Blue Swords

Blue Swords (German: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) is an international figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union. It is usually held in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Champions of the event win the "Blue Swords Trophy".

For the racehorse, see Blue Swords (horse).

History

Blue Swords began as a senior international competition in East Germany, and was held annually between 1961 and 1998. In 1985, it became a junior-level event.[1] Since 1997, it is chosen in some years by the International Skating Union to be part of the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. These are the only years when the event is still held.

The German name for the event is "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter", referring to the blue swords trademark of Meissen porcelain. The Blue Sword Trophy is made of that porcelain.

Senior medalists

Men
Men's medalists
Year Gold[1]SilverBronze Details
1961 Bodo Bockenauer
1962 Bodo Bockenauer Károly Ujlaky Valeri Meshkov
1963 Ralph Borghard
1964 Robert Dureville Ondrej Nepela Günter Zöller
1965 Ralph Borghard Robert Dureville Günter Zöller
1966 Günter Zöller Marian Filc Reinhard Ketterer
1967 Günter Zöller Vladimir Kurenbin Günter Anderl
1968 Günter Zöller Valeri Meshkov Vladimir Kurenbin
1969 Günter Zöller Vladimir Kovalev Jan Hoffmann
1970 Jan Hoffmann Igor Bobrin Ralf Richter
1971 Jan Hoffmann Bernd Wunderlich Michael Glaubitz
1972 Jan Hoffmann Bernd Wunderlich Konstantin Kokora
1973 Jan Hoffmann Igor Bobrin Ronald Koppelent
1974 Konstantin Kokora Bernd Wunderlich Hermann Schulz
1975 Jan Hoffmann Andrei Yablokov Mario Liebers
1976 Konstantin Kokora Mario Liebers Gilles Beyer
1977 Mario Liebers Joachim Ehmann Gerald Schranz
1978 Hermann Schulz Heiko Fischer Torsten Ohlow
1979 Jan Hoffmann Mario Liebers Norbert Schramm
1980 Grzegorz Głowania Didier Monge Falko Kirsten
1981 Alexander König Joachim Ehmann Thomas Wieser
1982 Falko Kirsten Fernand Fedronic Didier Manaud
1983 Boris Uspenski Falko Kirsten Pierre Seveno

Ladies
Ladies' medalists
Year Gold[1]SilverBronze Details
1961 Gabriele Seyfert
1962 Eva Grožajová Gabriele Seyfert Heidemarie Steiner
1963 Gabriele Seyfert
1964 Gabriele Seyfert Jana Mrazkova Beate Richter
1965 Gabriele Seyfert Beate Richter Hilde Überlacher
1966 Gabriele Seyfert Martina Clausner Beate Richter
1967 Beate Richter Martina Clausner Sybille Stolfig
1968 Sonja Morgenstern Eva Kriegelstein Christine Errath
1969 Sonja Morgenstern Simone Gräfe Christine Errath
1970 Sonja Morgenstern Christine Errath Simone Gräfe
1971 Christine Errath Anita Johansson Marina Titova
1972 Christine Errath Steffi Knoll Marion Weber
1973 Christine Errath Anett Pötzsch Marion Weber
1974 Christine Errath Anett Pötzsch Marion Weber
1975 Christine Errath Anett Pötzsch Petra Wagner
1976 Anett Pötzsch Marion Weber Carola Weissenberg
1977 Natalia Strelkova Marion Weber Gabriela Voica
1978 Katarina Witt Sonja Stanek Kerstin Wolf
1979 Anett Pötzsch Katarina Witt Carola Weissenberg
1980 Anett Pötzsch Svetlana Frantsuzova Janina Wirth
1981 Katarina Witt Anna Kondrashova Carmen Hartfiel
1982 Janina Wirth Petra Schruf Kerstin Wolf
1983 Janina Wirth Beatrice Gelmini Marion Krause

Pair skating
Pairs medalists
Year Gold[1]SilverBronze Details
1961 Renate Rössler / Klaus Wasserfuhr Margit Senf / Peter Göbel
1962 Irene Müller / Hans Georg Dallmer Brigitte Wokoeck / Heinz-Ulrich Walther Tatiana Sharanova / Alexander Gorelik
1963 Brigitte Wokoeck / Heinz-Ulrich Walther
1964 Irene Müller / Hans Georg Dallmer Renate Rössler / Klaus Wasserfuhr Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy
1965 Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther Irene Müller / Hans-Georg DallmerTatiana Tarasova / Georgi Proskurin
1966 Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther Renate Rössler / Klaus Wasserfuhr Marianne Mirmsecker / Peter Göbel
1967 Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomirov Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy
1968 Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomirov Monika Heibig / Axel Salzmann Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin
1969 Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann Beatrix von Brück / Reinhard Mirmsecker
1970 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov Marlies Radunski / Rolf Österreich
1971 Marlies Radunski / Rolf Österreich Romy Kermer / Andreas Forner Irina Vorobjeva / Alexander Vlasov
1972 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov
1973 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov
1974 Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann Katja Schubert / Knut Schubert
1975 Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann
1976 Katja Schubert / Knut Schubert Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorff Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann
1977 Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorff Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Galina Tairova / Alexei Golovkin
1978 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Elena Vasyukova / Alexei Pogodin Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann
1979 Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann
1980 Inna Volyanskaya / Valery Spiridonov Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann
1981 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Elena Kashinzeva / Alexei Pogodin Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko
1982 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Inna Volyanskaya / Valery Spiridonov Lyudmila Koblova / Andrei Kalitin
1983 Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert Babette Preußler / Tobias Schröter Tatiana Chozko / Oleg Efimov

