1954 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 1954 competitions for men, ladies, pairs and ice dancing took place February 16th to February 19th, 1954 in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

.

Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Hayes Alan Jenkins
Hayes Alan Jenkins
Hayes Alan Jenkins , an American figure skater, led men's skating for 4 years, 1953-56. He won four consecutive World Figure Skating Championships from 1953 to 1956. He also won the gold medal in the 1956 Winter Olympics, after placing 4th in the 1952 Winter Olympics. His brother David Jenkins...

 
 United States 5
2 James Grogan
James Grogan
James Grogan was an American figure skater. He won the bronze medal at the 1952 Oslo Olympics. He won four silver medals at the United States Figure Skating Championships and at the World Figure Skating Championships...

 
 United States 12
3 Alain Giletti
Alain Giletti
Alain Giletti is a French figure skater. He is the 1960 World champion, the 1955-1957 & 1960-1961 European champion and is a ten-time French national champion. At the age of 12, he represented France at the 1952 Winter Olympics, where he placed 7th...

 
18
4 David Jenkins   United States 20
5 Ronald Robertson   United States 23
6 Michael Booker
Michael Booker (figure skater)
Michael Robert Booker is a former British figure skater who competed in men's singles. He was twice the silver medalist and once the bronze medalist at the European Figure Skating Championships...

 
35
7 Charles Snelling   Canada 33
8 Peter Dunfield
Peter Dunfield
Peter Dunfield is a Canadian figure skater. He is the 1952 & 1953 Canadian bronze medalist and 1951 Junior national champion. He also competed in the fours discipline. With partner Mary Kenner, Peter Firstbrook, and Vera Smith, he won the silver medal at the 1949 North American Figure Skating...

 
 Canada 44
9 Norbert Felsinger
Norbert Felsinger
Norbert Felsinger is an Austrian figure skater. He won the silver medal at the 1960 European Figure Skating Championships and the bronze medal at the Europeans in 1959. He participated 1956 and 1960 at the Winter Olympics. He represented the club Wiener Eislauf Verein .-Results:-Navigation:...

 
43
10 Douglas Court
Douglas Court
Douglas Court is a former Canadian figure skater. He was the 1954-55 silver and 1956 national bronze medalist.-Results:-References:*...

 
 Canada 45
11 Alain Calmat
Alain Calmat
Alain Calmat is a French former competitive figure skater, surgeon, and politician. He is the 1964 Olympic silver medalist, the 1965 World Champion, the 1962–1964 European Champion, and the 1958 & 1962–1965 French national champion.-Career:Calmat started skating at the age of nine...

 
52


Judges were
  • Hans Meixner 
  • Melville F. Rogers  Canada
  • Jacques Favart
    Jacques Favart
    Jacques Favart was a French sports official and figure skater.He won the French Figure Skating Championships in men's singles in 1942. As a pair skater, he competed with his wife Denise Favart from 1946 to 1950...

     
  • A. D. C. Gordon
  • H. G. Storke  United States

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Gundi Busch
Gundi Busch
Gundula Busch is a German figure skater and coach. She was the first World champion ladies' singles champion representing Germany....

 
9
2 Tenley Albright
Tenley Albright
Tenley Emma Albright, M.D. is an American figure skater. She is the 1956 Olympic champion in Ladies' Singles, 1952 Olympic silver medalist, the 1953 & 1955 World Champion, the 1953 & 1955 North American champion, and the 1952–1956 U.S...

 
 United States 12
3 Erica Batchelor
Erica Batchelor
Erica Anne Batchelor is a British figure skater. She is the 1954 World bronze medalist, the 1953 European silver medalist and three-time European bronze medalist. She represented Great Britain at the 1956 Winter Olympics, where she placed 11th.-Results:-References:*...

 
26
4 Barbara Gratton
Barbara Gratton
Barbara Gratton was a ladies figure skater who competed for Canada. She was the 1953 and 1954 national champion.-Results:-Navigation:...

 
 Canada 28
5 Frances Dorsey
Frances Dorsey
Frances Dorsey is a former American ice skater who, during the 1950s, competed at both national and international levels and subsequently had a career with the Ice Follies.-Competition:She competed in the U.S...

 
 United States 45
6 Yvonne Sugden  52
7 Hanna Eigel
Hanna Eigel
Hanna Eigel is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 1955 & 1957 European champion and the 1957 World silver medalist. She represented Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics, where she placed 5th.-Competitive highlights:...

 
55
8 Carole Jane Pachl
Carole Jane Pachl
Carole Jane Pachl was a ladies figure skater who competed for Canada. Pachl began skating at the age of eight and was trained by Arnold Gerschwiler while residing in England. After moving to Canada she trained with both Gus Lussi in Lake Placid, and Otto Gold in Ottawa...

 
 Canada 60
9 Ann Johnston
Ann Johnston
Ann Johnston is a Canadian figure skater. She is the 1955 & 1956 Canadian silver medalist. She represented Canada at the 1956 Winter Olympics, where she placed 9th.-Results:* J = Junior level-References:...

