1950 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1950 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships

European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...

of the 1949-1950 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, men's singles

Single skating

, and pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

.

In 1950, the European Championships were held in Oslo

Oslo

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, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Ede Király Ede Király Ede Király was a Hungarian figure skater. He was born in Budapest. As a solo skater he won two silver medals and a bronze at the World Figure Skating Championships, placing second behind Dick Button twice. He also was European men's champion in 1950. In pairs, he and Andrea Kékesy won the silver...	Hungary
2	Helmut Seibt Helmut Seibt Helmut Seibt was an Austrian figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1952 Winter Olympics. He was the 1951–1952 European Champion. He placed 9th at the 1948 Winter Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1951 World Figure Skating Championships...
3	Carlo Fassi Carlo Fassi Carlo Fassi was a well-known Italian figure skater and international coach whose students included several World and Olympic champions.-Career:Fassi was born in Milan....
4	Zdeněk Fikar
5	Kurt Sönning
6	Kalle Tuulos
7	Per Cock-Clausen Per Cock-Clausen Per Cock-Clausen was a Danish figure skater. He was the 13-time Danish National Champion from 1940-1963 and Nordic Champion from 1949-1951 and 1953. He competed at both the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympic Games finishing 16th and 14th respectively...

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Alena Vrzáňová
2	Jeannette Altwegg Jeannette Altwegg Jeannette Altwegg CBE is a British figure skater. She is the 1952 Olympic champion in Ladies' Singles, the 1948 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1951 World champion, and the 1951 & 1952 European champion...
3	Jacqueline du Bief Jacqueline du Bief Jacqueline du Bief is a French figure skater who competed in single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, she is the 1952 World Champion, the 1952 Olympic bronze medalist, the 1950-1952 European silver medalist, and the 1947-1952 French national champion.As a pair skater, she competed with...
4	Barbara Wyatt
5	Dagmar Lurchova
6	Beryl Bailey
7	Regula Arnold
8	Alexandra Cerna
9	Miloslava Tumova
10	Gun Ericson
11	Suzanne Wirz Susi Wirz Suzanne "Susi" Wirz is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 1952 Swiss national champion. She represented Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics where she placed 15th.She was the sister-in-law of British figure skater Jeannette Altwegg....
12	Yolande Jobin Yolande Jobin Yolande Jobin is a Swiss figure skater. She is the 1951 Swiss national champion. She represented Switzerland at the 1952 Winter Olympics where she placed 18th.-Competitive highlights:-References:* * * *...
13	Leena Pietilä
14	Bjørg Lohner
15	Ingeborg Nilsson Ingeborg Nilsson Ingeborg Nilsson was a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.She was Norwegian individual champion in 1953 and 1954, and in pairs in 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 together with partner Reidar Børjeson....

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Marianne Nagy / László Nagy László Nagy (figure skater) László Nagy was a Hungarian pair skater. He and his partner and sister Marianne Nagy were two time Olympic bronze medalists, two-time European champions , and three-time World bronze medalists . He was born in Szombathely.-Competitive highlights:-References:* -Navigation:...	Hungary
2	Eliane Steineman / André Calame
3	Jennifer Nicks Jennifer Nicks Jennifer Mary Nicks was a British pair skater. She competed with brother John Nicks. In 1953, the two won Great Britain's only World and European titles in pair skating, after having placed fourth at the 1952 Winter Olympics. She died as the result of a heart attack.-Competitive... / John Nicks John Nicks John Allen Wisden Nicks is a British figure skating coach and former pair skater. His pairs partner was his sister Jennifer Nicks, and together they were the 1953 World Champions...
4	Bela Zachová / Jaroslav Zach
5	Elly Stärck / Harry Gareis
6	Soňa Burjanova / Miroslav Balůn

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