1972 European Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1971-72
Location:Sweden Gothenburg, Sweden
Venue:Scandinavium
Champions
Men's singles:
Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela
Ladies' singles:
Austria Beatrix Schuba
Pairs:
Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov
Ice dance:
West Germany Angelika Buck / Erich Buck
Previous:
1971 European Championships
Next:
1973 European Championships

The 1972 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held at the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden on January 11–15. 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] pair skating,[3] and ice dancing.[4]

Overview

The 1970 European bronze medalist, Günter Zöller, arrived in Gothenburg with the East German team but withdrew before the start of the event after going to the West German embassy to defect.[5][6]

In the men's event, the top three after the compulsory figures held their placements for the medals. Ondrej Nepela completed triple salchow and toe loop jumps and finished first in the CF and the FS too. Sergey Chetverukhin finished second in CF and 3rd in FS, who skated with powerful, and elegance but fell on a triple salchow attempt. Patrick Péra won the bronze medal with no triples at all after he finished 3rd in the CF and 4th in the FS.. Yuriy Ovchinnikov placed second in the free skating but was unable to move up to the podium after placing 7th in the CF.[7]

The ladies' title was again won by defending champion Beatrix Schuba, who built up such an overwhelming lead in the compulsory figures that she won by a huge margin despite placing 5th in the free skating. Afterwards a German newspaper mocked her as the "Champion Without a Double Axel". Rita Trapanese took the silver medal, while Sonja Morgenstern moved up to bronze medal position after winning the free skating with a performance for which she received a 6.0 mark for artistic impression.[7]

In the pairs event, Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov also successfully defended their title in spite of some small mistakes. Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin won the silver with a performance that was considered more artistic, if less difficult, than that of the winners. The third-place team, Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann, included two thrown double axels in their free skating, which at that time was one of the most difficult elements attempted by pair skaters, and unusual enough to draw comment. As Gross was only 14 years old at this time while her partner Kagelmann was a tall grown man of 21, they were one of the first of what later became known as "one-and-a-half" or "flea-and-gorilla" pair teams.[7][8]

The dance event was the only discipline in which the title changed hands, as Angelika and Erich Buck unseated the defending champions Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov. The bronze medal went to the veteran British competitor Janet Sawbridge, now skating with Peter Dalby. It was Sawbridge's sixth medal at the European championships, achieved with three different partners.[7]

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela
2 Soviet Union Sergey Chetverukhin
3 France Patrick Péra
4 United Kingdom Haig Oundjian
5 United Kingdom John Curry
6 Soviet Union Vladimir Kovalyov
7 Soviet Union Yuriy Ovchinnikov
8 France Didier Gailhaguet
9 Switzerland Daniel Höner
10 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pazdírek
11 East Germany Bernd Wunderlich
12 Austria Josef Schneider
13 Italy Stefano Bargauan
14 Hungary László Vajda
15 West Germany Harald Kuhn
16 Austria Günther Hilgarth
17 United Kingdom Gordon Andison
18 Romania György Fazekas
19 Finland Pekka Leskinen
20 Czechoslovakia Peter Augustovič
21 Sweden Thomas Öberg
22 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Matas
23 Denmark John Ferdinandsen
WD East Germany Günter ZöllerDNS

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 Austria Beatrix Schuba
2 Italy Rita Trapanese
3 East Germany Sonja Morgenstern
4 Hungary Zsuzsa Almássy30[9]
5 East Germany Christine Errath
6 Switzerland Charlotte Walter
7 United Kingdom Jean Scott
8 United Kingdom Maria McLean
9 Netherlands Dianne de Leeuw
10 Soviet Union Yelena Aleksandrova
11 West Germany Isabel de Navarre
12 Czechoslovakia Liana Drahová
13 West Germany Gerti Schanderl
14 Sweden Anita Johansson
15 Switzerland Karin Iten
16 Italy Cinzia Frosio
17 Austria Sonja Balun
18 Poland Urszula Zielińska
19 Czechoslovakia Hana Knapová
20 France Marie-Claude Bierre
21 East Germany Steffi Knoll
22 Austria Iris Ebenwaldner
23 Soviet Union Marina Sanaya
24 Switzerland Donna Walter
25 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Helena Gazvoda
26 Italy Manuela Bertelè
27 Norway Liv Egelund
28 Denmark Kirsten Frikke

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Soviet Union Irina Rodnina / Aleksey Ulanov
2 Soviet Union Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrey Suraykin
3 East Germany Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann
4 West Germany Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger
5 East Germany Annette Kansy / Axel Salzmann
6 Soviet Union Irina Chernyayeva / Vasiliy Blagov
7 East Germany Marlies Radunsky / Rolf Österreich
8 Poland Grażyna Osmańska / Adam Brodecki
9 West Germany Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch
10 United Kingdom Linda Connolly / Colin Taylforth
11 France Florence Cahn / Jean-Roland Racle
12 Poland Teresa Skrzek / Piotr Szczypa
13 West Germany Gabriele Cieplik / Reinhard Ketterer
14 Switzerland Karin Künzle / Christian Künzle
15 Austria Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec
16 France Pascale Kovelmann / Jean-Pierre Rondel
17 Czechoslovakia Miroslava Sáblíková / Pavel Komárek
18 United Kingdom Jayne Torvill / Michael Hutchinson

Ice dance

Rank Name Places
1 West Germany Angelika Buck / Erich Buck
2 Soviet Union Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov
3 United Kingdom Janet Sawbridge / Peter Dalby
4 United Kingdom Hilary Green / Glynn Watts
5 Soviet Union Tetyana Voytyuk / Vyacheslav Zhyhalyn
6 Soviet Union Yelena Zharkova / Gennadiy Karponosov
7 Czechoslovakia Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický
8 United Kingdom Rosalind Druce / David Barker
9 Poland Teresa Weyna / Piotr Bojańczyk
10 France Anne-Claude Wolfers / Roland Mars
11 Hungary Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay
12 Italy Matilde Ciccia / Lamberto Ceserani
13 West Germany Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs
14 Poland Ewa Kołodziej / Tadeusz Góra
15 Austria Brigitte Scheijbal / Walter Leschetizky
16 Switzerland Silvia Bodmer / Beat Steib
17 West Germany Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp
18 Czechoslovakia Světlana Marinovová / Miloš Buršík
19 Denmark Vivi Poulsen / Kurt Poulsen

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. ↑ "Zoeller defects". United Press International. Star-News. 11 January 1972.
  6. ↑ "ZOV Sport Verräter: Günter Zöller". Landtag Brandenburg. April–May 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Europeans", Skating magazine, Apr 1972
  8. ↑ Beverley Smith, Figure Skating: A Celebration, ISBN 0-7710-2819-9
  9. ↑ European Championships 1972. Göteborg, Sweden
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