Austrian Figure Skating Championships
Annual figure skating competition in Austria
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The Austrian Figure Skating Championships (German: Österreichische Staatsmeisterschaften im Eiskunstlauf) are an annual figure skating competition organized by Skate Austria to crown the national champions of Austria. The first official Austrian Championships for men were held in 1898 in Vienna, for women in 1913 in Prague, and for pair skating in 1913 in Vienna. Competitions were periodically interrupted early on, especially during World War I and World War II. After the German annexation of Austria in 1938, Austrian citizens became de facto German citizens, but regional championships were still held in Austria that are historically considered Austria's national championships. Since World War II ended and Austria regained its independence, the Austrian Championships have been held without interruption.
| Austrian Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | National championships |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Country | |
| Inaugurated | 1898 |
| Organized by | Skate Austria |
Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. Viktor Pfeifer holds the record for winning the most Austrian Championship titles in men's singles (with nine), while Regine Heitzer holds the record in women's singles (with seven). Miriam Ziegler and Severin Kiefer hold the record in pair skating (with eight), although Kiefer won an additional three championships with another partner. Dmitri Matsjuk holds the record in ice dance (with eight), although not all won with the same partner.
History
The first skating club in Austria, the Vienna Skating Club, was established in 1867.[1] At this time, Austria was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria-Hungary).[2] The first official national championships were held in 1898 in Vienna.[1] The competition featured only four competitors; Josef Fellner was the winner.[3] Until 1914, skaters from Austria-Hungary frequently competed at the German Figure Skating Championships. Georg Zachariades, who won the 1892 and 1893 German Championships, and Gustav Hügel, who won in 1894, were both from Vienna.[4] The first national competition for women was held in 1913 in Prague,[1] and was won by Gisela Reichmann,[5] while the first national competition in pair skating took place the same year in Vienna, and was won by Helene Engelmann and Karl Mejstrik.[6] Competition was frequently interrupted early on, especially from 1915 to 1920 due to World War I.[1] After their defeat in World War I, Austria-Hungary was split into two states: the Republic of Austria and the Hungarian Republic.[7]
The first national championships in ice dance were held in Vienna in 1937; Edith Winkelmann and Walter Löhner won the event.[1] In March 1938, after the Anschluss – the annexation of Austria into the German Reich – Austria became part of the German Empire and the citizens of Austria became de facto German citizens.[8] They were, therefore, eligible to compete in the German Figure Skating Championships. Edi Rada won the men's competition in 1943; Marta Musilek won the women's competitions in 1942, 1943, and 1944; Herta and Emil Ratzenhofer won the pairs competition in 1944; and Jutta Stöhr and Fritz Hackl won the ice dance competition in 1944.[4] Austria – then called Ostmark – still held regional competitions, referred to as Gau-Championships (German: Gaumeisterschaften).[9] Those results are considered Austria's historical results. No championships were held in 1944 or 1945 due to World War II. After the war ended and Austria regained its independence,[10] national championships resumed,[11] and have been held without interruption since.
