World Figure Skating Championships 1953

World Figure Skating Championships 1953
44th edition
Type:	ISU championships
Date:	8-15 February 1953
Venue:	Davos , Switzerland
Gold medalist
Men's:	Hayes Alan Jenkins
Women:	Tenley Albright
Couples:	Jennifer Nicks & John Nicks
Ice dance:	Jean Westwood & Lawrence Demmy (2)
World figure skating championships
1952 ◄ 1953 ► 1954

The 44th World Figure Skating Championships took place from February 8 to 15, 1953 in Davos ( Switzerland ).

In the men's competition, Hayes Alan Jenkins continued the legacy of his compatriot Richard Button and thus the dominance of the Americans by winning his first of four titles in a row. In the women's competition, Tenley Albright was the first time an American woman won the title.

Results

Men's

space	athlete	country
1	Hayes Alan Jenkins	United States
2	James Grogan	United States
3	Carlo Fassi	Italy
4th	Ronald Robertson	United States
5	Alain Giletti	France
6th	Dudley Richards	United States
7th	Peter Firstbrook	Canada
8th	Peter Dunfield	Canada
9	Michael Booker	United Kingdom
10	Frankness stone	BR Germany
11	Kurt Oppelt	Austria
12	Hubert Köpfler	Switzerland
13	György Czako	Hungary
	Claus Loichinger (Z)	BR Germany

• Z = withdrawn

Judges were:

• JD Greig Canada 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• Adolf Walker BR Germany 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• H. Hoyoux Belgium 
• Ercole Cattaneo Italy 
• AJ Krupy United States 
• Hans Meixner Austria 
• A. Jaisli Switzerland 

Ladies

space	sportswoman	country
1	Tenley Albright	United States
2	Gundi Busch	BR Germany
3	Valda Osborn	United Kingdom
4th	Carol Hot	United States
5	Suzanne Morrow	Canada
6th	Vera Smith	Canada
7th	Margaret Anne Graham	United States
8th	Yvonne Sugden	Belgium
9	Erica Batchelor	United Kingdom
10	Ann Robinson	United Kingdom
11	Anneliese Schilhan	Austria
12	Mary Kenner	Canada
13	Norma Skevington	United Kingdom
14th	Rosi Pettinger	BR Germany
15th	Doris Zerbe	Switzerland
16	Margaret Dean	United States
17th	Jolanda Jobin	Switzerland
18th	Eszter Jurek	Hungary
19th	Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman	Netherlands
	Helga Dudzinski (Z)	BR Germany

• Z = withdrawn

Judges were:

• E. Lab in Austria 
• JD Greig Canada 
• Adolf Walker BR Germany 
• Mollie Phillips United Kingdom 
• Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques France 
• J. Krupy United States 
• A. Jaisli Switzerland 

Couples

space	athlete	country
1	Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks	United Kingdom
2	Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden	Canada
3	Marianna Nagy / László Nagy	Hungary
4th	Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean	Switzerland
5	Peri Horn / Raymond Lockwood	United Kingdom
6th	Sissy Black / Kurt Oppelt	Austria
7th	Jean Higson / Robert Hudson	United Kingdom
8th	Eva Szöllösi / Gabor Vida	Hungary
9	Eva Neeb / Karl Probst	BR Germany
10	Charlotte Michiels / Gaston von Ghelder	Belgium

Judges were:

• W. Malek Austria 
• H. Hoyoux Belgium 
• JD Greig Canada 
• Werner Rittberger BR Germany 
• PL Borrajo United Kingdom 
• Elemér Terták Hungary 
• E. Finsterwald Switzerland 

Ice dance

space	athlete	country
1	Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy	United Kingdom
2	Joan Dewhirst / John Slater	United Kingdom
3	Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan	United States
4th	Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas	United Kingdom
5	Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby	United States
6th	Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam	Netherlands
7th	Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel	United States
8th	Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown	Switzerland
9	Helga Binder / Edwin Fuhrich	Austria
10	Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink	Netherlands
11	Luzzi Fischer / Rudolf Zorn	Austria
12	Luise Lehner / Hans Kutschera	Austria

Judges were:

• Hans Meixner Austria 
• A. Voordeckers Belgium 
• Pamela Davis United Kingdom 
• E. Finsterwald Switzerland 
• R. Sackett United States 

Medal table

space	country				total
1	United States	2	1	1	4th
	United Kingdom	2	1	1	4th
4th	BR Germany	-	1	-	1
	Canada	-	1	-	1
6th	Italy	-	-	1	1
	Hungary	-	-	1	1

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• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (men). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (ladies). Skatabase, archived from the original on December 4, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1950–1959 (pairs). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English). 
• World figure skating championships 1952–1959 (dance). Skatabase, archived from the original on October 11, 2008 ; accessed on May 24, 2018 (English).