St. Ivel International

St. Ivel International
St. Ivel International
Status	Defunct
Genre	International competition
Frequency	Annual
Venue	Richmond Ice Rink
Location	London, England
Country	Great Britain
Years active	1978–90
Organised by	National Ice Skating Association

The St. Ivel International was an annual figure skating competition, sponsored by the National Ice Skating Association and held at the Richmond Ice Rink in the Twickenham district of London, England, in the United Kingdom. The first competition – Great Britain's first international skating competition in several years – was held in 1978. The Rotary Watches International was sponsored by the Rotary Watch Company at a cost of over £25,000. Alan Pascoe, spokesperson for the Rotary Watches Company, stated that "it [had] been very exciting and [had] provided skaters from throughout the world with competition".^[1]

The Rotary Watch Company continued its sponsorship in 1979, but in 1980, sponsorship of the competition was taken over by the St Ivel dairy company, and the name was changed to the St. Ivel International.^[2] In 1988, the event was renamed the Skate Electric UK International in recognition of the sponsorship of British ice skating by the Electricity Supply Industry.^[3] That sponsorship continued through 1990.^[4] The competition originally scheduled to be held in October 1991 – the United Kingdom International – was cancelled due to loss of sponsorship,^[5] and was never resumed.

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. Brian Orser of Canada holds the record for winning the most St. Ivel International titles in men's singles (with three), Christine Hough and Doug Ladret of Canada hold the record in pair skating (with two), and Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean of Great Britain, and Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin of the Soviet Union, are tied for winning the most St. Ivel International titles in ice dance (with two each). No one skater holds the record in women's singles, as there were unique champions each time the event was held.

Medalists

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1978	Fumio Igarashi	David Santee	Miroslav Šoška	^[6]
1979	Robin Cousins	Igor Bobrin	Brian Pockar	^[7]
1980	Brian Pockar	Scott Hamilton	Fumio Igarashi	^[2]
1981	Brian Orser	David Santee	Rudi Cerne	^[8]
1982	Brian Orser	Norbert Schramm	Tom Dickson	^[9]
1983	Heiko Fischer	Gary Beacom	Falko Kirsten	^[10]
1984	Brian Boitano	Viktor Petrenko	Grzegorz Filipowski	^[11]
1985	Brian Orser	Grzegorz Filipowski	Christopher Bowman	^[12]
1986	Daniel Doran	Oliver Höner	Richard Zander	^[13]
1987	Paul Wylie	Kurt Browning	Heiko Fischer	^[14]
1988	Kurt Browning	Christopher Bowman	Ronny Winkler	^[15]
1989	Todd Eldredge	Grzegorz Filipowski	Vladimir Petrenko	^[16]
1990	Norm Proft	Ronny Winkler	Erik Larson	^[4]
1991	Competition cancelled due to lack of sponsorship			^[5]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1978	Linda Fratianne	Emi Watanabe	Dagmar Lurz	^[6]
1979	Emi Watanabe	Dagmar Lurz	Karena Richardson	^[7]
1980	Sandy Lenz	Tracey Wainman	Sanda Dubravčić	^[2]
1981	Tracey Wainman	Jackie Farrell	Karen Wood	^[8]
1982	Elaine Zayak	Tracey Wainman	Cornelia Tesch	^[17]
1983	Tiffany Chin	Manuela Ruben	Karen Wood	^[10]
1984	Kathryn Adams	Cynthia Coull	Claudia Villiger	^[11]
1985	Debi Thomas	Susan Jackson	Joanne Conway	^[12]
1986	Elizabeth Manley	Jill Trenary	Inga Gauter	^[13]
1987	Caryn Kadavy	Patricia Neske	Joanne Conway	^[14]
1988	Charlene Wong	Joanne Conway	Beatrice Gelmini	^[15]
1989	Tonia Kwiatkowski	Simone Koch	Patricia Neske	^[16]
1990	Holly Cook	Lisa Sargeant	Surya Bonaly	^[4]
1991	Competition cancelled due to lack of sponsorship			^[5]

Pairs

Pairs' event medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1978	No pairs competition			^[6]
1979	Nelli Chervotkina Viktor Teslia	Christina Riegel Andreas Nischwitz	Susan Garland Robert Daw	^[7]
1980	Barbara Underhill Paul Martini	Inna Volyanskaya Valery Spiridonov	Susan Garland Robert Daw	^[2]
1981	Lorri Baier Lloyd Eisler	Vicki Heasley Peter Oppegard	Susan Garland Ian Jenkins	^[8]
1982	Lyudmila Koblova Andrei Kalitin	Melinda Kunhegyi Lyndon Johnston	Susan Garland Ian Jenkins	^[9]
1983	Birgit Lorenz Knut Schubert	Cynthia Coull Mark Rowsom	Lea Ann Miller William Fauver	^[10]
1984	Inna Bekker Serguei Likhanski	Katy Keeley Joseph Mero	Laurene Collin David Howe	^[11]
1985	Natalie Seybold Wayne Seybold	Christine Hough Doug Ladret	Yulia Bystrova Alexander Tarasov	^[12]
1986	Christine Hough Doug Ladret	Michelle Menzies Kevin Wheeler	Gillian Wachsman Todd Waggoner	^[13]
1987	Denise Benning Lyndon Johnston	Peggy Schwarz Alexander Koenig	Gillian Wachsman Todd Waggoner	^[14]
1988	Peggy Schwarz Alexander Koenig	Elena Bechke Denis Petrov	Cheryl Peake Andrew Naylor	^[15]
1989	Isabelle Brasseur Lloyd Eisler	Kellie Creel Bob Pellaton	Radka Kovaříková René Novotný	^[16]
1990	Christine Hough Doug Ladret	Elena Nikonova Nikolai Apter	Radka Kovaříková René Novotný	^[4]
1991	Competition cancelled due to lack of sponsorship			^[5]

