1894 European Figure Skating Championships

The European Figure Skating Championships 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....

in which elite 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 European Champion.

The 1894 Championships were held on January 28th in Vienna, Austria.

The competition was open only to men's singles

Single skating

Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

. The competitors performed only compulsory figures

Compulsory figures

Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly an aspect of the sport of figure skating, from which the sport derives its name. Carving specific patterns or figures into the ice was the original focus of the sport. The patterns of compulsory figures all derive from the basic figure eight...

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Eduard Engelmann, Jr.	Austria	1
2	Gustav Hügel Gustav Hügel Gustav Hügel was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1897 & 1899-1900 World Champion and the 1901 European Champion. He won the German national championships in 1894 because, at that time, Austria and Germany held joint championships.-Results:-References:...	Austria	2
3	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:...	Hungary Hungary Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...	3
4	Georg Zachariades	Austria	4
5	Carl Sage	Austria	5

Judges:

Oskar Uhlig
Oskar Uhlig
Oskar Uhlig was a German figure skater. He won the first European Figure Skating Championships to be contested.He represented Berliner Eislaufverein von 1886. On 12 October 1893 he was elected as the Chairman of the club Berliner Eislaufverein von 1886...

Germany
J. Ehrlich Hungary
O. Rpp Germany
R. Holletschek Germany
M. Mitscha Austria
L. Friedemann Austria
J. Schönbach Austria
G. Wasmuth Austria

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