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 1925 men competitions took place on February 14th to15th, 1925 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 1925 ladies competitions took place on January 31st to February 1st, 1925 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

Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....

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The 1925 pairs competition took place February 14th to15th, 1925 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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Men

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Willy Böckl		8
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...		8
3	Otto Preißecker Otto Preißecker Otto Preißecker also Preissecker was an Austrian figure skater. He was the 1926-1928 national champion. He also skated in pairs with partner Gisela Hochhaltinger.-singles:-pairs:...		14
4	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 :...		24
5	Josef Slíva Josef Slíva Josef Slíva was a Czech figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the 1924 Winter Olympics and in the 1928 Winter Olympics.In 1924 he finished fourth in the singles event....		27
6	Georges Gautschi Georges Gautschi Georges Harold Roger Gautschi was a Swiss figure skater. He won the bronze medal in men's singles at age nineteen at the 1924 Chamonix Olympics. He went on to come in third at the 1926 European Figure Skating Championships and then came in second in 1929...		27
7	Ludwig Wrede Ludwig Wrede Ludwig Wrede was an Austrian figure skater in both pairs and singles skating.He competed with Herma Szabo and won the World Championships in 1925 and 1927. They won the bronze in 1926. After Szabo retired, Wrede competed with Melitta Brunner, with whom he won the bronze medal at the 1928 Winter...		32

Judges were

• Max Bohatsch
  Max Bohatsch
  Max Bohatsch was an Austrian figure skater. He won the gold medal at the 1905 European Figure Skating Championships and captured three medals at the World Figure Skating Championships.-Results:-Navigation:...
  
   
• Josef Fellner 
• Ernst Herz
  Ernst Herz
  Ernst Herz was an Austrian figure skater. He was the European Figure Skating Championships gold medalist in 1908.-Results:-Sources:**...
  
   
• Andor Szende 
• László Szollás
  László Szollás
  László Szollás was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Emília Rotter he won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years , and were the 1932 World silver medalists. They were the 1934 European Champions and 1930 & 1931 silver medalists...
  
   

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...		6
2	Ellen Brockhöft		9
3	Elisabeth Böckel		18
4	Kathleen Shaw Kathleen Shaw Gertrude Kathleen Shaw was a British figure skater. She was born in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire and was the 1926 World bronze medalist. She represented Great Britain at the 1924 Winter Olympics, where she placed 7th, and at the 1928 Winter Olympics, where she placed 14th...		20
5	Ethel Muckelt Ethel Muckelt Ethel Muckelt , was a British figure skater who competed in singles and pairs. As a single skater, she won the bronze medal at the 1924 Winter Olympics. As a pair skater, she placed fifth at the 1920 Summer Olympics with Sydney Wallwork. With John F...		22

Judges were

• 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...
  
   
• Josef Fellner 
• Fritz Hellmund 
• G. Künzli
• Andor Szende 

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation	Places
1	Herma Jaross-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...  / Ludwig Wrede Ludwig Wrede Ludwig Wrede was an Austrian figure skater in both pairs and singles skating.He competed with Herma Szabo and won the World Championships in 1925 and 1927. They won the bronze in 1926. After Szabo retired, Wrede competed with Melitta Brunner, with whom he won the bronze medal at the 1928 Winter...		10
2	Andrée Joly / Pierre Brunet		10.5
3	Lilly Scholz Lilly Scholz Lilly Scholz was an Austrian pair skater. She and partner Otto Kaiser won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating. They won the silver medal at the 1928 Winter Olympics...  / Otto Kaiser Otto Kaiser (figure skater) Otto Kaiser was an Austrian pair skater. He and his partner Lilly Scholz won the 1929 World Championship in pair skating...		14.5
4	Gisela Hochhaltinger / Georg Pamperl		17
5	Else Hoppe / Oscar Hoppe		23

Judges were

• Ernst Herz
  Ernst Herz
  Ernst Herz was an Austrian figure skater. He was the European Figure Skating Championships gold medalist in 1908.-Results:-Sources:**...
  
   
• Andor Szende 
• Otto Bohatsch 
• László Szollás
  László Szollás
  László Szollás was a Hungarian pair skater. With partner Emília Rotter he won the World Figure Skating Championship four times in five years , and were the 1932 World silver medalists. They were the 1934 European Champions and 1930 & 1931 silver medalists...
  
   
• Eugen Minich