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 1913 men competitions took place on February 23rd, 1913 in Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, 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...

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The 1913 ladies competitions took place on February 10th to 11th, 1913 in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

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Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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The 1913 pairs competition took place February 10th, 1913 also in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Fritz Kachler Fritz Kachler Fritz Kachler was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1912, 1913, and 1923 World champion and the 1914 & 1924 European champion.He did not believe that sport and nationalism should be mixed and therefore chose not to participate in the Olympic Games of 1920 and 1924.A mechanical engineer, he rose...	Austria	5
2	Willy Böckl	Austria	13
3	Andor Szende		16
4	Ivan Malinin		22
5	Ernst Oppacher Ernst Oppacher Ernst Oppacher was an Austrian singles figure skater and the 1921 and 1922 Austrian national champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1924 Worlds and the 1922 Europeans.- Competitive highlights :...	Austria	23
6	Harald Rooth		28
7	Werner Rittberger Werner Rittberger Werner Rittberger was a German figure skater.Rittberger invented the Loop jump in 1910...	Germany	31
8	Paul Metzner	Germany	40

Judges were

• Eduard Engelmann
  Eduard Engelmann Jr.
  Eduard Engelmann Jr. was an Austrian figure skater, engineer, and cyclist. He was a three-time gold medallist at the European Figure Skating Championships...
  
    Austria
• Ludwig Fänner  Austria
• Eugen Minich 
• Otto Petterson 
• P. Weryho

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Opika von Méray Horváth Opika von Méray Horváth Opika von Méray Horváth , aka Zsófia Méray-Horváth, was a Hungarian figure skater. She won three consecutive World titles ....		5
2	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...		17
3	Svea Norén Svea Norén Svea Norén was a Swedish figure skater. She won the silver medal in the ladies' singles event at the 1920 Summer Olympics behind fellow Swede Magda Julin....		17
4	Grete Strasilla	Germany	21
5	Anna Lisa Allardt		20
6	Magda Mauroy		28
7	Thea Frenssen	Germany	32
8	Ursula Blackwood		40

Judges were

• Josef Fellner  Austria
• Otto Petterson 
• Louis Magnus
  Louis Magnus
  Louis Magnus was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation .He moved to France in 1889....
  
   
• Eugen Minich 
• 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....
  
   

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Helene Engelmann Helene Engelmann Helene Engelmann was an Austrian pair skater....  / Karl Mejstrik Karl Mejstrik Karl Mejstrik was an Austrian pair skater. He competed with Helene Engelmann. They were the 1913 World Champions and 1914 World silver medalists.-Results:SinglesPairs with Helene Engelmann-Navigation:...	Austria	9
2	Ludowika Jakobsson-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....		9.5
3	Christa von Szabo / Leo Horwitz	Austria	11.5
4	Alexia Bryn-Schøien Alexia Bryn Alexia Bryn was a Norwegian pair skater. She competed with Yngvar Bryn...  / Yngvar Bryn Yngvar Bryn Yngvar Bryn was a Norwegian track and field athlete and pairs figure skater who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1920 Summer Olympics....		23
5	Elly Svensson / 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:...		24.5
6	Helfrid Palm / Agard Palm		30
7	Mrs. Arthur Cadogan / Arthur Cumming		32.5

Judges were

• Josef Fellner  Austria
• Eugen Minich 
• A. Anderberg
• Otto Petterson 
• Louis Magnus
  Louis Magnus
  Louis Magnus was an ice skater. He competed as a figure skater representing France. He is considered as the builder of the International Ice Hockey Federation .He moved to France in 1889....