Senior medalists
Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1913 | Vienna |
|
[6] | ||
| 1914 | No other competitors | [144] | |||
| 1915–20 | No competitions due to World War I | [1] | |||
| 1921 | Vienna |
|
No other competitors | [145] | |
| 1922 | [146] | ||||
| 1923 |
|
|
[147] | ||
| 1924 |
|
[148] | |||
| 1925 | Innsbruck |
|
No other competitors | [149] | |
| 1926 | Graz | No other competitors | [125] | ||
| 1927 | [150] | ||||
| 1928 | Bruck an der Mur |
|
[151] | ||
| 1929 | Klagenfurt | [152] | |||
| 1930 | Semmering |
|
[153] | ||
| 1931 | Graz | [33] | |||
| 1932 | Klagenfurt | [154] | |||
| 1933 | Innsbruck |
|
[155] | ||
| 1934 | Vienna |
|
|
[156] | |
| 1935 |
|
[37] | |||
| 1936 |
|
|
[38] | ||
| 1937 | Seefeld |
|
|
[157] | |
| 1938 | Graz | [158] | |||
| 1939 | Vienna | [9] | |||
| 1940 | [41] | ||||
| 1941 |
|
[42] | |||
| 1942 | St. Pölten |
|
|
No other competitors | [43] |
| 1943 | Mödling |
|
[44] | ||
| 1944–45 | No competitions due to World War II | ||||
| 1946 | Vienna |
|
[159] | ||
| 1947 | Graz |
|
[160] | ||
| 1948 | Vienna |
|
[138] | ||
| 1949 | Graz |
|
No other competitors | [47] | |
| 1950 |
|
[48] | |||
| 1951 | Mariazell |
|
|
No other competitors | [161] |
| 1952 | Seefeld | [50] | |||
| 1953 | St. Anton am Arlberg |
|
|
[51] | |
| 1954 | Graz |
|
[52] | ||
| 1955 | Vienna | No other competitors | [53] | ||
| 1956 | [54] | ||||
| 1957 |
|
[140] | |||
| 1958 | Spittal an der Drau | [56] | |||
| 1959 | Vienna |
|
No other competitors | [57] | |
| 1960 |
|
[58] | |||
| 1961 | No other competitors | [59] | |||
| 1962 |
|
|
[60] | ||
| 1963 | No other competitors | [61] | |||
| 1964 | Innsbruck | [62] | |||
| 1965 | Klagenfurt | [63] | |||
| 1966 | Salzburg | [64] | |||
| 1967 | Vienna |
|
[65] | ||
| 1968 | Feldkirch |
|
[66] | ||
| 1969 | Graz | [67] | |||
| 1970 | Innsbruck | [68] | |||
| 1971 | Klagenfurt | [69] | |||
| 1972 | Graz |
|
[70] | ||
| 1973 | Innsbruck | [71] | |||
| 1974 | Vienna |
|
|
[72] | |
| 1975 | Klagenfurt | [73] | |||
| 1976 | Vienna | No other competitors | [162] | ||
| 1977 | Lustenau |
|
No other competitors | [75] | |
| 1978–79 | No pairs competitors | ||||
| 1980 | Vienna |
|
No other competitors | [78] | |
| 1981–91 | No pairs competitors | ||||
| 1992 | Lustenau |
|
No other competitors | [92] | |
| 1993 | Vienna | ||||
| 1994 | Klagenfurt | ||||
| 1995 | Vienna | ||||
| 1996 | |||||
| 1997 | St. Pölten | No pairs competitors | |||
| 1998 | Vienna |
|
|
No other competitors | |
| 1999 | Graz |
|
No other competitors | [95] | |
| 2000–10 | No pairs competitors | [92] | |||
| 2011 | St. Pölten | No other competitors | [101] | ||
| 2012 | Graz | [102] | |||
| 2013 | Vienna | [103] | |||
| 2014 | Salzburg | [104] | |||
| 2015 | Dornbirn | [105] | |||
| 2016 | Innsbruck | [106] | |||
| 2017 | Graz | [107] | |||
| 2018 | Vienna | [108] | |||
| 2019 | Gmunden | No pairs competitors | [109] | ||
| 2020 | Klagenfurt |
|
No other competitors | [110] | |
| 2021 | Linz | No other competitors | [111] | ||
| 2022 | Graz | [112] | |||
| 2023 | St. Pölten | [113] | |||
| 2024 | Feldkirch | [114] | |||
| 2025 | Dornbirn | No other competitors | [115] | ||
| 2026 | Innsbruck | [116] | |||
Ice dance
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Vienna |
|
|
|
[1] |
| 1938 | [163] | ||||
