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Nebelhorn Trophy
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The Nebelhorn Trophy is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the German Ice Skating Union (German: Deutsche Eislauf-Union) and held in Oberstdorf, Germany. The competition debuted in 1969 and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain. When the ISU launched the ISU Challenger Series in 2014, the Nebelhorn Trophy was one of the inaugural competitions. The Nebelhorn Trophy has been a Challenger Series every year since. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance; and as part of the Challenger Series, skaters earn ISU World Standing points based on their results.
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Nobunari Oda of Japan holds the record for winning the most Nebelhorn Trophy titles in men's singles (with three). Four skaters are tied for winning the most titles in women's singles (with two each): Alissa Czisny of the United States, Carolina Kostner of Italy, Kaetlyn Osmond of Canada, and Irina Slutskaya of Russia. Two teams are tied for winning the most titles in pair skating (with four each): Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia, and Aljona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of German, although Savchenko has won an additional two titles with other partners. Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain hold the record in ice dance (with three).
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The Nebelhorn Trophy competition has been held annually since 1969 and is one of the oldest international figure skating competitions. In its early years, it was paired with a now-defunct French event, the Grand Prix International St. Gervais, 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. International Figure Skating called the event "unique" because skaters are also awarded trophies along with their medals.
In recent years, the Nebelhorn Trophy has also been used by the International Skating Union to experiment with new judging and scoring systems for figure skating. The 1997 competition was used as the test event for the switch from the ordinal system, the 2002 event was used for an initial test of the ISU Judging System which was then under development, and the 2003 event was the first competition where that system was used to determine the official results. The 2006 event was used for a trial of using separate panels of judges for technical elements and program components. The competition also serves as a testing ground for judges working towards international status.
The 2009 competition was used as the final qualifying opportunity for the 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2013 event served the same purpose for the 2014 Olympics and the 2018 Olympics.
The ISU Challenger Series was introduced in 2014. It is a series of international figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union and organized by ISU member nations. The objective is to ensure consistent organization and structure within a series of international competitions linked together, providing opportunities for senior-level skaters to compete at the international level and also earn ISU World Standing points.[1] The Nebelhorn Trophy has been a Challenger Series event every year since. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 Nebelhorn Trophy did take place, but with extensive social distancing guidelines and procedures for the athletes and coaches in attendance, and without spectators.[2] The 2025 Nebelhorn Trophy is scheduled to take place 25–27 September in Oberstdorf.[3]
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The 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy champions: Sōta Yamamoto of Japan (men's singles); Elyce Lin-Gracey of the United States (women's singles); Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin of Germany (pair skating); and Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson of Great Britain (ice dance)
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