1983 European Figure Skating Championships

1983 European Championships
Type: ISU Championship
Date: 1 – 6 February 1983
Season: 1982–83
Location: Dortmund, West Germany
Champions
Men's singles:
West Germany Norbert Schramm
Ladies' singles:
East Germany Katarina Witt
Pair skating:
East Germany Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach
Ice dance:
Soviet Union Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin
Previous:
1982 European Championships
Next:
1984 European Championships

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, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.[1][2][3][4]

Overview and results

The championships cost 1.5 million Deutsche Marks.[5] Compulsory figures were held in Unna and began at 8 am.[5]

Men

Simond won compulsory figures.[6] After the short program, Sabovčík was in first, followed by Schramm and Simond.[7] Schramm would win the title.

Rank Name Nation CF[6] SP FS
1 Norbert Schramm West Germany4
2 Jozef Sabovčík Czechoslovakia2
3 Alexander Fadeev Soviet Union
4 Heiko Fischer West Germany3
5 Vladimir Kotin Soviet Union6
6 Jean-Christophe Simond France1
7 Rudi Cerne West Germany7
8 Grzegorz Filipowski Poland5
9 Laurent Depouilly France
10 Fernand Fédronic France8
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[7] SP FS
1 Katarina Witt East Germany21
2 Elena Vodorezova Soviet Union1
3 Claudia Leistner West Germany9
4 Manuela Ruben West Germany6
5 Anna Kondrashova Soviet Union
6 Kristiina Wegelius Finland5
7 Anna Antonova Soviet Union
8 Janina Wirth East Germany10
9 Sonja Stanek Austria4
10 Sanda Dubravčić Yugoslavia7
11 Karin Telser Italy
12 Parthena Sarafidis Austria8
13 Sandra Cariboni  Switzerland3
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.[8]

Rank Name Nation SP[6] FS
1 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach East Germany11
2 Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev Soviet Union42
3 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert East Germany23
4 Veronika Pershina / Marat Akbarov Soviet Union3
5 Marina Avstriskaya / Yuri Kvashnin Soviet Union5
6 Babette Preußler / Torsten Ohlow East Germany
7 Claudia Massari / Leonardo Azzola West Germany6
8 Susan Garland / Robert Daw United Kingdom7
9 Jana Havlova / René Novotný Czechoslovakia
10 Nathalie Tortel / Xavier Douillard France
11 Birgit Kuß / Uwe Fischbeck France
12 Naija Pekkala / Pekka Pekkala Finland8th

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. ↑ http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147122-164338-54457-0-file,00.pdf Archived 2007-01-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147123-164339-54461-0-file,00.pdf Archived 2007-01-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147120-164336-54459-0-file,00.pdf Archived 2007-01-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ http://www.isu.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,4844-147119-164335-54460-0-file,00.pdf Archived 2007-01-13 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. 1 2 "EISKUNSTLAUF: Das Schlimmste". Der Spiegel (in German). 7 February 1983.
  6. 1 2 3 "Skating Results At Dortmund, West Germany, Jan. 31". UPI. 31 January 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Figure Skating Results European Championship At Dortmund, W. Germany, Feb. 1". UPI. 1 February 1983. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "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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