| 1939 | Mödling |
|
|
[164] | |
| 1940 | Vienna |
|
|
[165] | |
| 1941 | Semmering |
|
|
[166] | |
| 1942 | Innsbruck |
|
|
|
[167] |
| 1943 | Mödling |
|
|
[44] | |
| 1944–45 | No competitions due to World War II | ||||
| 1946 | Vienna |
|
|
|
[11] |
| 1947 | Graz |
|
|
[137] | |
| 1948 | Vienna |
|
|
[168] | |
| 1949 | Graz | [47] | |||
| 1950 | Innsbruck |
|
[139] | ||
| 1951 | Vienna |
|
|
|
[161] |
| 1952 |
|
[169] | |||
| 1953 | St. Anton am Arlberg |
|
|
|
[170] |
| 1954 | Graz |
|
|
[52] | |
| 1955 | Vienna |
|
|
[53] | |
| 1956 |
|
[54] | |||
| 1957 | [55] | ||||
| 1958 | Spittal an der Drau |
|
|
|
[56] |
| 1959 | Vienna |
|
|
[57] | |
| 1960 |
|
|
|
[58] | |
| 1961 |
|
|
[59] | ||
| 1962 |
|
|
[60] | ||
| 1963 |
|
[61] | |||
| 1964 | Innsbruck |
|
|
[62] | |
| 1965 | Klagenfurt |
|
[63] | ||
| 1966 | Salzburg |
|
|
[64] | |
| 1967 | Vienna |
|
|
|
[65] |
| 1968 | Feldkirch |
|
|
[66] | |
| 1969 | Graz |
|
|
[67] | |
| 1970 | Innsbruck |
|
|
[68] | |
| 1971 | Klagenfurt |
|
|
No other competitors | [69] |
| 1972 | Graz |
|
|
[70] | |
| 1973 | Innsbruck | [71] | |||
| 1974 | Vienna | [72] | |||
| 1975 | Klagenfurt |
|
|
[73] | |
| 1976 | Vienna |
|
|
[162] | |
| 1977 | Lustenau | No other competitors | [75] | ||
| 1978 | Zeltweg |
|
|
[76] | |
| 1979 | Klagenfurt |
|
No other competitors | [77] | |
| 1980 | Vienna |
|
|
[78] | |
| 1981 | Innsbruck |
|
|
[79] | |
| 1982 | Graz | [141] | |||
| 1983 | Klagenfurt |
|
|
[81] | |
| 1984 | Vienna |
|
|
[82] | |
| 1985 | Graz |
|
|
[83] | |
| 1986 | Linz | [84] | |||
| 1987 | Klagenfurt |
|
[85] | ||
| 1988 | Innsbruck | No other competitors | [86] | ||
| 1989 | Linz |
|
|
|
[87] |
| 1990 | Klagenfurt |
|
No other competitors | [88] | |
| 1991 | Innsbruck |
|
|
[89] | |
| 1992 | Lustenau |
|
|
[90] | |
| 1993 | Vienna |
|
No other competitors | [92] | |
| 1994 | Klagenfurt |
| |||
| 1995 | Vienna |
|
No other competitors | [93] | |
| 1996 |
|
[94] | |||
| 1997 | St. Pölten |
|
[92] | ||
| 1998 | Vienna | No other competitors | |||
| 1999 | Graz |
|
No other competitors | [95] | |
| 2000 | Vienna |
|
[96] | ||
| 2001 | Salzburg |
|
[92] | ||
| 2002 | Vienna |
|
[97] | ||
| 2003 | Dornbirn | No other competitors | [92] | ||
| 2004 | Vienna | No other competitors | |||
| 2005 | Innsbruck | No ice dance competitors | |||
| 2006 | No other competitors | [143] | |||
| 2007 | Vienna | [98] | |||
| 2008 | St. Pölten | [99] | |||
| 2009 | Linz | [92] | |||
| 2010 | Innsbruck | [100] | |||
| 2011 | St. Pölten |
|
[101] | ||
| 2012 | Graz | No other competitors | [102] | ||
| 2013 | Vienna | [103] | |||
| 2014 | Salzburg | [104] | |||
| 2015 | Dornbirn | No other competitors | [105] | ||
| 2016 | Innsbruck | [106] | |||
| 2017 | Graz |
|
[107] | ||
| 2018–22 | No ice dance competitors | ||||
| 2023 | St. Pölten |
|
No other competitors | [113] | |
| 2024 | Feldkirch | [114] | |||
| 2025 | Dornbirn | [115] | |||
| 2026 | Innsbruck |
|
|
|
[116] |
- Notes
Junior medalists
Men's singles
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Linz | Daniel Kappacher | Nikolaus Adler | Roland Burghart | [92] |
| 1992 | Vienna | Roland Burghart | Florian Tuma | ||
| 1993 | Linz | Florian Tuma | Markus Haider | Roland Burghart | |
| 1994 | Vienna | Roland Burghart | Markus Haider | ||
| 1995 | Georg Ganner | Stefan Hofer | |||
| 1996 | Linz | Markus Haider | Clemens Jonas | ||
| 1997 | Graz | Clemens Jonas | Stefan Hofer | ||
| 1998 | Feldkirch | Christian Horvath | Clemens Jonas | Christian Rauchbauer | |
| 1999 | St. Pölten | Clemens Jonas | Philipp Morscher | Florian Mistelbauer | |
