Prague Skate

The Prague Skate (sometimes titled Golden Skate; from 1994: Czech Skate) is an international figure skating competition. It was a senior event from the 1960s to 1997, usually held in November or December in Prague.^[1][2] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating. Since 1999, it is organized in some years as part of the ISU Junior Grand Prix series.

Senior medalists

Men

Men's medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1964	Ondrej Nepela	Günter Zöller	Vladimir Kurenbin
1965	Giordano Abbondati	Ondrej Nepela	Valeri Meshkov
1966	Ondrej Nepela	Peter Krick	Sergei Chetverukhin
1967	Ondrej Nepela	Sergei Chetverukhin	Marian Filc
1968
1969
1970	Klaus Grimmelt	Vladimir Kovalev	Stefano Bargauan
1971	Stefano Bargauan	Zdeněk Pazdírek	Daniel Höner	[3][4]
1972	Gordon McKellen, Jr.	Zdeněk Pazdírek	Jacques Mrozek	[3]
1973	František Pechar	David Santee	Robert Rubens	[3]
1974	Terry Kubicka	František Pechar	Konstantin Kokora	[2][5]
1975	Charles Tickner	Konstantin Kokora	Zdenek Pazdirek
1976	Scott Cramer	František Pechar	Jean-Christophe Simond	[5]
1977	John Carlow	Miroslav Šoška	Georgi Starkov	[5]
1978	Jean-Christophe Simond	Vern Taylor	Robert Wagenhoffer	[5]
1979	Gordon Forbes	Allen Schramm	Jozef Sabovčík	[5]
1980	Jozef Sabovčík	Daniel Béland	Grzegorz Glowania	[5]
1981	Jozef Sabovčík	Neil Paterson	Gurgen Vardanjan	[5]
1982	Jozef Sabovčík	André Bourgeois	Makoto Kano	[5]
1983	Takashi Mura	James Santee	Campbell Sinclair	[5]
1984	Petr Barna	Richard Zander	Gurgen Vardanjan	[5]
1985	Petr Barna	Ralf Lewandowski	Philippe Roncoli	[5]
1986	Petr Barna	Henrik Walentin	Daniel Weiss	[5]
1987	Petr Barna	Heiko Fischer	Dmitri Gromov	[5]
1988	Petr Barna	Philippe Candeloro	Zsolt Kerekes
1989	Nicolas Pétorin	Gleb Bokiy	Mirko Eichhorn
No men competition in 1990
1992	Masakazu Kagiyama	Rudy Galindo	Marcus Christensen	[5]
1994	Evgeni Pliuta	Clive Shorten	Alexei Yagudin	[5]
1995	Roman Ekimov	Yevgeny Martynov	Laurent Tobel	[5][6]
1996
1997	Stéphane Yvars	Robert Grzegorczyk	Yevgeny Martynov	[5]

