.

Single skating

At some large competitions, including the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships, there is a cut after the short program and a skater must perform well enough in the short program to advance to the free skating portion of the competition.


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