1966 Prize of Moscow News

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1966 Prize of Moscow News
Date:December 15 – 18
Season:1966-67
Location:Moscow
Champions
Men's singles:
 Ondrej Nepela (TCH)
Ladies' singles:
 Martina Clausner (GDR)
Pairs:
 Tamara Moskvina / Alexei Mishin (URS)
Ice dance:
 Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin (URS)
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1967 Prize of Moscow News

The 1966 Prize of Moscow News was the first edition of an annual international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 15–18, 1966. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. Czechoslovakia's Ondrej Nepela won the men's title ahead of East Germany's Günter Zöller and the Soviet Union's Vladimir Kurenbin. Martina Clausner of East Germany defeated Hungary's Zsuzsa Szentmiklossy for the ladies' title. Soviet skaters swept the pairs' podium, led by Tamara Moskvina / Alexei Mishin. The ice dancing title was won by Soviets Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin.

Results[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Ondrej Nepela  Czechoslovakia
2 Günter Zöller  East Germany
3 Vladimir Kurenbin  Soviet Union
4 Valeri Meshkov  Soviet Union
5 Sergei Chetverukhin  Soviet Union
6 Alexander Vedenin  Soviet Union
...

Ladies[edit]

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Martina Clausner  East Germany
2 Zsuzsa Szentmiklossy  Hungary
3 Sybille Stolfig  East Germany
4 Elena Shcheglova  Soviet Union
5 Marie Vichova  Czechoslovakia
...

Pairs[edit]

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Tamara Moskvina / Alexei Mishin  Soviet Union
2 Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov  Soviet Union
3 Ludmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin  Soviet Union
4 Marianne Mirmsecker / Peter Göbel  East Germany
...

Ice dancing[edit]

Rank Name[1][2] Nation
1 Irina Grishkova / Viktor Ryzhkin  Soviet Union
2 Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger  East Germany
3 Dana Novotná / Jaroslav Hainz  Czechoslovakia
...

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "1966 Prize of Moscow News". Rudé právo Archive.
  2. ^ a b c d "1966 Prize of Moscow News". Neues Deutschland Archive.