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1963 World Figure Skating Championships

January 08, 2023

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

1963 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 28 – March 3
Season:1963
Location:Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy
Champions
Men's singles:
Donald McPherson
Ladies' singles:
Sjoukje Dijkstra
Pair skating:
Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
Ice dance:
Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman
Navigation
Previous:
1962 World Championships
Next:
1964 World Championships

The 1963 competitions for men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance took place from February 28 to March 3 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The competition was held in the open-air ice stadium, with events running as late as 1 or 2am, by which time it was very cold. This caused the ice to become hard and brittle, as well as causing discomfort to those in attendance.[1]

Perhaps due to the poor ice conditions, the men's competition was marred by many falls. Both the winner Donald McPherson and second-place finisher Alain Calmat fell on triple loop attempts, but neither Manfred Schnelldorfer nor Karol Divín, who had been placed 1-2 after the compulsory figures, performed well in the free skating.[1]

Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler won the pair competition, although some questioned whether some of their lifts, including a "triple Axel lift" (an Axel lasso lift with 3.5 rotations), were legal under the ISU rules of the time. The Canadian team of Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell had to withdraw after Wilkes suffered a head injury in a fall while posing for press photos.[1]

Disaster also struck the American dance team Yvonne Littlefield and Peter Betts. They placed 9th in the compulsory dances, but in the free dance Betts's blade came unscrewed from the boot and they were unable to finish their program. Meanwhile, the defending champions Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman came from behind to retain title after being defeated in the compulsory dances by the British team, Linda Shearman and Michael Phillips, who had also defeated the Romans at the European Championships earlier that year.[1]

Defending champion Sjoukje Dijkstra also retained her title, building a big lead in the compulsory figures and following it with a good performance in the free skate, in which she now included a double Lutz for the first time.[1] Nicole Hassler, second in the free skate and third overall, had two strong double Axels at the end of her program.[2] The Japanese competitor Miwa Fukuhara, who finished 6th overall, included a triple salchow in her program.[1]

Results

Men

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Sjoukje Dijkstra   Netherlands 9
2 Regine Heitzer   Austria 22
3 Nicole Hassler   France 30
4 Wendy Griner   Canada 36
5 Petra Burka   Canada 39
6 Miwa Fukuhara   Japan 68
7 Inge Paul   West Germany 75
8 Jana Mrázková   Czechoslovakia 73
9 Helli Sengstschmid   Austria 73
10 Lorraine Hanlon   United States 89
11 Diana Clifton-Peach   United Kingdom 97
12 Ingrid Ostler   Austria 110
13 Karen Howland   United States 130
14 Fränzi Schmidt   Switzerland 128
15 Eva Grožajová   Czechoslovakia 138
16 Ann-Margreth Frei   Sweden 140
17 Junko Ueno   Japan 147
18 Sandra Brugnera   Italy 161
19 Christine Haigler   United States 167
20 Shirra Kenworthy   Canada 160
21 Zsuzsa Szentmiklóssy   Hungary 191
22 Anne Karin Dehle   Norway 198
23 Tatiana Nemtsova   Soviet Union 204
24 Elżbieta Kościk   Poland 215

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler   West Germany 9
2 Ludmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov   Soviet Union 20
3 Tatyana Zhuk / Alexander Gavrilov   Soviet Union 31
4 Gertrude Desjardins / Maurice Lefrance   Canada 31.5
5 Milada Kubíková / Jaroslav Votruba   Czechoslovakia 51.5
6 Gerda Johner / Rüdi Johner   Switzerland 58.5
7 Judianne Fotheringill / Jerry Fotheringill   United States 64
8 Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph   United States 66.5
9 Patty Gustafson / Pieter Kollen   United States 84
10 Sonja Pfersdorf / Günther Matzdorf   West Germany 84
11 Linda Ann Ward / Neil Carpenter   Canada 95
12 Gunilla Lindberg / Gunnar de Sharengrad   Sweden 107

Judges:

