1949 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1949 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Milan, Italy from January 28 to 30. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,[1] ladies' singles,[2] and pair skating.[3]

1949 European Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:January 28 – 30
Season:1948–49
Location:Italy Milan, Italy
Champions
Men's singles:
Austria Edi Rada
Ladies' singles:
Austria Eva Pawlik
Pair skating:
Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király
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Austrian skater Eva Pawlik who had also been the best European lady skater at the 1948 European Championship won the title only in 1949, because North Americans had been admitted in 1948. So under modern rules Pawlik would have been a two-time European Champion.

Results

Men

Rank Name Places
1 Austria Edi Rada
2 Hungary Ede Király9[4]
3 Austria Helmut Seibt
4 Italy Carlo Fassi
5 Czechoslovakia Vladislav Čáp
6 Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Fikar

Ladies

Rank Name Places
1 Austria Eva Pawlik
2 Czechoslovakia Alena Vrzáňová
3 United Kingdom Jeannette Altwegg
4 Czechoslovakia Jiřina Nekolová
5 Czechoslovakia Dagmar Lerchová
6 United Kingdom Bridget Adams
7 France Jacqueline du Bief
8 United Kingdom Barbara Wyatt
9 United Kingdom Valda Osborn
10 Hungary Andrea Kékesy
11 Austria Lilly Fuchs
12 United Kingdom Beryl Bailey
13 United Kingdom Joan Lister
14 Austria Susi Giebisch
15 Austria Helga Haid
16 Italy Grazia Barcellona

Pairs

Rank Name Places
1 Hungary Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király8
2 Hungary Marianna Nagy / László Nagy21[5]
3 Austria Herta Ratzenhofer / Emil Ratzenhofer
4 Czechoslovakia Běla Zachova / Jaroslav Zach
5 Belgium Suzanne Gheldolf / Jacques Rénard
6 United Kingdom Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks
7 Norway Margot Walle / Allan Fjeldheim
8 Austria Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis
9 Italy Grazia Barcellona / Carlo Fassi
10 Switzerland Eliane Steinemann / André Calame
11 United Kingdom Pamela Davis / Peter Scholes
12 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Silva Palme / Marko Lajović

References

  1. "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). www.isu.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-03.
  2. "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). www.isu.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03.
  3. "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). www.isu.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
  4. European Championships 1949. Milan, Italy
  5. European Championships 1949. Milan, Italy
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