Ladies

Ladies' medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1964	Nicole Hassler	Gabriele Seyfert	Jana Mrázková
1965	Hana Mašková	Zsuzsa Almassy	Uschi Keszler
1966	Hana Mašková	Zsuzsa Almassy	Elisabeth Nestler
1967	Hana Mašková	Beate Richter	Elisabeth Mikula
1968
1969
1970	Ľudmila Bezáková	Ilka Spormann	Mary McCaffrey
1971	Hana Knapová	Anett Pötzsch	Karin Iten	[3][4]
1972	Dorothy Hamill	Gerti Schanderl	Daria Prychun	[3]
1973	Lynn Nightingale	Wendy Burge	Dianne de Leeuw	[3]
1974	Kath Malmberg	Hana Knapová	Steffi Knoll	[2][5]
1975	Priscilla Hill	Susanna Driano	Grazyna Dudek
1976	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Lisa-Marie Allen	Anita Siegfried	[5]
1977	Kathy Gelecinsky	Marion Weber	Deborah Albright	[5]
1978	Jill Sawyer	Karin Riediger	Renata Baierová	[5]
1979	Elaine Zayak	Renata Baierová	Myriam Oberwiler	[5]
1980	Carola Paul	Anna Kondrashova	Megumi Yanagihara	[7]
1981	Kerry Smith	Juri Ozawa	Alla Fomicheva	[5]
1982	Agnès Gosselin	Natalia Lebedeva	Karin Hendschke	[5]
1983	Midori Ito	Sachie Yuki	Constanze Gensel	[5]
1984	Cornelia Renner	Leslie Sikes	Simone Koch	[5]
1985	Inga Gauter	Sachie Yuki	Izumi Aotani	[5][8]
1986	Susanne Becher	Jana Přibylová	Inna Krundysheva	[5]
1987	Lotta Falkenbäck	Yvonne Pokorny	Julie Wasserman	[5]
1988	Simone Lang	Sabine Contini	Michèle Claret	[9][10]
1989	Tisha Walker	Simone Koch	Marcela Kochollová	[5]
1990	Lenka Kulovaná	Simone Lang	Mari Asanuma	[5][11]
1992	Yuka Sato	Surya Bonaly	Krisztina Czakó	[5]
1994	Lenka Kulovaná	Kateřina Beránková	Elena Liashenko	[5]
1995	Lenka Kulovaná	Daria Timoshenko	Netty Kim	[5][6]
1996
1997	Ekaterina Siniapkina	Annie Bellemare	Marta Głuchowska	[5]

Pairs

Pairs medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1964	Sonja Pferzdorf / Günter Matzdorf	Agnesa Wlachovska / Peter Bartosiewicz	Tatiana Tarasova / Georgi Proskurin
1965	Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne	Monique Mathys / Yves Aellig	Vera Stehlikova / Karel Fajfr
1966	Margot Glockshuber / Wolfgang Danne	Gudrun Hauss / Walter Häfner	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther
1967	Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov	Marianne Streifler / Herbert Wiesinger	Janina Poremska / Piotr Sczypa
No pair skating event 1970–1977
1978	Vicky Heasley / Robert Wagenhoffer	Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl	Nelli Chervotkina / Viktor Teslia	[5]
1979	Nelli Chervotkina / Viktor Teslia	Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	[5]
1980	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	Becky Gough / Mark Rowsom	Ingrid Zenata / Rene Novotny	[5]
1981	Melinda Kunhegyi / Lyndon Johnston	Inna Volyanskaya / Valery Spiridonov	Lynne Freeman / Jay Freeman	[5]
1982	Babette Preußler /Torsten Ohlow	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko	Jana Havlova / Rene Novotny
1983	Inna Bekker / Sergei Likhanski	Peggy Seidel / Ralf Seifert	Toshimi Ito / Takashi Mura	[5]
1984	Yulia Bystrova / Alexander Tarasov	Dagmar Kovářová / Jozef Komár	Maria Lako / Michael Blicharski	[5]
1985	Lori Blasko / Todd Sand	Svetlana Frantsuzova / Oleg Gorshkov	Laurene Collin / David Howe	[5]
1986	Peggy Schwarz / Alexander König	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko	Lyudmila Koblova / Andrei Kalitin	[5]
1987	Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach	Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev	Isabelle Brasseur / Lloyd Eisler	[5]
1988	Mandy Wötzel / Axel Rauschenbach	Karina Guchmazova / Sergei Petrovski	Danielle Carr / Stephen Carr	[12]
1989	Radka Kovaříková / René Novotný	Ines Müller / Ingo Steuer	Karina Guchmazova / Sergei Petrovski	[5]
1990	Karen Courtland / Jason Dungjen	Kristy Sargeant / Colin Epp	Ludmila Kaleniuk / Gennadi Markushin	[5][11]
1992	Jenni Meno / Todd Sand	Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov	Tiina Muur / Cory Watson	[5]
1994	Radka Kovaříková / René Novotný	Oksana Kazakova / Dmitri Sukhanov	Elena Tobiash / Sergei Smirnov	[5]
1995	Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilaev	Dorota Zagórska / Mariusz Siudek	Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex	[5][6]
1996
1997	Valerie Saurette / Jean-Sébastien Fecteau	Jodeyne Higgins / Sean Rice	Maria Poluliaschenko / Andrew Seabrook	[5]

