Karl Schäfer Memorial

The Karl Schäfer Memorial (other titles: Asko Cup (1987), Vienna Cup (1994), or Vienna Trophy) was a senior-level international figure skating competition held in Vienna, Austria. Medals were awarded in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

1993 Karl Schäfer Memorial Ladies Podium.

Named after Karl Schäfer, who died in April 1976, the competition was held annually, usually in the autumn, from 1974 through 2008. It formed the Donaupokal along with the Penta Cup International (also known as Novarat Trophy), an event in Budapest.^[1] The Karl Schäfer Memorial served as an Olympic qualifying competition in 1997 and 2005. It was last held in 2008.

Medalists

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979	Brian Orser	Christopher Howarth	Vladimir Rashchiotnov	[1]
1980			Neil Paterson	[1]
1981	Norbert Schramm	Kevin Parker[1]	Ivan Králík
1982
1983
1984
1985	Daniel Doran	Andrei Torosian	Thomas Wieser	[1]
1986	Michael Slipchuk	Nils Köpp	András Száraz	[1]
1987	Rudy Galindo	Matthew Hall	Yuriy Tsymbalyuk	[1]
1988	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Rico Krahnert	Mark Mitchell	[1]
1989	Viacheslav Zagorodniuk	Elvis Stojko	Ronny Winkler	[1][2]
1990
1991	Dmitri Dmitrenko	Shepherd Clark	Henrik Walentin	[1]
1992	Dmitri Dmitrenko	Igor Pashkevich	Konstantin Kostin	[1]
1993	Michael Chack	Zsolt Kerekes	Besarion Tsintsadze	[1]
1994	Rudy Galindo	Zsolt Kerekes	Ilia Kulik	[1]
1995	Daniel Hollander	Patrick Meier	Roman Ekimov	[1]
1996	Szabolcs Vidrai	Ivan Dinev	Damon Allen	[1]
1997	Dan Hollander	Anthony Liu	Ivan Dinev	[3]
1998	Anthony Liu	Trifun Zivanovic	Sven Meyer	[4][5]
1999	Vincent Restencourt	Andrejs Vlascenko	Justin Dillon	[6][7]
2000	Vakhtang Murvanidze	Jeffrey Langdon	Derrick Delmore	[8][9]
2001	Sergei Davydov	Vakhtang Murvanidze	Jeffrey Buttle	[10][11]
2002	Stanislav Timchenko	Frédéric Dambier	Trifun Zivanovic	[12]
2003	Frédéric Dambier	Scott Smith	Nicholas Young	[13]
2004	Andrei Lezin	Stanick Jeannette	Nicholas Young	[14][15]
2005	Tomáš Verner	Gregor Urbas	Vakhtang Murvanidze	[16][17][18]
2006	Andrei Lutai	Tomáš Verner	Kristoffer Berntsson	[19]
2007	No competition held
2008	Nobunari Oda	Samuel Contesti	Tomáš Verner	[20]

Ladies

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1974	Susanna Driano	Sylvia Fontaine	Susan McDonald	[1]
1975	Heather Kemkaran	Isabel de Navarre	Sonja Balun	[1]
1976
1977	Claudia Kristofics-Binder	Cindy Perpich	Susan McDonald	[1]
1978
1979	Marina Ignatova	Sonja Stanek	Tracey Wainman	[1]
1980
1981		Diane Ogibowski		[1]
1982	Rosanna Tovi	Melissa Thomas	Natalia Lebedeva	[1]
1983	Leslie Sikes	Maradith Feinberg	Natalia Ovchinnikova	[1]
1984	Nathalie Sasseville	Marina Tveretinova	Ingrid Karl	[1]
1985	Marina Tveretinova	Sara MacInnes	Simone Lang	[1]
1986	Tamara Téglássy	Stéfanie Schmid	Iveta Voralová	[1]
1987	Natalia Gorbenko	Holly Cook	Katrien Pauwels	[1]
1988	Nancy Kerrigan	Evelyn Großmann	Tamara Téglássy	[1]
1989	Josée Chouinard	Tanja Krienke	Holly Cook	[1]
1990
1991	Nicole Bobek	Tanya Bingert	Kateřina Beránková	[1]
1992	Tatiana Rachkova	Nancy Lemieux	Yvonne Pokorny	[1]
1993	Krisztina Czakó	Tanja Szewczenko	Olga Markova	[1]
1994	Zuzanna Szwed	Krisztina Czakó	Maria Butyrskaya	[1]
1995	Krisztina Czakó	Julia Lautowa	Júlia Sebestyén	[1]
1996	Julia Lautowa	Anna Rechnio	Amber Corwin	[1]
1997	Chen Lu	Tonia Kwiatkowski	Yulia Vorobieva	[3]
1998	Laetitia Hubert	Amber Corwin	Zuzana Paurova	[4][5]
1999	Sarah Hughes	Krisztina Czakó	Júlia Sebestyén	[6][7]
2000	Julia Soldatova	Deanna Stellato	Sabina Wojtala	[9][21]
2001	Vanessa Gusmeroli	Júlia Sebestyén	Iryna Lukianenko	[11][22]
2002	Galina Maniachenko	Miriam Manzano	Sabina Wojtala	[12]
2003	Julia Lautowa	Diána Póth	Lucie Krausová	[13]
2004	Viktoria Volchkova	Diána Póth	Joanne Carter	[14][15]
2005	Liu Yan	Kim Yong Suk	Fleur Maxwell	[16][17][18]
2006	Elene Gedevanishvili	Danielle Kahle	Radka Bártová	[19]
2007	No competition held
2008	Carolina Kostner	Jelena Glebova	Annette Dytrt	[20]