Ice dancing
Ice dancing medalists
Year Gold[1]SilverBronze Details
No ice dancing event in 1961[1]
1962 Eva-Maria Reuter / Bernd Egert
1963 Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1964 Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger Eva-Maria Reuter / Bernd Egert
1965 Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger Norma Allwelt / Michael Schmidt Dana Novotná / Jaroslav Hainz
1966 Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw
1967 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger Fiona Hunt / Lynd Taylor
1968 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger Ilona Berecz / Istvan Sugar
1969 Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin
No ice dancing event 1970–1984[1]

Junior medalists

Men
Junior men's medalists
Year GoldSilverBronze Details
1984 Vladimir Petrenko Rudy Luccioni Daniel Weiss
1985 Vladimir Petrenko Rudy Galindo Yuriy Tsymbalyuk[1][2]
1986 Yuriy Tsymbalyuk Rico Krahnert Mirko Eichhorn[1][2]
1987 Ronny Winkler Philippe Candeloro Elvis Stojko[1][2]
1988 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Scott Davis Mirko Eichhorn[1][2]
1989 Mirko Eichhorn Sergei Minayev Zsolt Kerekes[1]
1990 Dmitri Dmitrenko[1]
1991 Konstantin Kostin John Bevan Patrick-Rene Reinhardt[1][2]
1992 Evgeni Pliuta Cyril Deplace Patrick-Rene Reinhardt[1][2]
1993 Naoki Shigematsu Yvan Desjardins Markus Leminen[1][2]
1994 Gabriel Monnier Jens ter Laak Michael Hopfes[1]
1995 Alexei Yagudin Gabriel Monnier David Jäschke[1][3]
1996 Evgeni Plushenko Timothy Goebel Vincent Restencourt[4][2]
1997 Matthew Savoie Alexei Vasilevski David Jäschke[1][2]
1998 Vincent Restencourt Stefan Lindemann Scott Smith[5]
2000 Stanislav Timchenko Evan Lysacek Maxime Duchemin[6][7]
2002 Sergei Dobrin Tomáš Verner Nicholas LaRoche
2004 Jamal Othman Alexander Uspenski Princeton Kwong[8][9]
2007 Brandon Mroz Michal Březina Takahito Mura[10]
2009 Song Nan Artur Gachinski Gordei Gorshkov[11]
2010 Richard Dornbush Gordei Gorshkov Ryuichi Kihara[12]
2012 Maxim Kovtun Shoma Uno Alexander Samarin[13][14]
2014 Andrei Lazukin He Zhang Yaroslav Paniot[15]

Ladies
Junior ladies' medalists
Year GoldSilverBronze Details
1984 Inga Gauter Natalia Skrabnevskaya Evelyn Großmann
1985 Natalia Gorbenko Inga Gauter Cornelia Renner[1][2]
1986 Inga Gauter Tanja Krienke Alina Pisarenko[1][2]
1987 Karen Preston Atsuko Suda Kathleen Fenske[1][2]
1988 Tanja Krienke Tisha Walker Stephanie Ferrer[1][2]
1989 Robyn Petroskey Tanja Krienke Kaisa Kella[1][2]
1990 Maria Yerdzitskaya[1]
1991 Anna Rechnio Stephanie Fiorito Susanne Mildenberger[1][2]
1992 Tanja Szewczenko Astrid Hochstetter Yuko Fukuya[1][2]
1993 Inna Zayets Kateřina Beránková Astrid Hochstetter[1][2]
1994 Tara Lipinski Yulia Lavrenchuk Masayo Oishi[1]
1995 Sydne Vogel Elena Pingacheva Fumie Suguri[1][3]
1996 Elena Pingacheva Angela Nikodinov Veronika Dytrt[4][2]
1997 Amber Corwin Julia Soldatova Sara Lindroos[1][2]
1998 Irina Nikolaeva Anna Jurkiewicz Sara Wheat[5]
2000 Kristina Oblasova Sara Wheat Tamara Dorofejev[6][7]
2002 Olga Naidenova Adriana DeSanctis Jenna McCorkell
2004 Kiira Korpi Danielle Kahle Katy Taylor[8][9]
2007 Sarah Hecken Rachael Flatt Rumi Suizu[10]
2009 Kiri Baga Angela Maxwell Polina Agafonova[11]
2010 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva Christina Gao Ira Vannut[12]
2012 Anna Pogorilaya Miyabi Oba Maria Stavitskaia[13][14]
2014 Wakaba Higuchi Elizabet Turzynbaeva Alexandra Proklova[15]

