Karl Schäfer Memorial

Karl Schäfer Memorial
Logo of the Karl Schäfer Memorial
StatusDefunct
GenreInternational competition
FrequencyAnnual
LocationVienna
CountryAustria Austria
Years active1974–2008

The Karl Schäfer Memorial (also known as the Asko Cup, Vienna Cup, and Vienna Trophy) was an annual figure skating competition held in Vienna, Austria. The competition was named in honor of Karl Schäfer, an Austrian skater who was a two-time Winter Olympic gold medalist (in 1932 and 1936), seven-time world champion (1930–1936), eight-time European champion (1929–1936), and seven-time Austrian national champion (1929–1934, 1936). Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, although each discipline may not have necessarily been held every year.

The 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial served as the final qualifying event for the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1974–77 No men's competitions
1978 United States Brian Boitano Japan Mitsuru Matsumura Austria Helmut Kristofics-Binder
1979 Canada Brian Orser United Kingdom Christopher Howarth Soviet Union Vladimir Rashchiotnov
1980 East Germany Falko Kirsten Soviet Union Leonid Kaznakov Canada Neil Paterson
1981 West Germany Norbert Schramm Canada Kevin Parker Czechoslovakia Ivan Králík
1982–84 No men's competitions
1985 United States Daniel Doran Soviet Union Andrei Torosian West Germany Thomas Wieser
1986 Canada Michael Slipchuk East Germany Nils Köpp Hungary András Száraz
1987 United States Rudy Galindo Canada Matthew Hall Soviet Union Yuriy Tsymbalyuk
1988 Soviet Union Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk East Germany Rico Krahnert United States Mark Mitchell
1989 Canada Elvis Stojko East Germany Ronny Winkler
1990 No competition held
1991 Soviet Union Dmytro Dmytrenko United States Shepherd Clark Denmark Henrik Walentin
1992 Ukraine Dmytro Dmytrenko Russia Igor Pashkevich Latvia Konstantin Kostin
1993 United States Michael Chack Hungary Zsolt Kerekes Georgia (country) Besarion Tsintsadze
1994 United States Rudy Galindo Russia Ilia Kulik
1995 United States Daniel Hollander Switzerland Patrick Meier Russia Roman Ekimov
1996 Hungary Szabolcs Vidrai Bulgaria Ivan Dinev United States Damon Allen
1997 United States Daniel Hollander Australia Anthony Liu Bulgaria Ivan Dinev
1998 Australia Anthony Liu United States Trifun Živanović Germany Sven Meyer
1999 France Vincent Restencourt Germany Andrejs Vlaščenko United States Justin Dillon
2000 Georgia (country) Vakhtang Murvanidze Canada Jeffrey Langdon United States Derrick Delmore
2001 Belarus Sergei Davydov Georgia (country) Vakhtang Murvanidze Canada Jeffrey Buttle
2002 Russia Stanislav Timchenko France Frédéric Dambier Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Trifun Živanović
2003 France Frédéric Dambier United States Scott Smith Canada Nicholas Young
2004 Russia Andrei Lezin France Stanick Jeannette
2005 Czech Republic Tomáš Verner Slovenia Gregor Urbas Georgia (country) Vakhtang Murvanidze
2006 Russia Andrei Lutai Czech Republic Tomáš Verner Sweden Kristoffer Berntsson
2007 No competition held
2008 Japan Nobunari Oda Italy Samuel Contesti Czech Republic Tomáš Verner

