Nebelhorn Trophy
The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season.
The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. It is usually one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters are entered by their respective national federations and compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy is presented to the team with the highest placements across all disciplines.
History
The Nebelhorn Trophy competition has been held annually since 1969 and is thus one of the oldest international figure skating competitions that remains in existence. In its early years, this competition was paired with a now-defunct French event, the Grand Prix International St. Gervais (unrelated to the current ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event), to form the Coupe des Alpes, with many of the same skaters participating in both events and a team trophy presented to the country with the highest combined placements across both competitions. During the 1980s and early 1990s, before the establishment of a regular junior international competition circuit, younger skaters were often sent to these events as their first senior international competition assignments. International Figure Skating calls the event "unique" because they are, along with their medals, are awarded trophies.[1]
In recent years, the Nebelhorn Trophy has also been used by the International Skating Union to experiment with new judging and scoring systems for figure skating. Specifically, the 1997 competition was used as the test event for the switch from the "best of majority" ordinal system to the "one-by-one" method; the 2002 event was used for an initial test of the ISU Judging System which was then under development, and the 2003 event was the first competition where that system was used to determine the official results;[1] and the 2006 event was used for a trial of using separate panels of judges for technical elements and program components. The competition also serves as a testing ground for judges working towards international status.[1]
The 2009 competition was used as the final qualifying opportunity for the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2013 event served the same purpose for the 2014 Olympics and the 2018 Olympics.[1] The Nebelhorn Trophy became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season.
Medalists
Men
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Ladies
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Pairs
Ice dancing
References
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- "Final results: 1999 Nebelhorn Trophy". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 9 February 2010.
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- "Final results: 2004 Nebelhorn Trophy". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 2006-01-02.
- "Result details: 2005 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union). Archived from the original on 2007-11-09.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "2005 Nebelhorn Trophy". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on 2006-09-28.
- "Result details: 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union). Archived from the original on 2011-07-25.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- "Official website: 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- "Result details: 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union).
- "Official website: 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- "Result details: 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union).
- "Official website: 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- "Result details: 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy". International Skating Union.
- "Official website: 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union). Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
- "Result details: 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union).
- "Result details: 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union).
- "Result details: 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union). Archived from the original on 2012-10-16.
- "Result details: 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy". International Skating Union.
- "Result details: 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy". International Skating Union.
- "Result details: 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy". International Skating Union.
- "Result details: 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union.
- "Result details: 2017 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union.
- "Result details: 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union.
- "Result details: 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy". Deutsche Eislauf-Union.
Sources
- Benjamin T. Wright, Skating in America.
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