The 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy was the Nebelhorn Trophy

Nebelhorn Trophy

The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain....

 of the 1996–1997 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...

. The Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level 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....

 organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union

Deutsche Eislauf-Union

The Deutsche Eislauf-Union e.V., is the national amateur association for figure skating and ice dancing in Germany. The members of the DEU are the various German ice sports associations; there are no individual members....

 and held annually in Oberstdorf

Oberstdorf

Oberstdorf is a municipality and skiing and hiking town in southwest Germany, located in the Allgäu region of the Bavarian Alps.At the center of Oberstdorf is a church whose tall spire serves as a landmark for navigating around town. The summits of the Nebelhorn and Fellhorn provide...

, 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...

. The competition is named after the Nebelhorn

Nebelhorn

The Nebelhorn is a high mountain in the Allgäu Alps in Germany, near the village of Oberstdorf. It lends its name to the Nebelhorn Trophy figure skating competition and the Nebelhorn Classics a freeride race event...

, a nearby mountain.

It was one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters were entered by their respective national federations, rather than receiving individual invitations as in the Grand Prix of Figure Skating, and competed in four disciplines: 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...

, pairs

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....

. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy was presented to the country with the highest placements across all disciplines.

The 1996 Nebelhorn Trophy took place between August 27 and 30, 1996.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Michael Weiss Michael Weiss (figure skater) -External links:* - Official website* - US Olympic Committee Biography...
2	Yamato Tamura Yamato Tamura is a Japanese figure skater who competed in both singles and pairs. As a single skater, he is a two-time Japanese national champion. He represented Japan at the 1998 Winter Olympics, placing 17th...
3	Igor Siniutin
4	Anthony Liu Anthony Liu Anthony Liu is an Chinese-Australian figure skater. He originally represented China but became an Australian citizen in 1996. He is a seven time Australian national champion. He represented Australia at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 25th, and at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he...
5	Michael Hopfes Michael Hopfes Michael Hopfes was a German figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won two silver medals and three bronze medals at the German Figure Skating Championships during his career.-Results:-External links:*...
6	Stephane Yvars
7	Markus Leminen Markus Leminen Markus Peter Leminen is a Finnish former figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was a six-time gold medalist at the Finnish Figure Skating Championships. He coaches at the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ontario.-Results:-External links:* -Navigation:...
8	Patrick Schmit Patrick Schmit Patrick Schmit is a Luxembourgish retired competitive figure skater. He placed 29th at the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Results:-References:* -External links:*...
9	Michael Tyllesen Michael Tyllesen Michael Tyllesen is a Danish figure skater. He represented Denmark at the 1994 Winter Olympics and 1998 Winter Olympics, where he placed 13th and 9th, respectively...
10	Johnny Jensen Johnny Jensen Johnny Jensen is a Norwegian handball player. He played 191 matches and scored 287 goals for the Norway national handball team between 1995 and 2009. He participated at the 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2009 World Men's Handball Championship.-References:...
11	Yvan Desjardins
12	Vakhtang Murvanidze Vakhtang Murvanidze Vakhtang Murvanidze |Georgia]]) is a Georgian figure skater. He is a multiple Georgian national champion and has represented Georgia at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where he placed 17th, and the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he placed 28th. His highest placement at the European Figure Skating...	Georgia (country)
13	Alexandre Boudjadi
14	Andre Kaden
15	Jan Čejvan Jan Cejvan Jan Cejvan is a Slovenian figure skater. He is the 1993-2000 Slovenian national champion.He is an ISU Technical Specialist for Slovenia.-Results:-External links:...
16	Alexei Kozlov
17	Nicolas Binz
18	Ferdi Skoberla
19	André Renard
WD	Samuel Baquier

