1983 European Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 1 – 6
Season:1982–83
Location:Dortmund, West Germany
Venue:Eissportzentrum Westfalenhallen
Champions
Men's singles:
West Germany Norbert Schramm
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Katarina Witt
Pairs:
East Germany Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
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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

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

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

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

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

Rank Name Nation
1 Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin  Soviet Union
2 Olga Volozhinskaya / Alexander Svinin  Soviet Union
3 Karen Barber / Nicholas Slater  United Kingdom
4 Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko  Soviet Union
5 Nathalie Herve / Pierre Bechu  France
6 Petra Born / Rainer Schönborn  West Germany
7 Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams  United Kingdom
8 Isabella Micheli / Roberto Pelizzola  Italy
9 Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán  Czechoslovakia
10 Judit Péterfy / Csaba Bálint  Hungary
11 Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer  West Germany
12 Marianne van Bommel / Wayne Deweyert  Netherlands

References

  1. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-03.
  2. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03.
  3. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
  4. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.
  5. ^ a b "EISKUNSTLAUF: Das Schlimmste". Der Spiegel (in German). 7 February 1983.
  6. ^ "Wolf-Dieter Montag – Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Gesellschaft für Orthopädisch-Traumatologische Sportmedizin (in German). 19 November 2014. p. 3.
  7. ^ a b "Skating Results At Dortmund, West Germany, Jan. 31". UPI. 31 January 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "East Germany's Sabine Baess and Tassilo Thierbach comfortably retained..." UPI. 2 February 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.

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