1926 European Figure Skating Championships
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The 1926 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships
of the 1925-1926 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the discipline of men's singles
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In 1926, the European Championships were held in Davos
, Switzerland
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European Figure Skating Championships
The European Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European Champion...
of the 1925-1926 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the discipline 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...
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In 1926, the European Championships were held 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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Men
| Rank | Name | Nation |
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| 1 | Willy Böckl | |
| 2 | 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:... |
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| 3 | 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... |
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| 4 | John Page | |
| 5 | Gunnar Jakobsson | |
| 6 | Robert van Zeebroeck Robert van Zeebroeck Robert Van Zeebroeck is a Belgian figure skater.He won the bronze medal in the singles event at the 1928 Winter Olympics. He also participated with his partner Josy Van Leberghe in the pairs competition where they finished sixth.... |
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| 7 | Hugo Distler | |
| 8 | Artur Vieregg Artur Vieregg Artur Vieregg was a German figure skater. After his skating career he continued to work also as a figure skating judge. He was lecturer at the “German College for Physical Exercises” in Berlin.... |
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