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Eva-Maria Fitze Eva-Maria Fitze Eva-Maria Fitze is a German figure skater who has competed in both ladies' singles and pairs. Originally a singles skater, she became the youngest woman ever to win a gold at the German Figure Skating Championships when she accomplished the feat at age 14 in 1997...
2	Sydne Vogel Sydne Vogel Sydne Vogel is an American figure skater. Her parents are Joy and Dennis Vogel. She married Jeff McKechnie on November 14, 2010....
3	Karen Kwan Karen Kwan Karen Wingyan Kwan Oppegard is best known as the older sister of figure skater Michelle Kwan. Karen is two years older than Michelle and was an elite figure skater herself....
4	Fumie Suguri Fumie Suguri is a Japanese figure skater. She is a five-time Japanese National Champion, a three-time World Championship medalist, a three-time Four Continents Champion and the 2003-2004 Grand Prix Final Champion.-Personal life:Suguri was born in Chiba, Chiba, Japan...
5	Andrea Diewald
6	Fanny Cagnard
7	Netty Kim Netty Kim Netty Kim is a Canadian figure skater. She is 1995 Canadian national champion and 1991 Junior national champion.-References:...
8	Kumiko Taneda
9	Alisa Drei Alisa Drei Alisa Drei is a Finnish figure skater.Drei began skating at the age of three in Moscow; she and her mother subsequently moved to Finland and received Finnish citizenship. She resided in Riihimäki, Finland and her coach was her mother, Elena Drei-Koskinen.Drei announced her retirement on December...
10	Mojca Kopač Mojca Kopac Mojca Kopač is a Slovenian figure skater. She won the gold medal at the Slovenian Figure Skating Championships nine times between 1991 and 2004. She represented Slovenia at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where she placed 25th, at the 1998 Winter Olympics, where she placed 23rd, and at the 2002 Winter...
11	Tatiana Pliusheva
12	Sabina Wojtala Sabina Wojtala Sabina Wojtala is Polish figure skater.She started skating at the age of 5. Around the age of 14, she briefly competed as a pair skater with Janusz Komendera. She soon returned to the Ladies competition. She has been coached by Iwona Mydlarz-Chruścińska for most of her life...
13	Yulia Lavrenchuk Yulia Lavrenchuk Yulia Lavrenchuk is a Ukrainian retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1997 European bronze medalist and 1995 & 1997 Ukrainian national champion. Her highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was 9th, in 1997 and 1999...
14	Anna Rechnio Anna Rechnio Anna Rechnio is a retired Polish figure skater. She is a three-time Polish national champion and competed at two Olympic Games.-Biography:Rechnio was born in Warsaw. She began skating in 1982....
15	Klara Bramfeldt Klara Bramfeldt Klara Bramfeldt is a Swedish figure skater. She is the 1999-2001 Swedish national champion. She was a multiple competitor at the European Figure Skating Championships and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships. She placed 33rd at her only appearance at the World Figure Skating...
16	Yulia Lebedeva
17	Jekaterina Golovatenko Jekaterina Golovatenko Jekaterina Golovatenko is a retired Estonian figure skater. She is a multiple medalist at the Estonian Figure Skating Championships. Her highest placement at an ISU championship was 21st at the 1998 European Figure Skating Championships.-External links:...
18	Shirene Human Shirene Human Shirene Human is a South African figure skater. She is the ten time national champion. She placed 24th at the 1998 Winter Olympics.-Results:-External links:...
19	Jenna Arrowsmith
20	Kaja Hanevold Kaja Hanevold Kaja Hanevold is a Norwegian retired competitive figure skater who skates professionally. She is a multiple Norwegian national champion and competed many times at the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, and the World Junior Figure Skating Championships...
21	Celyne Stoudmann
WD	Angela Tuska

