1995 Nations Cup
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The 1995 Nations Cup was the Nations Cup
Bofrost Cup on Ice
The Bofrost Cup on Ice was a figure skating competition held in Germany between 1986 and 2004. It was part of the Grand Prix series until 2003, when it was replaced by Cup of China. Following being booted out of the Grand Prix series, a new form of competition was introduced to the Bofrost Cup...

 Grand Prix competition of the 1995–1996 figure skating season
Figure skating season
The figure skating season is the period of time in which competitions are contested in the sport of figure skating. The skating season begins on July 1 of one year and goes until the end of June of the next. The seasons are referred to by the years they span...

. It was the fourth event of six in the 1995–1996 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the 1995–1996 Champions Series Final
1995–1996 Champions Series Final
The Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final is an elite figure skating competition. Its name is often abbreviated "Grand Prix Final". Skaters compete in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing....

. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's 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...

, 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...

, 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,...

, and ice dancing
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

.

In 1995, the Nations Cup was held in Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen
Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 from 23-25 November.

Men

Rank Name Nation FP SP FS
Free skating
The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...

1 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Viacheslav Zagorodniuk (born 11 August 1972 in Odessa, Ukraine (then USSR) is a former Ukrainian figure skater. He represented the USSR until its dissolution and then represented Ukraine. He is the 1994 World bronze medalist, 1996 European champion,...

2.5 1 2
2 Alexei Urmanov
Alexei Urmanov
Alexei Yevgenyevich Urmanov is a Russian figure skater, who currently works as a coach. He is the 1994 Olympic champion and an Honoured Masters of Sports of the Russian Federation.- Career :...

3.0 4 1
3 Todd Eldredge
Todd Eldredge
Todd James Eldredge is an American figure skater. He is the 1996 World Champion and a six-time national champion .-Biography:...

4.5 3 3
4 Scott Davis 6.0 2 5
5 Andrejs Vlascenko
Andrejs Vlascenko
Andrejs Vlascenko is a figure skater who competed in men's singles. Born in East Germany while his father was stationed there in the Soviet army, he returned to the Soviet Union as a child and grew up there....

7.5 5 4
6 Michael Shmerkin
Michael Shmerkin
Michael "Misha" Shmerkin is an Israeli figure skater.-Biography:Shmerkin was born and raised in the Soviet Union and competed for them internationally, most notably at the 1990 Junior Worlds....

9.0 6 6
7 Sébastien Britten
Sébastien Britten
Sebastien Britten is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 1995 Canadian national champion. He represented Canada at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 10th. In 1998, he beat several Olympic and World medallists to win the 1998 World Professional Figure Skating Championships held in Jaca,...

12.0 10 7
8 Francis Gastellu 12.0 8 8
9 Oleg Tataurov
Oleg Tataurov
Oleg Stanislavovich Tataurov is a Russian figure skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union and, after its dissolution, his native Russia. He is the 1995 Russian bronze medalist. He represented Russia at the 1994 Winter Olympics, where he placed 11th. For the Soviet Union, he is the...

12.5 7 9
10 Nicolas Pétorin
Nicolas Pétorin
Nicolas Pétorin is a French figure skater. He is the 1992 French silver medalist and three-time national bronze medalist. He is the 1991 World Junior bronze medalist. Pétorin competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, placing 14th.-Results:-References:*...

14.5 9 10
11 Mirko Eichhorn 16.5 11 11
12 Shin Amano
Shin Amano
in Tokyo, Japan is a Japanese pair skater who is now a coach and ISU Technical Specialist. Competing with Marie Arai, he placed 20th in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. They also won the Japan Figure Skating Championships by 1995...

18.0 12 12

Ladies

Rank Name Nation FP SP FS
Free skating
The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...

1 Michelle Kwan
Michelle Kwan
Michelle Wingshan Kwan is an American figure skater. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time World champion and a nine-time U.S...

1.5 1 1
2 Maria Butyrskaya
Maria Butyrskaya
Maria Viktorovna Butyrskaya is a Russian figure skater. She is the 1999 World champion, becoming the oldest woman to win that title and the first Russian woman to become a World champion. She is a three-time European champion and in 2002, at age 29, became the oldest woman to win that title. She...

3.0 2 2
3 Nicole Bobek
Nicole Bobek
Nicole Bobek is an American figure skater. She is the 1995 U.S. Champion and World bronze medalist.-Biography:An only child, Bobek was raised by her Czech mother, Jana, and her friend Joyce Barron...

5.5 5 3
4 Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko
Tanja Szewczenko is a German figure skater and actress. She is the 1994 World bronze medalist and 1998 European bronze medalist.-Biography:...

5.5 3 4
5 Elena Liashenko
Elena Liashenko
Elena Liashenko is a Ukrainian figure skater. She is the 2004 European silver medalist and 1995 and 2005 bronze medalist. She is also 4-time Olympic team member of Ukraine.- Biography :...