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1974 Italy Susanna Driano Switzerland Sylvia Fontaine Canada Susan McDonald
1975 Canada Heather Kemkaran West Germany Isabel de Navarre Austria Sonja Balun
1976 West Germany Dagmar Lurz Japan Emi Watanabe Finland Susan Broman
1977 Austria Claudia Kristofics-Binder United States Cindy Perpich Canada Susan McDonald
1978 Japan Emi Watanabe United States Alicia Risberg
1979 Soviet Union Marina Ignatova Austria Sonja Stanek Canada Tracey Wainman
1980 East Germany Katarina Witt Austria Andrea Rohm West Germany Cornelia Tesch
1981 United States Maria Causey Canada Diane Ogibowski Switzerland Myriam Oberwiler
1982 United States Rosanna Tovi United States Melissa Thomas Soviet Union Natalia Lebedeva
1983 United States Leslie Sikes United States Maradith Feinberg Soviet Union Natalia Ovchinnikova
1984 Canada Nathalie Sasseville Soviet Union Marina Tveretinova West Germany Ingrid Karl
1985 Soviet Union Marina Tveretinova United States Sara MacInnes East Germany Simone Lang
1986 Hungary Tamara Téglássy Switzerland Stéfanie Schmid Czechoslovakia Iveta Voralová
1987 Soviet Union Natalia Gorbenko United States Holly Cook Belgium Katrien Pauwels
1988 United States Nancy Kerrigan East Germany Evelyn Großmann Hungary Tamara Téglássy
1989 Canada Josée Chouinard East Germany Tanja Krienke United States Holly Cook
1990 No competition held
1991 United States Nicole Bobek Canada Tanya Bingert Czechoslovakia Kateřina Beránková
1992 Russia Tatiana Rachkova Canada Nancy Lemieux Austria Yvonne Pokorny
1993 Hungary Krisztina Czakó Germany Tanja Szewczenko Russia Olga Markova
1994 Poland Zuzanna Szwed Hungary Krisztina Czakó Russia Maria Butyrskaya
1995 Hungary Krisztina Czakó Austria Julia Lautowa Hungary Júlia Sebestyén
1996 Austria Julia Lautowa Poland Anna Rechnio United States Amber Corwin
1997 China Chen Lu United States Tonia Kwiatkowski Azerbaijan Julia Vorobieva
1998 France Laëtitia Hubert United States Amber Corwin Slovakia Zuzana Paurová
1999 United States Sarah Hughes Hungary Krisztina Czakó Hungary Júlia Sebestyén
2000 Belarus Julia Soldatova United States Deanna Stellato Poland Sabina Wojtala
2001 France Vanessa Gusméroli Hungary Júlia Sebestyén Ukraine Iryna Lukianenko
2002 Ukraine Galina Maniachenko Australia Miriam Manzano Poland Sabina Wojtala
2003 Austria Julia Lautowa Hungary Diána Póth Czech Republic Lucie Krausová
2004 Russia Viktoria Volchkova Australia Joanne Carter
2005 China Liu Yan North Korea Kim Yong-suk Luxembourg Fleur Maxwell
2006 Georgia (country) Elene Gedevanishvili United States Danielle Kahle Slovakia Radka Bártová
2007 No competition held
2008 Italy Carolina Kostner Estonia Jelena Glebova Germany Annette Dytrt

Pairs

Pairs' event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1974–95 No pairs competitions
1996
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Samantha Marchant
  • Chad Hawse
1997
1998
1999 No pairs competition
2000
2001–04 No pairs competitions
2005
2006 No pairs competition
2007 No competition held
2008 No pairs competition

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists
Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1974 No ice dance competition
1975
  • Poland
  • Ewa Kołodziej
  • Tadeusz Góra
  • United Kingdom
  • Pauline Gee
  • Richard Morris
1976
  • United Kingdom
  • Denise Best
  • David Dagnell
  • Austria
  • Claudia Koch
  • Roland Schranz
1977–86 No ice dance competitions
1987
1988
  • Hungary
  • United States
1989
  • Soviet Union
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Monika Mandiková
  • Oliver Pekar
  • Canada
  • Penny Mann
  • Richard Perkins
1990 No competition held
1991
  • United States
  • France
  • Pascale Vrot
  • David Quinsac
  • Canada
  • Isabelle Labossière
  • Mitchell Gould
1992
  • Canada
  • Dara Bailey
  • Rock Lemay
1993
  • France
  • Nathalie Gillet
  • Oliver Lores
  • United Kingdom
1994
  • United Kingdom
  • Michelle Fitzgerald
  • Vincent Kyle
  • France
  • Agnès Jacquemard
  • Alexis Gayet
1995
1996
  • France
1997
1998
1999
2000 No ice dance competition
2001
2002
2003
  • United States
2004 No ice dance competition
2005
2006
2007 No competition held
2008
  • United States
  • Charlotte Maxwell
  • Nick Traxler

References

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