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1953 World Figure Skating Championships

Annual figure skating competition held in 1953


Annual figure skating competition held in 1953

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title1953 World Figure Skating Championships
comptypeISU Championship
startdateFebruary 8
enddate15
skatingseason1953
locationSwitzerland Davos, Switzerland
championmenUS Hayes Alan Jenkins
championladiesUS Tenley Albright
championpairsUK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks
championdanceUK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
previouscomp[1952 World Championships](1952-world-figure-skating-championships)
nextcomp[1954 World Championships](1954-world-figure-skating-championships)

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 8 to 15 in Davos, Switzerland.

Medal table

Results

Men

RankNameAgeCFFSPointsPlaces45678910111213WD
**1**US Hayes Jenkins192925.21727.2183.613
**2**US James Grogan211931.93704.3181.816
**3**Italy Carlo Fassi243907.16659.8174.136
US Ronald Robertson157851.82707.9173.337
France Alain Giletti135864.74675.2171.444
US Dudley Richards216870.65673.8171.649
Canada Peter Firstbrook194871.48640.6168.059
Canada Peter Dunfield218790.77656.5160.873
UK Michael Booker159778.49622.9155.781
West Germany Freimut Stein2810764.410609.9152.788
Austria Kurt Oppelt2013712.811592.2145.0102
Switzerland Hubert Köpfler1711745.412553.3144.3106
Hungary György Czakó1914701.613543.1138.3115
West Germany Klaus Loichinger12729.5DNF

Judges:

  • Italy Ercole Cattaneo
  • UK Pamela Davis
  • Canada John D. Greig
  • Belgium Henri Hoyoux
  • Switzerland A. Jaisli
  • US Alex Krupy
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
  • West Germany Adolf Walker

Ladies

RankNameAgeCFFSTotalPointsPlaces45678910111213141516171819WDWD
**1**US Tenley Albright171757.31560.731318.03188.297
**2**West Germany Gundi Busch172730.93531.271262.17180.3116
**3**UK Valda Osborn183719.7513.771233.47176.2128
US Carol Heiss135705.42531.291236.69176.6727
Canada Suzanne Morrow224716.7516.631233.33176.1928
Canada Vera Smith201198.68171.2448
US Margaret Graham1189.79169.9749
UK Yvonne Sugden131175.51167.9353
UK Erica Batchelor191145.62163.6670
UK Ann Robinson1141.28163.0474
Austria Annelies Schilhan1612642.1499.111141.21163.0372
Canada Mary Kenner1986
UK Norma Skevington83
West Germany Rosi Pettinger1997
Switzerland Doris Zerbe109
US Margaret Dean112
Switzerland Yolande Jobin22112
Hungary Eszter Jurek16129
Netherlands Lidy Stoppelman19130
West Germany Helga Dudzinski23DNF
Austria Sissy Schwarz16DNF

Judges:

  • Canada John D. Greig
  • Switzerland A. Jaisli
  • US Alex Krupy
  • Austria Ernst Labin
  • UK Mollie Phillips
  • France Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques
  • West Germany Adolf Walker

Pairs

RankNameAgeTotalPointsPlaces45678910
**1**UK Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks20/2377.011.0010.5
**2**Canada Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden23/2676.3710.9116
**3**Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy24/2574.6210.6623.5
Switzerland Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean18/2174.2710.6124
UK Peri Horne / Raymond Lockwood20/2471.4010.2039
Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt16/2070.1410.0243.5
UK Jane Higson / Robert Hudson70.0710.0144.5
Hungary Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida18/2367.489.6457
West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst19/66.789.5461
Belgium Charlotte Michiels / Gaston van Ghelder65.889.3466

Judges:

  • UK Pauline L. Barrajo
  • Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
  • Canada John D. Greig
  • Belgium Henri Hoyoux
  • Austria Walter Malek
  • West Germany Werner Rittberger
  • Hungary Elemér Terták

Ice dance

RankNameAgeCDFDPointsPlaces456789101112
**1**UK Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy22/221111.4173.8537.056
**2**UK Joan Dewhirst / John Slater17/252110.0273.0536.6110
**3**US Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan20/233104.4370.735.0214
UK Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas5102.6468.034.1220
US Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby4101.0667.4533.6923
Netherlands Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam696.9766.732.7230
US Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel40/32788.9567.8531.3535
Switzerland Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown883.0961.128.8242
Austria Helga Binder / Edwin Führich1081.8861.528.6645
Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink983.71255.027.7450
Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn1182.01155.427.4854
Austria Luise Lehner / Hans Kutschera1276.51055.926.4859

Judges:

  • UK Pamela Davis
  • Switzerland Emile Finsterwald
  • Austria Hans Meixner
  • US R. Sackett
  • Belgium A. Voordeckers

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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