German Figure Skating Championships Explained

The German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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 Zacharias, for example, is from Vienna, as was Gustav Hügel, who won in 1894. The first German Nationals in pairs were held in 1907 in Altona, for ladies in Olmütz in 1911, and for ice dancing in Cologne in 1950. From 1949 to 1990 East and West Germany had separate national championships. In West Germany the winners were called German Champions and are therefore covered in the table below. In East Germany the winners were called GDR Champions (DDR-Meister). The medal winners of the National Championships in East Germany are listed in East German Figure Skating Championships.

In 1921, there was a dispute over eligibility. Pair skater Georg Velisch did not have citizenship of the Deutsche Reich and a protest was introduced to stop him from participating. Citizenship was not mentioned in the rules of the Deutsche Eislauf Verband but the 1921 pair competition was ultimately cancelled. In modern times, skaters without citizenship have competed in the championships.

In 1955, the results of the men's event were wrongly calculated. Months after the championships, referee Werner Rittberger noticed the mistake and awarded Tilo Gutzeit his gold medal.

Senior medalists

Men's singles

Year	Location	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
1887		Hugo Ehrentraut
1888		Carl Kaiser	Harry Stiegert	Hugo Ehrentraut
1889		Carl Kaiser	Harry Stiegert	Hugo Ehrentraut
1890	No competition held
1891			Carl Kaiser	No other competitors
1892			Oscar Uhlig
1893		Georg Zachariades	Fritz Ahrendt	Franz Zilly
1894			Georg Zachariades	Alfred Klement
1895			Gustav Hügel	No other competitors
1896		Gilbert Fuchs	No other competitors
1897			Alfred Klement	Kurt Dannenberg
1898– 1899	No competition held
1900			Fritz Otto	No other competitors
1901		Wilhelm Zenger	Emil Schindler	Fritz Otto
1902	No competition held
1903		Ludwig Niedermeyer	Eugen Dreyer	No other competitors
1904			H. Hofmann	Ernst Lassahn
1905		Karl Zenger	Heinrich Burger
1906		Heinrich Burger	Karl Zenger	Martin Gordan
1907		Heinrich Burger	Eugen Dreyer
1908	No competition held
1909		Gilbert Fuchs	Erich Gutleben	Georg Velisch
1910	No competition held
1911			Alfons Zintl	No other competitors
1912		Werner Rittberger		Otto Möwius
1913		Werner Rittberger	Alfons Zintl	Hugo Metzner
1914		Hugo Metzner	Alfons Zintl	Willy Kaldenbach
1915– 1919	No competition held
1920		Werner Rittberger
1921		Werner Rittberger	Paul Franke	Artur Vieregg
1922		Werner Rittberger	Artur Vieregg	Paul Franke
1923		Werner Rittberger	Paul Franke	Artur Vieregg
1924		Werner Rittberger	Paul Franke	Artur Vieregg
1925		Werner Rittberger	Paul Franke	Artur Vieregg
1926		Werner Rittberger	Paul Franke	Artur Vieregg
1927		Paul Franke	Werner Rittberger	Herbert Haertel
1928		Werner Rittberger	Paul Franke	Herbert Haertel
1929		Paul Franke		No other competitors
1930			Herbert Haertel
1931		Leopold Maier-Labergo
1932		Leopold Maier-Labergo
1933
1934		Ernst Baier
1935		Ernst Baier	Herbert Haertel
1936		Ernst Baier
1937		Ernst Baier	Günther Lorenz
1938		Ernst Baier	Günther Lorenz	Horst Faber
1939				Ulrich Kuhn
1940		Horst Faber
1941		Horst Faber
1942
1943
1944		Horst Faber
1945– 1946	No competition held
1947		Horst Faber	No other competitors
1948		Horst Faber	Ulrich Kuhn
1949		Horst Faber	Ulrich Kuhn	Freimut Stein
1950		Horst Faber	Ulrich Kuhn
1951		Horst Faber		No other competitors
1952			Klaus Loichinger
1953		Freimut Stein	Klaus Loichinger	Kurt Weilert
1954		Freimut Stein	Werner Kronemann	Kurt Weilert
1955				Werner Kronemann
1956
1957		Manfred Schnelldorfer		Günter Tyroler
1958		Manfred Schnelldorfer	Tilo Gutzeit	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
1959		Manfred Schnelldorfer	Tilo Gutzeit	Hans-Jürgen Bäumler
1960		Manfred Schnelldorfer	Tilo Gutzeit
1961		Manfred Schnelldorfer	Sepp Schönmetzler	Fritz Kessler
1962			Fritz Kessler
1963		Manfred Schnelldorfer		Hugo Dümmler
1964		Manfred Schnelldorfer	Hugo Dümmler
1965		Sepp Schönmetzler
1966
1967		Peter Krick		Jürgen Eberwein
1968		Peter Krick
1969				Erich Sutor
1970				Edgar Schneider
1971		Klaus Grimmelt		Harald Kuhn
1972		Harald Kuhn	Erich Reifschneider	Klaus Thiele
1973			Harald Kuhn	Klaus Thiele
1974		Erich Reifschneider	Klaus Thiele	Gerd-Walter Graebner
1975		Erich Reifschneider	Gerd-Walter Graebner	Klaus Thiele
1976		Gerd-Walter Graebner	Thomas Nieder	Kurt Kürzinger
1977		Kurt Kürzinger	Thomas Nieder	Gerd-Walter Graebner
1978			Gerd-Walter Graebner	Thomas Nieder
1979			Thomas Nieder
1980				Heiko Fischer
1981				Heiko Fischer
1982			Rudi Cerne
1983		Heiko Fischer
1984				Rudi Cerne
1985		Heiko Fischer
1986		Heiko Fischer	Richard Zander	Joachim Edel
1987				Oliver Dechert
1988		Heiko Fischer	Richard Zander
1989				Oliver Dechert
1990			Richard Zander	Oliver Dechert
1991		Daniel Weiss		Ronny Winkler
1992			Ronny Winkler
		Ronny Winkler	Patrick-Rene Reinhardt	Gizo Bliadze
		Ronny Winkler		Patrick-Rene Reinhardt
			Ronny Winkler
		Andrejs Vlascenko	Ronny Winkler	Michael Hopfes
		Andrejs Vlascenko	Michael Hopfes
				Michael Hopfes
				Michael Hopfes
			Michael Hopfes
				Michael Hörrmann
				Catalin Dimitrescu
				Catalin Dimitrescu

