Blue Swords

For the racehorse, see Blue Swords (horse).

Blue Swords (German: Pokal der Blauen Schwerter) is an international figure skating competition organized by the Deutsche Eislauf-Union. It is usually held in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Champions of the event win the Blue Swords Trophy.

Bundesarchiv Bild 183-A1118-0002-002, Gabriele Seyfert, Eva Grozajova, Heidi Steiner

History

Blue Swords began as a senior international competition in East Germany, and was held annually between 1961 and 1998. In 1985, it became a junior-level event.^[1] Since 1997, it is chosen in some years by the International Skating Union to be part of the Junior Grand Prix circuit.

The German name for the event is "Pokal der Blauen Schwerter", referring to the blue swords trademark of Meissen porcelain. The Blue Sword Trophy is made of that porcelain.

Senior results

Men's singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1961	Bodo Bockenauer
1962	Bodo Bockenauer	Károly Ujlaky	Valeri Meshkov
1963	Ralph Borghard
1964	Robert Dureville	Ondrej Nepela	Günter Zöller
1965	Ralph Borghard	Robert Dureville	Günter Zöller
1966	Günter Zöller	Marian Filc	Reinhard Ketterer
1967	Günter Zöller	Vladimir Kurenbin	Günter Anderl
1968	Günter Zöller	Valeri Meshkov	Vladimir Kurenbin
1969	Günter Zöller	Vladimir Kovalev	Jan Hoffmann
1970	Jan Hoffmann	Igor Bobrin	Ralf Richter
1971	Jan Hoffmann	Bernd Wunderlich	Michael Glaubitz
1972	Jan Hoffmann	Bernd Wunderlich	Konstantin Kokora
1973	Jan Hoffmann	Igor Bobrin	Ronald Koppelent
1974	Konstantin Kokora	Bernd Wunderlich	Hermann Schulz
1975	Jan Hoffmann	Andrei Yablokov	Mario Liebers
1976	Konstantin Kokora	Mario Liebers	Gilles Beyer
1977	Mario Liebers	Joachim Ehmann	Gerald Schranz
1978	Hermann Schulz	Heiko Fischer	Torsten Ohlow
1979	Jan Hoffmann	Mario Liebers	Norbert Schramm
1980	Grzegorz Głowania	Didier Monge	Falko Kirsten
1981	Alexander König	Joachim Ehmann	Thomas Wieser
1982	Falko Kirsten	Fernand Fedronic	Didier Manaud
1983	Boris Uspenski	Falko Kirsten	Pierre Seveno

Ladies' singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1961	Gabriele Seyfert
1962	Eva Grožajová	Gabriele Seyfert	Heidemarie Steiner
1963	Gabriele Seyfert
1964	Gabriele Seyfert	Jana Mrazkova	Beate Richter
1965	Gabriele Seyfert	Beate Richter	Hilde Überlacher
1966	Gabriele Seyfert	Martina Clausner	Beate Richter
1967	Beate Richter	Martina Clausner	Sybille Stolfig
1968	Sonja Morgenstern	Eva Kriegelstein	Christine Errath
1969	Sonja Morgenstern	Simone Gräfe	Christine Errath
1970	Sonja Morgenstern	Christine Errath	Simone Gräfe
1971	Christine Errath	Anita Johansson	Marina Titova
1972	Christine Errath	Steffi Knoll	Marion Weber
1973	Christine Errath	Anett Pötzsch	Marion Weber
1974	Christine Errath	Anett Pötzsch	Marion Weber
1975	Christine Errath	Anett Pötzsch	Petra Wagner
1976	Anett Pötzsch	Marion Weber	Carola Weissenberg
1977	Natalia Strelkova	Marion Weber	Gabriela Voica
1978	Katarina Witt	Sonja Stanek	Kerstin Wolf
1979	Anett Pötzsch	Katarina Witt	Carola Weissenberg
1980	Anett Pötzsch	Svetlana Frantsuzova	Janina Wirth
1981	Katarina Witt	Anna Kondrashova	Carmen Hartfiel
1982	Janina Wirth	Petra Schruf	Kerstin Wolf
1983	Janina Wirth	Beatrice Gelmini	Marion Krause

