Nebelhorn Trophy

2013 Nebelhorn Trophy Anna Afonkina

The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. It became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season.

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: men's singles, ladies' 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. International Figure Skating calls the event "unique" because they are, along with their medals, are awarded trophies.^[1]

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;^[1] and the 2006 event was used for a trial of using separate panels of judges for technical elements and program components. The competition also serves as a testing ground for judges working towards international status.^[1]

The 2009 competition was used as the final qualifying opportunity for the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2013 event served the same purpose for the 2014 Olympics and the 2018 Olympics.^[1] The Nebelhorn Trophy became part of the ISU Challenger Series in the 2014–15 season.

Medalists[]

CS: ISU Challenger Series

Men[]

Year	Gold[2]	Silver	Bronze	Details
1969	Günter Anderl
1970	Klaus Grimmelt
1971	Erich Reifschneider	Rob Ouwerkerk NL
1972	Robert Bradshaw
1973		Charles Tickner		[3]
1974	David Santee			[4]
1975	Ted Barton			[4]
1976	Fumio Igarashi	Scott Hamilton	Rudi Cerne	[4]
1977	Robert Wagenhoffer			[4]
1978	Allen Schramm	Mark Cockerell	Gary Beacom	[4]
1979	Gordon Forbes		Brian Boitano	[4]
1980	Tom Dickson	Brian Orser	Rudi Cerne	[4]
1981	Heiko Fischer			[4]
1982	Leonardo Azzola	Bruno Delmaestro	James Cygan	[4]
1983	Heiko Fischer	Richard Zander	André Bourgeois	[4]
1984	Richard Zander		Leonid Kaznakov	[4]
1985	Richard Zander		Laurent Depouilly	[4]
1986	Vitali Egorov	Erik Larson	Kurt Browning	[4]
1987	Todd Eldredge		Lars Dresler	[4]
1988	Aren Nielsen	Marcus Christensen		[4]
1989	Shepherd Clark	Richard Zander	Gleb Bokiy	[4]
1990	Michael Chack	Nicolas Pétorin	Vladimir Petrenko	[4]
1991	Ryan Hunka	Nicolas Pétorin	Vladimir Petrenko	[4][5]
1992	David Liu	Igor Pashkevich	Axel Médéric	[4]
1993	Jeffrey Langdon	Michael Weiss	Jean-François Hébert	[4]
1994	Ilia Kulik	Shepherd Clark	Alexander Abt	[4]
1995	Takeshi Honda	Evgeni Pliuta	Yosuke Takeuchi	[6]
1996	Michael Weiss	Yamato Tamura	Igor Sinyutin	[7]
1997	Timothy Goebel	Evgeni Pliuta	Alexander Abt	[8]
1998	Trifun Zivanovic	Yevgeny Martynov	Vitali Danilchenko	[9][10]
1999	Ilia Klimkin	Vitali Danilchenko	Jayson Dénommée	[11][12]
2000	Anton Klykov	Derrick Delmore	Dmitri Dmitrenko	[13][14]
2001	Sergei Davydov	Jeffrey Buttle	Margus Hernits	[15]
2002	Sergei Davydov	Benjamin Miller	Fedor Andreev	[16]
2003	Nicholas Young	Scott Smith	Nicholas LaRoche	[17]
2004	Marc-André Craig		Christopher Toland	[18]
2005	Stefan Lindemann	Noriyuki Kanzaki	Tomáš Verner	[19][20]
2006	Tomáš Verner	Parker Pennington	Vaughn Chipeur	[21][22]
2007	Michal Březina	Shaun Rogers	Tomáš Verner	[23][24]
2008	Nobunari Oda	Michal Březina	Yannick Ponsero	[25][26]
2009	Stéphane Lambiel	Ivan Tretiakov	Michal Březina	[27][28]
2010	Tatsuki Machida	Konstantin Menshov	Peter Liebers	[29]
2011	Yuzuru Hanyu	Michal Březina	Stephen Carriere	[30]
2012	Nobunari Oda	Konstantin Menshov	Keegan Messing	[31]
2013	Nobunari Oda	Jason Brown	Jeremy Ten	[32]
2014 CS	Jason Brown	Michal Březina	Konstantin Menshov	[33]
2015 CS	Elladj Baldé	Max Aaron	Konstantin Menshov	[34]
2016 CS	Alexander Petrov	Jorik Hendrickx	Grant Hochstein	[35]
2017 CS	Jorik Hendrickx	Alexander Johnson	Alexander Majorov	[36]
2018 CS	Keegan Messing	Alexander Majorov	Artur Dmitriev	[37]
2019 CS	Makar Ignatov	Koshiro Shimada	Alexei Bychenko	[38]
2020 CS	Deniss Vasiljevs	Gabriele Frangipani	Nikolaj Majorov	[39]
2021 CS	Vincent Zhou	Adam Siao Him Fa	Mark Kondratiuk	[40]