Ice dance

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman   Czechoslovakia 14
2 Linda Shearman / Michael Phillips   United Kingdom 15
3 Paulette Doan / Kenneth Ormsby   Canada 26
4 Janet Sawbridge / David Hickinbottom   United Kingdom 36
5 Donna Mitchell / John Mitchell   Canada 47
6 Mary Parry / Roy Mason   United Kingdom 62
7 Sally Schantz / Stanley Urban   United States 66
8 Lorna Dyer / John Carrell   United States 71
9 Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi   Hungary 82
10 Carol Forrest / Kevin Lethbridge   Canada 93
11 Marlise Fornachon / Charly Pichard   Switzerland 96
12 Armelle Flichy / Pierre Brun   France 120
13 Helga Burkhardt / Hannes Burkhardt   West Germany 116
14 Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan   Czechoslovakia 117
15 Christel Trebesiner / Gerald Felsinger   Austria 132
16 Ghislaine Houdas / Francis Gamichon   France 141
17 Yvonne Littlefield / Peter Betts   United States 152
18 Maria Grazia Toncelli / Vinicio Toncelli   Italy 153

Judges:

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Arctic Cold Chills World Championships", Skating magazine, May 1963
  2. ^ "Informal Comments on Worlds", Skating magazine, May 1963

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU

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The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion 1963 World Figure Skating ChampionshipsType ISU ChampionshipDate February 28 March 3Season 1963Location Cortina d Ampezzo ItalyChampionsMen s singles Donald McPhersonLadies singles Sjoukje DijkstraPair skating Marika Kilius Hans Jurgen BaumlerIce dance Eva Romanova Pavel RomanNavigationPrevious 1962 World ChampionshipsNext 1964 World ChampionshipsThe 1963 competitions for men s singles ladies singles pair skating and ice dance took place from February 28 to March 3 in Cortina d Ampezzo Italy The competition was held in the open air ice stadium with events running as late as 1 or 2am by which time it was very cold This caused the ice to become hard and brittle as well as causing discomfort to those in attendance 1 Perhaps due to the poor ice conditions the men s competition was marred by many falls Both the winner Donald McPherson and second place finisher Alain Calmat fell on triple loop attempts but neither Manfred Schnelldorfer nor Karol Divin who had been placed 1 2 after the compulsory figures performed well in the free skating 1 Marika Kilius and Hans Jurgen Baumler won the pair competition although some questioned whether some of their lifts including a triple Axel lift an Axel lasso lift with 3 5 rotations were legal under the ISU rules of the time The Canadian team of Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell had to withdraw after Wilkes suffered a head injury in a fall while posing for press photos 1 Disaster also struck the American dance team Yvonne Littlefield and Peter Betts They placed 9th in the compulsory dances but in the free dance Betts s blade came unscrewed from the boot and they were unable to finish their program Meanwhile the defending champions Eva Romanova and Pavel Roman came from behind to retain title after being defeated in the compulsory dances by the British team Linda Shearman and Michael Phillips who had also defeated the Romans at the European Championships earlier that year 1 Defending champion Sjoukje Dijkstra also retained her title building a big lead in the compulsory figures and following it with a good performance in the free skate in which she now included a double Lutz for the first time 1 Nicole Hassler second in the free skate and third overall had two strong double Axels at the end of her program 2 The Japanese competitor Miwa Fukuhara who finished 6th overall included a triple salchow in her program 1 Contents 1 Results 1 1 Men 1 2 Ladies 1 3 Pairs 1 4 Ice dance 2 References 3 SourcesResults EditMen Edit Rank Name Nation Places1 Donald McPherson Canada 182 Alain Calmat France 223 Manfred Schnelldorfer West Germany 224 Karol Divin Czechoslovakia 345 Scott