Pairs

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1961	Renate Rössler / Klaus Wasserfuhr		Margit Senf / Peter Göbel
1962	Irene Müller / Hans Georg Dallmer	Brigitte Wokoeck / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	Tatiana Sharanova / Alexander Gorelik
1963	Brigitte Wokoeck / Heinz-Ulrich Walther
1964	Irene Müller / Hans Georg Dallmer	Renate Rössler / Klaus Wasserfuhr	Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy
1965	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	Irene Müller / Hans-Georg Dallmer	Tatiana Tarasova / Georgi Proskurin
1966	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	Renate Rössler / Klaus Wasserfuhr	Marianne Mirmsecker / Peter Göbel
1967	Heidemarie Steiner / Heinz-Ulrich Walther	Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomirov	Brigitte Weise / Michael Brychy
1968	Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomirov	Monika Heibig / Axel Salzmann	Galina Karelina / Georgi Proskurin
1969	Lyudmila Smirnova / Andrei Suraikin	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	Beatrix von Brück / Reinhard Mirmsecker
1970	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov	Marlies Radunski / Rolf Österreich
1971	Marlies Radunski / Rolf Österreich	Romy Kermer / Andreas Forner	Irina Vorobjeva / Alexander Vlasov
1972	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich	Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov
1973	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich	Marina Leonidova / Vladimir Bogolyubov
1974	Romy Kermer / Rolf Österreich	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann	Katja Schubert / Knut Schubert
1975	Manuela Groß / Uwe Kagelmann
1976	Katja Schubert / Knut Schubert	Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorff	Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann
1977	Manuela Mager / Uwe Bewersdorff	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	Galina Tairova / Alexei Golovkin
1978	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	Elena Vasyukova / Alexei Pogodin	Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann
1979	Sabine Baeß / Tassilo Thierbach	Kerstin Stolfig / Veit Kempe	Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann
1980	Inna Volyanskaya / Valery Spiridonov	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	Kornelia Hauffe / Kersten Bellmann
1981	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	Elena Kashinzeva / Alexei Pogodin	Elena Bechke / Valeri Kornienko
1982	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	Inna Volyanskaya / Valery Spiridonov	Lyudmila Koblova / Andrei Kalitin
1983	Birgit Lorenz / Knut Schubert	Babette Preußler / Tobias Schröter	Tatiana Chozko / Oleg Efimov

Ice dance

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1962	Eva-Maria Reuter / Bernd Egert
1963	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger
1964	Györgyi Korda / Pál Vásárhelyi	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	Eva-Maria Reuter / Bernd Egert
1965	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	Norma Allwelt / Michael Schmidt	Dana Novotná / Jaroslav Hainz
1966	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov	Susan Getty / Roy Bradshaw
1967	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	Fiona Hunt / Lynd Taylor
1968	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	Ilona Berecz / Istvan Sugar
1969	Lyudmila Pakhomova / Aleksandr Gorshkov	Annerose Baier / Eberhard Rüger	Tatiana Voitiuk / Viacheslav Zhigalin

Junior results

Men's singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1984	Vladimir Petrenko	Rudy Luccioni	Daniel Weiss
1985	Vladimir Petrenko	Rudy Galindo	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk	[1][2]
1986	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk	Rico Krahnert	Mirko Eichhorn
1987	Ronny Winkler	Philippe Candeloro	Elvis Stojko
1988	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Scott Davis	Mirko Eichhorn
1989	Mirko Eichhorn	Sergei Minayev	Zsolt Kerekes	[1]
1990	Dmitri Dmitrenko
1991	Konstantin Kostin	John Bevan	Patrick-Rene Reinhardt	[1][2]
1992	Evgeni Pliuta	Cyril Deplace	Patrick-Rene Reinhardt
1993	Naoki Shigematsu	Yvan Desjardins	Markus Leminen
1994	Gabriel Monnier	Jens ter Laak	Michael Hopfes	[1]
1995	Alexei Yagudin	Gabriel Monnier	David Jäschke	[1][3]
1996	Evgeni Plushenko	Timothy Goebel	Vincent Restencourt	[4][2]

