1953 European Championships
Type:	ISU Championship
Date:	22 – 25 January
Season:	1952–53
Location:	Dortmund, West Germany
Champions
Men's singles: Carlo Fassi
Ladies' singles: Valda Osborn
Pairs: Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks
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The 1953 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Dortmund, West Germany from 22 to 25 January. 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] and pair skating.^[3]

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Places
1	Carlo Fassi
2	Alain Giletti
3	Freimut Stein
4	Michael Booker
5	Hubert Köpfler
6	Martin Felsenreich
7	Klaus Loichinger
8	György Czakó
WD	Kurt Oppelt	DNS

Ladies

Rank	Name	Places
1	Valda Osborn
2	Gundi Busch
3	Erica Batchelor
4	Helga Dudzinski
5	Yvonne Sugden
6	Annelies Schilhan
7	Rosi Pettinger
8	Elaine Skevington
9	Lidy Stoppelman
10	Sissy Schwarz
11	Nelly Maas
12	Doris Zerbe
13	Fiorella Negro
14	Joan Haanappel
15	Liliane de Becker
16	Erika Rücker
17	Eszter Jurek

Pairs

Rank	Name	Places
1	Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks
2	Marianna Nagy / László Nagy	11.5[4]
3	Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
4	Jane Higson / Robert Hudson
5	Eva Neeb / Karl Probst
6	Helga Krüger / Peter Voss
7	Charlotte Michiels / Gaston van Ghelder