1997 Ondrej Nepela Memorial

The 1997 Ondrej Nepela Memorial was the Ondrej Nepela Memorial competition of the 1997–1998 season. It was the 5th Ondrej Nepela Memorial to be held. It is an annual senior-level international figure skating competition held in Bratislava, Slovakia. Skaters compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. It is usually one of the first senior internationals of the season.

The competition is named for 1972 Olympic gold medalist Ondrej Nepela. The 1997 competition was its 5th year. It took place between September 26 and 28, 1997.

Results

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Anthony Liu	Australia
2	Alexei Kozlov	Estonia
3	Patrick Schmit	Luxembourg
4	Róbert Kažimír	Slovakia
5	Margus Hernits	Estonia
6	Roman Serov	Russia
7	Vladimir Futas	Slovakia
8	Marek Szaszor	Poland
9	Jan Čejvan	Slovenia
10	Juraj Sviatko	Slovakia
11	Radek Horak	Czech Republic
12	Naiden Boritchev	Bulgaria
13	Petr Jaros	Czech Republic
14	Ladislav Hluchy	Slovakia
15	Karol Gornal	Slovakia
16	Peter Ciz	Slovakia

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Sabina Wojtala	Poland
2	Mojca Kopač	Slovenia
3	Tatiana Pliusheva	Russia
4	Ivana Jakupcevic	Croatia
5	Tsvetelina Abrasheva	Bulgaria
6	Karolina Hoferova	Czech Republic
7	Zuzana Paurova	Slovakia
8	Ivana Snopkova	Slovakia
9	Anna Wenzel	Slovakia
10	Sofia Penkova	Bulgaria
11	Miriam Manzano	Australia
12	Ana Ivancic	Croatia
13	Jekaterina Golovatenko	Estonia

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Dorota Zagorska / Mariusz Siudek	Poland
2	Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola	Czech Republic
3	Maria Krasiltseva / Alexander Chestnikh	Armenia
4	Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig	Slovakia

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek	Poland
2	Zuzana Merzova / Tomas Morbacher	Slovakia
3	Angelika Führing / Bruno Ellinger	Austria
4	Kornelia Barany / Andras Rosnik	Hungary
5	Olga Trubaeva / Oleg Tolkach	Ukraine
6	Zuzana Durkovska / Marian Mesaros	Slovakia
7	Monika Kramna / Petr Janak	Czech Republic

External links

• 5th Ondrej Nepela Memorial