Nebelhorn Trophy

For the 2011 competition, see 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy.

The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.

It is usually one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters are entered by their respective national federations and compete in four disciplines: ladies' singles, men's singles, pairs, and ice dancing. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy is presented to the team with the highest placements across all disciplines.

History

The Nebelhorn Trophy competition has been held annually since 1969 and is thus one of the oldest international figure skating competitions that remains in existence. In its early years, this competition was paired with a now-defunct French event, the Grand Prix International St. Gervais (unrelated to the current ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event), 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.

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. Specifically, the 1997 competition was used as the test event for the switch from the "best of majority" ordinal system to the "one-by-one" method; 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; and the 2006 event was used for a trial of using separate panels of judges for technical elements and program components.

The 2009 competition was used as the final Olympic qualifying competition.

Medalists

Men

Men's medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1969	Günter Anderl
1970	Klaus Grimmelt
1971	Erich Reifschneider
1972	Robert Bradshaw
1973	John Carlow	Charles Tickner	Paul Cechmanek
1974	David Santee	Kevin Robertson	Paul Cechmanek
1975	Ted Barton	Ken Newfield	Harald Kuhn
1976	Fumio Igarashi	Scott Hamilton	Rudi Cerne
1977	Robert Wagenhoffer	Kurt Kurzinger	Gerd-Walter Gräbner
1978	Alan Schramm	Mark Cockerell	Gary Beacom
1979	Gordon Forbes	Vladimir Rashchetnov	Brian Boitano
1980	Tom Dickson	Brian Orser	Rudi Cerne
1981	Heiko Fischer	John Filbig	Kevin Hicks
1982	Leonardo Azzola	Bruno Del Maestro	James Cygan
1983	Heiko Fischer	Richard Zander	André Bourgeois
1984	Richard Zander	Craig Henderson	Leonid Kaznakov
1985	Richard Zander	Douglas Mattis	Laurent Depouilly
1986	Vitali Egorov	Erik Larson	Kurt Browning
1987	Todd Eldredge	Patrick Brault	Lars Dresler
1988	Aren Nielsen	Marcus Christensen	Christopher Mitchell
1989	Shepherd Clark	Richard Zander	Gleb Bokii
1990	Michael Chack	Nicolas Pétorin	Vladimir Petrenko
1991	Ryan Hunka	Nicolas Pétorin	Vladimir Petrenko
1992	David Liu	Igor Pashkevich	Axel Médéric
1993	Jeffrey Langdon	Michael Weiss	Jean-François Hébert
1994	Ilia Kulik	Shepherd Clark	Alexander Abt
1995	Takeshi Honda	Evgeni Pliuta	Yosuke Takeuchi
1996	Michael Weiss	Yamato Tamura	Igor Siniutin
1997	Timothy Goebel	Evgeni Pliuta	Alexander Abt
1998	Trifun Zivanovic	Evgeni Martynov	Vitali Danilchenko
1999	Ilia Klimkin	Vitali Danilchenko	Jayson Dénommée
2000	Anton Klykov	Derrick Delmore	Dmitri Dmitrenko
2001	Sergei Davydov	Jeffrey Buttle	Margus Hernits
2002	Sergei Davydov	Benjamin Miller	Fedor Andreev
2003	Nicholas Young	Scott Smith	Nicholas LaRoche
2004	Marc-André Craig	Alexander Kondakov	Christopher Toland
2005	Stefan Lindemann	Noriyuki Kanzaki	Tomáš Verner
2006	Tomáš Verner	Parker Pennington	Vaughn Chipeur
2007	Michal Březina	Shaun Rogers	Tomáš Verner
2008	Nobunari Oda	Michal Březina	Yannick Ponsero
2009	Stéphane Lambiel	Ivan Tretiakov	Michal Březina
2010	Tatsuki Machida	Konstantin Menshov	Peter Liebers
2011	Yuzuru Hanyu	Michal Březina	Stephen Carriere