8.0 4 6
6 Susan Humphreys
Susan Humphreys
Susan Anne Humphreys is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 1997 Canadian national champion and a 1994 Olympian.-Competitive highlights:* WD = Withdrawn-References:*...

8.5 7 5
7 Rena Inoue
Rena Inoue
is an American pair skater. With partner John Baldwin, she is the 2004 and 2006 U.S. National Champion. Inoue previously competed for Japan as both a single skater and pair skater. Inoue and Baldwin are the first skaters to perform a throw triple axel in competition.-Personal life:Rena Inoue was...

10.0 6 7
8 Evelyn Großmann
Evelyn Großmann
Evelyn Großmann is a German figure skater.She was representing first East Germany and later Germany after the German reunification in 1990. Evelyn Großmann was practicing in Chemnitz in Saxony...

12.5 9 8
9 Malika Tahir
Malika Tahir
Malika Tahir is a former French figure skater. She was the 1996 bronze medalist at the French Figure Skating Championships and finished 23rd at the 1995 European Championships.-Results:-References:...

13.0 8 9

Pairs

Rank Name Nation FP SP FS
Free skating
The free skating competition of figure skating, sometimes called the "free skate" or "long program", is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. It is the longer of the two programs, the other one being the Short Program...

1 Marina Eltsova
Marina Eltsova
Marina Alexeevna Eltsova is a Russian pair skater. She represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Andrei Bushkov, she won the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1993 and 1997 European Figure Skating Championships...

 / Andrei Bushkov
Andrei Bushkov
Andrei Vasilievich Bushkov is a Russian pair skater. He represented the Soviet Union until its fall, and, after that, Russia. With partner Marina Eltsova, he won the 1996 World Figure Skating Championships and the 1993 and 1997 European Figure Skating Championships...

2.0 2 1
2 Mandy Wötzel
Mandy Wötzel
Mandy Wötzel is a German pair skater who represented East Germany and later Germany in international competition. With partner Ingo Steuer, she is the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist.- Biography :...

 / Ingo Steuer
Ingo Steuer
Ingo Steuer is a German pair skater and skating coach.With partner Mandy Wötzel, he was the 1998 Olympic bronze medalist the 1997 World champion, the 1995 European champion, and a four-time German national champion...

2.5 1 2
3 Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov
Oleg Shliakhov
Oleg Shliakhov is a Latvian pair skater. He competed with Elena Berezhnaya from 1992 to 1996. They enjoyed some success, placing eighth at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Their partnership ended after a side-by-side camel spin went bad and Shliakhov's blade cut into Berezhnaya's head...

5.0 4 3
4 Kyoko Ina
Kyoko Ina
is a Japanese-American figure skater. With partner John Zimmerman, she is a three-time U.S. national champion and 2002 Olympian. With partner Jason Dungjen, she was a two-time U.S. Champion and a 1994 & 1998 Olympian.- Life and career :...

 / Jason Dungjen
Jason Dungjen
Jason Dungjen is an American retired pair skater who was a two-time U.S. national champion. He is currently a skating coach....

5.5 3 4
5 Natalia Krestianinova
Natalia Krestianinova
Natalia Krestianinova is a former Soviet pairs figure skater. She won three World Junior Figure Skating Championships with partner Alexei Torchinski.-Competitive highlights:for Azerbaijan in 1994-Navigation:...

 / Alexei Torchinsky
7.5 5 5
6 Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon
Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon
Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon was a Canadian pair skater. She competed with Luc Bradet. They won the gold medal at the 1997 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Results:...

 / Luc Bradet
Luc Bradet
Luc Bradet was a Canadian pair skater. He competed with Marie-Claude Savard-Gagnon. They won the gold medal at the 1997 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Results:...

10.0 8 6
7 Silvia Dmitrov / Rico Rex
Rico Rex
Rico Rex is a former German pair skater. With former partner Eva-Maria Fitze, he was the 2003 German national champion.-Biography:...

10.0 6 7
8 Elena Belousovskaya / Alexander Potalov 12.5 9 8
9 Sarah Abitbol
Sarah Abitbol
Sarah Abitbol is a French pair skater. Abitbol started skating when she was six, when she had a choice of swimming or ice skating for physical education. She won the bronze medal in pairs at the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships with partner Stéphane Bernadis. She missed six months for the...

 / Stéphane Bernadis
Stephane Bernadis
Stéphane Bernadis is a French pair skater. He won the bronze medal in pairs at the 2000 World Figure Skating Championships with partner Sarah Abitbol.-Results:...

12.5 7 9
10 Line Haddad
Line Haddad
Line Haddad is a French pair skater who has also competed for Israel. She competed for France with Sylvain Privé and with him won the French Figure Skating Championships in 1992 at the age of 13. They placed at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where Haddad was the youngest athlete at those Games...

 / Sylvaine Privé
15.0 10 10
11 Cheryl Marker / Todd Price 17.0 12 11
12 Allison Gaylor / David Pelletier
David Pelletier
David Jacques Pelletier is a Canadian pairs figure skater. With his partner Jamie Salé, he was the co-gold medal winner at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games...

