1953 European Figure Skating Championships

1953 European Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Season: 1952-1953
Location: West Germany Dortmund
Champions
Men's singles:
Italy Carlo Fassi
Ladies' singles:
United Kingdom Valda Osborn
Pair skating:
United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks
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The 1953 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1952-1953 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles,[1] men's singles,[2] and pair skating.[3]

In 1953, the European Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation
1 Carlo Fassi  Italy
2 Alain Giletti  France
3 Freimut Stein  West Germany
4 Michael Booker  United Kingdom
5 Hubert Köpfler   Switzerland
6 Martin Felsenreich  Austria
7 Klaus Loichinger  West Germany
8 György Czakó  Hungary
WD Kurt Oppelt  Austria

Ladies

Rank Name Nation
1 Valda Osborn  United Kingdom
2 Gundi Busch  West Germany
3 Erica Batchelor  United Kingdom
4 Helga Dudzinski  West Germany
5 Yvonne Sugden  United Kingdom
6 Annelies Schilhan  Austria
7 Rose Pettinger  West Germany
8 Elaine Skevington  United Kingdom
9 Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman  Netherlands
10 Sissy Schwarz  Austria
11 Nelly Maas  Netherlands
12 Doris Zerbe   Switzerland
13 Fiorella Negro  Italy
14 Joan Haanappel  Netherlands
15 Liliane de Becker  Belgium
16 Erika Rücker  West Germany
17 Eszter Jurek  Hungary

Pairs

Rank Name Nation
1 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks  United Kingdom
2 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy  Hungary
3 Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt  Austria
4 Jane Higson / Robert Hudson  United Kingdom
5 Eva Neeb / Karl Probst  West Germany
6 Helga Kruger / Peter Voss  West Germany
7 Charlotte Michiels / Gaston van Ghelder  Belgium

References