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Danielle Hartsell Danielle Hartsell Danielle Hartsell is an American pair skater. With brother Steve Hartsell, she is the 1999 U.S. National Champion and 1997 World Junior Champion. She married Chris Minnis on September 20, 2003-Results:...  / Steve Hartsell Steve Hartsell Steve Hartsell is an American pair skater. With sister Danielle Hartsell, he is the 1999 U.S. National Champion and the 1997 World Junior Champion. After his sister retired, he skated with Marcy Hinzmann and Kristen Roth.-Results:Men's Singles-:-:-External links:...
2	Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilaev Andrei Chuvilaev Andrei Chuvilaev is a Russian pair skater. He competed with partner Viktoria Borzenkova.Chuvilaev skated seriously from the age of five and switched to pairs at 11. He began competing with Borzenkova in 1999. They finished 15th in their only trip to the World Championships in 2002...
3	Samantha Marchant / Chad Hawse
4	Nadia Micallef / Bruno Marcotte Bruno Marcotte Bruno Marcotte is a Canadian retired pair skater who currently works as a coach. Over the course of his eligible career, he competed with Isabelle Coulombe, Nadia Micallef, and Valérie Marcoux. He won the bronze medal a the 1993 World Junior Figure Skating Championships with Isabelle Coulombe...
5	Lilia Mashkovskaya / Viacheslav Chili
6	Alena Maltseva / Oleg Popov
7	Leslie Rogers / Michael Aldred
8	Jekaterina Nekrassova / Valdis Mintals Valdis Mintals Valdis Mintals is an Estonian figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating....

Ice Dancing

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Ekaterina Svirina Ekaterina Svirina Ekaterina Svirina is a Russian ice dancer. She was the 1993 World Junior Champion with former partner Sergei Sakhnovski.-Navigation:...  / Vladimir Leliukh
2	Eve Chalom Eve Chalom Eve Chalom was an American figure skater. She twice won the silver medals in ice dance at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships with Mathew Gates. Chalom is almost entirely deaf, having lost most of her hearing in both ears after a childhood accident. She received bachelor degrees from the...  / Mathew Gates Mathew Gates Mathew Gates is a former American ice dancer. He twice won silver at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships with Eve Chalom. After that partnership ended, he teamed up with Emilie Nussear in 2002, and the duo competed at Nationals in 2003. Mathew currently works as a coach and choreographer...
3	Isabelle Delobel Isabelle Delobel Isabelle Delobel is a French ice dancer. With partner Olivier Schoenfelder, she is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European champion and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion....  / Olivier Schoenfelder Olivier Schoenfelder Olivier Schoenfelder is a French ice dancer. With partner Isabelle Delobel, he is the 2008 World champion, the 2007 European and the 2008 Grand Prix Final champion.-Career:...
4	Natalia Gudina Natalia Gudina Natalia Gudina is an Israeli ice dancer. She competes with husband Alexei Beletski. They competed together for the Ukraine until the end of 1998/1999 season, after which they switched to competing for Israel. Gudina and Beletski the 2000–2005 Israeli national silver medalists...  / Vitali Kurkudym
5	Josée Piché Josée Piché Josée Piché is a Canadian ice dancer. She competed with partner Pascal Denis for 17 years, winning a bronze medal at the 2000 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and finishing 23rd at the 2004 World Figure Skating Championships, their final competition together.-Results:-External links:...  / Pascal Denis Pascal Denis Pascal Denis is a Canadian ice dancer. He competed with partner Josée Piché for 17 years, winning a bronze medal at the 2000 Canadian Figure Skating Championships and finishing 23rd at the 2004 World Figure Skating Championships, their final competition together...
6	Anne Chaigneau / Olivier Chapuis Olivier Chapuis Olivier Chapuis is a French retired competitive ice dancer. With dance partner Véronique Delobel, he competed internationally for France, winning medals at the 2000 Ondrej Nepela Memorial and competing on the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating...
7	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 :*...
8	Lisa Dunn / John Dunn
9	Stephanie Rauer Stephanie Rauer Stephanie Rauer was a German ice dancer. She competed with her brother Thomas Rauer. Together, they won the gold medal at the German Figure Skating Championships in 2001 and again in 2002.-Results:...  / Thomas Rauer Thomas Rauer Thomas Rauer was a German ice dancer. He competed with his sister Stephanie Rauer. Together, they won the gold medal at the German Figure Skating Championships in 2001 and again in 2002....
10	Dara Henderson / Jonathan Pankratz
11	Chantal Loyer / Justin Bell
12	Lucine Chakmakjian / Corey Lapaige