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Prague Skate
Lapel pin of the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union
StatusDefunct
GenreInternational competition
FrequencyAnnual
LocationPrague
Country Czechoslovakia (1963–92)
Czech Republic Czech Republic (1994–97)
Years active1963–97
Organized byCzechoslovak Figure Skating Union (1963–92)
Czech Figure Skating Association (1994–97)

Prague Skate (Czech: Pražská korčula) was an annual figure skating competition organized by the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union (Czech: Československý krasobruslařský svaz). The first competition took place in 1963 in Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia.[1] After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia,[2] the competition was relocated to Ostrava and rechristened Czech Skate (Czech: Česká brusle).[3] It was also dedicated to the memory of Josef Dědič, who had won the 1947 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships and served as the last chair of the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union before its dissolution in 1992.[4]

Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, although each discipline may not have necessarily been held every year. Petr Barna of Czechoslovakia holds the record for winning the most Prague Skate titles in men's singles (with five), while Lenka Kulovaná and Hana Mašková, both of Czechslovakia, are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (with three each). Three teams are tied for winning the most titles in pair skating (with two each): Margot Glockshuber and Wolfgang Danne of West Germany, Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný of the Czech Republic, and Mandy Wötzel and Axel Rauschenbach of East Germany. Four teams are tied for winning the most titles in ice dance (with two each), all from Czechoslovakia: Jitka Babická and Jaromír Holan, Kateřina Mrázková and Martin Šimeček, Liliana Řeháková and Stanislav Drastich, and Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman.

In 1997, the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating – then called the Junior Series – was established by the International Skating Union as a series of international skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters.[5] The Czech Skate has periodically been held as an installment of this series beginning in 1999.[6][7]

Medalists

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Men's singles

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Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1963 Prague Czechoslovakia Karol Divín Austria Heinrich Podhajsky Soviet Union Valery Meshkov [8]
1964 Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela East Germany Günter Zöller Soviet Union Vladimir Kurenbin [9]
1965 Italy Giordano Abbondati Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela Soviet Union Valery Meshkov [10]
1966 Czechoslovakia Ondrej Nepela Germany Peter Krick Soviet Union Sergei Chetverukhin [11]
1967 Soviet Union Sergei Chetverukhin Czechoslovakia Marian Filc [12]
1968–69 No competitions held [13]
1970 Germany Klaus Grimmelt Soviet Union Vladimir Kovalev Italy Stefano Bargauan [14]
1971 Italy Stefano Bargauan Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pazdírek Switzerland Daniel Höner [15]
1972 United States Gordon McKellen France Jacques Mrozek [16]
1973 Czechoslovakia František Pechar United States David Santee Canada Robert Rubens [17]
1974 United States Terry Kubicka Czechoslovakia František Pechar Soviet Union Konstantin Kokora [18]
1975 United States Charlie Tickner Soviet Union Konstantin Kokora Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Pazdírek [19]
1976 United States Scott Cramer Czechoslovakia František Pechar France Jean-Christophe Simond [20]
1977 United States John Carlow Czechoslovakia Miroslav Šoška Soviet Union Georgi Starkov [21]
1978 France Jean-Christophe Simond Canada Vern Taylor United States Robert Wagenhoffer [22]
1979 Canada Gordon Forbes United States Allen Schramm Czechoslovakia Jozef Sabovčík [23]
1980 Czechoslovakia Jozef Sabovčík Canada Daniel Béland Poland Grzegorz Głowania [24]
1981 Canada Neil Paterson Soviet Union Gurgen Vardanjan [25]
1982 Canada André Bourgeois Japan Makoto Kano [26]
1983 Japan Takashi Mura United States James Santee Canada Campbell Sinclair [27]
1984 Czechoslovakia Petr Barna West Germany Richard Zander Soviet Union Gurgen Vardanjan [28]
1985 East Germany Ralf Lewandowski France Philippe Roncoli [29]
1986 Denmark Henrik Walentin West Germany Daniel Weiss [30]
1987 West Germany Heiko Fischer Soviet Union Dmitri Gromov [31]
1988 France Philippe Candeloro Romania Zsolt Kerekes [32]
1989 France Nicolas Pétorin Soviet Union Gleb Bokiy East Germany Mirko Eichhorn [33]
1990 No men's competitors [34]
1992 Japan Masakazu Kagiyama United States Rudy Galindo Canada Marcus Christensen [35]
1993 No competition held
1994 Ostrava Ukraine Evgeni Pliuta United Kingdom Clive Shorten Russia Alexei Yagudin [36]
1995 Russia Roman Ekimov Ukraine Yevgeny Martynov France Laurent Tobel [37]
1996 No competition held
1997 Canada Stéphane Yvars Poland Robert Grzegorczyk Ukraine Yevgeny Martynov [38]

