German Figure Skating Championships Explained
The German Figure Skating Championships (de|Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) are held annually to crown the national champions of Germany. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by the German Ice Skating Union, the sport's national governing body. The competition's results are among the criteria used to determine the teams to the World Championships, World Junior Championships, European Championships, and Winter Olympics.
History
Unofficial German figure skating championships were held from 1887 to 1889 in Hamburg. The first official competition was held in Munich in 1891 in the men's category only. In its early years, Germany and the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary had joint championships. The second German champion Georg Zachariades, for example, was from Vienna, as was Gustav Hügel, who won in 1894. The first German Nationals in pair skating were held in 1907 in Altona, for women in Olmütz in 1911, and for ice dance in Cologne in 1950. From 1949 to 1990, East Germany and West Germany held separate national championships. Winners in West Germany were called German Champions and are therefore covered in the tables below. In East Germany, the winners were called GDR Champions (de|DDR-Meister). The medalists from the National Championships in East Germany are listed at East German Figure Skating Championships.
After the Anschluss – the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich in March 1938 – Austrian skaters competed in the German Championships until World War II ended and Austria regained its independence.[1] In 1945 and 1946, no championships were held at all.
Senior medalists
Men’s singles
Women's singles
Pair skating
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|
| 1907 | | | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| 1909 | Munich | | |
|---|
| 1911 | Berlin | | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1912 | | |
|---|
| 1913 | | | |
|---|
| 1914 | Olomouc | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1915–19 | No competitions due to World War I |
|---|
| 1920 | Berlin | | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1922 | Riessersee | | | |
|---|
| 1923 | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1924 | Berlin | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1925 | Titisee | | | |
|---|
| 1926 | Berlin | | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1927 | | | |
|---|
| 1928 | Füssen | |
|---|
| 1929 | Opole | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1930 | Wrocław |
|---|
| 1931 | Schierke | |
|---|
| 1932 | Riessersee | | | |
|---|
| 1933 | Opole | | |
|---|
| 1934 | Braunlage | | | |
|---|
| 1935 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | |
|---|
| 1936 | |
|---|
| 1937 | Hamburg | | | |
|---|
| 1938 | Cologne | | |
|---|
| 1939 | Berlin | | |
|---|
| 1940 | Vienna | |
|---|
| 1941 | Munich | |
|---|
| 1942 | Cologne | | | |
|---|
| 1943 | Düsseldorf | | |
|---|
| 1944 | Vienna | | | |
|---|
| 1945–46 | No competitions due to World War II |
|---|
| 1947 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1948 | Krefeld | | |
|---|
| 1949 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | | |
|---|
| 1950 | Cologne | |
|---|
| 1951 | Hamburg |
|---|
| 1952 | Düsseldorf | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1953 | Krefeld | | | |
|---|
| 1954 | Berlin | | | |
|---|
| 1955 | | | |
|---|
| 1956 | Cologne | | |
|---|
| 1957 | Berlin | | |
|---|
| 1958 | Munich | | | |
|---|
| 1959 | Berlin | | |
|---|
| 1960 | Essen | | |
|---|
| 1961 | |
|---|
| 1962 | |
|---|
| 1963 | | | | |
|---|
| 1964 | | |
| 1965 | | Sonja Pfersdorf / Günther Matzdorf | | Ingrid Bodendorff / Volker Waldeck | |
| 1966 | | | | |
| 1967 | | | | | |
| 1968 | | | | |
| 1969 | | | | | |
| 1970 | | | | Frigge Drzymalla / Michael Weingart | |
| 1971 | | | | Annette Neidlinger / Michael Humbs | |
| 1972 | | | | |
| 1973 | | Petra Dillmann / Ulrich Hartmann | No other competitors | |
| 1974 | | | Petra Schneider / Bogdan Pulcer | |
| 1975 | | Petra Schneider / Bogdan Pulcer | Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl | |
| 1976 | | Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl | Sylvia Jäckle / Axel Teschemacher | |