17.5 11 12

Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation FP CD OD
Original dance
The original dance was a segment of an ice dancing competition. It was usually the second of three programs, sandwiched between the compulsory dances and the free dance. Until 1994, it was known as the original set pattern dance...

FD
Free dance (figure skating)
The free dance is a part of an ice dancing competition. It is the second part of the competition to be contested, after the short dance.-Structure and content:...

1 Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Krylova
Anjelika Alexeevna Krylova is a Russian retired ice dancer. With partner Oleg Ovsyannikov, she is the 1998 Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion. She currently works as a coach and choreographer in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan....

 / Oleg Ovsiannikov
2.0 1 1 1
2 Irina Romanova
Irina Romanova (figure skater)
Irina Romanova is a Ukrainian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union before its fall and Ukraine after it. She competed with Igor Yaroshenko. They are the 1996 European bronze medalists. They placed seventh at the 1994 Winter Olympics and ninth at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

 / Igor Yaroshenko
Igor Yaroshenko
Igor Yaroshenko is a Ukrainian ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union before its fall and Ukraine after it. He competed with Irina Romanova. They are the 1996 European bronze medalists. They placed seventh at the 1994 Winter Olympics and ninth at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

4.0 2 2 2
3 Irina Lobacheva
Irina Lobacheva
Irina Viktorovna Lobacheva is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Ilia Averbukh, she is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002 World Champion and the 2003 European Champion.- Career :...

 / Ilia Averbukh
Ilia Averbukh
Ilia Iziaslavovich Averbukh is a Russian ice dancer. With Marina Anissina, he is the 1990 & 1992 World Junior champions. With former wife Irina Lobacheva, he is the 2002 Olympic silver medalist, the 2002 World Champion and the 2003 European Champion.- Career :Averbukh started skating because of...

6.0 3 3 3
4 Renée Roca
Renee Roca
Renée Roca is an American ice dancer and choreographer. She is a three-time U.S. national champion with different partners. Competing with partner Donald Adair, she is the 1986 U.S. national champion. She later teamed up with Russian skater Gorsha Sur, with whom she is the 1993 and 1995 U.S...

 / Gorsha Sur
Gorsha Sur
Georgi 'Gorsha' Sur is a former ice dancer who represented the United States and the Soviet Union. With Svetlana Liapina for the Soviet Union, he is a two-time World Junior medalist. With Renée Roca for the U.S., he is a two-time U.S...

8.0 4 4 4
5 Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Drobiazko
Margarita Aleksandrovna Drobiazko is a Lithuanian ice dancer. She began competing for Lithuania in 1992 when she teamed up with Povilas Vanagas, whom she married in June 2000...

 / Povilas Vanagas
Povilas Vanagas
Povilas Vanagas is a Lithuanian ice dancer. He competed with wife Margarita Drobiazko, whom he married in June 2000. They are the 2000 World bronze medalists, three-time Grand Prix Final bronze medalists, two-time European bronze medalists , 1999 Skate Canada champions and competed in five Winter...

10.0 5 5 5
6 Kati Winkler
Kati Winkler
Kati Winkler Kati Winkler Kati Winkler (born January 16, 1974 in Karl-Marx-Stadt (today Chemnitz) is a German ice dancer. With partner René Lohse, she is the 2004 World bronze medalist.- Biography :...

 / René Lohse
René Lohse
René Lohse is a German ice dancer. With partner Kati Winkler, he is the 2004 World bronze medalist.- Biography :...

12.0 6 6 6
7 Chantal Lefebvre
Chantal Lefebvre
Chantal Lefebvre is a Canadian retired competitive ice dancer. Her partner is Arseni Markov. They joined forces on the ice in 2003 and are two-time Canadian national bronze medalists....

 / Michel Brunet
14.0 7 7 7
8 Agnes Jacquemard / Alexis Gayet 16.0 8 8 8
9 Stephanie Guardia / Frank Laporte
Frank LaPorte
Frank Breyfogle Laporte was an American baseball player.Born in Uhrichsville, Ohio, he began his major league career with the New York Highlanders in 1905. He was eventually traded to the St. Louis Browns, where he had his best years. In he batted a career-high .314...

18.0 9 9 9
10 Amy Webster / Ron Kravette 20.0 10 10 10
11 Aya Kawai
Aya Kawai
is a Japanese ice dancer. She competed with Hiroshi Tanaka. They placed 23rd in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. They were two-time Japanese national champions.-Results:- References :*...

 / Hiroshi Tanaka
Hiroshi Tanaka
is a Japanese figure skater who is now a coach. He competed in Ice Dancing with Aya Kawai and Kayo Shirahata. Tanaka and Kawai placed 23rd in the 1998 Winter Olympic Games. They were two-time Japanese national champions.-Results:- References :*...

23.0 12 12 11
12 Tarja Kuhlfluck / Ralf Seidel 23.0 11 11 12

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