Ice dancing

Ice dancing medalists
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1964	Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman	Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan	Gabriele Rauch / Rudi Matysik
1965	Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan	Gabriele Matysik / Rudi Matysik	Dean / Webster
1966	Jitka Babická / Jaromír Holan	Gabriele Matysik / Rudi Matysik	Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin
1967	Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin	Dana Novotná / Jaromír Holan	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
No ice dancing event 1970–1977
1978	Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich	Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin	Karen Mankowich / Douglas Mankowich	[5]
1979	Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert	Anna Pisánská / Jiří Musil	[5]
1980	Elena Garanina / Igor Zavozin	Jana Beránková / Jan Barták	Gina Aucoin / Hans Peter Ponikau	[5]
1981	Jana Beránková / Jan Barták	Terri Slater / Rick Berg	Yulia Romanova / Yuri Gaichenkov	[5]
No ice dancing event 1982
1982	without Icedancing competition
1983	Jindra Holá / Karol Foltán	Maya Usova / Alexander Zhulin	Lois Luciani / Russ Witherby	[5]
1984	Noriko Sato / Tadayuki Takahashi	Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck	Margaret Bodo / Rick Berg	[5]
No ice dancing event 1985 and 1986
1987	Renee Roca / James Yorke	Michela Malingambi / Andrea Gilardi	Viera Řeháková / Ivan Havránek	[5]
1988	Andrea Juklova / Martin Simecek	Stefania Calegari / Pasquale Camerlengo	Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko
1989	Monika Mandiková / Oliver Pekar	Ivana Střondalová / Milan Brzý	Maria Orlova / Alexei Kiliakov	[5]
1990	Dara Bailey / Rock Lemay	Monika Mandiková / Oliver Pekar	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov	[5][11]
1990	Elena Kustarova / Oleg Ovsyannikov	Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček	Jennifer Nocito / Michael Verlich	[5]
1994	Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček	Svitlana Chernikova / Oleksandr Sosnenko	Yvonne Schulz / Sven Authorsen	[5]
1995	Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček	Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin	Iwona Filipowicz / Michał Szumski	[5][6]
1996
1997	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon	Magali Sauri / Olivier Chapuis	Francesca Fermi / Andrei Baldi	[5]

Junior medalists

Further information: ISU Junior Grand Prix in the Czech Republic

References

1. "Um "Goldenen Prager Schlittschuh"" [Golden Prague Skate]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 4 December 1964.
2. "Steffi Knoll auf Platz drei beim "Prager Schlittschuh"" [Steffi Knoll third at Prague Skate]. Neues Deutschland (in German). 11 November 1974.
3. "Results Book, Volume 1: 1896–1973" (PDF). Skate Canada. p. 28. Archived from the original on 22 November 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
4. "Hana Knapova in Prag vor Anett Putsch" [Hana Knapova wins in Prague ahead of Anett Pötzsch] (in German). Neues Deutschland Archiv. 16 November 1971.
5. "Results Book, Volume 2: 1974–current" (PDF). Skate Canada. pp. 80–83. Archived from the original on 20 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
6. "Czech Skate 1995, CZE, Ostrava". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. "Bundesarchiv Bild 183-W1109-0013, Carola Paul". Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst. German Federal Archives. 9 November 1980.
8. "Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1985-1110-011, Inga Gauter". Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst. German Federal Archives. 10 November 1985.
9. "Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-1106-004, Simone Lang". Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst. German Federal Archives. 6 November 1988.
10. "Zwei DDR-Erfolge beim "Prager Schlittschuh"" [Two East German successes at Prague Skate] (in German). nd-archiv.de. 7 November 1988.
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12. "Bundesarchiv Bild 183-1988-1106-005, Mandy Wötzel, Axel Rauschnbach". Allgemeiner Deutscher Nachrichtendienst. German Federal Archives. 6 November 1988.