Ladies

Ladies medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1969	Ludmila Bezáková
1970	Rita Pokorski
1971	Dorothy Hamill
1972	Wendy Burge
1973	Kath Malmberg	Linda Fratianne	Gerti Schanderl
1974	Priscilla Hill	Barbara Smith	Petra Wagner
1975	Lisa-Marie Allen	Petra Wagner	Dagmar Lurz
1976	Garnet Ostermeier	Carrie Rugh	Deborah Albright
1977	Reiko Kobayashi	Sandy Lenz	Karin Riediger
1978	Editha Dotson	Corinna Tanski	Janet Morrissey
1979	Lynn Smith	Jackie Farrell	Karin Riediger
1980	Vikki de Vries	Alison Southwood	Elizabeth Manley
1981	Cornelia Tesch	Kristy Hogan	Stephanie Anderson
1982	Manuela Ruben	Kelley Webster	Natalia Ovchinnikova
1983	Stacy McMullin	Barbara Butler	Karin Telser
1984	Debi Thomas	Juri Ozawa	Sara MacInnes
1985	Cornelia Tesch	Tracey Damigella	Joanne Conway
1986	Holly Cook	Cornelia Renner	Claudia Villiger
1987	Shannon Allison	Carola Wolff	Lindsay Fedosoff
1988	Tonia Kwiatkowski	Josée Chouinard	Patricia Neske
1989	Kyoko Ina	Surya Bonaly	Junko Yaginuma
1990	Surya Bonaly	Marina Kielmann	Maria Butyrskaya
1991	Kumiko Koiwai	Marina Kielmann	Maria Butyrskaya
1992	Simone Lang	Kumiko Koiwai	Angela Derochie
1993	Irina Slutskaya	Susan Humphreys	Ludmila Ivanova
1994	Irina Slutskaya	Shizuka Arakawa	Jennifer Karl
1995	Shizuka Arakawa	Lenka Kulovaná	Elena Ivanova
1996	Eva-Maria Fitze	Sydne Vogel	Karen Kwan
1997	Elena Liashenko	Olga Markova	Nadezhda Kanaeva
1998	Brittney McConn	Elena Ivanova	Veronika Dytrtová
1999	Elena Liashenko	Sanna-Maija Wiksten	Elina Kettunen
2000	Galina Maniachenko	Sarah Meier	Andrea Gardiner
2001	Ludmila Nelidina	Ann Patrice McDonough	Kristina Oblasova
2002	Carolina Kostner	Alisa Drei	Ludmila Nelidina
2003	Jennifer Don	Lesley Hawker	Olga Naidenova
2004	Louann Donovan	Alisa Drei	Mira Leung
2005	Elena Sokolova	Alisa Drei	Beatrisa Liang
2006	Beatrisa Liang	Arina Martinova	Katy Taylor
2007	Carolina Kostner	Megan Williams Stewart	Laura Lepistö
2008	Alissa Czisny	Laura Lepistö	Akiko Suzuki
2009	Alissa Czisny	Kiira Korpi	Liu Yan
2010	Kiira Korpi	Viktoria Helgesson	Melissa Bulanhagui
2011	Mirai Nagasu	Elene Gedevanishvili	Joshi Helgesson

Pairs

Pairs medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1969	Frigge Drzymalla / Michael Weingart
1970	Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger
1971	no pairs competition
1972	Cozette Cady / Jack Courtney
1973	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch	Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec
1974	Kathy Huntchinson / Jamie McGregor	Candace Jones / Don Fraser	Ulrike Wrbik / Richard Scharf
1975	Cheri Pinner / Dennis Pinner	Alice Cook / William Fauver	Karen Newton / Glenn Laframboise
1976	Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz	Rafaela Dondoni / Mario Dondoni	Natsuko Hagiwara / Sumio Murata
1977	Gail Hamula / Frank Sweiding	Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli	Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz
1978	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	Maria di Domenico / Larry Schrier	Tracy Prussack / Scott Prussack
1979	Caitlin Carruthers / Peter Carruthers	Zhanna Ilina / Alexander Vlassov	Becky Gough / Mark Rowsom
1980	Susan Garland / Robert Daw	Mary Jo Fedy / Tim Mills	Dana Graham / Paul Wylie
1981	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev	Melinda Kunhegyi / Lyndon Johnston	Nathalie Tortel / Xavier Videau
1982	Inna Volianskaya / Valeri Spiridonov	Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler	Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold
1983	Inna Bekker / Sergei Likhanski	Katy Keely / Gary Kemp	Laurene Collin / David Howe
1984	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko	Susan Dungjen / Jason Dungjen	Margo Shoup / Patrick Page
1985	Ludmila Koblova / Andrei Kalitin	Maria Lako / Michael Blicharski	Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley
1986	Melanie Gaylor / Lee Barkell	Ashley Stevenson / Scott Wendland	Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley
1987	Michelle Menzies / Kevin Wheeler	Elena Kvitchenko / Rashid Kadyrkaev	Twana Rose / Colin Epp
1988	Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston	Ekaterina Murugova / Artem Torgashev	Kenna Bailey / John Denton
1989	Elena Leonova / Gennadi Krasnitski	Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov	Radka Kovaříková / René Novotný
1990	Stacey Ball / Kris Wirtz	Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski	Penny Papaioannou / Raoul LeBlanc
1991	Sherry Ball / Kris Wirtz	Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski	Penny Papaioannou / Raoul LeBlanc
1992	Svetlana Titkova / Oleg Makhutov	Tiina Muur / Cory Watson	Jodeyne Higgins / Sean Rice
1993	Caroline Haddad / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau	Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov	Stephanie Stiegler / Lance Travis
1994	Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet	Line Haddad / Sylvain Privé	Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis
1995	Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells	Elena Belousovskaya / Andrei Potalov	Marina Khalturina / Andrei Krukov
1996	Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell	Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilyaev	Samanta Marchant / Chad Hawse
1997	Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko	Elena Belousovskaya / Stanislav Morozov	Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman
1998	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Milica Brozovich / Anton Nimenko
1999	Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Yulia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk
2000	Valérie Marcoux / Bruno Marcotte	Amanda Magarian / Jered Guzman	Stephanie Kalesavich / Aaron Parchem
2001	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Valerie Saurette / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau	Laura Handy / Jonathon Hunt
2002	Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin	Yulia Obertas / Alexei Sokolov	Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash
2003	Utako Wakamatsu / Jean Sebastian Fecteau	Pascale Bergeron / Robert Davison	Laura Handy / Jeremy Allen
2004	Marcy Hinzmann / Aaron Parchem	Pascale Bergeron / Robert Davison	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy
2005	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Meagan Duhamel / Ryan Arnold	Marcy Hinzmann / Aaron Parchem
2006	Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski	Julia Vlassov / Drew Meekins	Angelika Pylkina / Niklas Hogner
2007	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig
2008	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov
2009	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay
2010	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
2011	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Caydee Denney / John Coughlin

