Adult Figure Skating Competition

The Adult Figure Skating Competition is an international figure skating competition for adults, organized by the German Ice Skating Union, which has been taking place in Oberstdorf since 2005, mostly in May. In addition, there has been an offshoot competition in Vancouver since 2016.

history

In 2005 the competition took place for the first time in Oberstdorf. In 2018 more than 650 people took part, so that the competition now lasts six days, making it the largest figure skating competition in the world.

The most prominent participant apart from the former competitive athletes was the 2015 Nobel Prize winner Robert F. Engle , who received the 2003 Prize for Economics.

procedure

The competition takes place in different disciplines: men, women, pair skating, ice dancing and synchronized ice skating. In addition to the freestyle category, there is also the artistic category in the individual disciplines and in pair skating, in which only the program components are assessed and no technical grade, as it is primarily about the interpretation of the music. There are three categories of ice dancing: pattern dance, short dance (since 2019 rhythm dance) and free dance. Each category is rated separately.

Anyone who is 28 years old after July 1st is eligible to start. Age categories I to V are divided into ten-year blocks.

The competition includes the bronze, silver, gold, master and master elite performance categories. Former competitive athletes must compete in the Master Elite category, everyone else can choose their own performance category.

Former

Former competitive athletes are now also taking part in the competition. So was Midori Ito , world champion in 1989, Fumie Suguri , Vice World Champion in 2006, Zoe Jones , British champion in 2001 and 2002, and Gary Beacom , Olympian in 1984, several times at the start. Zoe Jones returned to competitive sports at the age of 36 after two successful participations and was British pair skating champion in 2017, together with Christopher Boyadji .

Web links

• Results 2019
• Results 2018
• Results 2017
• Results 2016
• Results 2015
• Results 2014
• Results 2013
• Results 2012
• Results 2011
• Results 2010
• Results 2009
• Results 2008
• Results 2007
• Results 2006
• Results 2005

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Website of the ice sports center Oberstdorf ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 21, 2018 
2. ↑ Website of Skate Canada British Columbia and Yukon Section ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed on May 21, 2018 
3. ↑ Ice skating for late occupants , sueddeutsche.de from May 13, 2018, accessed on May 21, 2018
4. ^ Adult competition in Oberstdorf . In: pirouette . Volume 48, No. 6, 2015, p. 11.