Women's singles

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Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1963 Prague Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková East Germany Gabriele Seyfert Czechoslovakia Alena Augustová [39]
1964 France Nicole Hassler Czechoslovakia Jana Mrázková [9]
1965 Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková Hungary Zsuzsa Almássy Germany Uschi Keszler [10]
1966 Hungary Zsuzsa Almassy Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková Austria Elisabeth Nestler [40]
1967 Czechoslovakia Hana Mašková East Germany Beate Richter Austria Elisabeth Mikula [41]
1968–69 No competitions held [13]
1970 Czechoslovakia Ľudmila Bezáková Germany Ilka Spormann Canada Mary McCaffrey [42]
1971 Czechoslovakia Hana Knapová East Germany Anett Pötzsch Switzerland Karin Iten [15]
1972 United States Dorothy Hamill West Germany Gerti Schanderl Canada Daria Prychun [16]
1973 Canada Lynn Nightingale United States Wendy Burge Netherlands Dianne de Leeuw [17]
1974 United States Kath Malmberg Czechoslovakia Hana Knapová East Germany Steffi Knoll [18]
1975 United States Priscilla Hill Italy Susanna Driano Poland Grażyna Dudek [19]
1976 Austria Claudia Kristofics-Binder United States Lisa-Marie Allen Switzerland Anita Siegfried [20]
1977 United States Kathy Gelecinsky East Germany Marion Weber Canada Deborah Albright [21]
1978 United States Jill Sawyer West Germany Karin Riediger Czechoslovakia Renata Baierová [22]
1979 United States Elaine Zayak Czechoslovakia Renata Baierová Switzerland Myriam Oberwiler [23]
1980 East Germany Carola Paul Soviet Union Anna Kondrashova Japan Megumi Yanagihara [24]
1981 Canada Kerry Smith Japan Juri Ozawa Soviet Union Alla Fomicheva [25]
1982 France Agnès Gosselin Soviet Union Natalia Lebedeva East Germany Karin Hendschke [26]
1983 Japan Midori Ito Japan Sachie Yuki East Germany Constanze Gensel [27]
1984 West Germany Cornelia Renner United States Leslie Sikes East Germany Simone Koch [28]
1985 East Germany Inga Gauter Japan Sachie Yuki Japan Izumi Oatani [29]
1986 West Germany Susanne Becher Czechoslovakia Jana Přibylová Soviet Union Inna Krundysheva [30]
1987 Sweden Lotta Falkenbäck Austria Yvonne Pokorny United States Julie Wasserman [31]
1988 East Germany Simone Lang Italy Sabine Contini Switzerland Michèle Claret [32]
1989 United States Tisha Walker East Germany Simone Koch Czechoslovakia Marcela Kochollová [33]
1990 Czechoslovakia Lenka Kulovaná Germany Simone Lang Japan Mari Asanuma [34]
1992 Japan Yuka Sato France Surya Bonaly Hungary Krisztina Czakó [35]
1993 No competition held
1994 Ostrava Czech Republic Lenka Kulovaná Czech Republic Kateřina Beránková Ukraine Elena Liashenko [36]
1995 Russia Daria Timoshenko Canada Netty Kim [43]
1996 No competition held
1997 Russia Ekaterina Siniapkina Canada Annie Bellemare Poland Marta Głuchowska [38]

