The 1989
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. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, an ...
was a senior-level international competition held in
Birmingham
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,
England
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,
United Kingdom
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on January 17–22, 1989. Elite skaters from European
ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...
.
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Results
Men
West Germany's Richard Zander
Richard Zander (born March 3, 1964) is a German former competitive figure skater. He is a two-time German national champion.
Zander was born in Portland, Oregon
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won the compulsory figures but withdrew after the short program.[
]
Ladies
Leistner, Conway, Gorbenko were the top three after the compulsory figures.[ Leistner would go on to win the title while Lebedeva and Neske moved up to take silver and bronze, respectively.][
]
Pairs
Ice dancing
Klimova / Ponomarenko, Usova / Zhulin, and Annenko / Sretenski were the top three after the original set pattern.[
]
References
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European Figure Skating Championships, 1989
European Figure Skating Championships, 1989
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1980s in Birmingham, West Midlands
International figure skating competitions hosted by the United Kingdom
International sports competitions in Birmingham, West Midlands
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. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, an ...