1935 World Figure Skating Championships

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 1935 men and pairs competitions took place February 16 to 17, 1935 in Budapest

Budapest

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, Hungary

Hungary

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The 1935 ladies competition took place February 8 to 9, 1935 in Vienna

Vienna

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, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

Men

Rank	Name	Places
1	Karl Schäfer Karl Schäfer Karl Schäfer was an Austrian figure skater and swimmer. In figure skating, he was a dual Olympic Champion at the 1932 Winter Olympics and the 1936 Winter Olympics, a seven-time World Champion and the eight-time European Champion...	8
2	Jack Dunn Jack Dunn (figure skater) John "Jack" Edward Powell Dunn was a British figure skater who competed in the 1930s. His best finish was a silver medal at the 1935 World Figure Skating Championships....	15
3	Dénes Pataky	15
4	Graham Sharp	21
5	Markus Nikkanen	25
6	Elemér Terták Elemér Terták Elemér Terták was an Hungarian figure skater who competed in men's singles. He won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, the 1937 European Championships, and the 1937 World Figure Skating Championships. He also competed in the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, finishing...	25
7	Erich Erdös	36
8	Ferenc Kertész	38

Judges were

Herbert J. Clarke
H. Günauer
Charles Sabouret
Fritz Schober Germany
Andor Szende

Ladies

Rank	Name	Places
1	Sonja Henie Sonja Henie Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, a ten-time World Champion and a six-time European Champion . Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies figure skater...	7
2	Cecilia Colledge Cecilia Colledge Magdelena Cecilia Colledge was a British figure skater. She was the 1936 Olympic silver medalist, the 1937 World Champion, the 1938-1939 European Champion, and a six-time British national champion....	17
3	Vivi-Anne Hultén Vivi-Anne Hultén Vivi-Anne Hultén was a Swedish figure skater who was a ten time national champion in ladies singles. She finished fifth at the 1932 Winter Olympics and then won the bronze medal at the 1936 Games. She was a two-time European bronze medalist and four time World medalist...	22
4	Hedy Stenuf Hedy Stenuf Hedy Stenuf was an Austrian figure skater who later competed for France and the United States.Stenuf first became known in the United States when she accompanied the Austrian champion Karl Schäfer on an exhibition tour in North America in 1934, when she was only 11 years old...	30
5	Gweneth Butler	38
6	Hertha Dexler	42
7	Nanna Egedius Nanna Egedius Nanna Egedius was a Norwegian figure skater.She competed at the 1931 World Figure Skating Championships, where she placed seventh. She also competed at the 1933, 1934 and 1935 World Figure Skating Championships, and she participated at the 1936 Winter Olympics...	40.5
8	Helga Schrittwieser-Dietz	55.5

Judges were

A. Anderberg
W. Bayerle
Herbert J. Clarke
A. Huber
R. Lund
Charles Sabouret
J. Sykora

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Emília Rotter / László Szollás László Szollás László Szollás was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Emília Rotter he won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years , and were the 1932 World silver medalists. They were the 1934 European Champions and 1930 & 1931 silver medalists...		5
2	Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin-Ulrich was an Austrian pair skater. With her brother and partner Erik Pausin, she won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 17... / Erich Pausin		12.5
3	Lucy Gallo / Rezső Dillinger		14.5
4	Piroska Szekrényessy / Attila Szekrényessy		25.5
5	Zofia Bilorówna / Tadeusz Kowalski Tadeusz Kowalski Tadeusz Kowalski was a Polish military officer and sportsman.-Biography:Kowalski was a competitive pair skater with partner Zofia Bilorówna. They were nine time Polish national champions. They won the bronze medal at the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships. It was the first medal at that...		26
6	Wally Hampel / Otto Weiß Otto Weiß (figure skater) Otto Weiß is a former German pair skater.Weiß became German pair champion in 1932 and 1933 with partner Wally Hempel. Weiß represented Germany in the 1936 Winter Olympics with Eva Prawitz. In 1937 the pair became also German champions...	Germany	27
7	Liese Kianek / Adolf Rosdol		31
8	Barbara Chachlewska / Alfred Theuer		38.5

Judges were

Herbert J. Clarke
R. Kaler
Władysław Kuchar
L. von Orbán
Fritz Schober Germany

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