1939 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1939 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships

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 1938-1939 season. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU Member Nations competed for the title of European Champion. Skaters competed in the disciplines of ladies' 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...

, men's singles

Single skating

, and pair skating

Pair skating

Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

.

In 1939, 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....

Men

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Graham Sharp
2	Freddie Tomlins Freddie Tomlins Frederick William Edwin "Freddie" Tomlins was a British figure skater. He was the 1939 World silver medalist and European silver medalist. He competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics and placed 10th.He served in the Royal Air Force in World War II...
3	Horst Faber Horst Faber Horst Faber was a German figure skater who competed in men's singles. He represented the SC Riessersee and was a nine-time German champion. His biggest accomplishment was winning the silver medal at the 1951 European Championships.-Results:...	Germany
4	Edi Rada Edi Rada Edi Rada was an Austrian figure skater. He won the bronze medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics and was the 1949 European Champion. He won a bronze medal at the 1949 World Figure Skating Championships....	Germany
5	Hans Gerschwiler Hans Gerschwiler Hans Gerschwiler was a Swiss figure skater.-Biography:Born in Switzerland, Gerschwiler made his international debut at the 1939 European Figure Skating Championships, where he placed 5th. Between 1939 and 1947, no international skating competitions were held, due to World War II...
6	Bo Mothander
7	Emil Ratzenhofer	Germany
8	Franz Loichinger	Germany
9	Hellmuth May	Germany
10	Per Cock-Clausen Per Cock-Clausen Per Cock-Clausen was a Danish figure skater. He was the 13-time Danish National Champion from 1940-1963 and Nordic Champion from 1949-1951 and 1953. He competed at both the 1948 and 1952 Winter Olympic Games finishing 16th and 14th respectively...
11	Tony Austin
12	Ian Currie

Ladies

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Cecilia Colledge Cecilia Colledge Magdelena Cecilia Colledge was a British figure skater. She was the 1936 Olympic silver medalist, the 1937 World Champion, the 1938-1939 European Champion, and a six-time British national champion....
2	Megan Taylor Megan Taylor Megan Devenish Taylor was a British figure skater competitive in the 1930s. She won the World Championships in 1938 and 1939.She was born in Rochdale and died in Jamaica...
3	Daphne Walker Daphne Walker Daphne Walker is a British figure skater. She is the 1939 World bronze medalist and 1947 silver medalist, and the 1939 & 1947 European bronze medalist.-Results:-References:...
4	Hanne Niernberger	Germany
5	Emmy Putzinger Emmy Putzinger Emmy Putzinger was an Austrian figure skater who competed in ladies singles. She finished seventh at the 1936 Winter Olympic Games and won the bronze medal at the European Figure Skating Championships in 1937 and 1938.-Results:...	Germany
6	Angela Anderes
7	Eva Nyklova
8	Gladys Jagger
9	Marta Musilek	Germany
10	Anne Marie Saether
11	Britta Rahlen
12	Eva Katzova

Pairs

Rank	Name	Nation
1	Maxi Herber Maxi Herber Maxi Herber was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. She became Olympic pair champion with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics... / Ernst Baier Ernst Baier Ernst Baier was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Maxi Herber. The duo also won several World and European championships.Ernst Baier skated for the club Berliner SC...	Germany
2	Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin Ilse Pausin-Ulrich was an Austrian pair skater. With her brother and partner Erik Pausin, she won the silver medal at the 1936 Winter Olympics at age 17... / Erich Pausin	Germany
3	Inge Koch / Günther Noack	Germany
4	Erika Bass / Bela Barcza
5	Stephanie Kalusz / Erwin Kalusz
6	Gisela Grätz / Otto Weiß Otto Weiß (figure skater) Otto Weiß is a former German pair skater.Weiß became German pair champion in 1932 and 1933 with partner Wally Hempel. Weiß represented Germany in the 1936 Winter Olympics with Eva Prawitz. In 1937 the pair became also German champions...	Germany
7	Silva Palme / Paul Schwab
8	Trude Guber / ? Heuchert
9	Ileana Moldovan / Alfred Eisenbeisser Alfred Eisenbeisser Alfred Eisenbeisser was a Romanian football player and figure skater of German ethnicity...

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