Women's singles

Year	Location	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
1911		Elsa Rendschmidt (Berliner SchC)	Grete Strasilla (Troppauer EV)	align=center	No other competitors
1912		Luise Strasilla (Troppauer EV)	Thea Frenssen (EV Berlin)	align=center	No other competitors
1913		Thea Frenssen (EV Berlin)	No other competitors
1914		Thea Frenssen (Berliner SchC)	Margarete Janotta (Troppauer EV)	align=center	No other competitors
1915– 1916	No competition held
1917		Thea Frenssen (Berliner SchC)	Margarete Klebe (Berliner SchC)	Margarethe Winter (Berliner SchC)
1918		Thea Frenssen (Berliner SchC)	Elaine Winter (Berliner SchC)	Margarete Klebe (Berliner SchC)
1919		Elaine Winter (Berliner SchC)	Margarete Klebe (Berliner SchC)	Elisabeth Böckel (Berliner SchC)
1920		Elaine Winter (Berliner SchC)	Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	Elisabeth Böckel (Berliner SchC)
1921		Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	Elisabeth Böckel (Berliner EV 1886)	Frieda Schneider (Berliner SchC)
1922		Elaine Winter (Berliner SchC)	Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	Elisabeth Böckel (Berliner EV 1886)
1923		Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	Elisabeth Böckel (Berliner EV 1886)	align=center	No other competitors
1924		Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	No other competitors
1925		Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	Elisabeth Böckel (Berliner SchC)	align=center	No other competitors
1926		Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	Gerda Veit (Berliner SchC)	align=center	No other competitors
1927		Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	Elisabeth Böckel (Berliner SchC)	Gerda Veit (Berliner SchC)
1928		Ellen Brockhöft (Berliner SchC)	Katrin Flebbe (Berliner SchC)	Elaine Winter (Berliner SchC)
1929		Katrin Flebbe (Berliner SchC)	Gerda Veit (Berliner SchC)	align=center	No other competitors
1930		Katrin Flebbe (Berliner SchC)	No other competitors
1931		Katrin Flebbe (Berliner SchC)	No other competitors
1932		Edith Michaelis (Berliner SchC)	Maxi Herber (Münchner EV)	Paula Schmidt (Berliner EV 1886)
1933		Maxi Herber (Münchner EV)	Edith Michaelis (Berliner SchC)	Gerda Ibscher (SC Riessersee)
1934		Maxi Herber (Münchner EV)	Edith Michaelis (Berlin)	Paula Schmidt (Berlin)
1935		Maxi Herber (Münchner EV)	Irmi Hartung (Münchner EV)	Victoria Lindpaintner (Berliner SchC)
1936		Victoria Lindpaintner (Berliner SchC)	Maxi Herber (Münchner EV)	Irmi Hartung (Münchner EV)
1937		Lydia Veicht (Münchner EV)	Martha Maria Mayerhans (Berliner SchC)	Irmi Hartung (Münchner EV)
1938		Lydia Veicht (Münchner EV)	Maxi Herber (Münchner EV)	Sophie Schmidt (Münchner EV)
1939		Lydia Veicht (Münchner EV)	Hanne Nierenberger (VK Engelmann Wien)	Marta Musilek (VK Engelmann Wien)
1940		Lydia Veicht (Münchner EV)	Hanne Nierenberger (Wiener EG)	Marta Musilek (Wiener EG)
1941		Lydia Veicht (Münchner EV)	Marta Musilek (Wiener EG)	Inge Jell (Münchner EV)
1942		Marta Musilek (Wiener EG)	Inge Jell (Münchner EV)	Madeleine Müller (Wiener EG)
1943		Marta Musilek (Wiener EG)	Inge Jell (Münchner EV)	Madeleine Müller (Wiener EG)
1944		Marta Musilek (Wiener EG)	Eva Pawlik (Wiener EG)	Inge Jell (München)
1945– 1946	No competition held
1947		Inge Jell (SC Riessersee)	Irene Braun (SC Riessersee)	Gudrun Olbricht (Berliner SchC)
1948		Irene Braun (SC Riessersee)	Marlies Schrör (Krefelder EV)	Gudrun Olbricht (Berliner SchC)
