Blue Swords
For the racehorse, see Blue Swords (horse).
Blue Swords (German: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) is an international figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union. It is usually held in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Champions of the event win the "Blue Swords Trophy".
Blue Swords began as a senior international competition in East Germany, and was held annually between 1961 and 1998. In 1985, it became a junior-level event.[1] Since 1997, it is chosen in some years by the International Skating Union to be part of the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. These are the only years when the event is still held.
The German name for the event is "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter", and is named after the blue swords trademark of the famous porcelain manufacturer Meißen. The Blue Sword Trophy is made of that porcelain.
Senior medalists
Men
| Men's medalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold[1] | Silver | Bronze | Details |
| 1961 |  Bodo Bockenauer | |||
| 1962 | Bodo Bockenauer | |||
| 1963 | Ralph Borghard | |||
| 1964 |  Robert Dureville | |||
| 1965 | Günter Zöller | |||
| 1966 | Günter Zöller | |||
| 1967 | Günter Zöller | |||
| 1968 | Günter Zöller | |||
| 1969 | Günter Zöller | |||
| 1970 | Jan Hoffmann | |||
| 1971 | Jan Hoffmann | |||
| 1972 | Jan Hoffmann | |||
| 1973 | Jan Hoffmann | |||
| 1974 |  Konstantin Kokora | |||
| 1975 | Jan Hoffmann | |||
| 1976 | Konstantin Kokora | Mario Liebers | ||
| 1977 | Mario Liebers | |||
| 1978 | Hermann Schulz | |||
| 1979 | Jan Hoffmann | |||
| 1980 |  Grzegorz Głowania | |||
| 1981 | Alexander König | |||
| 1982 | Falko Kirsten | |||
| 1983 | Boris Uspenski | |||
| 1984 | Vladimir Petrenko | |||
Ladies
| Ladies' medalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold[1] | Silver | Bronze | Details |
| 1961 | Gabriele Seyfert | |||
| 1962 |  Eva Grožajová | Gabriele Seyfert | Heidemarie Steiner | |
| 1963 | Gabriele Seyfert | |||
| 1964 | Gabriele Seyfert | |||
| 1965 | Gabriele Seyfert | |||
| 1966 | Gabriele Seyfert | |||
| 1967 | Beate Richter | |||
| 1968 | Sonja Morgenstern | |||
| 1969 | Sonja Morgenstern | |||
| 1970 | Sonja Morgenstern | |||
| 1971 | Christine Errath | |||
| 1972 | Christine Errath | |||
| 1973 | Christine Errath | |||
| 1974 | Christine Errath | |||
| 1975 | Christine Errath | |||
| 1976 | Anett Pötzsch | |||
| 1977 | Natalia Strelkova | |||
| 1978 | Katarina Witt | |||
| 1979 | Anett Pötzsch | |||
| 1980 | Anett Pötzsch | |||
| 1981 | Katarina Witt | |||
| 1982 | Janina Wirth | |||
| 1983 | Janina Wirth | |||
| 1984 | Inga Gauter | |||
Pair skating
Ice dancing
| Ice dancing medalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold[1] | Silver | Bronze | Details |
| No ice dancing event in 1961 | [1] | |||
| 1962 | Eva-Maria Reuter / Bernd Egert | |||
| 1963 | Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger | |||
| 1964 |  György Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi | |||
| 1965 | Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger | |||
| 1966 | Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger | |||
| 1967 | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov | |||
| 1968 | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov | |||
| 1969 | Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov | |||
| No ice dancing event 1970–1984 | [1] | |||
Junior medalists
Men
| Junior men's medalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold[1] | Silver | Bronze | Details |
| 1985 | Vladimir Petrenko | |||
| 1986 | Yuri Tsimbaliuk | |||
| 1987 | Ronny Winkler | |||
| 1988 | Viacheslav Zagorodniuk | |||
| 1989 | Mirko Eichhorn | |||
| 1990 | Dmitri Dmitrenko | |||
| 1991 | Konstantin Kostin | |||
| 1992 |  Evgeni Pliuta | |||