Ladies[]

Year	Gold[2]	Silver	Bronze	Details
1969	Ľudmila Bezáková
1970
1971	Dorothy Hamill
1972	Wendy Burge
1973	Kath Malmberg	Linda Fratianne	Gerti Schanderl	[3]
1974	Priscilla Hill			[4]
1975	Lisa-Marie Allen		Dagmar Lurz	[4]
1976	Garnet Ostermeier	Carrie Rugh		[4]
1977	Reiko Kobayashi	Sandy Lenz	Karin Riediger	[4]
1978			Janet Morrissey	[4]
1979		Jackie Farrell	Karin Riediger	[4]
1980	Vikki de Vries		Elizabeth Manley	[4]
1981	Cornelia Tesch		Stephanie Anderson	[4]
1982	Manuela Ruben		Natalia Ovchinnikova	[4]
1983			Karin Telser	[4]
1984	Debi Thomas	Juri Ozawa		[4]
1985	Cornelia Tesch	Tracey Damigella	Joanne Conway	[4]
1986	Holly Cook	Cornelia Renner	Claudia Villiger	[4]
1987		Carola Wolff		[4]
1988	Tonia Kwiatkowski	Josée Chouinard	Patricia Neske	[4]
1989	Kyoko Ina	Surya Bonaly	Junko Yaginuma	[4]
1990	Surya Bonaly	Marina Kielmann	Maria Butyrskaya	[4]
1991	Kumiko Koiwai	Marina Kielmann	Maria Butyrskaya	[4][5]
1992	Simone Lang	Kumiko Koiwai	Angela Derochie	[4]
1993	Irina Slutskaya	Susan Humphreys	Lyudmyla Ivanova	[4]
1994	Irina Slutskaya	Shizuka Arakawa		[4]
1995	Shizuka Arakawa	Lenka Kulovaná	Elena Ivanova	[6]
1996	Eva-Maria Fitze	Sydne Vogel	Karen Kwan	[7]
1997	Elena Liashenko	Olga Markova	Nadezhda Kanaeva	[8]
1998	Brittney McConn	Elena Ivanova	Veronika Dytrtová	[9][10]
1999	Elena Liashenko	Sanna-Maija Wiksten	Elina Kettunen	[11][12]
2000	Galina Maniachenko	Sarah Meier	Andrea Gardiner	[13][14]
2001	Ludmila Nelidina	Ann Patrice McDonough	Kristina Oblasova	[15]
2002	Carolina Kostner	Alisa Drei	Ludmila Nelidina	[16]
2003	Jennifer Don	Lesley Hawker	Olga Naidenova	[17]
2004	Louann Donovan	Alisa Drei	Mira Leung	[18]
2005	Elena Sokolova	Alisa Drei	Beatrisa Liang	[19][20]
2006	Beatrisa Liang	Arina Martinova	Katy Taylor	[21][22]
2007	Carolina Kostner	Megan Williams Stewart	Laura Lepistö	[23][24]
2008	Alissa Czisny	Laura Lepistö	Akiko Suzuki	[25][26]
2009	Alissa Czisny	Kiira Korpi	Liu Yan	[27][28]
2010	Kiira Korpi	Viktoria Helgesson	Melissa Bulanhagui	[29]
2011	Mirai Nagasu	Elene Gedevanishvili	Joshi Helgesson	[30]
2012	Kaetlyn Osmond	Adelina Sotnikova	Haruka Imai	[31]
2013	Elena Radionova	Miki Ando	Ashley Cain	[32]
2014 CS	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Alena Leonova	Gracie Gold	[33]
2015 CS	Kaetlyn Osmond	Alena Leonova	Courtney Hicks	[34]
2016 CS	Mai Mihara	Elizaveta Tuktamysheva	Gabrielle Daleman	[35]
2017 CS	Kailani Craine	Matilda Algotsson	Alexia Paganini	[36]
2018 CS	Alina Zagitova	Mai Mihara	Loena Hendrickx	[37]
2019 CS	Mariah Bell	Kim Ye-lim	Nicole Schott	[38]
2020 CS	Eva-Lotta Kiibus	Alexia Paganini	Jenni Saarinen	[39]
2021 CS	Alysa Liu	Ekaterina Kurakova	Viktoriia Safonova	[40]

Pairs[]

