Prague Skate

Prague Skate
StatusDefunct
GenreInternational competition
FrequencyAnnual
LocationPrague
Country Czechoslovakia (1963–92)
Czech Republic (1994–97)
Years active1963–97
Organized byCzechoslovak Figure Skating Union (1963–92)
Czech Figure Skating Association (1994–97)

Prague Skate (Czech: Pražská korčula) was an annual figure skating competition organized by the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union (Czech: Československý krasobruslařský svaz). The first competition took place in 1963 in Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia.[1] After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia,[2] the competition was relocated to Ostrava and rechristened Czech Skate (Czech: Česká brusle).[3] It was also dedicated to the memory of Josef Dědič, who had won the 1947 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships and served as the last chair of the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union before its dissolution in 1992.[4]

Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, although each discipline may not have necessarily been held every year. Petr Barna of Czechoslovakia holds the record for winning the most Prague Skate titles in men's singles (with five), while Lenka Kulovaná and Hana Mašková, both of Czechslovakia, are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (with three each). Three teams are tied for winning the most titles in pair skating (with two each): Margot Glockshuber and Wolfgang Danne of West Germany, Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný of the Czech Republic, and Mandy Wötzel and Axel Rauschenbach of East Germany. Four teams are tied for winning the most titles in ice dance (with two each), all from Czechoslovakia: Jitka Babická and Jaromír Holan, Kateřina Mrázková and Martin Šimeček, Liliana Řeháková and Stanislav Drastich, and Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman.

In 1997, the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating – then called the Junior Series – was established by the International Skating Union as a series of international skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters.[5] The Czech Skate has periodically been held as an installment of this series beginning in 1999.[6][7]

Medalists

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1963 Prague Karol Divín Heinrich Podhajsky Valery Meshkov [8]
1964 Ondrej Nepela Günter Zöller Vladimir Kurenbin [9]
1965 Giordano Abbondati Ondrej Nepela Valery Meshkov [10]
1966 Ondrej Nepela Peter Krick Sergei Chetverukhin [11]
1967 Sergei Chetverukhin Marian Filc [12]
1968–69 No competitions held [13]
1970 Klaus Grimmelt Vladimir Kovalev Stefano Bargauan [14]
1971 Stefano Bargauan Zdeněk Pazdírek Daniel Höner [15]
1972 Gordon McKellen Jacques Mrozek [16]
1973 František Pechar David Santee Robert Rubens [17]
1974 Terry Kubicka František Pechar Konstantin Kokora [18]
1975 Charlie Tickner Konstantin Kokora Zdeněk Pazdírek [19]
1976 Scott Cramer František Pechar Jean-Christophe Simond [20]
1977 John Carlow Miroslav Šoška Georgi Starkov [21]
1978 Jean-Christophe Simond Vern Taylor Robert Wagenhoffer [22]
1979 Gordon Forbes Allen Schramm Jozef Sabovčík [23]
1980 Jozef Sabovčík Daniel Béland Grzegorz Głowania [24]
1981 Neil Paterson Gurgen Vardanjan [25]
1982 André Bourgeois Makoto Kano [26]
1983 Takashi Mura James Santee Campbell Sinclair [27]
1984 Petr Barna Richard Zander Gurgen Vardanjan [28]
1985 Ralf Lewandowski Philippe Roncoli [29]
1986 Henrik Walentin Daniel Weiss [30]
1987 Heiko Fischer Dmitri Gromov [31]
1988 Philippe Candeloro Zsolt Kerekes [32]
1989 Nicolas Pétorin Gleb Bokiy Mirko Eichhorn [33]
1990 No men's competitors [34]
1992 Masakazu Kagiyama Rudy Galindo Marcus Christensen [35]
1993 No competition held
1994 Ostrava Evgeni Pliuta Clive Shorten Alexei Yagudin [36]
1995 Roman Ekimov Yevgeny Martynov Laurent Tobel [37]
1996 No competition held
1997 Stéphane Yvars Robert Grzegorczyk Yevgeny Martynov [38]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1963 Prague Hana Mašková Gabriele Seyfert Alena Augustová [39]
1964 Nicole Hassler Jana Mrázková [9]
1965 Hana Mašková Zsuzsa Almássy Uschi Keszler [10]
1966 Zsuzsa Almassy Hana Mašková Elisabeth Nestler [40]
1967 Hana Mašková Beate Richter Elisabeth Mikula [41]
1968–69 No competitions held [13]
1970 Ľudmila Bezáková Ilka Spormann Mary McCaffrey [42]
1971 Hana Knapová Anett Pötzsch Karin Iten [15]
1972 Dorothy Hamill Gerti Schanderl Daria Prychun [16]
1973 Lynn Nightingale Wendy Burge Dianne de Leeuw [17]
1974 Kath Malmberg Hana Knapová Steffi Knoll [18]
1975 Priscilla Hill Susanna Driano Grażyna Dudek [19]
1976 Claudia Kristofics-Binder Lisa-Marie Allen Anita Siegfried [20]
1977 Kathy Gelecinsky Marion Weber Deborah Albright [21]
1978 Jill Sawyer Karin Riediger Renata Baierová [22]
1979 Elaine Zayak Renata Baierová Myriam Oberwiler [23]
1980 Carola Paul Anna Kondrashova Megumi Yanagihara [24]
1981 Kerry Smith Juri Ozawa Alla Fomicheva [25]
1982 Agnès Gosselin Natalia Lebedeva Karin Hendschke [26]
1983 Midori Ito Sachie Yuki Constanze Gensel [27]
1984 Cornelia Renner Leslie Sikes Simone Koch [28]
1985 Inga Gauter Sachie Yuki Izumi Oatani [29]
1986 Susanne Becher Jana Přibylová Inna Krundysheva [30]
1987 Lotta Falkenbäck Yvonne Pokorny Julie Wasserman [31]
1988 Simone Lang Sabine Contini Michèle Claret [32]
1989 Tisha Walker Simone Koch Marcela Kochollová [33]
1990 Lenka Kulovaná Simone Lang Mari Asanuma [34]
1992 Yuka Sato Surya Bonaly Krisztina Czakó [35]
1993 No competition held
1994 Ostrava Lenka Kulovaná Kateřina Beránková Elena Liashenko [36]
1995 Daria Timoshenko Netty Kim [43]
1996 No competition held
1997 Ekaterina Siniapkina Annie Bellemare Marta Głuchowska [38]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1963 Prague
No other competitors [39]
1964
  • Sonja Pferzdorf
  • Günter Matzdorf
 [9]
1965
[10]
1966 [11]
1967 [41]
1968–77 No pairs competitions
1978
[22]
1979 [23]
1980
[24]
1981
  • Lynne Freeman
  • Jay Freeman
 [25]
1982
[26]
1983
  • Peggy Seidel
  • Ralf Seifert
[27]
1984
  • Dagmar Kovářová
  • Jozef Komár
  • Maria Lako
  • Michael Blicharski
 [28]
1985
  • Laurene Collin
  • David Howe
 [29]
1986 [30]
1987 [31]
1988
  • Karina Guchmazova
  • Sergei Petrovski
 [32]
1989
  • Karina Guchmazova
  • Sergei Petrovski
 [33]
1990
  • Ludmila Kaleniuk
  • Gennadii Markushin
 [34]
1992
  • Tiina Muur
  • Cory Watson
 [35]
1993 No competition held
1994 Ostrava [36]
1995
[43]
1996 No competition held
1997
[38]