Ice dancing

Ice dancing medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck
1971	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck
1972	Mary-Karen Campell / Johnny Johns
1973	Rosalind Druce / David Barker
1974	Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle	Odette Tolman / Trevor Davies	Jennifer Thompson / Derek Tyers
1975	Lorna Wighton / John Dowding	Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin	Marina Zoueva / Andrei Vitman
1976	Marina Zoueva / Andrei Vitman	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	Carol Long / Philip Stowell
1977	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	Wendy Sessions / Marc Reed
1978	Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin	Kim Krohn / Barry Hagan	Joanne French / John Thomas
1979	Gina Aucoin / Hans-Peter Ponikau	Carol Long / John Philpot	Tatiana Durasova / Sergei Ponomarenko
1980	Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams	Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch	Susan Marie Dymecki / Anthony Bardin
1981	Karen Roughton / Marc Reed	Birgit Goller / Peter Klisch	Janice Kindrachuk / Blake Hobson
1982	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer
1983	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Eleanor DeVera / James Yorke	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer
1984	Lois Luciani / Russ Witherby	Irina Zhuk / Oleg Petrov	Kristan Lowery / Chip Rossbach
1985	Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	Doriane Bontemps / Charles Paliard
1986	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	Svetlana Liapina / Gorsha Sur	Michelle McDonald / Michael Farrington
1987	Ilona Melnichenko / Gennadi Kaskov	Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo	Dorothi Rodek / Robert Nardozza
1988	Ilona Melnichenko / Gennadi Kaskov	Elizabeth McLean / Ari Lieb	Jacqueline Petr / Mark Janoschak
1989	Isabelle Sarech / Xavier Debernis	Lisa Grove / Scott Myers	Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel
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	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz	Olga Ganisheva / Maxim Katschanov	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas
1993	Martine Patenaude / Eric Massé	Rachel Mayer / Peter Breen	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas
1994	Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov	Chantal Lefebvre / Patrice Lauzon
1995	Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin	Ivona Filipowicz / Michal Szumski	Agnes Jacquemard / Alexis Gayet
1996	Ekaterina Svirina / Vladimir Lelukh	Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder
1997	Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin	Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski
1998	Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin	Debbie Koegel / Oleg Fediukov	Alia Ouabdelsselam / Benjamin Delmas
1999	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Alia Ouabdelsselam / Benjamin Delmas	Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer
2000	Chantal Lefebvre / Justin Lanning	Magali Sauri / Michail Stifunin	Marika Humphreys / Vitali Baranov
2001	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Anastasia Belova / Ilia Isaev
2002	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov	Anastasia Belova / Ilia Isaev
2003	Svetlana Kulikova / Vitali Novikov	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	Christie Moxley / Alexander Kirsanov
2004	Lydia Manon / Ryan O'Meara	Martine Patinaude / Pascal Denis	Phillipa Towler-Green / Phillip Poole
2005	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	Christina Beier / William Beier
2006	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	Morgan Matthews / Maxim Zavozin	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski
2007	Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev	Christina Beier / William Beier	Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev
2008	Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles
2009	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas
2010	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko
2011	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill

References

• Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 1 - 1896 - 1973PDF
• Skate Canada Results Book - Volume 2 - 1974 - currentPDF
• Benjamin T. Wright, Skating in America.
• Gold Medalists since 1969
• 1995 Results
• 1996 Results
• 1997 Results
• 1998 Results
• 1999 Results
• 2000 Results
• 2001 Results
• 2002 Results
• 2003 Results
• 2004 Results
• 2005 Results
• 2006 Results
• 2007 Results
• 2008 Results
• 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy at the International Skating Union

External links

• 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy Website
• 2007 Nebelhorn Trophy Website
• 2008 Nebelhorn Trophy Website
• 2009 Nebelhorn Trophy Website