| 1993 |  Naoki Shigematsu | |||
| 1994 | Gabriel Monnier | |||
| 1995 |  Alexei Yagudin | Gabriel Monnier |  David Jäschke | [3] |
| 1996 | Evgeni Plushenko |  Timothy Goebel | Vincent Restencourt | [4] |
| 1997 | Matthew Savoie | Alexei Vasilevski | David Jäschke | |
| 1998 | Vincent Restencourt | Stefan Lindemann | Scott Smith | [5] |
| 2000 | Stanislav Timchenko | Evan Lysacek | Maxime Duchemin | [6][7] |
| 2002 | Sergei Dobrin | Tomáš Verner | Nicholas LaRoche | |
| 2004 |  Jamal Othman | Alexander Uspenski | Princeton Kwong | [8][9] |
| 2007 | Brandon Mroz | Michal Březina | Takahito Mura | [10] |
| 2009 |  Song Nan | Artur Gachinski | Gordei Gorshkov | [11] |
| 2010 | Richard Dornbush | Gordei Gorshkov | Ryuichi Kihara | [12] |
| 2012 | Maxim Kovtun | Shoma Uno | Alexander Samarin | [13][14] |
| 2014 | Andrei Lazukin | He Zhang | Yaroslav Paniot | [15] |
Ladies
| Junior ladies' medalists | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Gold[1] | Silver | Bronze | Details |
| 1985 | Natalia Gorbenko | |||
| 1986 | Inga Gauter | |||
| 1987 |  Karen Preston | |||
| 1988 | Tanja Krienke | |||
| 1989 | Robyn Petroskey | |||
| 1990 | Maria Yerdzitskaya | |||
| 1991 | Anna Rechnio | |||
| 1992 | Tanja Szewczenko | |||
| 1993 | Inna Zayets | |||
| 1994 | Tara Lipinski | |||
| 1995 | Sydne Vogel | Elena Pingacheva | Fumie Suguri | [3] |
| 1996 | Elena Pingacheva | Angela Nikodinov | Veronika Dytrt | [4] |
| 1997 | Amber Corwin | Julia Soldatova |  Sara Lindroos | |
| 1998 | Irina Nikolaeva | Anna Jurkiewicz | Sara Wheat | [5] |
| 2000 | Kristina Oblasova | Sara Wheat | Tamara Dorofejev | [6][7] |
| 2002 | Olga Naidenova | Adriana DeSanctis |  Jenna McCorkell | |
| 2004 | Kiira Korpi | Danielle Kahle | Katy Taylor | [8][9] |
| 2007 | Sarah Hecken | Rachael Flatt | Rumi Suizu | [10] |
| 2009 | Kiri Baga | Angela Maxwell | Polina Agafonova | [11] |
| 2010 | Elizaveta Tuktamysheva | Christina Gao | .svg.png){kind=small} Ira Vannut | [12] |
| 2012 | Anna Pogorilaya | Miyabi Oba | Maria Stavitskaia | [13][14] |
| 2014 | Wakaba Higuchi |  Elizabet Turzynbaeva | Alexandra Proklova | [15] |
Pairs
Ice dancing
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Blue Swords (Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) - Gold Medalists". Figure Skating Corner.
- ↑ http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_183-Z1120-016,_Eiskunstl%C3%A4ufer,_DDR,_UdSSR.jpg?uselang=ru
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 1995". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 10 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 1996 - (Blue Swords)". Figure Skating Corner.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 1998". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2000: Final results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2000: Result details". Archived from the original on 17 December 2000.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2004: Result details". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2004: Final results". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2007: Result details". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2009: Result details". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2010: Result details". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2012: Result details". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2012: Final results". International Skating Union.
- 1 2 3 4 "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter 2014: Final results". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Blue Swords pairs competition results". Pairs on Ice. Archived from the original on 10 March 2007.
External links
Media related to Blue Swords at Wikimedia Commons
- Eislauf Union (German Skating Union) (German)
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