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1963 Prague
  • Anne Cross
  • Francis Leonard Williams
 [8]
1964
  • Gabriele Rauch
  • Rudi Matysik
 [9]
1965
  • Gabriele Matysik
  • Rudi Matysik
  • Ms. Dean
  • Mr. Webster
 [10]
1966 [11]
1967 [41]
1968–77 No ice dance competitions
1978
  • Karen Mankowich
  • Douglas Mankowich
 [22]
1979 [23]
1980
  • Gina Aucoin
  • Hans Peter Ponikau
 [24]
1981
  • Terri Slater
  • Rick Berg
  • Yulia Romanova
  • Yuri Gaichenkov
 [25]
1982 No ice dance competition [26]
1983
[27]
1984
  • Margaret Bodo
  • Rick Berg
 [28]
1985 No ice dance competitions [29]
1986 [30]
1987
  • Michela Malingambi
  • Andrea Gilardi
 [31]
1988
[32]
1989
  • Monika Mandiková
  • Oliver Pekar
[33]
1990
  • Dara Bailey
  • Rock Lemay
  • Monika Mandiková
  • Oliver Pekar
 [34]
1992
  • Jennifer Nocito
  • Michael Verlich
 [35]
1993 No competition held
1994 Ostrava [36]
1995 [43]
1996 No competition held
1997
  • Francesca Fermi
  • Andrei Baldi
 [38]

Records

Mandy Wötzel and Axel Rauschenbach of East Germany won two Prague Skate titles in pair skating, while Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman of Czechoslovakia won two Prague Skate titles in ice dance.
Records
Discipline Most titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles 5 1984–88 [44][32]
Women's singles 3 1990;
1994–95 		[45]
1963;
1965;
1967 		[39][10]
[41]
Pairs 2 1965–66 [10][11]
[a] 1989;
1994 		[33][36]
1987–88 [31][32]
Ice dance 2 1965–66 [10][11]
1994–95 [36][43]
1978–79 [22][23]
1963–64 [8][9]

Notes

  1. ^ Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný won the 1989 Prague Skate while representing Czechoslovakia,[33] and the 1994 Czech Skate while representing the Czech Republic.[36]

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