1983 European Figure Skating Championships
| 1983 European Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | ISU Championship |
| Date: | February 1 – 6 |
| Season: | 1982–83 |
| Location: | Dortmund, West Germany |
| Venue: | Eissportzentrum Westfalenhallen |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Norbert Schramm | |
Ladies' singles:  Katarina Witt | |
| Pairs: Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | |
Ice dance:  Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | |
| Previous: 1982 European Championships | |
| Next: 1984 European Championships | |
The 1983 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Dortmund, West Germany from February 1 to 6, 1983. Elite skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles,[1] ladies' singles,[2] pair skating,[3] and ice dancing.[4]
Overview and results
[edit]The championships cost 1.5 million Deutsche Marks.[5] Compulsory figures were held in Unna and began at 8 a.m.[5] The German Ice Skating Union president Wolf-Dieter Montag, also served as president of the organizing committee.[6]
Men
[edit]Simond won compulsory figures.[7] After the short program, Sabovčík was in first, followed by Schramm and Simond.[8] Schramm would win the title.
| Rank | Name | Nation | TFP | CF | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norbert Schramm | West Germany | 3.8 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Jozef Sabovčík |  Czechoslovakia | 7.0 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | Alexander Fadeev | Soviet Union | 8.6 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 4 | Heiko Fischer | West Germany | 9.4 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | Vladimir Kotin | Soviet Union | 9.8 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 6 | Jean-Christophe Simond |  France | 10.0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 7 | Rudi Cerne | West Germany | 10.2 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | Grzegorz Filipowski |  Poland | 8 | |||
| 9 | Laurent Depouilly | France | ||||
| 10 | Fernand Fédronic | France | 8 | |||
| 11 | Lars Åkesson |  Sweden | ||||
| 12 | Falko Kirsten | East Germany | ||||
| 13 | Thomas Hlavik |  Austria | ||||
| 14 | Miljan Begovic |  Yugoslavia | ||||
| 15 | Mark Pepperday |  United Kingdom | ||||
| 16 | Richard Furrer |  Switzerland | ||||
| 17 | Bruno Delmaestro |  Italy | ||||
| 18 | Petr Barna | Czechoslovakia | ||||
| 19 | Todd Sand |  Denmark | ||||
| 20 | András Száraz |  Hungary | ||||
| 21 | Fernando Soria |  Spain |
Ladies
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nation | CF[8] | SP | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Elena Vodorezova | Soviet Union | 1 | ||
| 3 | Claudia Leistner | West Germany | 9 | ||
| 4 | Manuela Ruben | West Germany | 6 | ||
| 5 | Anna Kondrashova | Soviet Union | |||
| 6 | Kristiina Wegelius |  Finland | 5 | ||
| 7 | Anna Antonova | Soviet Union | |||
| 8 | Janina Wirth | East Germany | 10 | ||
| 9 | Sonja Stanek | Austria | 4 | ||
| 10 | Sanda Dubravčić | Yugoslavia | 7 | ||
| 11 | Karin Telser | Italy | |||
| 12 | Parthena Sarafidis | Austria | 8 | ||
| 13 | Sandra Cariboni | Switzerland | 3 | ||
| 14 | Karin Hendschke | East Germany | |||
| 15 | Katrien Pauwels |  Belgium | |||
| 16 | Hana Veselá | Czechoslovakia | |||
| 17 | Agnès Gosselin | France | |||
| 18 | Li Scha Wang |  Netherlands | |||
| 19 | Hanne Gamborg | Denmark | |||
| 20 | Susan Jackson | United Kingdom | |||
| 21 | Catarina Lindgren | Sweden | |||
| 22 | Elise Ahonen | Finland | |||
| 23 | Nora Miklosi | Hungary | |||
| 24 | Rosario Esteban | Spain | |||
| WD | Karen Wood | United Kingdom |
Pairs
[edit]Baeß / Thierbach repeated as European champions.[9]
| Rank | Name | Nation | SP[7] | FS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach | East Germany | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev | Soviet Union | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert | East Germany | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov | Soviet Union | 3 | |
| 5 | Marina Avstriskaya / Yuri Kvashnin | Soviet Union | 5 | |
| 6 | Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow | East Germany | ||
| 7 | Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola | West Germany | 6 | |
| 8 | Susan Garland / Robert Daw | United Kingdom | 7 | |
| 9 | Jana Havlova / René Novotný | Czechoslovakia | ||
| 10 | Nathalie Tortel / Xavier Douillard | France | ||
| 11 | Birgit Kuß / Uwe Fischbeck | France | ||
| 12 | Naija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala | Finland | 8 |
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 "EISKUNSTLAUF: Das Schlimmste". Der Spiegel (in German). 7 February 1983.
- ^ "Wolf-Dieter Montag – Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (in German). 19 November 2014. p. 3.
- ^ a b "Skating Results At Dortmund, West Germany, Jan. 31". UPI. 31 January 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
- ^ a b "Figure Skating Results European Championship At Dortmund, W. Germany, Feb. 1". UPI. 1 February 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
- ^ "East Germany's Sabine Baess and Tassilo Thierbach comfortably retained..." UPI. 2 February 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.