Year	Gold[2]	Silver	Bronze	Details
1969	/
1970	Almut Lehmann / Herbert Wiesinger
1971	No pairs competition
1972	/ Jack Courtney
1973	Tai Babilonia / Randy Gardner	Corinna Halke / Eberhard Rausch	Ursula Nemec / Michael Nemec	[3]
1974	/	Candace Jones / Don Fraser	/	[4]
1975	/	Alice Cook / William Fauver	/	[4]
1976	/ Andreas Nischwitz	/	/	[4]
1977	/	Sheryl Franks / Michael Botticelli	/ Andreas Nischwitz	[4]
1978	Barbara Underhill / Paul Martini	/	/	[4]
1979	Caitlin Carruthers / Peter Carruthers	/ Alexander Vlassov	/ Mark Rowsom	[4]
1980	Susan Garland / Robert Daw	/	/ Paul Wylie	[4]
1981	Elena Valova / Oleg Vasiliev	Melinda Kunhegyi / Lyndon Johnston	/ Xavier Videau	[4]
1982	Inna Volyanskaya / Valery Spiridonov	Katherina Matousek / Lloyd Eisler	Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold	[4]
1983	Inna Bekker / Sergei Likhanski	Katy Keeley /	/	[4]
1984	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko	Susan Dungjen / Jason Dungjen	/	[4]
1985	Lyudmila Koblova / Andrei Kalitin	/	Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley	[4]
1986	/ Lee Barkell	/ Scott Wendland	Lisa Cushley / Neil Cushley	[4]
1987	Michelle Menzies /	Elena Kvitchenko / Rashid Kadyrkaev	/	[4]
1988	Cindy Landry / Lyndon Johnston	Ekaterina Murugova / Artem Torgashev	/	[4]
1989	Elena Leonova / Gennadi Krasnitski	Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov	Radka Kovaříková / René Novotný	[4]
1990	Stacey Ball / Kris Wirtz	Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski	/	[4]
1991	Sherry Ball / Kris Wirtz	Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski	/	[4][5]
1992	/	/	Jodeyne Higgins / Sean Rice	[4]
1993	Caroline Haddad / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau	Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov	Stephanie Stiegler / Lance Travis	[4]
1994	Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon / Luc Bradet	Line Haddad / Sylvain Privé	Sarah Abitbol / Stéphane Bernadis	[4]
1995	Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells	Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov	Marina Khalturina / Andrei Krukov	[6]
1996	Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell	Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilaev	/	[7]
1997	Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko	Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov	/ Jered Guzman	[8]
1998	Laura Handy / Paul Binnebose	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Milica Brozovich / Anton Nimenko	[9][10]
1999	Aliona Savchenko / Stanislav Morozov	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Julia Obertas / Dmitri Palamarchuk	[11][12]
2000	Valérie Marcoux / Bruno Marcotte	Amanda Magarian / Jered Guzman	Stephanie Kalesavich / Aaron Parchem	[13][14]
2001	Jacinthe Larivière / Lenny Faustino	Valerie Saurette / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau	Laura Handy / Jonathon Hunt	[15]
2002	Valérie Marcoux / Craig Buntin	Julia Obertas / Alexei Sokolov	Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash	[16]
2003	Utako Wakamatsu / Jean Sebastian Fecteau	/ Robert Davison	Laura Handy /	[17]
2004	Marcy Hinzmann / Aaron Parchem	/ Robert Davison	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	[18]
2005	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Meagan Duhamel / Ryan Arnold	Marcy Hinzmann / Aaron Parchem	[19][20]
2006	Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski	Julia Vlassov / Drew Meekins	Angelika Pylkina / Niklas Hogner	[21][22]
2007	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig	[23][24]
2008	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	[25][26]
2009	Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	[27][28]
2010	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek	Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford	[29]
2011	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov	Caydee Denney / John Coughlin	[30]
2012	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Caydee Denney / John Coughlin	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	[31]
2013	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Maylin Wende / Daniel Wende	Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave	[32]
2014 CS	Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	[33]
2015 CS	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov	Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim	Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès	[34]
2016 CS	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Lubov Ilyushechkina / Dylan Moscovitch	Mari Vartmann / Ruben Blommaert	[35]
2017 CS	Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov	Aliona Savchenko / Bruno Massot	Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya / Harley Windsor	[36]
2018 CS	Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	Deanna Stellato / Nathan Bartholomay	[37]
2019 CS	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim	Ryom Tae-ok / Kim Ju-sik	[38]
2020 CS	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini	Annika Hocke / Robert Kunkel	Cléo Hamon / Denys Strekalin	[39]
2021 CS	Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert	Laura Barquero / Marco Zandron	Karina Safina / Luka Berulava	[40]