| 1977 | | | Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl | Rafaela Dondoni / Mario Dondoni | |
| 1978 | | Gabi Winkler / Michal Kutina | |
| 1979 | | | Sylke Morell / Sven Morell | |
| 1980 | | Petra Hammerlind / Matthias Möver | |
| 1981 | | Marina Kielmann / Oliver Dörendahl | No other competitors | |
| 1982 | | Bettina Hage / Stefan Zins | Isabella Caprano / Daniele Caprano | Birgit Kuß / Uwe Fischbeck | |
| 1983 | | | Birgit Kuß / Uwe Fischbeck | Isabella Caprano / Daniele Caprano | |
| 1984 | | Susanne Becher / Stefan Pfrengle | Birgit Kuß / Uwe Fischbeck | |
| 1985 | | Claudia Massari / Daniele Caprano | Kerstin Kiminus / Stefan Pfrengle | No other competitors | |
| 1986 | | Kerstin Kiminus / Stefan Pfrengle | Marianne Ocvirek / Holger Malez | |
| 1987 | | Sonja Adalbert / Daniele Caprano | Kerstin Kiminus / Stefan Pfrengle | Nicole Neujahr / Marc Drüner | |
| 1988 | | | Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle | Sonja Adalbert / Daniele Caprano | |
| 1989 | | Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle | Sonja Adalbert / Daniele Caprano | Heike Hack / Markus Korndörfer | |
| 1990 | | Henriette Wörner / Andreas Sigurdsson | Tatjana Demovic / Holer Maletz | |
| 1991 | | | | Anuschka Gläser / Stefan Pfrengle | |
| 1992 | | | | |
| 1993 | | | | | |
|---|
| 1994 | | | | | |
|---|
| 1995 | | | | | |
|---|
| 1996 | | | | |
|---|
| 1997 | | | | |
|---|
| 1998 | | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| 1999 | | | | |
|---|
| 2000 | | | | |
|---|
| 2001 | | | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| 2002 | | | | | |
|---|
| 2003 | | | | | |
|---|
| 2004 | | | | | |
|---|
| | | | |
|---|
| | |
|---|
| | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
| | | | |
|---|
| | | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
| 2022 | Neuss | | |
|---|
| 2023 | Oberstdorf | | | |
|---|
| 2024 | Berlin | | | |
|---|
| 2025 | Oberstdorf | | | |
|---|
Ice dance
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|
| 1950 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | | | | |
|---|
| 1951 | | | |
|---|
| 1952 | | | |
|---|
| 1953 | Nuremberg | | | |
|---|
| 1954 | | | | |
|---|
| 1955 | | | | |
|---|
| 1956 | | | |
|---|
| 1957 | | | |
|---|
| 1958 | | | | No other competitors |
|---|
| 1959 | | | |
|---|
| 1960 | | |
|---|
| 1961 | | | |
|---|
| 1962 | Frankfurt | | | |
|---|
| 1963 | | |
|---|
| 1964 | | Gabriele Rauch / Rudi Matysik | Jutta Peters / Wolfgang Kunz | |
| 1965 | | |
| 1966 | | Angelika Buck / Erich Buck | Karin Witt / Heiner Kern | |
| 1967 | | Martha Schamberger / Hans-Jürgen Schamberger | |
| 1968 | | | Edeltraud Rotty / Joachim Iglowstein | Heidi Grote / Reinhard Strate | |
| 1969 | | Waltraud Hollweck / Fred Schulz | |
| 1970 | | Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp | Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs | |
| 1971 | | Angelika Wiesner / Hans-Jürgen Wiesner | |
| 1972 | | Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs | Astrid Kopp / Axel Kopp | |
| 1973 | | |
| 1974 | | Sylvia Fuchs / Michael Fuchs | Nicole Rinsant / Dirk Beyer | Gabriele Schäfer / Robert Dietz | |
| 1975 | | Christina Henke / Udo Dönsdorf | Gabriele Schäfer / Robert Dietz | Nicole Rinsant / Michael Fuchs | |
| 1976 | | Sonja Ulmann / Uwe Dörnenburg | |
| 1977 | | Gabriele Schäfer / Robert Dietz | Sonja Ulmann / Uwe Dörnenburg | Monika Kuchler / Michael Kuchler | |
| 1978 | | | Karin Albrecht / Dirk Beyer | |
| 1979 | | Elke Kwiet / Dieter Kwiet | Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch | |
| 1980 | | Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch | Elke Kwiet / Dieter Kwiet | |
| 1981 | | Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch | | |
| 1982 | | Elke Kwiet / Markus Heyenbrock | |
| 1983 | | | | Ruth Werner / Peter Werner | |
| 1984 | | Susanne Kutzer / Niklas Heyenbrock | |
| 1985 | | Sabine Kern / Stefan Kern | |
| 1986 | | | | | |
| 1987 | | |
| 1988 | | Vera Zietemann / Andreas Ullmann | |
| 1989 | | Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger | Petra Zietemann / Frank Ladd-Oshiro | Antonia Gavazzeni / Wolfgang Wetzler | |
| 1990 | | | Andrea Weppelmann / Hendryk Schamberger | |
| 1991 | | | Alexandra Golovine / Wolfgang Wetzler | |
