1957 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 1957 competitions for men, ladies, pairs and ice dancing took place February 26th to March 2nd, 1957 in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...

, USA.

Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 David Jenkins   United States 7
2 Tim Brown   United States 16
3 Charles Snelling   Canada 22
4 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...

 
33
5 Tom Moore   United States 35
6 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:...

 
41
7 Donald Jackson
Donald Jackson
Donald George Jackson, CM is a retired Canadian figure skater. He captured four Canadian titles and a bronze medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics...

 
 Canada 49
8 Robert Brewer   United States 59
9 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...

 
58
10 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...

 
66
11 Manfred Schnelldorfer
Manfred Schnelldorfer
Manfred Schnelldorfer is a German figure skater, and a World and Olympic champion.-Career:...

 
81
12 Hubert Köpfler
Hubert Köpfler
Hubert Köpfler is a Swiss figure skater. He is a five time Swiss national champion. He represented Switzerland at the 1960 Winter Olympics where he placed 11th.-Competitive highlights:-References:* *...

 
83
13 Yukio Nishikura  90
14 Hideo Sugita  98
15 Kazuo Ohashi  105
16 Charles Keeble
Charles Keeble
Charles Keeble is a former Australian figure skater who competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics. He scored 123.93 points and finished 16th out of 16 competitors in the men’s individual event.- References :...

 
111
17 William Cherrell  117


Judges were
  • W. Malek
  • P. Devine  Canada
  • Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques 
  • Rudolf A. Marx 
  • Pamela Davis 
  • E. Kirschhofer
  • H. Janes  United States

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Carol Heiss
Carol Heiss
Carol Elizabeth Heiss Jenkins is an American figure skater. She is the 1960 Olympic Champion in Ladies Singles, 1956 Olympic silver medalist and five-time World Champion .-Biography:...

 
 United States 7
2 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:...

 
17
3 Ingrid Wendl
Ingrid Wendl
Ingrid Turković-Wendl is an Austrian figure skater, television announcer, and political figure...

 
21
4 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 27
5 Claralyn Lewis   United States 40
6 Hanna Walter
Hanna Walter
Hanna "Hannerl" Walter is an Austrian figure skater. She is the 1959 European champion and World silver medalist. She represented Austria at the 1956 Winter Olympics, where she placed 7th.-Competitive highlights:- References :*...

 
43
7 Joan Schenke   United States 71
8 Nancy Heiss
Nancy Heiss
Nancy Heiss is a former American figure skater. She was the 1955 U.S. junior champion. At the senior level she placed 4th at the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1957 and 1958, and won the silver medal at the 1959 event...

 
 United States 63
9 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:*...

 
75
10 Karen Dixon   Canada 75
11 Ina Bauer
Ina Bauer (figure skater)
Ina Bauer is a German retired competitive figure skater. She is the 1957-1959 German national champion. She twice placed fourth at the World Figure Skating Championships, once in 1958 and once in 1959...

 
79
12 Sjoukje Dijkstra
Sjoukje Dijkstra
Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra is a Dutch figure skater. She is the 1964 Olympic champion in Ladies' Singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion , five-time European champion , and the six-time Dutch national champion .Following the retirement of Carol Heiss in 1960, who...

 
89
13 Joan Haanappel
Joan Haanappel
Joan Haanappel is a former Dutch figure skater, competitive in the 1950s and 60s, who later worked for television as a sports presenter and figure skating commentator.More recently she became involved with the Dutch figure skating governing body KNSB.She started her sports career in her hometown...

 
84
14 Margaret Crosland
Margaret Crosland
Margaret Crosland was a ladies figure skater who competed for Canada. She was the 1958 and 1959 national champion.-Results:-Navigation:...

 
 Canada 87
15 Ilse Musyl  87
16 Emma Giardini  104
17 Junko Ueno  118
18 Carla Tichatschek  128
19 Yuko Araki  132
20 Alice Fischer  137


Judges were
  • Hans Meixner 
  • J. McKechnie  Canada
  • Rudolf A. Marx 
  • Pamela Davis 
  • Bruno Bonfiglio 
  • E. Kirchhofer
  • H. Storke  United States

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Barbara Wagner
Barbara Wagner
Barbara Aileen Wagner is a former Canadian pair skater who competed with Robert Paul. The couple captured five Canadian titles and four world titles, and capped their career by winning the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.After her competitive career, she married fellow skater James Grogan...