Pairs

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996	Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen	Olga Semkina / Andrei Chuvilaev	Samantha Marchant / Chad Hawse	[1]
1997	Olena Bilousivska / Stanislav Morozov	Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell	Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola	[3]
1998	Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell	Kateřina Beránková / Otto Dlabola	Oľga Beständigová / Jozef Beständig	[4][5]
1999	No competitors			[6][7]
2000	Laura Handy / Jonathon Hunt	Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn	Sabrina Lefrançois / Jérôme Blanchard	[9][23]
2001	No competitors			[11]
2002	No competitors			[12]
2003	No competitors			[13]
2004	No competitors			[14][15]
2005	Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov	Anabelle Langlois / Cody Hay	Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent	[16][17][18]
2006	No competitors			[19]
2007	No competition held
2008	No competitors			[20]

Ice dancing

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Details
1974
1975	Ewa Kołodziej / Tadeusz Góra	Pauline Gee / Richard Norris	Susi Handschmann / Peter Handschmann	[1]
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987	Natalia Annenko / Genrikh Sretenski	Kathrin Beck / Christoff Beck	Corinne Paliard / Didier Courtois	[1]
1988	Larisa Fedorinova / Evgeni Platov	Krisztina Kerekes / Csaba Szentpéteri	Jodi Balogh / Jerod Swallow	[1]
1989	Ludmila Berezova / Vladimir Fedorov	Monika Mandikova / Oliver Pekar	Penny Mann / Richard Perkins	[1]
1990
1991	Amy Webster / Leif Erickson	Pascale Vrot / David Quinsac	Isabelle Labossière / Mitchell Gould	[1]
1992	Dara Bailey / Rock Lemay	Olga Pershankova / Peter Tchernyshev	Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov	[1]
1993	Agnieszka Domańska / Marcin Głowacki	Nathalie Gillet / Oliver Lores	Marie James / Philip Askew	[1]
1994	Michelle Fitzgerald / Vincent Kyle	Agnes Jacquemard / Alexis Gayet	Barbara Fusar-Poli / Maurizio Margaglio	[1]
1995	Iwona Filipowicz / Michal Szumski	Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton	Allison MacLean / Konrad Schaub	[1]
1996	Olga Sharutenko / Dimitri Naumkin	Dominique Deniaud / Martial Jaffredo	Anne Chaigneau / Olivier Chapuis	[1]
1997	Tatiana Navka / Nikolai Morozov	Ekaterina Davydova / Roman Kostomarov	Galit Chait / Sergei Sakhnovski	[3]
1998	Albena Denkova / Maxim Staviski	Alia Ouabdelsselam / Benjamin Delmas	Angelika Führing / Bruno Ellinger	[4][5]
1999	Julie Keeble / Lukasz Zalewski	Aleksandra Kauc / Filip Bernadowski	Kateřina Kovalová / David Szurman	[6][7]
2000	No competitors			[9]
2001	Sylwia Nowak / Sebastian Kolasiński	Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali	Alla Beknazarova / Juri Kocherzhenko	[11][24]
2002	Marika Humphreys / Vitaliy Baranov	Emilie Nussear / Mathew Gates	Natalia Gudina / Alexei Beletski	[12]
2003	Anastasia Grebenkina / Vazgen Azroyan	Sinead Kerr / John Kerr	Hilary Gibbons / Justin Pekarek	[13]
2004	No competitors			[14][15]
2005	Margarita Drobiazko / Povilas Vanagas	Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin	Christina Beier / William Beier	[16][17][18]
2006	Oksana Domnina / Maxim Shabalin	Anastasia Platonova / Andrei Maximishin	Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre	[19]
2007	No competition held
2008	Pernelle Carron / Matthieu Jost	Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt	Charlotte Maxwell / Nick Traxler	[20]