| 2000 | Innsbruck | Christian Horvath | Clemens Jonas | Philipp Morscher | |
| 2001 | St. Pölten | Christian Rauchbauer | |||
| 2002 | Zell am See | Florian Mistelbauer | Viktor Pfeifer | Manuel Koll | |
| 2003 | Gmunden | Viktor Pfeifer | Christian Rauchbauer | Florian Mistelbauer | |
| 2004 | Graz | Manuel Koll | |||
| 2005 | Vienna | Manuel Koll | Zabato Bebe | ||
| 2006 | Innsbruck | Manuel Koll | Zabato Bebe | Severin Kiefer | |
| 2007 | St. Pölten | Severin Kiefer | Mario-Rafael Ionian | Tobias Steindl | |
| 2008 | Salzburg | No other competitors | |||
| 2009 | Linz | Mario-Rafael Ionian | Severin Kiefer | Maximilian Obsieger | |
| 2010 | Innsbruck | Maximilian Obsieger | Clement Ledoux | ||
| 2011 | St. Pölten | Simon-Gabriel Ionian | No other competitors | ||
| 2012 | Graz | Bernard Pauli | Manuel Drechsler | Albert Mück | |
| 2013 | Vienna | Simon-Gabriel Ionian | Albert Mück | Manuel Drechsler | [103] |
| 2014 | Salzburg | Albert Mück | Manuel Drechsler | Livio Mayr | [104] |
| 2015 | Dornbirn | Johannes Maierhofer | Simon-Gabriel Ionian | Manuel Drechsler | [105] |
| 2016 | Innsbruck | Luc Maierhofer | Johannes Maierhofer | Livio Mayr | [106] |
| 2017 | Graz | Anton Skoficz | [107] | ||
| 2018 | Vienna | Valentin Eisenbauer | Sebastian Mörtl | [108] | |
| 2019 | Gmunden | Luc Maierhofer | Anton Skoficz | Valentin Eisenbauer | [109] |
| 2020 | Klagenfurt | Alexander Charnagalov | Ralph-Patrick Filipin | Patrik Huber | [110] |
| 2021 | Linz | Patrik Huber | Nuwan David Rondon | [111] | |
| 2022 | Graz | Tobia Oellerer | Alexander Charnagalov | Daniel Ruis | [112] |
| 2023 | St. Pölten | No other competitors | [113] | ||
| 2024 | Feldkirch | Daniel Ruis | [114] | ||
| 2025 | Dornbirn | Tobia Oellerer | Maksym Petrychenko | Daniel Ruis | [115] |
| 2026 | Innsbruck | Maksym Petrychenko | Daniel Ruis | Ivan Siedykh | [116] |
Women's singles
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Linz | Andrea Kus | Melanie Friedreich | Eva Sonnleitner | [92] |
| 1992 | Vienna | Petra Hrdlicka | Martina Feichtinger | ||
| 1993 | Linz | Martina Kus | Lisa Pleyer | ||
| 1994 | Vienna | Julia Lautowa | Petra Hrdlicka | ||
| 1995 | Manuela Brandstätter | Petra Hrdlicka | Karin Brandstätter | ||
| 1996 | Linz | Karin Brandstätter | Jubilee Jenna Mandl | Andrea Kaliwoda | |
| 1997 | Graz | Julia Lautowa | Anna Wenzel | ||
| 1998 | Feldkirch | Anna Wenzel | Karin Brandstätter | Elisabeth Angerer | |
| 1999 | St. Pölten | Elisabeth Angerer | Jubilee Jenna Mandl | Anna Wenzel | |
| 2000 | Innsbruck | Karin Strebl | Sarah Mooslechner | Jennifer Le Guilloux | |
| 2001 | St. Pölten | Astrid Mangi | Kathrin Freudelsperger | Denise Kögl | |
| 2002 | Zell am See | Jubilee Jenna Mandl | Jennifer Le Guilloux | ||
| 2003 | Gmunden | Denise Kögl | Kathrin Freudelsperger | ||
| 2004 | Graz | Andrea Kreuzer | Astrid Mangi | ||
| 2005 | Vienna | Katrin Kunisch | Astrid Mangi | Stephanie Ellensohn | |
| 2006 | Innsbruck | Kathrin Freudelsperger | Nicole Franclova | ||
| 2007 | St. Pölten | Kerstin Frank | Denise Kögl | Katrin Kunisch | |
| 2008 | Salzburg | Miriam Ziegler | Belinda Schönberger | Stephanie Ellensohn | |
| 2009 | Linz | Victoria Hübler | Sabrina Schulz | Alessandra Laurencik | |
| 2010 | Innsbruck | Belinda Schönberger | |||
| 2011 | St. Pölten | Lara Eisenbauer | Jenny Lin | ||
| 2012 | Graz | Sabrina Schulz | Victoria Hübler | Natascha Zangl | |
| 2013 | Vienna | Victoria Hübler | Sabrina Schulz | Nina-Larissa Wolfslast | [103] |
