The
Nebelhorn Trophy is an international senior-level
figure skating competition organized by the
Deutsche Eislauf-Union and held annually in
Oberstdorf,
Germany. The competition is named after the
Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.
It is usually one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters are entered by their respective national federations and compete in four disciplines:
ladies' singles,
men's singles,
pairs, and
ice dancing. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy is presented to the team with the highest placements across all disciplines.
History
The Nebelhorn Trophy competition has been held annually since 1969 and is thus one of the oldest international figure skating competitions that is still in existence. In its early years, this competition was paired with a now-defunct French event, the
Grand Prix International St. Gervais (unrelated to the current
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating event), to form the
Coupe des Alpes, with many of the same skaters participating in both events and a team trophy presented to the country with the highest combined placements across both competitions. During the 1980s and early 1990s, before the establishment of a regular
junior international competition circuit, younger skaters were often sent to these events as their first senior international competition assignments.
In recent years, the Nebelhorn Trophy has also been used by the
International Skating Union to experiment with new judging and scoring systems for...
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