1931 World Figure Skating Championships
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The World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

is an annual figure skating competition
Figure skating competition
-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 sanctioned by the International Skating Union
International Skating Union
The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 in which figure skaters
Figure skating
Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1931 the men competition, the ladies competitions and the pairs competition took place February 28 to March 1, 1931 in Berlin
Berlin
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, Germany
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. It was the second year when all competitions were hold at the same location and the same time, but the first time in Europe
Europe
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.

Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Karl Schäfer
Karl Schäfer
Karl Schäfer was an Austrian figure skater and swimmer. In figure skating, he was a dual Olympic Champion at the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics, a seven-time World Champion and the eight-time European Champion...

 
8
2 Roger Turner
Roger Turner
Roger Felix Turner was an American figure skater.He was born in Milton, Massachusetts and died in Walpole, Massachusetts....

 
 United States 26
3 Ernst Baier
Ernst Baier
Ernst Baier was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Maxi Herber. The duo also won several World and European championships.Ernst Baier skated for the club Berliner SC...

 
33
4 Hugo Distler  33
5 Leopold Maier-Lembargo  41
6 Marcell Vadas  46
7 Markus Nikkanen  48
8 Herbert Haertel  55
9 Pierre Brunet  59
10 Rudolf Praznowsky  60
11 George Hill
George Hill (figure skater)
George Edward Bellows Hill was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. As a pair skater, he was the 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1937 U.S. national champion with partner Maribel Vinson. As a single skater, he was the 1930, 1931, 1934, and 1936 U.S...

 
 United States 76
12 Josef Slíva
Josef Slíva
Josef Slíva was a Czech figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics.In 1924 he finished fourth in the singles event....

 
73
13 Theo Lass  79


Judges were
  • Ludwig Niedermayer 
  • Ludwig Fänner 
  • Eugen Minich 
  • W. L. Hildburgh  United States
  • Walter Jakobsson
    Walter Jakobsson
    Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....

     
  • Herbert J. Clarke 
  • H. Pika

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie
Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion and a six-time European Champion . Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater...

 
8
2 Hilde Holovsky
Hilde Holovsky
Hilde Holovsky was an Austrian figure skater. She was the 1931 World silver medalist, the 1933 World bronze medalist, and the 1931 European bronze medalist. When she won the silver medal behind Sonja Henie in 1931, she was only 13 years old and made a great impression...

 
17
3 Fritzi Burger
Fritzi Burger
Friederike "Fritzi" Burger was an Austrian figure skater competitive in the late 1920s and early 1930s. She was Jewish.-Career:...

 
21
4 Maribel Vinson   United States 26
5 Vivi-Anne Hultén
Vivi-Anne Hultén
Vivi-Anne Hultén was a Swedish figure skater who was a ten time national champion in ladies singles. She finished fifth at the 1932 Winter Olympics and then won the bronze medal at the 1936 Games. She was a two-time European bronze medalist and four time World medalist...

 
35
6 Edel Randem
Edel Randem
Edel Signe Randem was a Norwegian figure skater.She competed at the 1931 World Figure Skating Championships, where she finished sixth...

 
47
7 Nanna Egedius
Nanna Egedius
Nanna Egedius was a Norwegian figure skater.She competed at the 1931 World Figure Skating Championships, where she placed seventh. She also competed at the 1933, 1934 and 1935 World Figure Skating Championships, and she participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics...

 
48
8 Yvonne de Ligne-Geurts  50
9 Randi Gulliksen  63


Judges were
  • W. L. Hildburgh  United States
  • Kurt Dannenberg 
  • S. Wallwork
  • Hans Grünauer 
  • O. R. Kolderup
  • Erich Bartel 
  • A. Anderberg

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Emília Rotter / László Szollás
László Szollás
László Szollás was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Emília Rotter he won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years , and were the 1932 World silver medalists. They were the 1934 European Champions and 1930 & 1931 silver medalists...

 
13.5
2 Olga Orgonista
Olga Orgonista
Olga Orgonista was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Sándor Szalay, she was the 1930 and 1931 European Champion. They won two medals at the World Figure Skating Championships, a bronze in 1929 and a silver in 1931...

 / Sándor Szalay
Sándor Szalay (figure skater)
Sándor Szalay was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Olga Orgonista, he was the 1930 and 1931 European Champion. They won two medals at the World Figure Skating Championships, a bronze in 1929 and a silver in 1931...

 
14.5
3 Idi Papez
Idi Papez
Idi Papez was an Austrian pair skater. With partner Karl Zwack, she was the 1933 European Champion and was a three-time World medalist-Results:with Karl Zwack-Navigation:...

 / Karl Zwack
Karl Zwack
Karl Zwack was an Austrian pair skater. With partner Idi Papez, he was the 1933 European Champion and was a three-time World medalist-Results:with Idi Papez-Navigation:...

 
23.5
4 Lilly Gaillard-Scholz
Lilly Scholz
Lilly Scholz was an Austrian pair skater. She and partner Otto Kaiser won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating. They won the silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics...

 / Willy Petter 
27.5
5 Maribel Vinson / George Hill
George Hill (figure skater)
George Edward Bellows Hill was an American figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. As a pair skater, he was the 1933, 1935, 1936, and 1937 U.S. national champion with partner Maribel Vinson. As a single skater, he was the 1930, 1931, 1934, and 1936 U.S...

 
 United States 39
6 Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe  39
7 Ilse Gaste / Ernst Gaste  45
8 Hansi Kast / Otto Kaiser
Otto Kaiser (figure skater)
Otto Kaiser was an Austrian pair skater. He and his partner Lilly Scholz won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating...

 
50
9 Elisabeth Böckel / Otto Hayek  63


Judges were
  • S. Wallwork
  • W. L. Hildburgh  United States
  • Walter Jakobsson
    Walter Jakobsson
    Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....

     
  • C. Schulze
  • Eugen Minich 
  • J. Edhoffer
  • Erich Bartel
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