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1956 World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The 1956 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 16 to 19 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, West Germany. Results Men Judges: * S. R. Croll * Ralph S. McCreath * K. Beyer * Mollie Phillips * Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques * H. Deistler * E. Finsterwald * B. Srbová * H. K. Kelley Ladies Judges: * Ralph S. McCreath * P. Gross * Pamela Davis * Gérard Rodrigues-Henriques * Ercole Cattaneo * E. Labin * E. Finsterwald * B. Srbová * O. Dallmayr Pairs Judges: * S. R. Croll * Ralph S. McCreath * K. Beyer * P. L. Barrajo * Ercole Cattaneo * F. Wojtanowskyj * E. Finsterwald * B. Srbová * O. Dallmayr Ice dancing Judges: * Hermann Schiechtl * D. Ward * Henri Meudec * P. Farinet * F. Wojtanowskyj * A. Jobin * H. Ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (; Bavarian: ''Garmasch-Partakurch''), nicknamed Ga-Pa, is an Alpine ski town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the seat of government of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen (abbreviated ''GAP''), in the Oberbayern region, which borders Austria. Nearby is Germany's highest mountain, Zugspitze, at above sea level. The town is known as the site of the 1936 Winter Olympic Games, the first to include alpine skiing, and hosts a variety of winter sports competitions. History Garmisch (in the west) and Partenkirchen (in the east) were separate towns for many centuries, and still maintain quite separate identities. Partenkirchen originated as the Roman town of ''Partanum'' on the trade route from Venice to Augsburg and is first mentioned in the year A.D. 15. Its main street, Ludwigsstrasse, follows the original Roman road. Garmisch was first mentioned some 800 years later as ''Germaneskau'' ("German District"), suggesting that at some po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