 
 Canada 62
10 Sonja Currie   Canada 63
11 Margaret Ann Graham   United States 58
12 Ingrid Wendl
Ingrid Wendl
Ingrid Turković-Wendl is an Austrian figure skater, television announcer, and political figure...

 
89
13 Rose Pettinger  88
14 Erika Rucker  100
15 Margaret Dean   United States 104
16 Clema Cowley  108
17 Fiorella Negro  113
18 Ally Lundström  130
19 Gun Mothander  132
20 Ingeborg Nilsson
Ingeborg Nilsson
Ingeborg Nilsson was a Norwegian figure skater. She competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.She was Norwegian individual champion in 1953 and 1954, and in pairs in 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959 together with partner Reidar Børjeson....

 
136


Judges were
  • F. Heinlein
  • Melville F. Rogers  Canada
  • F. Grimminger
  • J. Wilson
  • Bruno Bonfiglio 
  • P. Reinertsen
  • H. G. Storke  United States

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Frances Dafoe
Frances Dafoe
Frances Dafoe, was a Canadian pair skater. She was born in Toronto, Ontario. She competed with Norris Bowden. The couple captured four Canadian titles and two World Figure Skating Championships, and won the silver medal at the 1956 Winter Olympics.In 1991, she was made a Member of the Order of...

 / Norris Bowden
Norris Bowden
Robert Norris Bowden was a Canadian figure skater.Born in Toronto, Bowden won championships in every division of Canadian figure skating...

 
 Canada 9.5
2 Silvia Grandjean
Silvia Grandjean
Silvia Grandjean was a Swiss pairs skater. With Michel Grandjean, she won the 1954 European Figure Skating Championships. They placed 7th at the 1952 Winter Olympics.-Results:-External links:* -Navigation:...

 / Michel Grandjean
Michel Grandjean
Michel Grandjean was a Swiss pair skater. With Silvia Grandjean, he won the 1957 European Figure Skating Championships. They placed 7th at the 1952 Winter Olympics.-Results:-External links:* -Navigation:...

 
17.5
3 Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt
Kurt Oppelt
Kurt Oppelt was an Austrian figure skater. He won the 1956 Olympics pair skating event with his partner Sissy Schwarz. They also won the World and the European titles that same year. They also won the Austrian National Championships from 1952 thru 1956.Schwarz and Oppelt won the 1956 Olympic title...

 
21
4 Carole Ann Ormaca / Robert Greiner   United States 30.5
5 Margaret Ann Graham / Hugh Graham   United States 41.5
6 Lily Zettel / Klaus Loichinger  45
7 Inge Minor / Hermann Braun  45
8 Jean Higson / Robert Hudson  46
9 Britta Lindmark / Ulf Berendt  62
10 Bjørg Skjælaaen
Bjørg Skjælaaen
Bjørg Skjælaaen is a Norwegian former pair skater. She competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, where she placed 13th with partner Reidar Børjeson....

 / Johannes Thorsen 
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Judges were
  • H. Grünauer
  • Melville F. Rogers  Canada
  • F. Grimminger
  • Pamela Devis 
  • E. Kirchhofer
  • B. Holmberg
  • H. G. Storke  United States

Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Jean Westwood
Jean Westwood (figure skater)
Jean Westwood is a British ice dancer. With partner Lawrence Demmy, she is the 1952-1955 World Champion and 1954 & 1955 European Champion.-Results:-References:...

 / Lawrence Demmy
Lawrence Demmy
Lawrence Demmy is a British ice dancer. With partner Jean Westwood, he is the 1952-1955 World Champion and 1954 & 1955 European Champion.-Results:-References:...

 
5
2 Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas
Paul Thomas (figure skater)
Paul Thomas is a British ice dancer. With partner Pamela Weight, he is the 1956 World champion and European champion. With partner Nesta Davies, he is the 1954 World & European silver medalist.-Results:...

 
14
3 Carmel Bodel
Carmel Bodel
Carmel Waterbury Bodel was an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance with Edward Bodel, and the pair was married in 1949. The Bodels won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships three times and captured the bronze medal at the 1954 World Figure Skating...

 / Edward Bodel
Edward Bodel
Edward Bodel was an American figure skater. He competed in ice dance with Carmel Waterbury Bodel, and the pair was married in 1949. The Bodels won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships three times and captured the bronze medal at the 1954 World Figure Skating...

 
 United States 18
4 Barbara Radford / Raymond Lackwood  20
5 Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby
Donald Jacoby
Donald Jacoby was an American ice dancer. With partner and wife Andree Anderson, he was the 1958 & 1959 U.S. national champion. They were the 1959 World silver medalists and the 1958 World bronze medalist....

 
 United States 23
6 Phyllis Forney / Martin Forney   United States 25
7 Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera  35


Judges were
  • Hans Meixner 
  • H. Meudec
  • Pamela Davis
  • E. Kirchhofer
  • M. Drake  United States
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