1953 World Figure Skating Championships

The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion.

1953 World Figure Skating Championships
Type:ISU Championship
Date:February 8 – 15
Season:1953
Location:Davos, Switzerland
Champions
Men's singles:
Hayes Alan Jenkins
Ladies' singles:
Tenley Albright
Pair skating:
Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks
Ice dance:
Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy
Previous:
1952 World Championships
Next:
1954 World Championships

The 1953 competitions for men, ladies, pair skating, and ice dancing took place from February 8th to 15th in Davos, Switzerland.

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Hayes Alan Jenkins United States13
2 James Grogan United States16
3 Carlo Fassi Italy36
4 Ronald Robertson United States37
5 Alain Giletti France44
6 Dudley Richards United States49
7 Peter Firstbrook Canada59
8 Peter Dunfield Canada73
9 Michael Booker United Kingdom81
10 Freimut Stein West Germany88
11 Kurt Oppelt Austria102
12 Hubert Köpfler  Switzerland106
13 György Czakó Hungary115
WD Claus Loichinger West Germany

Judges:

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Tenley Albright United States7
2 Gundi Busch West Germany16
3 Valda Osborn United Kingdom28
4 Carol Heiss United States27
5 Suzanne Morrow Canada28
6 Vera Smith Canada48
7 Margaret Anne Graham United States49
8 Yvonne Sugden United Kingdom53
9 Erica Batchelor United Kingdom70
10 Ann Robinson United Kingdom74
11 Anneliese Schilhan Austria72
12 Mary Kenner Canada86
13 Norma Skevington United Kingdom83
14 Rosi Pettinger West Germany97
15 Doris Zerbe  Switzerland109
16 Margaret Dean United States112
17 Yolande Jobin  Switzerland112
18 Eszter Jurek Hungary129
19 Alida Elisabeth Stoppelman Netherlands130
WD Helga Dudzinski West Germany

Judges:

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Jennifer Nicks / John Nicks United Kingdom10.5
2 Frances Dafoe / Norris Bowden Canada16
3 Marianna Nagy / László Nagy Hungary23.5
4 Silvia Grandjean / Michel Grandjean  Switzerland24
5 Peri Horn / Raymond Lockwood United Kingdom39
6 Sissy Schwarz / Kurt Oppelt Austria43.5
7 Jean Higson / Robert Hudson United Kingdom44.5
8 Eva Szőllősy / Gabor Vida Hungary57
9 Eva Neeb / Karl Probst West Germany61
10 Charlotte Michiels / Gaston von Ghelder Belgium66

Judges:

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Places
1 Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy United Kingdom6
2 Joan Dewhirst / John Slater United Kingdom10
3 Carol Peters / Daniel Ryan United States16
4 Nesta Davies / Paul Thomas United Kingdom20
5 Virginia Hoyns / Donald Jacoby United States23
6 Lydia Boon / Aadrian van Dam Netherlands30
7 Carmel Bodel / Edward Bodel United States35
8 Albertina Brown / Nigel Brown  Switzerland42
9 Helga Binder / Edwin Fuhrich Austria45
10 Catharina Odink / Jacobus Odink Netherlands50
11 Luzzi Fischer / Rudolf Zorn Austria54
12 Luise Lehner / Hans Kutschera Austria59

Judges:

Sources

  • Result List provided by the ISU
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