Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union (1963–92) Czech Figure Skating Association (1994–97)
Prague Skate (Czech: Pražská brusle) was an annual figure skating competition organized by the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union (Czech: Československý krasobruslařský svaz). The first competition took place in 1963 in Prague, in what was then Czechoslovakia. After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the competition was relocated to Ostrava and rechristened Czech Skate (Czech: Česká brusle). It was also dedicated to the memory of Josef Dědič, who had won the 1947 Czechoslovak Figure Skating Championships and served as the last chair of the Czechoslovak Figure Skating Union before its dissolution in 1992.
In 1997, the Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating – then called the Junior Series – was established by the International Skating Union as a series of international skating competitions exclusively for junior-level skaters. The Czech Skate has periodically been held as an installment of this series beginning in 1999.
↑Radka Kovaříková and René Novotný won the 1989 Prague Skate while representing Czechoslovakia, and the 1994 Czech Skate while representing the Czech Republic.
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↑"Majstrova kamera"[Master's camera]. Československý Šport (in Czech). Vol.XI, no.254. 21 December 1963. p.4. Retrieved 1 May 2026– via Arcanum Newspapers. Prvý ročník krasokorčuliarskej súťaže „Pražská korčula".[The first year of the figure skating competition "Prague Skate".]
↑"Krátko zovšadiaľ"[In brief]. Smer (in Slovak). Vol.IV, no.255. 4 November 1994. p.5. Retrieved 2 May 2026– via Arcanum Newspapers. Medzinárodné preteky Pražská korčuľa menia názov i miesto konania.... sa budú konať v Ostrave pod názvom Česká korčuľa...[The international Prague Skating competition is changing its name and venue... it will be held in Ostrava under the name Czech Skate...]
↑"Nepela opäť prvý"[She didn't cry again]. Práca (in Czech). Vol.XXII, no.309. 18 November 1967. p.8. Retrieved 25 April 2026– via Arcanum Newspapers.
12"Zovšadial'"[Always]. Východoslovenské noviny (in Czech). 5 November 1970. p.6. Retrieved 25 April 2026– via Arcanum Newspapers. Pražská športová hala bude o dvojročnej prestávke opäť dejiskom v poradí už 6. ročníka medzinárodných krasokorčuliarskych pretekov „Pražská korčuľa"[After a two-year break, the Prague Sports Hall will once again be the venue for the 6th edition of the international figure skating competition "Prague Skating"]
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↑"Pražská korčuľa: Barna štvrtý raz za sebou"[Prague Skate: Barna for the fourth time in a row]. Pravda (in Czech). Vol.68, no.263. 9 November 1987. p.5. Retrieved 10 May 2026– via Arcanum Newspapers. V súťaži mužov zvíťazil už po štvrtý raz za sebou čs. reprezentant Petr Barna.[In the men's competition, the Czechoslovak representative Petr Barna won for the fourth time in a row.]