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1997 World Figure Skating Championships

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Type:
  
ISU Championship

Season:
  
1996–97

Venue:
  
Date:
  
March 16 – 23

Location:
  

The 1997 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the CIG de Malley in Lausanne, Switzerland on March 16–23. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing.

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Men

1994 Olympic champion Alexei Urmanov withdrew with a groin injury.

Stojko became the first skater to win a world title with a successful 4T-3T.

Referee:

  • Britta Lindgren
  • Assistant Referee:

  • Katsuichiro Hisanaga
  • Judges:

  • Marie Reine le Gougne  France
  • Agnes Morvai  Hungary
  • Sally Rehorick  Canada
  • Sviatoslav Babenko  Russia
  • George Iashvili  Georgia
  • Zoya Yordanova  Bulgaria
  • Paula Naughton  United States
  • Daniela Cavelli  Italy
  • Sissy Krick  Germany
  • Substitute judge:

  • Merja Kosonen  Finland
  • Ladies

    Referee:

  • Sally-Anne Stapleford
  • Assistant Referee:

  • Hely Abbondati
  • Judges:

  • Josette Betsch  France
  • Alexander Pentchev  Bulgaria
  • Maria Zuchowicz  Poland
  • Christa Gunsam  Austria
  • Judit Fürst-Tombor  Hungary
  • Jan Hoffmann  Germany
  • Gloria Morandi  Italy
  • Hisashi Yoshikawa  Japan
  • Adriana Domanska  Slovakia
  • Substitute judge:

  • Bettina Meier   Switzerland
  • Pairs

    Referee:

  • Walburga Grimm
  • Assistant Referee:

  • Markus German
  • Judges:

  • Frank Parsons  Australia
  • Ulf Denzer  Germany
  • Debbie Islam  Canada
  • Alexei Shirshov  Belarus
  • Marina Sanaya  Russia
  • Anna Sierocka  Poland
  • Ubavka Novakovic-Kytinoy  Greece
  • Laura McNair  United Kingdom
  • Lucy J. Brennan  United States
  • Substitute judge:

  • Evgenia Bogdanova  Azerbaijan
  • Ice dancing

    Referee:

  • Wolfgang Kunz
  • Assistant Referee:

  • Roland Wehinger
  • Judges:

  • Robert Horen  United States
  • Gilles Van Den Broeck  France
  • Halina Gordon-Poltorak  Poland
  • John Greenwood  Canada
  • Irina Absaliamova  Belarus
  • Isabella Micheli  Italy
  • Evgenia Karnolska  Bulgaria
  • Mary Parry  United Kingdom
  • Heide Maritczak  Austria
  • Substitute judge:

  • Sumiko Kobayashi  Japan
  • References

    1997 World Figure Skating Championships Wikipedia