| 1992 | | | | Eva Possart / Stefan Possart | |
| 1993 | | | |
|---|
| 1994 | | | | |
|---|
| 1995 | | | | |
|---|
| 1996 | | | | | |
|---|
| 1997 | | | | | |
|---|
| 1998 | | | | | |
|---|
| 1999 | | | |
|---|
| 2000 | | | |
|---|
| 2001 | | | | | |
|---|
| 2002 | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| 2003 | | | | | |
|---|
| 2004 | | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | | |
|---|
| | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
| | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | | |
|---|
| | |
|---|
| | | | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | | | |
|---|
| | | No other competitors | |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
| | | |
|---|
Junior medalists
Men's singles
Women's singles
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|
| 1993 | Mannheim | Tiina Decker | Nadine Reinl | Nadine Pflaum | |
|---|
| 1994 | Herne | Eva-Maria Fitze | Janine Göpfert | Veronika Dytrt | |
|---|
| 2002 (Group I) | Chemnitz | Denise Zimmermann | Melanie Meyer | Mari Vartmann | |
|---|
| 2002 (Group II) | Rebecca Handke | Anne Sachtler | Laura Stosno |
|---|
| 2003 (Group I) | Oberstdorf | Amanda Valentine | Wenke Ludwig | Melanie Meyer | |
|---|
| 2003 (Group II) | Cornelia Beyermann | Marietheres Huonker | Tanja Rautenberg |
|---|
| 2004 (Group I) | Laura Linde | Yvonne Plechinger | Bettina Bayer | |
|---|
| 2004 (Group II) | Marietheres Huonker | Alina Zetzsche | Kristina Kolberg |
|---|
| 2005 | Bettina Bayer | Brigitte Blickling | Katharina Teljuk | |
|---|
2006
| | Nicole Scheck | Bettina Bayer | Ina Seterbakken | |
|---|
2006
| Katja Grohmann | Jessica Erdin | Annchristin Huonker |
|---|
2007
| | | Isabel Drescher | | |
|---|
2007
| Jessica Kosuch | Jessica Hujsl | Caroline Mey |
|---|
| | Briana Munoz | | Bettina Bayer | |
|---|
| | | Bettina Bayer | Josephine Klinger | |
|---|
| | Luisa Weber | Jessica Füssinger | | |
|---|
| | Anne Zetzsche | Anna Baumgartel | | |
|---|
| | Maria Herceg | Anna Baumgärtel | |
|---|
| Lutricia Bock | | Natalia Fartushina | |
|---|
| Maria Herceg | Alissa Scheidt | |
|---|
| | Kristina Isaev | |
|---|
| | Kristina Isaev | | Alissa Scheidt | |
|---|
| | Jennifer Schmidt | Dora Hus | Ann-Christin Marold | |
|---|
| | Ann-Christin Marold | Franziska Kettl | Tina Helleken | |
|---|
| | Elodie Eudine | Katalin Janne Salatzki | |
|---|
| | Nargiz Suleymanova | Aya Hatakawa | Anastasia Steblyanka | |
|---|
| 2021 | Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
|---|
| | Olesya Ray | Aya Hatakawa | Janne Salatzki | |
|---|
| | Valentina Adrianova | Anna Grekul | |
|---|
| 2025 | Anna Gerke | Julia Grabowski | Ina Jungmann | | |
|---|
Pair skating
Ice dance
Sources
- "Jahrbuch 1989 - DEV" (Yearbook 1989 - German Skating Association), ISSN 0720-2075
- collected result lists of German Championships supplied by the DEU (German Figure Skating Association) 1947 to 1987
- Journal "Eis- und Rollsport", Nr. 4, 28 January 1937
- Journal "Eis- und Rollsport", Nr. 10, 15 January 1938
- Journal "Eis- und Rollsport", Nr. 9, 5 January 1939
- Journal "Eis- und Rollsport", Nr. 10, 15 January 1939
- Journal "Eis- und Rollsport",1941
- Der Eissport Nummer 13, 27 February 1930
- Der Eissport Nummer 10, 21 January 1929
- Der Eissport Nummer 11, 11 May 1925
- Der Eissport Nummer 9, 13 March 1925
- Der Eissport Nummer 9, 30 March 1926
- Der Eissport Nummer 1, 7 November 1924
- Der Winter 1920/1921, page 133
- Deutscher Eissport 1883-1886
- Deutscher Eissport, 21 January 1897, page 88
- Deutscher Eissport, 1896–1898
- Deutscher Eissport, 18 January 1900, page 96
- Deutscher Eissport, 7 February 1901, page 114
- Deutscher Wintersport, No. 11, 1904
- Deutscher Wintersport, No. 15, 1906
- Deutscher Wintersport, 1911–1913
- Deutscher Wintersport, No. 16, 29 March 1913
- Deutscher Wintersport, No. 11, 6 February 1914
- Deutscher Wintersport, No. 26, January 1917
- Deutscher Wintersport, 3 March 1919
- Deutscher Wintersport, 1 April 1920
- Deutscher Wintersport, 2 March 1921
Notes and References
- Web site: History of the WEV: 1921 to 1939 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20070823005936/http://www.wev.or.at/Frames/Geschichts-Dateien/Geschichte-1940.htm . 23 August 2007 . WEV.