Ladies' singles

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1984	Inga Gauter	Natalia Skrabnevskaya	Evelyn Großmann
1985	Natalia Gorbenko	Inga Gauter	Cornelia Renner	[1][2]
1986	Inga Gauter	Tanja Krienke	Alina Pisarenko
1987	Karen Preston	Atsuko Suda	Kathleen Fenske
1988	Tanja Krienke	Tisha Walker	Stephanie Ferrer
1989	Robyn Petroskey	Tanja Krienke	Kaisa Kella
1990	Maria Yerdzitskaya			[1]
1991	Anna Rechnio	Stephanie Fiorito	Susanne Mildenberger	[1][2]
1992	Tanja Szewczenko	Astrid Hochstetter	Yuko Fukuya
1993	Inna Zayets	Kateřina Beránková	Astrid Hochstetter
1994	Tara Lipinski	Yulia Lavrenchuk	Masayo Oishi	[1]
1995	Sydne Vogel	Elena Pingacheva	Fumie Suguri	[1][3]
1996	Elena Pingacheva	Angela Nikodinov	Veronika Dytrt	[4][2]

Pairs

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1984	Irina Mironenko / Dmitri Shkidchenko	Antje Schramm / Jens Müller	Katrin Kanitz / Alexander König
1985	Antje Schramm / Jens Müller	Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft	Ekaterina Murugova / Artem Torgashev	[1][2]
1986	Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft	Antje Schramm / Jens Müller	Irina Saifutdinova / Andrei Bardykin
1987	Inna Svetacheva / Vladimr Shapov	Mandy Hannebauer / Marno Kreft	Jodi Barnes / Rob Williams
1988	Elena Nikonova / Nikolai Apter	Sherry Ball / Christopher Bourne	Angela Caspari / Marno Kreft
1989	Elena Vlasenko / Sergei Ostriy	Aimee Offner / Brian Helgenberg	Shae-Lynn Bourne / Andrew Bertleff
1991	Natalia Krestianinova / Alexei Torchinski	Isabelle Coulombe / Bruno Marcotte	Nicole Sciarrotta / Gregory Sciarrotta
1992	Inga Korshunova / Dmitri Saveliev	Julie Laporte / David Pelletier	Nadine Pflaum / Kristian Simeunovic
1993	Silvia Dimitrov / Rico Rex	Tatiana Lazarenko / Denis Garbusov	Sophie Guestault / François Guestault
1994	Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell	Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko	Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilaev	[1]
1995	Irina Maslennikova / Konstantin Krasnenkov	Evgenia Filonenko / Igor Marchenko	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	[1][3]
1996	Maria Petrova / Teimuraz Pulin	Victoria Maxiuta / Vladislav Zhovnirski	Sabrina Lefrançois / Nicolas Osseland	[4][5][2]

Ice dance

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
1991	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński		[1][2]
1992	Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin	Iwona Filipowicz / Michał Szumski
1993	Karina Martirossian / Alexander Poddubskiy	Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo	Magali Sauri / Nicolas Salicis
1994	Olga Sharutenko / Dmitri Naumkin	Elena Piatash / Andrei Baka	Marianne Haguenauer / Romain Haguenauer	[1]
1995	Ekaterina Davydova / Roman Kostomarov	Jolanta Bury / Łukasz Zalewski	Natalia Gudina / Vitali Kurkudym	[1][3]
1996	Nina Ulanova / Michail Stifunin	Agata Błażowska / Marcin Kozubek	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler	[4][2]