1891 European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual event which is organized by the International Skating Union .

The German and Austrian skating association, united in the "Deutscher und Österrreichischer Eislaufverband", organized both the first European Championship Skating for men as the first European Championship Figure Skating Men 23 and January 24, 1891 in Hamburg, at that time the German Empire , for the ISU was founded in 1892.

The international skating federation took in 1892 the organization of the European Championship on figure skating. In 1895 it was decided henceforth to organize the World Figure Skating Championships and came to expire. In 1898, after two years of interruption, yet again found a restart instead of the EK figure skating.

The women and couples would annually from 1930 to compete for the European title. The ice dancers competed from 1954 to the European title in figure skating.

Participation [ edit ]
Seven men from the two organizing countries came to this championship. Five came from Germany and two from Austria. In the championship was only mandatory freestyle skating.

For four men, the first European champion in figure skating, Oskar Uhlig, the number two Schmitson A. Willi Dienstl and Wilhelm Schulze, it was their only participation in the European Championships.

Medal distribution [ edit ]
All three medals went to Germany. For all three men remained their only medal.

[Results edit ]

 * score / = 9 points total of nine jurors