 / Robert Paul
Robert Paul
Robert Paul was a Canadian figure skater, who competed in pairs with Barbara Wagner. He was born in Toronto. From their start as a team in 1952, they captured five Canadian titles and four world titles, and capped their career by winning the gold medal at the 1960 Winter Olympics.After skating as...

 
 Canada 8
2 Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius
Marika Kilius is a two-time Olympic silver medalist and two-time World champion in pair skating....

 / Franz Ningel
Franz Ningel
Franz Ningel is a former German pair skater and roller skater.Franz Ningel became World and European champion as a single roller figure skater in 1956 and 1957...

 
16.5
3 Maria Jelinek
Maria Jelinek
Maria Jelinek is a Canadian pair skater. She competed with her brother Otto Jelinek. They are the 1962 World Champions, the 1961 North American national champions, and 1961-1962 Canadian national champions...

 / Otto Jelinek
Otto Jelinek
Otto John Jelinek, PC is a businessman, former figure skater, and Canadian politician. Jelinek's family fled to Canada from Czechoslovakia in 1948 at the beginning of the Cold War.-Figure skating career:...

 
 Canada 17.5
4 Nancy Rouillard / Ronald Ludington
Ronald Ludington
Ronald Ludington is an American figure skater and coach. He was born in Boston.-Biography:With his then-wife, Nancy Rouillard Ludington, he won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in pair skating four times, between 1957 and 1960, after having been the junior national champions in 1956...

 
 United States 31
5 Joyce Coates
Joyce Coates
Joyce Pamela Coates is a former British pair skater who competed with Anthony Holles. They finished tenth at the 1956 Winter Olympics, captured the bronze medal at the 1958 and 1959 European Figure Skating Championships, and came in fourth at the 1959 World Figure Skating Championships...

 / Anthony Holles 
32


Judges were
  • Hans Meixner 
  • J. McKechnie  Canada
  • G. Rodrigues-Henriques
  • Rudolf A. Marx 
  • Pamela Davis 
  • Bruno Bonfiglio 
  • H. Janes  United States

Ice Dancing

Rank Name Nation Places
1 June Markham
June Markham
June Markham is a British ice dancer. With partner Courtney Jones, she is the 1957 & 1958 World champion and European champion.-Results:-References:...

 / Courtney Jones
Courtney Jones
Courtney John Lyndhurst Jones OBE is a former British ice dancer. With partner June Markham, he is the 1957 & 1958 World champion and European champion. With partner Doreen Denny, he is the 1959 & 1960 World champion and 1959-1961 European champion.Jones and Peri Horne created the Starlight Waltz...

 
5
2 Geraldine Fenton
Geraldine Fenton
Geraldine Fenton is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner William McLachlan, she is a three-time Canadian national champion and three-time World medalist.Fenton retired from competition in 1959 in order to take a coaching position.-Competitive highlights:...

 / William McLachlan 
 Canada 11
3 Sharon McKenzie
Sharon McKenzie
Sharon McKenzie is an American ice dancer. With partner Bert Wright, she is the 1957 U.S. national champion. They won the bronze medal at the 1957 World Figure Skating Championships.-Results:-References:...

 / Bert Wright
Bert Wright
Bert Wright is an American ice dancer. With partner Sharon McKenzie, he is the 1957 U.S. national champion. They won the bronze medal at the 1957 World Figure Skating Championships.-Results:-References:...

 
 United States 16
4 Joan Zamboni / Ronland Junso   United States 22
5 Barbara Thompson / Gerard Rigby  27
6 Cathrine Morris / Michael Robinson  29
7 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 35
8 Beverly Orr / Hugh Smith   Canada 39
9 Sigrid Knacke / Günther Koch  42
10 Christiane Ellen / Claude Lambert  51
11 Edith Peikert / Hans Kutschera 53


Judges were
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