1929 World Figure Skating Championships

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1929 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Season:1929
Location:London, UK (men)
Budapest, Hungary (ladies and pairs)
Champions
Men's singles:
Sweden Gillis Grafström
Ladies' singles:
Norway Sonja Henie
Pair skating:
Austria Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser
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The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

Men's competitions took place from March 4th to 5th in London, United Kingdom. Ladies' and pairs' competitions took place from February 2nd to 3rd in Budapest, Hungary.

Results[]

Men[]

Rank Name Nation Age Points Places
1 Gillis Grafström  Sweden 35 353.15 6
2 Karl Schäfer  Austria 19 346.50 10
3 Ludwig Wrede  Austria 34 323.70 16
4 John F. Page  United Kingdom 29 312.70 24
5 Hugo Distler  Austria 25
6 Markus Nikkanen  Finland 25 26
7 Ian Bowhill  United Kingdom 26 32

Judges:

Ladies[]

Medalwinners and 4th and 5th-place pictured.
Rank Name Nation Age Points Places
1 Sonja Henie  Norway 16 280.40 5
2 Fritzi Burger  Austria 18 259.25 12
3 Melitta Brunner  Austria 22 254.65 13
4 Ilse Hornung  Austria 20 236.10 20
5 Grete Kubitschek  Austria 216.65 26
6 Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts  Belgium 19 208.50 29

Judges:

Pairs[]

Rank Name Nation Age Points Places
1 Lilly Scholz / Otto Kaiser  Austria 25/27 11.25 6
2 Melitta Brunner / Ludwig Wrede  Austria 21/34 10.75 13
3 Olga Orgonista / Sándor Szalay  Hungary 27/35 10.30 18
4 Gisela Hochhaltinger / Otto Preißecker  Austria /30 10.35 21.5
5 Emília Rotter / László Szollás  Hungary 21/20 10.30 21.5
6 Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe  Czechoslovakia 10.05 25
7 /  Germany 8.30 35

Judges:

Sources[]

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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