The 2008
German Figure Skating Championships
The German Figure Skating Championships ( ger, Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's si ...
( ger, Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) took place on January 3–6, 2008 at the Freiberger Arena in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
. Skaters 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 ...
,
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 ...
, and
synchronized skating
Synchronized skating is an ice skating sport where between 8 to 16 skaters perform together as a team. They move as a flowing unit at high speed over the ice, while performing elements and footwork.
This complex sport originated in 1956 and was ...
on the senior, junior, and novice levels.
The first senior compulsory dance was the Yankee Polka and the second was the Argentine Tango. The first junior compulsory dance was the Cha-Cha Congelado and the second was the Blues.
Medalists
Senior results
Men
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Synchronized
Junior results
Men
Ladies
Ice dancing
Synchronized
External links
2008 German Championships: Senior, junior, novice pairs, novice ice dancing, and novice synchronized results2008 German Championships: Youth and novice singles results
{{2007–08 in figure skating
German Figure Skating Championships, 2008
German Figure Skating Championships