The Nebelhorn Trophy is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held in Oberstdorf, Germany. In most years, the event is part of the ISU Challenger Series. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy is presented to the team with the highest placements across all disciplines.
The Nebelhorn Trophy competition has been held annually since 1969 and is one of the oldest international figure skating competitions. In its early years, it was paired with a now-defunct French event, the Grand Prix International St. Gervais, 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 called the event "unique" because skaters are also awarded trophies along with their medals.
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. The 1997 competition was used as the test event for the switch from the ordinal system, 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] 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.
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| 1973 |  John Carlow |  Paul Cechmanek | |||
| 1974 |  Kevin Robertson | Paul Cechmanek | |||
| 1975 | Ken Newfield | Harald Kuhn | |||
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| 1977 | Kurt Kurzinger | Gerd-Walter Gräbner | |||
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| 1979 | Vladimir Rashchetnov | ||||
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| 1970 |  Rita Pokorski | ||||
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| 1974 | Petra Wagner | ||||
| 1975 | Petra Wagner | ||||
| 1976 | Deborah Albright | ||||
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| 1978 | Editha Dotson | Corinna Tanski | |||
| 1979 | Lynn Smith | ||||
| 1980 | Alison Southwood | ||||
| 1981 | Kristy Hogan | ||||
| 1982 | Kelley Webster | ||||
| 1983 | Staci McMullin | Barbara Butler | |||
| 1984 | Sara MacInnes | ||||
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| 1969 | Frigge Drzymalla / Michael Weingart | ||||
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| 1972 | Cozette Cady / Jack Courtney | ||||
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| 1974 | Kathy Huntchinson / Jamie McGregor |  Ulrike Wrbik / Richard Scharf | |||
| 1975 | Cheri Pinner / Dennis Pinner | Karen Newton / Glenn Laframboise | |||
| 1976 | Rafaela Dondoni / Mario Dondoni |  Kyoko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata | |||
| 1977 | Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding | ||||
| 1978 | Maria di Domenico / Larry Schrier | Tracy Prussack / Scott Prussack | |||
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| 1980 | Mary Jo Fedy / Tim Mills | ||||
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| 1983 | Katy Keeley / Gary Kemp | Laurene Collin / David Howe | |||
| 1984 | Margo Shoup / Patrick Page | ||||
| 1985 | Maria Lako / Michael Blicharski | ||||
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| 1987 | Michelle Menzies / Kevin Wheeler | Twana Rose / Colin Epp | |||
| 1988 | Kenna Bailey / John Denton | ||||
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| 1990 | Penny Papaioannou / Raoul LeBlanc | ||||
| 1991 | Penny Papaioannou / Raoul LeBlanc | ||||
| 1992 | Svetlana Titkova / Oleg Makhutov | Tiina Muur / Cory Watson | |||
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| Samanta Marchant / Chad Hawse | |||||
| Laura Handy / Jeremy Allen | |||||
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| 1970 | Kay Webster / Malcolm Taylor | ||||
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| 1973 | Rosalind Druce / David Barker | ||||
| 1974 | Odette Tolman / Trevor Davies | Jennifer Thompson / Derek Tyers | |||
| 1975 | Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman | ||||
| 1976 | Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman | Carol Long / Philip Stowell | |||
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| 1979 | Gina Aucoin / Hans-Peter Ponikau | Carol Long / John Philpot | |||
| 1980 | Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch | Susan Marie Dymecki / Anthony Bardin | |||
| 1981 | Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch | Janice Kindrachuk / Blake Hobson | |||
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| 1984 | Irina Zhuk / Oleg Petrov | Kristan Lowery / Chip Rossbach | |||
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| 1987 | Dorothi Rodek / Robert Nardozza | ||||
| 1988 | Elizabeth McLean / Ari Lieb | ||||
| 1989 | Lisa Grove / Scott Myers | ||||
| 1990 | Isabelle Labossiere / Mitchell Gould | Lisa Bradby / Alan Towers |  Christelle Descolis / Ludovic Deville | ||
| 1991 | Irina Lobacheva / Alexei Pospelov | Lisa Bradby / Alan Towers | Christelle Descolis / Ludovic Deville | ||
| 1992 | Olga Ganicheva / Maxim Kachanov | ||||
| 1993 | Martine Patenaude / Eric Massé | ||||
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| Agnes Jacquemard / Alexis Gayet | |||||
| Ekaterina Svirina / Vladimir Leliukh | |||||
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