The World Figure Skating Championships

World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

is an annual figure skating competition

Figure skating competition

-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 sanctioned by the International Skating Union

International Skating Union

The International Skating Union is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, Netherlands in 1892, making it one of the oldest international...

 in which figure skaters

Figure skating

Figure skating is an Olympic sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform spins, jumps, footwork and other intricate and challenging moves on ice skates. Figure skaters compete at various levels from beginner up to the Olympic level , and at local, national, and international competitions...

 compete for the title of World Champion.

The 1906 men competition took place on February 4th, 1906 in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, German Empire

German Empire

The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...

. Ulrich Salchow

Ulrich Salchow

Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century....

 did not participate because he feared that the judgement would not be fair in Gilber Fuchs’ hometown Munich.

The 1906 ladies competition took place January 28th to 29th, 1906 in Davos

Davos

Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

. It was the first World Championships in figure skating for ladies.

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Gilbert Fuchs Gilbert Fuchs Gilbert Fuchs was a German figure skater and world champion in figure skating.In 1896, he won the first world figure skating championships, held in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1906 he recaptured the title in Munich....	Germany	5
2	Heinrich Burger Heinrich Burger Heinrich Burger was a German figure skater. He competed in both singles and pairs events. He was Olympic champion and two-time World champion together with Anna Hübler....	Germany	14
3	Bror Meyer		17
4	Karl Zenger Karl Zenger Karl Zenger was a German figure skater.Karl Zenger was twice German Champion in figure skating man in 1897 and 1905. He won also the bronze medal at the Europeans in 1905. He was the older brother of Wilhelm Zenger...	Germany	20
5	Per Thorén Per Thorén Per Thorén was a Swedish figure skater in the early 20th century who won a bronze medal at the 1908 Olympic Games.-Results:...		23
6	Anton Steiner	Austria	27
7	Martin Gordan	Germany	34

Judges were

• C. Gützlaff  Germany
• Ludwig Fänner   Austria
• O. Henning  Germany
• R. Holletschek  Germany
• Otto Schöning   Germany

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Madge Syers-Cave		5
2	Jenny Herz	Austria	13
3	Lily Kronberger Lily Kronberger Lily Kronberger , also spelled Lili Kronberger, was a Hungarian figure skater competitive during the early years of modern figure skating...		13.5
4	Elsa Rendschmidt Elsa Rendschmidt Elsa Rendschmidt was a German figure skater and the first German woman to win a medal at the Olympic Games....	Germany	21.5
5	Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Dorothy Greenhough-Smith Dorothy Greenhough-Smith was a British figure skater.She was the daughter of writer James Edward Preston Muddock, and married publisher/editor Herbert Greenhough Smith in 1900....		22

Judges were

• E. Collingwood
• M. Holtz
• Tibor von Földváry
  Tibor von Földváry
  Tibor von Földváry was an Hungarian figure skater. He was the European Figure Skating Championships gold medalist in 1895. He was also a judge at the World Championships shortly after his competitive career.-Results:-Navigation:...
  
  
• Dr. H. Winzer  Germany
• P. Birum