Pairs

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Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1963 Prague
  • Soviet Union
 No other competitors [39]
1964
  • Germany
  • Sonja Pferzdorf
  • Günter Matzdorf
 [9]
1965
  • Switzerland
  • Czechoslovakia
 [10]
1966 [11]
1967 [41]
1968–77 No pairs competitions
1978
  • United States
 [22]
1979 [23]
1980
  • Canada
  • Czechoslovakia
 [24]
1981
  • United States
  • Lynne Freeman
  • Jay Freeman
 [25]
1982
  • East Germany
  • Czechoslovakia
 [26]
1983
  • East Germany
  • Peggy Seidel
  • Ralf Seifert
  • Japan
 [27]
1984
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Dagmar Kovářová
  • Jozef Komár
  • United States
  • Maria Lako
  • Michael Blicharski
 [28]
1985
  • United States
  • Soviet Union
  • Canada
  • Laurene Collin
  • David Howe
 [29]
1986 [30]
1987 [31]
1988
  • Soviet Union
  • Karina Guchmazova
  • Sergei Petrovski
 [32]
1989
  • East Germany
  • Soviet Union
  • Karina Guchmazova
  • Sergei Petrovski
 [33]
1990
  • Canada
  • Soviet Union
  • Ludmila Kaleniuk
  • Gennadii Markushin
 [34]
1992
  • Canada
  • Tiina Muur
  • Cory Watson
 [35]
1993 No competition held
1994 Ostrava [36]
1995
  • Germany
 [43]
1996 No competition held
1997
  • United Kingdom
 [38]

Ice dance

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Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1963 Prague
  • United Kingdom
  • Anne Cross
  • Francis Leonard Williams
 [8]
1964
  • West Germany
  • Gabriele Rauch
  • Rudi Matysik
 [9]
1965
  • West Germany
  • Gabriele Matysik
  • Rudi Matysik
  • United Kingdom
  • Ms. Dean
  • Mr. Webster
 [10]
1966 [11]
1967 [41]
1968–77 No ice dance competitions
1978
  • United States
  • Karen Mankowich
  • Douglas Mankowich
 [22]
1979 [23]
1980
  • Canada
  • Gina Aucoin
  • Hans Peter Ponikau
 [24]
1981
  • United States
  • Terri Slater
  • Rick Berg
  • Soviet Union
  • Yulia Romanova
  • Yuri Gaichenkov
 [25]
1982 No ice dance competition [26]
1983
  • United States
 [27]
1984
  • United States
  • Margaret Bodo
  • Rick Berg
 [28]
1985 No ice dance competitions [29]
1986 [30]
1987
  • Italy
  • Michela Malingambi
  • Andrea Gilardi
 [31]
1988
  • Czechoslovakia
 [32]
1989
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Monika Mandiková
  • Oliver Pekar
  • Soviet Union
 [33]
1990
  • Canada
  • Dara Bailey
  • Rock Lemay
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Monika Mandiková
  • Oliver Pekar
 [34]
1992
  • United States
  • Jennifer Nocito
  • Michael Verlich
 [35]
1993 No competition held
1994 Ostrava [36]
1995 [43]
1996 No competition held
1997
  • Italy
  • Francesca Fermi
  • Andrei Baldi
 [38]

Records

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Axel Rauschenbach and Mandy Wötzel at the 1988 Prague Skate
Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman at the 1965 World Championships
Mandy Wötzel and Axel Rauschenbach of East Germany won two Prague Skate titles in pair skating, while Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman of Czechoslovakia won two Prague Skate titles in ice dance.
Records
Discipline Most titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles 5 1984–88 [44][32]
Women's singles 3 1990;
1994–95 		[45]
1963;
1965;
1967 		[39][10]
[41]
Pairs 2 1965–66 [10][11]
[a] 1989;
1994 		[33][36]
1987–88 [31][32]
Ice dance 2 1965–66 [10][11]
1994–95 [36][43]
1978–79 [22][23]
1963–64 [8][9]

Note

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  1. ^ Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný won the 1989 Prague Skate while representing Czechoslovakia,[33] and the 1994 Czech Skate while representing the Czech Republic.[36]

References

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