1908 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 1908 Championships were held on January 18th in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

. Warsaw was part of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

at this time.

Skaters in the 1908 Europeans competed only in the categories of 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...

Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Fact. Places
1	Ernst Herz Ernst Herz Ernst Herz was an Austrian figure skater. He was the European Figure Skating Championships gold medalist in 1908.-Results:-Sources:**...	Austria	5
2	Nikolai Panin Nikolai Panin Nikolay Aleksandrovich Panin-Kolomenkin, was a Russian figure skater and coach. He won the gold medal in special figures in the 1908 Summer Olympics. Panin was Russia's first Olympic champion. He was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2009.-Biography:Panin was born in...		10
3	Stefan Przedrzymirski	Austria	15

Judges:

Ludwig Fänner Austria
Z. Goebel (Poland)
K. Bevensee Austria
S. Uleniecki Austria
P. Weryho (Poland)

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