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1978	Janet Thompson Warren Maxwell	Liliana Řeháková Stanislav Drastich	Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinicyn	^[6]
1979	Krisztina Regőczy András Sallay	Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean	Natalia Karamysheva Rostislav Sinicyn	^[7]
1980	Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean	Elena Garanina Igor Zavozin	Karen Barber Nicky Slater	^[2]
1981	Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean	Karen Barber Nicky Slater	Wendy Sessions Stephen Williams	^[8]
1982	Judy Blumberg Michael Seibert	Karen Barber Nicky Slater	Elena Batanova Alexei Soloviev	^[18]
1983	Karen Barber Nicky Slater	Carol Fox Richard Dalley	Wendy Sessions Stephen Williams	^[10]
1984	Tracy Wilson Robert McCall	Natalia Annenko Genrikh Sretenski	Susan Wynne Joseph Druar	^[11]
1985	Natalia Annenko Genrikh Sretenski	Suzanne Semanick Scott Gregory	Klára Engi Attila Tóth	^[12]
1986	Kathrin Beck Christoff Beck	Sharon Jones Paul Askham	Isabelle Duchesnay Paul Duchesnay	^[13]
1987	Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin		Lia Trovati Roberto Pelizzola	^[14]
1988	Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin		Suzanne Semanick Ron Kravette	^[15]
1989	Anjelika Krylova Vladimir Leliukh	Jeanne Miley Michael Verlich	Isabelle Sarech Xavier Debernis	^[16]
1990	Stefania Calegari Pasquale Camerlengo	Sophie Moniotte Pascal Lavanchy	Lisa Bradby Alan Towers	^[4]
1991	Competition cancelled due to lack of sponsorship			^[5]

Records

Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin of the Soviet Union won two St. Ivel International titles in ice dance.

Records
Discipline	Most titles
Discipline	Skater(s)	No.	Years	Ref.
Men's singles	Brian Orser	3	1981–82; 1985	^[19]
Women's singles	N/a
Pairs	Christine Hough Doug Ladret	2	1986; 1990	^[13] ^[4]
Ice dance	Jayne Torvill Christopher Dean	2	1980–81	^[2] ^[8]
Ice dance	Maya Usova Alexander Zhulin	2	1987–88	^[14] ^[15]

Cumulative medal count

Men's singles

Total number of St. Ivel International medals in men's singles by nation
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	6	2	1	9
2	United States	4	4	3	11
3	West Germany	1	1	3	5
4	Japan	1	0	1	2
5	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
6	Poland	0	2	1	3
6	Soviet Union	0	2	1	3
8	East Germany	0	1	2	3
9	Switzerland	0	1	0	1
10	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		13	13	13	39

Women's singles

Total number of St. Ivel International medals in women's singles by nation
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	9	2	0	11
2	Canada	3	4	0	7
3	Japan	1	1	0	2
4	West Germany	0	3	2	5
5	Great Britain	0	2	5	7
6	East Germany	0	1	2	3
7	France	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		13	13	13	39

Pairs

Total number of St. Ivel International medals in pair skating by nation
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	6	4	1	11
2	Soviet Union	3	3	1	7
3	East Germany	2	1	0	3
4	United States	1	3	3	7
5	West Germany	0	1	0	1
6	Great Britain	0	0	5	5
7	Czechoslovakia	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		12	12	12	36

Ice dance

Total number of St. Ivel International medals in ice dance by nation
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	4	6	4	14
2	Soviet Union	4	2	3	9
3	United States	1	3	2	6
4	Austria	1	0	1	2
4	Hungary	1	0	1	2
6	Canada	1	0	0	1
6	Italy	1	0	0	1
8	France	0	1	2	3
9	Czechoslovakia	0	1	0	1
Totals (9 entries)		13	13	13	39

Total medals

Total number of St. Ivel International medals by nation
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada	16	10	2	28
2	United States	15	12	8	35
3	Soviet Union	7	7	5	19
4	Great Britain	5	8	14	27
5	East Germany	2	3	4	9
6	Japan	2	1	1	4
7	West Germany	1	5	5	11
8	Austria	1	0	1	2
	Hungary	1	0	1	2
	Italy	1	0	1	2
11	Poland	0	2	1	3
12	Czechoslovakia	0	1	3	4
12	France	0	1	3	4
14	Switzerland	0	1	1	2
15	Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (15 entries)		51	51	51	153

