1910 World Figure Skating Championships
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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 1910 men competitions took place on January 29th to 30th, 1910 in Davos
Davos
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, Switzerland
Switzerland
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The 1910 ladies competitions took place on February 4th, 1910 in Berlin
Berlin
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, German Empire
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. There were only two competitors.
The 1910 pairs competition took place February 4th, 1910 also in Berlin
Berlin
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, German Empire
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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...

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Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 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....

 
11
2 Werner Rittberger
Werner Rittberger
Werner Rittberger was a German figure skater.Rittberger invented the Loop jump in 1910...

 
 Germany 14
3 Andor Szende 20
4 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:...

25


Judges were
  • Ludwig Fänner   Austria
  • 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:...

     
  • H. D. Faith
  • G. Kupka  Austria
  • H. Günther
  • P. Birum
  • M. Holtz

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Lily Kronberger
Lily Kronberger
Lily Kronberger , also spelled Lili Kronberger, was a Hungarian figure skater competitive during the early years of modern figure skating...

 
5
2 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 10


Judges were
  • 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
  • Fritz Hellmund   Germany
  • O. Hüttig  Germany
  • F. Otto  Germany
  • Otto Schöning   Germany

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Anna Hübler
Anna Hübler
Anna Hübler was a German pair skater. She was an Olympic champion and two-time World champion with skating partner Heinrich Burger....

 / 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 8.5
2 Ludowika Eilers / Walter Jakobsson
Walter Jakobsson
Walter Andreas Jakobsson was a Finnish figure skater.As a single skater, he won the Finnish national championship in 1910 and 1911....

 
 Germany / 14
3 Phyllis Johnson
Phyllis Johnson
Phyllis Wyatt Johnson was a British figure skater.She won the silver medal in pair skating at the 1908 Olympic Games with James H. Johnson. They captured the gold at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1909 and 1912. In 1920, she won the bronze at the Olympics with new partner Basil Williams...

 / James H. Johnson
James H. Johnson
James Henry Johnson was a British pair skater competitive during the early days of modern figure skating. He and partner Phyllis Johnson won the silver medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics, the first Olympics to include figure skating events.The Johnsons also participated in the first official World...

 
19.5


Judges were
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