1978 European Figure Skating Championships
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1978 European Championships | |
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Type: | ISU Championship |
Date: | January 31 – February 5 |
Season: | 1977–78 |
Location: | Strasbourg, France |
Venue: | Hall Rhénus |
Champions | |
Men's singles: Jan Hoffmann | |
Ladies' singles: Anett Pötzsch | |
Pairs: Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | |
Ice dance: Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov | |
Previous: 1977 European Championships | |
Next: 1979 European Championships |
The 1978 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Strasbourg, France from January 31 to February 5. 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]
Competition notes
[edit]15-year-old Denise Biellmann became the first female skater to land the triple lutz in competition.[5] She underrotated it, with two-foot landing.[6] At the same event, she became the first woman to receive a 6.0 in technical merit, receiving the score from British judge Pauline Borrajo.[5] She was 12th in figures, first in the free skating, and finished fourth overall.[5] Another triple lutz was performed only by Jan Hoffmann.
Results
[edit]Men
[edit]Rank | Name | Nation | CF | SP | FS |
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1 | Jan Hoffmann | East Germany | 2 | 2 | |
2 | Vladimir Kovalev | Soviet Union | 1 | 3 | |
3 | Robin Cousins | United Kingdom | 5 | 1 | |
4 | Igor Bobrin | Soviet Union | 3 | 4 | |
5 | Yuri Ovchinnikov | Soviet Union | |||
6 | Mario Liebers | East Germany | |||
7 | Rudi Cerne | West Germany | |||
8 | Miroslav Šoška | Czechoslovakia | |||
9 | Gerd-Walter Gräbner | West Germany | |||
10 | Gilles Beyer | France | |||
11 | Grzegorz Głowania | Poland | |||
12 | Andrew Bestwick | United Kingdom | |||
13 | Thomas Öberg | Sweden | |||
14 | Bruno Watschinger | Austria | |||
15 | Matjaž Krušec | Yugoslavia | |||
16 | Francis Demarteau | Belgium | |||
17 | Jan Glerup | Denmark | |||
WD | Helmut Kristofics-Binder | Austria |
Ladies
[edit]Pairs
[edit]Rank | Name | Nation |
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1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union |
2 | Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai | Soviet Union |
3 | Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf | East Germany |
4 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | East Germany |
5 | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl | Czechoslovakia |
6 | Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe | East Germany |
7 | Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich | Soviet Union |
8 | Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz | West Germany |
9 | Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau | France |
10 | Elżbieta Łuczyńska / Marek Chrolenko | Poland |
11 | Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl | West Germany |
12 | Catherine Brunet / Philippe Brunet | France |
Ice dancing
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-03.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
- ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.
- ^ a b c Stevenson, Alexandra (2011). "2011 European Championships Preview". IceSkatingIntnl.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Denise Biellmann - First triple Lutz in ladies event". YouTube.