Allen United States 406 Peter Jonas Austria 597 Sepp Schonmetzler West Germany 718 Donald Knight Canada 799 Emmerich Danzer Austria 8010 Nobuo Sato Japan 8811 Monty Hoyt United States 8312 Robert Dureville France 11713 Hugo Dumler West Germany 12214 Jeno Ebert Hungary 13015 Bill Neale Canada 13616 Valeri Meshkov Soviet Union 14517 Giordano Abbondati Italy 14418 Malcolm Cannon United Kingdom 15919 Wouter Toledo Netherlands 161Judges E Kucharz Austria J A McKechnie Canada Zdenek Fikar Czechoslovakia N Valdes France Adolf Walker West Germany Pamela Peat United Kingdom Giovanni DeMori Italy C Benedict Stieber Netherlands John R Shoemaker United StatesLadies Edit Rank Name Nation Places1 Sjoukje Dijkstra Netherlands 92 Regine Heitzer Austria 223 Nicole Hassler France 304 Wendy Griner Canada 365 Petra Burka Canada 396 Miwa Fukuhara Japan 687 Inge Paul West Germany 758 Jana Mrazkova Czechoslovakia 739 Helli Sengstschmid Austria 7310 Lorraine Hanlon United States 8911 Diana Clifton Peach United Kingdom 9712 Ingrid Ostler Austria 11013 Karen Howland United States 13014 Franzi Schmidt Switzerland 12815 Eva Grozajova Czechoslovakia 13816 Ann Margreth Frei Sweden 14017 Junko Ueno Japan 14718 Sandra Brugnera Italy 16119 Christine Haigler United States 16720 Shirra Kenworthy Canada 16021 Zsuzsa Szentmiklossy Hungary 19122 Anne Karin Dehle Norway 19823 Tatiana Nemtsova Soviet Union 20424 Elzbieta Koscik Poland 215Judges Oskar Madl Austria E R S McLauchlin Canada Emil Skakala Czechoslovakia Gerard Rodrigues Henriques France Theo Klemm West Germany C Benedict Stieber Netherlands W Fritz Switzerland L B Sanderson United States Sergei Vasiliev Soviet UnionPairs Edit Rank Name Nation Places1 Marika Kilius Hans Jurgen Baumler West Germany 92 Ludmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov Soviet Union 203 Tatyana Zhuk Alexander Gavrilov Soviet Union 314 Gertrude Desjardins Maurice Lefrance Canada 31 55 Milada Kubikova Jaroslav Votruba Czechoslovakia 51 56 Gerda Johner Rudi Johner Switzerland 58 57 Judianne Fotheringill Jerry Fotheringill United States 648 Vivian Joseph Ronald Joseph United States 66 59 Patty Gustafson Pieter Kollen United States 8410 Sonja Pfersdorf Gunther Matzdorf West Germany 8411 Linda Ann Ward Neil Carpenter Canada 9512 Gunilla Lindberg Gunnar de Sharengrad Sweden 107Judges W Malek Austria E R S McLauchlin Canada Zdenek Fikar Czechoslovakia N Valdes France Janos Zsigmondy West Germany Elemer Tertak Hungary W Fritz Switzerland L B Sanderson United States Sergei Vasiliev Soviet UnionIce dance Edit Rank Name Nation Places1 Eva Romanova Pavel Roman Czechoslovakia 142 Linda Shearman Michael Phillips United Kingdom 153 Paulette Doan Kenneth Ormsby Canada 264 Janet Sawbridge David Hickinbottom United Kingdom 365 Donna Mitchell John Mitchell Canada 476 Mary Parry Roy Mason United Kingdom 627 Sally Schantz Stanley Urban United States 668 Lorna Dyer John Carrell United States 719 Gyorgyi Korda Pal Vasarhelyi Hungary 8210 Carol Forrest Kevin Lethbridge Canada 9311 Marlise Fornachon Charly Pichard Switzerland 9612 Armelle Flichy Pierre Brun France 12013 Helga Burkhardt Hannes Burkhardt West Germany 11614 Jitka Babicka Jaromir Holan Czechoslovakia 11715 Christel Trebesiner Gerald Felsinger Austria 13216 Ghislaine Houdas Francis Gamichon France 14117 Yvonne Littlefield Peter Betts United States 15218 Maria Grazia Toncelli Vinicio Toncelli Italy 153Judges Hans Meixner Austria J A McKechnie Canada Emil Skakala Czechoslovakia Claude Lambert France H Wollersen West Germany Mollie Phillips United Kingdom Elemer Tertak Hungary C Bernacchi Italy John R Shoemaker United StatesReferences Edit a b c d e f Arctic Cold Chills World Championships Skating magazine May 1963 Informal Comments on Worlds Skating magazine May 1963Sources EditResult List provided by the ISU Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1963 World Figure Skating Championships amp oldid 1084671987, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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