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1956 European Figure Skating Championships
Figure skating competition
Figure skating competition
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| title | 1956 European Championships |
| comptype | ISU Championship |
| startdate | January 19 |
| enddate | 21 |
| skatingseason | 1955–56 |
| location | France Paris, France |
| championmen | France Alain Giletti |
| championladies | Austria Ingrid Wendl |
| championpairs | Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt |
| championdance | UK Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas |
| previouscomp | [1955 European Championships](1955-european-figure-skating-championships) |
| nextcomp | [1957 European Championships](1957-european-figure-skating-championships) |
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, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It was the first time Soviet skaters competed internationally since the Russian Revolution.
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | France Alain Giletti | ||||||||||||||
| **2** | UK Michael Booker | ||||||||||||||
| **3** | Czechoslovakia Karol Divín | ||||||||||||||
| France Alain Calmat | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Tilo Gutzeit | |||||||||||||||
| Austria Norbert Felsinger | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland François Pache | |||||||||||||||
| Hungary István Szenes | |||||||||||||||
| UK Brian Tuck | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Manfred Schnelldorfer | |||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Hans Müller | |||||||||||||||
| USSR Igor Persiantsev | |||||||||||||||
| Austria Hanno Ströher | |||||||||||||||
| West Germany Hans-Jürgen Bäumler | |||||||||||||||
| USSR Lev Mikhaylov | |||||||||||||||
| USSR Valentin Zakharov |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Austria Ingrid Wendl | |||||||||||||||||||
| **2** | UK Yvonne Sugden | |||||||||||||||||||
| **3** | UK Erica Batchelor | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Rosi Pettinger | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Hanna Walter | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Dianne Peach | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Sjoukje Dijkstra | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands Joan Haanappel | ||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Erika Rücker | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Austria Ilse Musyl | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy Emma Giardini | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Alice Fischer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| West Germany Ina Bauer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Jindra Kramperová | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland Karin Borner | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Jana Dočekalová | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Miloslava Tumová | ||||||||||||||||||||
| France Gilberte Naboudet | ||||||||||||||||||||
| France Corinne Altman | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Milena Kladrubská | ||||||||||||||||||||
| France Michèle Allard |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | Austria Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt | ||||||||||||
| **2** | Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy | 23 | |||||||||||
| **3** | West Germany Marika Kilius / Franz Ningel | ||||||||||||
| UK Joyce Coates / Anthony Holles | |||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia Věra Suchánková / Zdeněk Doležal | |||||||||||||
| Austria Liesl Ellend / Konrad Lienert | |||||||||||||
| Hungary Éva Szöllősi / Gábor Vida | |||||||||||||
| USSR Lidiya Gerasimova / Yuriy Kiselov | |||||||||||||
| UK Carolyn Krau / Rodney Ward | |||||||||||||
| West Germany Eva Neeb / Karl Probst | |||||||||||||
| USSR Maya Belenkaya / Igor Moskvin | |||||||||||||
| Switzerland Susy Holstein / Willy Wahl | |||||||||||||
| East Germany Vera Kuhrüber / Horst Kuhrüber | |||||||||||||
| France Colette Tarozzi / Jean Vives |
Ice dance
| Rank | Name | Places | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| **1** | UK Pamela Weight / Paul Thomas | |||||||||||
| **2** | UK June Markham / Courtney Jones | |||||||||||
| **3** | UK Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby | |||||||||||
| France Fanny Besson / Jean Guhel | ||||||||||||
| West Germany Sigrid Knake / Günther Koch | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink | ||||||||||||
| Austria Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera | ||||||||||||
| Austria Lucia Fischer / Rudolf Zorn | ||||||||||||
| West Germany Gerda Wohlgemuth / Hannes Burkhardt | ||||||||||||
| Italy Adriana Giuggiolini / Germano Ceccattini | ||||||||||||
| West Germany Rita Paucka / Peter Kwiet | ||||||||||||
| Italy Maria Locatelli / Vinico Toncelli | ||||||||||||
| Italy Olga Cilardini / Gianfranco Canepa |
References
References
- "European Figure Skating Championships Men".
- "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies".
- "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs".
- "European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance".
- Hines, James R.. (2011). "Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating". Scarecrow Press.
- [http://skating.bplaced.net/Results/euros/EC1956.htm European Championships 1956. Paris, France]
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