- Web site: Deutsche Eiskunstlauf Meisterschaften bis 1963 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160308091919/http://sport-record.de/eiskunst/eiskunstlauf-dev.html . 8 March 2016 . sport-record.de.
- Web site: 1993 German National Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20070625092356/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1992-93/natger93.shtml . 25 June 2007 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 1994 German National Championships . https://archive.today/20130211003933/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1993-94/natger94.shtml . 11 February 2013 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: Deutsche Meisterschaften 1995 . https://archive.today/20130211062434/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1994-95/natger95.shtml . 11 February 2013 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: German National Championships 1996 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718235435/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1995-96/edm96.shtml . 18 July 2011 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: German Nationals 1997 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718235419/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1996-97/edm97.shtml . 18 July 2011 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 1998 Deutsche Meisterschaften . https://web.archive.org/web/20070625083553/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1997-98/edm98.shtml . 25 June 2007 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 1999 German National Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20081009060524/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1998-99/natger99.shtml . 9 October 2008 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 2000 German National Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20070625094751/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/1999-00/natger00.shtml . 25 June 2007 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 2001 German National Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20110930163328/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/2000-01/natger01.shtml . 30 September 2011 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 2002 German National Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20070625092111/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/2001-02/natger2002.shtml . 25 June 2007 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 2003 German National Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719001017/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/2002-03/natger2003.shtml . 19 July 2011 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 2004 German National Championships . https://web.archive.org/web/20120211165241/http://www.eiskunstlauf-ecke.de/archiv/2003-04/natger2004.shtml . 11 February 2012 . 11 January 2025 . The Figure Skating Corner.
- Web site: 2005 German Nationals . 11 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2006 German Nationals . 11 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2007 German Nationals . 11 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2008 German Nationals . 11 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2009 German Nationals . 11 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 11 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250111143222/https://skatingscores.com/0809/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2010 German Nationals . 11 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2011 German Nationals . 11 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 11 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250111150206/https://skatingscores.com/1011/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2012 German Nationals . 11 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2013 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2014 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 14 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250114144307/https://skatingscores.com/1314/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2015 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2016 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 11 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250111005747/https://skatingscores.com/1516/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2017 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 11 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250111001225/https://skatingscores.com/1617/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2018 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 11 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250111000132/https://skatingscores.com/1718/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2019 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 11 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250111000130/https://skatingscores.com/1819/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2020 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2021 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 14 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250114230845/https://skatingscores.com/2021/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2022 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 14 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250114111511/https://skatingscores.com/2122/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2023 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 14 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250114232428/https://skatingscores.com/2223/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2024 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores.
- Web site: 2025 German Nationals . 10 January 2025 . Skating Scores . 14 January 2025 . https://web.archive.org/web/20250114113512/https://skatingscores.com/2425/natger/ . live .
- Web site: 2002 German Junior & Novice National Championships . 11 January 2025 . Tracings.
- Web site: 2003 German Junior & Novice National Championship . 11 January 2025 . Tracings . 10 September 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240910014025/https://tracings.net/2003gerjnn.html . live .
- Web site: 2004 German Junior & Novice National Championships . 11 January 2025 . Tracings . 18 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240618143127/https://www.tracings.net/2004gerjnn.html . live .
- Web site: 2005 German Junior & Novice National Championships . 11 January 2025 . Tracings.
- Web site: Deutsche Nachwuchs- und Juniorenmeisterschaften 2022 . 11 January 2025 . . 26 November 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20241126061137/http://deu-event.de/results/dnm2022/ . live .
- Web site: Deutsche Nachwuchs- und Juniorenmeisterschaften 2023 . 11 January 2025 . . 3 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231003081151/http://deu-event.de/results/dnm2023/ . live .