| 2014 | Salzburg | Lara Nikola Roth | Sophie Almassy | Anita Kapferer | [104] |
| 2015 | Dornbirn | Alexandra Philippova | Anna-Sophia Miesenberger | [105] | |
| 2016 | Innsbruck | Alisa Stomakhina | Nathalie Klotz | Violette Ivanoff | [106] |
| 2017 | Graz | Sophia Schaller | Celine Weiss | [107] | |
| 2018 | Vienna | Stefanie Pesendorfer | Olga Mikutina | [108] | |
| 2019 | Gmunden | Olga Mikutina | Stefanie Pesendorfer | Sophie-Laureen Günther | [109] |
| 2020 | Klagenfurt | Dorotea Partonjic | [110] | ||
| 2021 | Linz | Dorotea Leitgeb | Jasmin Elsebaie | Lina Salzer | [111] |
| 2022 | Graz | Paola Jurisic | Jasmin Elsebaie | [112] | |
| 2023 | St. Pölten | Hannah Frank | Flora Marie Schaller | Dorotea Leitgeb | [113] |
| 2024 | Feldkirch | Flora Marie Schaller | Hannah Frank | Sara Höfer | [114] |
| 2025 | Dornbirn | Sara Höfer | Maxima Rebernig | Alisah Reiterer | [115] |
| 2026 | Innsbruck | Nathalie Yonemori | Hannah Frank | Eles Namazalieva | [116] |
Pairs
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Linz |
|
No other competitors | [92] | |
| 1992 | Vienna | ||||
| 1993 | Linz | ||||
| 1994 | Vienna | ||||
| 1995 | |||||
| 1996 | Linz | ||||
| 1997–2009 | No junior pairs competitors | ||||
| 2010 | Innsbruck | No other competitors | |||
| 2011–16 | No junior pairs competitors | ||||
| 2017 | Graz |
|
No other competitors | [107] | |
| 2018 | Vienna | [108] | |||
| 2019 | Gmunden |
|
No other competitors | [109] | |
| 2020–22 | No junior pairs competitors | ||||
| 2023 | St. Pölten |
|
No other competitors | [113] | |
| 2024 | Feldkirch | No junior pairs competitors | [114] | ||
| 2025 | Dornbirn |
|
No other competitors | [115] | |
| 2026 | Innsbruck | [116] | |||
Ice dance
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Linz |
|
No other competitors | [92] | |
| 1992 | Vienna |
|
No other competitors | ||
| 1993 | Linz |
| |||
| 1994 | Vienna |
|
|
No other competitors | |
| 1995 | No other competitors | ||||
| 1996 | Linz |
|
|
| |
| 1997 | Graz |
|
|
No other competitors | |
| 1998 | Feldkirch |
|
| ||
| 1999 | St. Pölten |
|
No other competitors | ||
| 2000 | Innsbruck | ||||
| 2001 | St. Pölten | ||||
| 2002 | Zell am See | ||||
| 2003 | Gmunden |
|
No other competitors | ||
| 2004 | Graz |
|
No other competitors | ||
| 2005 | Vienna | ||||
| 2006 | Innsbruck | No junior ice dance competitors | |||
| 2007 | St. Pölten |
|
No other competitors | ||
| 2008 | Salzburg |
|
|
| |
| 2009 | Linz | ||||
| 2010 | Innsbruck | No other competitors | |||
| 2011 | St. Pölten |
| |||
| 2012 | Graz |
| |||
| 2013 | Vienna | [103] | |||
| 2014 | Salzburg | [104] | |||
| 2015 | Dornbirn | [105] | |||
| 2016 | Innsbruck |
|
[106] | ||
| 2017 | Graz |
|
No other competitors | [107] | |
| 2018 | Vienna | No junior ice dance competitors | [108] | ||
| 2019 | Gmunden |
|
|
No other competitors | [109] |
| 2020 | Klagenfurt | [110] | |||
| 2021 | Linz |
|
No other competitors | [111] | |
| 2022 | Graz |
|
No other competitors | [112] | |
| 2023 | St. Pölten |
|
No other competitors | [113] | |
| 2024 | Feldkirch |
|
No other competitors | [114] | |
| 2025 | Dornbirn | No other competitors | [115] | ||
| 2026 | Innsbruck | No junior ice dance competitors | [116] | ||
Records
- Notes
- Severin Kiefer won three championship titles while partnered with Stina Martini (2011–13),[174] and nine with Miriam Ziegler (2014–22).[173]
- Dmitri Matsjuk won three championship titles while partnered with Barbara Herzog (2002–04),[175] four with Barbora Silná (2006–09),[176] and one with Kira Geil (2010).[177]