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1927 World Figure Skating Championships

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Type:
  
ISU Championship

Season:
  
1927

Location:
  
Davos, Switzerland (men) Oslo, Norway (ladies) Vienna, Austria (pairs)

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.

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The 1927 men competitions took place from February 5th to 6th in Davos, Switzerland. The 1927 ladies competitions took place from February 19th to 20th in Oslo, Norway. The 1927 pairs competitions took place from February 22nd to 23rd in Vienna, Austria.

Men

Judges:

  • Kurt Dannenberg  Germany
  • Eduard Engelmann jr.  Austria
  • Josef Fellner  Austria
  • Fritz Kachler  Austria
  • J. G. Künzli   Switzerland
  • T. D. Richardson  United Kingdom
  • Artur Vieregg  Germany

    • Ladies

    Szabo retired after she was defeated by Sonja Henie of Norway. This result was controversial because the judging panel consisted of three Norwegians, a German, and an Austrian. The three Norwegian judges placed Henie first, while the German and Austrian judges placed Szabo first.

    Judges:

  • Arne Christiansen  Norway
  • O. R. Kolderup  Norway
  • Knut Oeren Meinich  Norway
  • Walter Müller  Austria
  • Artur Vieregg  Germany

    • Pairs

    Judges:

  • Walter Jakobsson  Finland
  • Otto Maly  Czechoslovakia
  • Walter Müller  Austria
  • Max Rendschmidt  Germany
  • K. Scheibner  Austria

    • References

    1927 World Figure Skating Championships Wikipedia
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