References

^ "Ice-skating fans want more". Herald Express. No. 16, 198. 13 October 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bird, Dennis L. (December 1980). "Ice Abroad: St. Ivel International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 57, no. 10. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Electric start to the season". West Essex Gazette. Vol. CX, no. 6180. 2 September 1988. p. 92. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bass, Howard (January 1991). "Ice Abroad: Skate Electric UK International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 68, no. 1. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "News briefs" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 68, no. 8. October 1991. p. 5. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "British pair win". The Daily Telegraph. 13 October 1978. p. 14. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bass, Howard (November 1979). "Ice Abroad: Rotary Watches Ice International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 56, no. 9. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bass, Howard (December 1981). "Ice Abroad: The St. Ivel Ice International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 58, no. 10. pp. 7, 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
^ ^a ^b Bass, Howard (1 October 1982). "Orser keeps title with daring triple". The Daily Telegraph. No. 39594. p. 28. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bass, Howard (November 1983). "Ice Abroad: St. Ivel Ice International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 60, no. 9. pp. 25–27. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bird, Dennis L. (December 1984). "Ice Abroad: St. Ivel Ice International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 61, no. 10. pp. 23–24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bass, Howard (November 1985). "Two victories at St. Ivel" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 62, no. 9. pp. 28–30. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bass, Howard (December 1986). "Ice Abroad: Three U.S. medals at Britain's St. Ivel" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 63, no. 10. pp. 44–45. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bass, Howard (November 1987). "Ice Abroad: American victories in London's St. Ivel" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 64, no. 9. pp. 26–27, 30. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bass, Howard (November 1988). "Skate Electric is season curtin [sic] raiser" (PDF). Skating. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bass, Howard (November 1989). "Americans triumph in UK International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 66, no. 9. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Zayak denies Wainman 2nd St. Ivel skate title". Waterloo Region Record. 30 September 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Bristol skaters squeeze ahead". Western Daily Press. Vol. 249, no. 40, 160. 30 September 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Brian Orser – Competitive History". Brian Orser: Canadian Excellence. Retrieved 8 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[1] "Ice-skating fans want more". Herald Express. No. 16, 198. 13 October 1978. p. 16. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[SI1980-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bird, Dennis L. (December 1980). "Ice Abroad: St. Ivel International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 57, no. 10. pp. 4–6. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[3] "Electric start to the season". West Essex Gazette. Vol. CX, no. 6180. 2 September 1988. p. 92. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[SE1990-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bass, Howard (January 1991). "Ice Abroad: Skate Electric UK International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 68, no. 1. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[Skating-October1991-5] "News briefs" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 68, no. 8. October 1991. p. 5. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[RW1978-6] "British pair win". The Daily Telegraph. 13 October 1978. p. 14. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[RW1979-7] Bass, Howard (November 1979). "Ice Abroad: Rotary Watches Ice International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 56, no. 9. pp. 7–8. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[SI1981-8] Bass, Howard (December 1981). "Ice Abroad: The St. Ivel Ice International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 58, no. 10. pp. 7, 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 April 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.

[TDT10011982-9] Bass, Howard (1 October 1982). "Orser keeps title with daring triple". The Daily Telegraph. No. 39594. p. 28. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[SI1983-10] Bass, Howard (November 1983). "Ice Abroad: St. Ivel Ice International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 60, no. 9. pp. 25–27. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[SI1984-11] Bird, Dennis L. (December 1984). "Ice Abroad: St. Ivel Ice International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 61, no. 10. pp. 23–24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.

[SI1985-12] Bass, Howard (November 1985). "Two victories at St. Ivel" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 62, no. 9. pp. 28–30. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[SI1986-13] Bass, Howard (December 1986). "Ice Abroad: Three U.S. medals at Britain's St. Ivel" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 63, no. 10. pp. 44–45. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2026.

[SI1987-14] Bass, Howard (November 1987). "Ice Abroad: American victories in London's St. Ivel" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 64, no. 9. pp. 26–27, 30. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[SE1988-15] Bass, Howard (November 1988). "Skate Electric is season curtin [sic] raiser" (PDF). Skating. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[SE1989-16] Bass, Howard (November 1989). "Americans triumph in UK International" (PDF). Skating. Vol. 66, no. 9. pp. 19–20. Retrieved 1 June 2026.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[17] "Zayak denies Wainman 2nd St. Ivel skate title". Waterloo Region Record. 30 September 1982. p. 15. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[18] "Bristol skaters squeeze ahead". Western Daily Press. Vol. 249, no. 40, 160. 30 September 1982. p. 12. Retrieved 1 June 2026 – via Newspapers.com.

[19] "Brian Orser – Competitive History". Brian Orser: Canadian Excellence. Retrieved 8 June 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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