1949		Helga Dudzinski (EV Füssen)	Irene Braun (SC Riessersee)	Inge Minor (Kölner EK)
1950		Helga Dudzinski (Münchner EV)	Erika Kraft (SC Riessersee)	Inge Minor (Kölner EK)
1951		Helga Dudzinski (Münchner EV)	Erika Kraft (SC Riessersee)	Gundi Busch (SC Riessersee)
1952		Erika Kraft (SC Riessersee)	Gundi Busch (Kölner EK)	Helga Dudzinski (EV Füssen)
1953		Gundi Busch (Kölner EK)	Helga Dudzinski (EV Füssen)	Rosi Pettinger (Münchner EV)
1954		Gundi Busch (Kölner EK)	Rosi Pettinger (Münchner EV)	Lilo Kürzinger (Münchner EV)
1955		Rosi Pettinger (Münchner EV)	Erika Rucker (Münchner EV)	align=center	No other competitors
1956		Rosi Pettinger (Münchner EV)	Ina Bauer (Krefelder EV)	align=center	No other competitors
1957		Ina Bauer (Krefelder EV)	Gabriele Weidert (SC Riessersee)	Gitta Hägler (Münchner ERC)
1958		Ina Bauer (Krefelder EV)	Dorle Kirchhofer (Münchner ERC)	Petra Damm (SC Riessersee)
1959		Ina Bauer (Krefelder EV)	Bärbel Martin (Hamburger EV)	Ursel Barkey (Kölner EK)
1960		Bärbel Martin (Hamburger EV)	Ursel Barkey (Kölner EK)	Karin Gude (Düsseldorfer EG)
1961		Karin Gude (Düsseldorfer EG)		Ursel Barkey (Kölner EK)
1962		Inge Paul (SC Riessersee)		Ursel Barkey (Kölner EK)
1963		Karin Gude (Düsseldorfer EG)	Inge Paul (SC Riessersee)	Angelika Wagner (EC Linde Nürnberg)
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992

Pairs

Year	Location	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
1907			?	?
1908	No competition held
1909			?	?
1910	No competition held
1911			?	?
1912
1913
1914				align=center	No other competitors
1915– 1919	No competition held
1920				align=center	No other competitors
1921	No competition held
1922			?	?
1923				align=center	No other competitors
1924			No other competitors
1925
1926				align=center	No other competitors
1927
1928			?	?
1929				align=center	No other competitors
1930				align=center	No other competitors
1931			?	?
1932			?	?
1933			?	?
1934			?	?
1935
1936			?	?
1937
1938
1939
1940			?	?
1941
1942			?	?
1943			?	?
1944			?	?
1945– 1946	No competition held
1947				align=center	No other competitors
1948
1949
1950				align=center	No other competitors
1951
1952			?	?
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973				align=center	No other competitors
1974				align=center	No other competitors
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981				align=center	No other competitors
1982
1983
1984
1985				align=center	No other competitors
1986				align=center	No other competitors
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
			No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
			No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
		No pairs competition
				align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors

Ice dance

Year	Location	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
1950			?	?
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958				align=center	No other competitors
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
			Jill Vernekohl / Dmitri Kurakin
			Jill Vernekohl / Dmitri Kurakin	align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
			No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
				Nathalie Rehfeld / Bennet Preiss
				Aurelija Ippolito / Bennet Preiss
			No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors

Junior medalists

The Junior championships are usually held as a separate event.

