Blue Swords Explained

Blue Swords (German: '''Pokal der Blauen Schwerter''') is an international figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union. It is usually held in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Champions of the event win the Blue Swords Trophy.

History

Blue Swords began as a senior international competition in East Germany, and was held annually between 1961 and 1998. In 1985, it became a junior-level event. Since 1997, it is chosen in some years by the International Skating Union to be part of the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

The German name for the event is "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter", referring to the blue swords trademark of Meissen porcelain. The Blue Sword Trophy is made of that porcelain.

Senior results

Men's singles

YearGoldSilverBronze
Valeri Meshkov
Didier Manaud

Ice dance

Junior results

Men's singles

YearGoldSilverBronze
Rudy Luccioni
Ronny Winkler
Sergei Minayev Zsolt Kerekes
1990
1991 Patrick-Rene Reinhardt
1992 Cyril Deplace Patrick-Rene Reinhardt
1993
1994 Jens ter Laak Michael Hopfes
1995 David Jäschke
1996

Ladies' singles

YearGoldSilverBronze
Alina Pisarenko
1987 Kathleen Fenske
1988 Stephanie Ferrer
Robyn Petroskey
1990 Maria Yerdzitskaya
1991 Stephanie Fiorito Susanne Mildenberger
1992 Yuko Fukuya
1993 Inna Zayets
1994 Masayo Oishi
1995
1996

Pairs

YearGoldSilverBronze
Antje Schramm / Jens Müller
Antje Schramm / Jens Müller Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft
Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft Antje Schramm / Jens Müller Irina Saifutdinova / Andrei Bardykin
Inna Svetacheva / Vladimr Shapov Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft Jodi Barnes / Rob Williams
Sherry Ball / Christopher Bourne Angela Caspari / Marno Kreft
Elena Vlasenko / Sergei Ostriy Aimee Offner / Brian Helgenberg Shae-Lynn Bourne / Andrew Bertleff
1991 Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski Isabelle Coulombe / Bruno Marcotte Nicole Sciarrotta / Gregory Sciarrotta
1992 Inga Korshunova / Dmitri Saveliev Julie Laporte / David Pelletier Nadine Pflaum / Kristian Simeunovic
1993 Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex Tatiana Lazarenko / Denis Garbusov Sophie Guestault / François Guestault
1994
1995 Irina Maslennikova / Konstantin Krasnenkov
1996 Maria Petrova / Teimuraz Pulin

Ice dance

YearGoldSilverBronze
1991 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov
1992 Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin Iwona Filipowicz / Michał Szumski
1993 Karina Martirossian / Alexander Poddubskiy Magali Sauri / Nicolas Salicis
1994 Elena Piatash / Andrei Baka
1995
1996

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