Ice dancing[]

Year	Gold[2]	Silver	Bronze	Details
1970	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck	/ Malcolm Taylor
1971	Angelika Buck / Erich Buck
1972	/ Johnny Johns
1973	/	Janet ? / Warren ?	Jane ? / Richard ?	[3]
1974	Judi Genovesi / Kent Weigle	/ Trevor Davies	/	[4]
1975	Lorna Wighton / John Dowding	Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin	Marina Zueva /	[4]
1976	Marina Zueva /	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	/	[4]
1977	Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean	Carol Fox / Richard Dalley	Wendy Sessions / Marc Reed	[4]
1978	Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin	/ Barry Hagan	/ John Thomas	[4]
1979	/	/ John Philpot	Tatiana Durasova / Sergei Ponomarenko	[4]
1980	Wendy Sessions / Stephen Williams	/	/	[4]
1981	/ Marc Reed	/	/	[4]
1982	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	Isabelle Duchesnay / Paul Duchesnay	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	[4]
1983	Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko	/ James Yorke	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	[4]
1984	/ Russ Witherby	Irina Zhuk /	/	[4]
1985	Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	Doriane Bontemps / Charles Paliard	[4]
1986	Antonia Becherer / Ferdinand Becherer	Svetlana Liapina / Gorsha Sur	Michelle McDonald / Michael Farrington	[4]
1987	Ilona Melnichenko / Gennadi Kaskov	Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo	/	[4]
1988	Ilona Melnichenko / Gennadi Kaskov	/	Jacqueline Petr / Mark Janoschak	[4]
1989	Isabelle Sarech / Xavier Debernis	/	Dominique Yvon / Frédéric Palluel	[4]
1990	/	/	/	[4]
1991	Irina Lobacheva /	/	/	[4][5]
1992	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Victor Kraatz	/	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	[4]
1993	Martine Patenaude /	Rachel Mayer / Peter Breen	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	[4]
1994	Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov	Chantal Lefebvre / Patrice Lauzon	[4]
1995	Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin	Iwona Filipowicz / Michal Szumski	/	[6]
1996	Ekaterina Svirina /	Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates	Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder	[7]
1997	Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin	Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski	[8]
1998	Nina Ulanova / Mikhail Stifounin	Debbie Koegel / Oleg Fediukov	Alia Ouabdelsselam / Benjamin Delmas	[9][10]
1999	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	Alia Ouabdelsselam / Benjamin Delmas	Stephanie Rauer / Thomas Rauer	[11][12]
2000	Chantal Lefebvre / Justin Lanning	Magali Sauri / Michail Stifunin	Marika Humphreys / Vitali Baranov	[13][14]
2001	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Anastasia Belova / Ilia Isaev	[15]
2002	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov	Anastasia Belova / Ilia Isaev	[16]
2003	Svetlana Kulikova / Vitali Novikov	Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski	/ Alexander Kirsanov	[17]
2004	Lydia Manon / Ryan O'Meara	Martine Patinaude / Pascal Denis	Phillipa Towler-Green / Phillip Poole	[18]
2005	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	Christina Beier / William Beier	[19][20]
2006	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	Morgan Matthews / Maxim Zavozin	Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky	[21][22]
2007	Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev	Christina Beier / William Beier	Alla Beknazarova / Vladimir Zuev	[23][24]
2008	Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates	Alexandra Zaretsky / Roman Zaretsky	Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles	[25][26]
2009	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski	Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas	[27][28]
2010	Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Ekaterina Riazanova / Ilia Tkachenko	[29]
2011	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill	[30]
2012	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov	Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi	[31]
2013	Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue	Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin	Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam	[32]
2014 CS	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi	[33]
2015 CS	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam	Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus	[34]
2016 CS	Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Madison Chock / Evan Bates	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	[35]
2017 CS	Penny Coomes / Nicholas Buckland	Kana Muramoto / Chris Reed	Kavita Lorenz / Joti Polizoakis	[36]
2018 CS	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko	[37]
2019 CS	Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Nikolaj Sørensen	Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker	Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko	[38]
2020 CS	Natálie Taschlerová / Filip Taschler	Sasha Fear / George Waddell	Darya Popova / Volodymyr Byelikov	[39]
2021 CS	Juulia Turkkila / Matthias Versluis	Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck	Maria Kazakova / Georgy Reviya	[40]

References[]

Sources[]

• Benjamin T. Wright, Skating in America.

External links[]

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• Deutsche Eislauf-Union (German Ice Skating Union)
• 1997 Results
• 2001 Results