Men's singles

Year	Location	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
			Michael Biondi	Alan Riefert
			Patrick Stein
			Matii Landgraf
			Alexander Schöpke
				Maxim Stiefel
			Alexander Schöpke
			Alexander Bjelde	Anton Kempf
			Alexander Bjelde	Anton Kempf
		Anton Kempf	Catalin Dimitrescu	Dave Kötting
		Catalin Dimitrescu	Dave Kötting	Kai Jagoda
		Thomas Stoll	Thomas Junski	Isaak Droysen
			Kai Jagoda	Denis Gurdzhi
		Denis Gurdzhi	Daniel Sapozhnikov	Louis Weissert
		Denis Gurdzhi		Louis Weissert
		No competition held
		Louis Weissert	Denis Gurdzhi	Arthur Mai
		Luca Fünfer	Hugo Willi Herrmann	Alexander Vlascenko

Women's singles

Year	Location	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
	Berlin - Group A	Nicole Scheck	Bettina Bayer	Ina Seterbakken
	Berlin - Group B	Katja Grohmann	Jessica Erdin	Annchristin Huonker
	Oberstdorf - Group A
	Oberstdorf - Group B	Jessica Kosuch	Jessica Hujsl	Caroline Mey
		Briana Munoz		Bettina Bayer
			Bettina Bayer	Josephine Klinger
		Luisa Weber	Jessica Fussinger
		Anne Zetzsche	Anna Baumgartel
			Maria-Katharina Herceg	Anna Baumgartel
				Natalia Fartushina
			Maria-Katharina Herceg	Alissa Scheidt
			Maria-Katharina Herceg	Kristina Isaev
		Kristina Isaev		Alissa Scheidt
		Jennifer Schmidt	Dora Hus	Ann-Christin Marold
		Ann-Christin Marold	Franziska Kettl	Tina Helleken
		Ann-Christin Marold	Elodie Eudine	Janne Salatzki
		Nargiz Suleymanova	Aya Hatakawa	Anastasia Steblyanka
		No competition held
		Olesya Ray	Aya Hatakawa	Janne Salatzki
		Olesya Ray	Valentina Adrianova	Anna Grekul

Pairs

Year	Location	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
			colspan=2
		colspan=3
		colspan=3
				align=center	No other competitors
				align=center	No other competitors
			colspan=2
				Christin Schotte / Kevin Kottek
				Christin Schotte / Kevin Kottek
		Julia Linckh / Konrad Hocker-Scholler	colspan=2
		Minori Yuge / Jannis Bronisefski	colspan=2
		Minori Yuge / Jannis Bronisefski	colspan=2
			colspan=2
				Josephine Lossius / Niclas Rust
			Josephine Lossius / Niclas Rust
			No other competitors
			No other competitors
		Sonja Löwenherz / Robert Löwenherz	Aliyah Ackermann / Tobija Harms	Josephine Lossius / Artem Rotar

Ice dance

Year	Location	align=center bgcolor=gold	Gold	align=center bgcolor=silver	Silver	align=center bgcolor=cc9966	Bronze	Details
				Ekaterina Zabolotnaya / Julian Wagner
			Shirleen Schönfeld / Justin Gerke
				Juliane Haslinger / Tom Finke
			Katharina Müller / Justin Gerke	Kathrin Hauser / Sevan Lerche
				Kathrin Hauser / Sevan Lerche
		Polina Gorlov / Eduard Vishnyakov	Loreen Geiler / Sven Miersch
			Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer
		Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer	Sabrina Bittner / Andrei Lebed	Sarah Michelle Knispel / Maximilian Voigtländer
		Ria Schwendinger / Valentin Wunderlich	Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer	Lara Luft / Asaf Kazimov
		Charise Matthaei / Maximilian Pfisterer	Lara Luft / Asaf Kazimov	Anne-Marie Wolf / Max Liebers
		Lara Luft / Stephano Schuster	Anne-Marie Wolf / Max Liebers	Viktoria Lopusova / Asaf Kazimov
		Anne-Marie Wolf / Max Liebers	Lilia Schubert / Kieren Wagner	align=center	No other competitors
			Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter	Janne Kummer / Erik Kummer
			Karla Maria Karl / Kai Hoferichter	Alexia Kruk / Jan Eisenhaber

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

External links

• Results at Deutsche Eislauf-Union