1978 European Figure Skating Championships

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1978 European Championships

Type:| ISU Championship
Date:| January 31 – February 5
Season:| 1977–78
Location:| Strasbourg, France
Venue:| Hall Rhénus
Champions
Men's singles:
Jan Hoffmann
Ladies' singles:
Anett Pötzsch
Pairs:
Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev
Ice dance:
Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov

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The 1978 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Strasbourg, France from January 31 to February 5. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles,[1] ladies' singles,[2] pair skating,[3] and ice dancing.[4]

## Competition notes

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15-year-old Denise Biellmann became the first female skater to land the triple lutz in competition.[5] She underrotated it, with two-foot landing.[6] At the same event, she became the first woman to receive a 6.0 in technical merit, receiving the score from British judge Pauline Borrajo.[5] She was 12th in figures, first in the free skating, and finished fourth overall.[5] Another triple lutz was performed only by Jan Hoffmann.

## Results

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### Men

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Rank  | Name  | Nation  | CF | SP | FS

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1 | Jan Hoffmann |  East Germany | 2 | 2 |
2 | Vladimir Kovalev |  Soviet Union | 1 | 3 |
3 | Robin Cousins |  United Kingdom | 5 | 1 |
4  | Igor Bobrin |  Soviet Union | 3 | 4 |
5  | Yuri Ovchinnikov |  Soviet Union |  |  |
6  | Mario Liebers |  East Germany |  |  |
7  | Rudi Cerne |  West Germany |  |  |
8  | Miroslav Šoška |  Czechoslovakia |  |  |
9  | Gerd-Walter Gräbner |  West Germany |  |  |
10  | Gilles Beyer |  France |  |  |
11  | Grzegorz Głowania |  Poland |  |  |
12  | Andrew Bestwick |  United Kingdom |  |  |
13  | Thomas Öberg |  Sweden |  |  |
14  | Bruno Watschinger |  Austria |  |  |
15  | Matjaž Krušec |  Yugoslavia |  |  |
16  | Francis Demarteau |  Belgium |  |  |
17  | Jan Glerup |  Denmark |  |  |
WD  | Helmut Kristofics-Binder |  Austria |  |  |

### Ladies

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Rank  | Name  | Nation

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1 | Anett Pötzsch |  East Germany
2 | Dagmar Lurz |  West Germany
3 | Elena Vodorezova |  Soviet Union
4  | Denise Biellmann |  Switzerland
5  | Susanna Driano |  Italy
6  | Kristiina Wegelius |  Finland
7  | Carola Weißenberg |  East Germany
8  | Danielle Rieder |  Switzerland
9  | Natalia Strelkova |  Soviet Union
10  | Karena Richardson |  United Kingdom
11  | Renata Baierová |  Czechoslovakia
12  | Karin Riediger |  West Germany
13  | Zhanna Ilina |  Soviet Union
14  | Garnet Ostermeier |  West Germany
15  | Susan Broman |  Finland
16  | Sanda Dubravčić |  Yugoslavia
17  | Astrid Jansen in de Wal |  Netherlands
18  | Franca Bianconi |  Italy
19  | Cecile Antonelli |  France
20  | Christina Svensson |  Sweden
21  | Helena Chwila |  Poland
22  | Patricia Fiorucci |  Italy

### Pairs

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Rank  | Name  | Nation

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1 | Irina Rodnina / Alexander Zaitsev |  Soviet Union
2 | Marina Cherkasova / Sergei Shakhrai |  Soviet Union
3 | Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorf |  East Germany
4  | Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach |  East Germany
5  | Ingrid Spieglová / Alan Spiegl |  Czechoslovakia
6  | Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe |  East Germany
7  | Marina Pestova / Stanislav Leonovich |  Soviet Union
8  | Susanne Scheibe / Andreas Nischwitz |  West Germany
9  | Sabine Fuchs / Xavier Videau |  France
10  | Elżbieta Łuczyńska / Marek Chrolenko |  Poland
11  | Gabriele Beck / Jochen Stahl |  West Germany
12  | Catherine Brunet / Philippe Brunet |  France

### Ice dancing

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Rank  | Name  | Nation

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1 | Irina Moiseeva / Andrei Minenkov |  Soviet Union
2 | Natalia Linichuk / Gennadi Karponosov |  Soviet Union
3 | Krisztina Regőczy / András Sallay |  Hungary
4  | Janet Thompson / Warren Maxwell |  United Kingdom
5  | Liliana Řeháková / Stanislav Drastich |  Czechoslovakia
6  | Marina Zueva / Andrei Vitman |  Soviet Union
7  | Kay Barsdell / Kenneth Foster |  United Kingdom
8  | Isabella Rizzi / Luigi Freroni |  Italy
9  | Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean |  United Kingdom
10  | Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann |  Switzerland
11  | Henriette Fröschl / Christian Steiner |  West Germany
12  | Halina Gordon / Jacek Tascher |  Poland
13  | Muriel Boucher / Yves Malatier |  France
14  | Elisabetta Parisi / Marco Gobbo |  Italy
15  | Elisabeth Luksch / Peter Schubl |  Switzerland
16  | Rita Karpat / Istvan Palasthy |  Hungary
WD  | Jolanta Wesołowska / Andrzej Alberciak |  Poland

## References

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1. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Men" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-03.
2. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ladies" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-03.
3. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Pairs" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-12.
4. ^ "European Figure Skating Championships Ice Dance" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-05.
5. ^ a b c Stevenson, Alexandra (2011). "2011 European Championships Preview". IceSkatingIntnl.com. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2011.
6. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Denise Biellmann - First triple Lutz in ladies event". YouTube.

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