1922 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 1922 men competitions took place on February 5th to 6th, 1922 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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The 1922 ladies competitions took place on February 4th to 6th, 1922 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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The 1922 pairs competition took place January 29th, 1922 also in Davos
Davos
Davos is a municipality in the district of Prättigau/Davos in the canton of Graubünden, Switzerland. It has a permanent population of 11,248 . Davos is located on the Landwasser River, in the Swiss Alps, between the Plessur and Albula Range...

, Switzerland
Switzerland
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Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Gillis Grafström
Gillis Grafström
Gillis Emanuel Grafström was a Swedish figure skater. He was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men's Figure Skating as well as Olympic silver medal in same event in 1932, and three World Championships...

 
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2 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...

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3 Willy Böckl  15
4 Martin Stixrud
Martin Stixrud
Martin Stixrud was a Norwegian figure skater. He was the 1920 Summer Olympics bronze medalist, 1923 European silver medalist, and 1912 European bronze medalist....

 
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Judges were
  • A. Anderberg
  • Josef Fellner 
  • V. Lindqvist
  • K. Meinrich
  • Otto Petterson 

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Herma Plank-Szabo
Herma Szabo
Herma Szabo was an Austrian singles and pairs figure skater. She is the 1924 Olympic champion in ladies' singles and a seven-time World Champion, including five titles in singles and two titles in pairs partnered with Ludwig Wrede.-Personal life:Szabo was born in Vienna, where she came from a...

 
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2 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....

 
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3 Margot Moe
Margot Moe
Margot Gudrun Moe was a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp where she placed fifth, and won a bronze medal at the 1922 World Figure Skating Championships....

 
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Judges were
  • A. Anderberg
  • V. Lindqvist
  • Knut Oern Meinrich 
  • H. Petterson
  • O. Sampe

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Helene Engelmann
Helene Engelmann
Helene Engelmann was an Austrian pair skater....

 / Alfred Berger
Alfred Berger
Alfred Berger was an Austrian pair skater.In 1922 and 1924 he and Helene Engelmann were pair skating world champions. They were Olympic champions in 1924.-Results:with Helene Engelmann-Navigation:...

 
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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....

 
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3 Margaret Metzner / Paul Metzner  17.5
4 Grete Weise / Georg Velisch  17
5 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....

 
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Judges were
  • Ludwig Fänner 
  • Josef Feller 
  • W. Holsboer
  • Sakari Ilmanen
  • G. Künzli
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