Pairs
Junior pairs medalists
Year GoldSilverBronze Details
1984 Irina Mironenko / Dmitri Shkidchenko Antje Schramm / Jens Müller Katrin Kanitz / Alexander König
1985 Antje Schramm / Jens Müller Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft Ekaterina Murugova / Artem Torgashev[1][2]
1986 Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft Antje Schramm / Jens Müller Irina Saifutdinova / Andrei Bardykin[1][2]
1987 Inna Svetacheva / Vladimr Shapov Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft Jodi Barnes / Rob Williams[1][2]
1988 Elena Nikonova / Nikolai Apter Sherry Ball / Christopher Bourne Angela Caspari / Marno Kreft[1][2]
1989 Elena Vlasenko / Sergei Ostriy Aimee Offner / Brian Helgenberg Shae-Lynn Bourne / Andrew Bertleff[1][2]
1990
1991 Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski Isabelle Coulombe / Bruno Marcotte Nicole Sciarrotta / Gregory Sciarrotta[1][2]
1992 Inga Korshunova / Dmitri Saveliev Julie Laporte / David Pelletier Nadine Pflaum / Kristian Simeunovic[1][2]
1993 Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex Tatiana Lazarenko / Denis Garbusov Sophie Guestault / François Guestault[1][2]
1994 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilaev[1]
1995 Irina Maslennikova / Konstantin Krasnenkov Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski[1][3]
1996 Maria Petrova / Teimuraz Pulin Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland[4][16][2]
1997 Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman Julia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk Svetlana Nikolaeva / Alexei Sokolov[1][2]
1998 Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski Laura Handy / J. Paul Binnebose Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov[5]
2000 Amanda Magarian / Jered Guzman Svetlana Nikolaeva / Pavel Lebedev Julia Shapiro / Dmitri Khromin[6][7]
2002 Jessica Dubé / Samuel Tetrault Maria Mukhortova / Pavel Lebedev Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler
2004 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov Brittany Vise / Nicholas Kole Angelika Pylkina / Niklas Hogner[8][9]
2007 Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov Ksenia Krasilnikova / Konstantin Bezmaternikh[10]
2009 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Zhang Yue / Wang Lei Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller[11]
2010 Sui Wenjing / Han Cong Narumi Takahashi / Mervin Tran Anna Silaeva / Artur Minchuk[12]
2012 Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Maria Vigalova / Egor Zakroev Brittany Jones / Ian Beharry[13][14]
2014 Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson[15]

Ice dancing
Junior ice dancing medalists
Year GoldSilverBronze Details
No ice dancing event 1985–1990[1]
1991 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian KolasińskiElizabeth ? / Pierre ?[1][2]
1992 Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin Iwona Filipowicz / Michał SzumskiOlga ? / Vitali ?[1][2]
1993 Karina Martirossian / Alexander Poddubskiy Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo Magali Sauri / Nicolas Salicis[1][2]
1994 Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin Elena Piatash / Andrei Baka Marianne Haguenauer / Romain Haguenauer[1]
1995 Ekaterina Davydova / Roman Kostomarov Jolanta Bury / Łukasz Zalewski Natalia Gudina / Vitali Kurkudym[1][3]
1996 Nina Ulanova / Michail Stifunin Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler[4][2]
1997 Oksana Potdykova / Denis Petukhov Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek[1][2]
1998 Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek Federica Faiella / Luciano Milo Tatiana Kurkudym / Juri Kocherzhenko[5]
2000 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Miriam Steinel / Vladimir Tsvetkov Elena Romanovskaya / Alexander Grachev[6][7]
2002 Nóra Hoffmann / Attila Elek Mariana Kozlova / Sergei Baranov Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski
2004 Natalia Mikhailova / Arkadi Sergeev Camilla Pistorello / Luca Lanotte Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky[8][9]
2007 Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov Ekaterina Riazanova / Jonathan Guerreiro Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein[10]
2009 Ekaterina Pushkash / Jonathan Guerreiro Lorenza Alessandrini / Simone Vaturi Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue[11]
2010 Evgenia Kosigina / Nikolai Moroshkin Marina Antipova / Artem Kudashev Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely[12]
2012 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Daria Morozova / Mikhail Zhirnov[13][14]
2014 Betina Popova / Yuri Vlasenko Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Brianna Delmaestro / Timothy Lum[15]

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