The way they were

**sbanet** · 06-22-2012, 06:58 AM

Another Hungarian newsreel clip, although this one unfortunately has very faint sound.

1948 European Championship - Prague, Czechoslovakia

http://filmhiradok.nava.hu/watch.php?id=6652

Skater IDs and rough synopsis of the commentary:

Alena Vrzáňová (Czechoslovakia) executed a well-received program, took the bronze medal. The young pair Blažena Knittlová / Karel Vosátka, (Czechoslovakia) were a pleasant surprise, winning second place silver out of 11 competitors. Andrea Kékesy / Ede Király (Hungary) captivated the crowd and won the pairs competition. Defending 1947 Ladies World Champion Barbara Ann Scott (Canada) takes the 1948 European title. Gorgeous style of skating presented by Dick Button (United States) - almost without opponents, a high-ranking European victory.

Some competition tidbits...

The winning Hungarian pair also competed in singles - Andrea Kékesy placing 7th in Ladies and Ede Király placing 4th in the Men's comp.

Interesting Slutskaya-Butyrskaya-esque Czechoslovak rivalry between 16yr old Alena "Aja" Vrzáňová (3rd) vs. her slightly younger teammate, Jiřína Nekolová (4th) - who spent the summer training in Canada as a guest of Barbara Ann Scott. Both ladies do well at the Olympics (Nekolová 4th, Vrzáňová 5th), and 1948 Worlds (Nekolová bronze, Vrzáňová 5th.) By 1949, Vrzáňová packs a 2 Lutz and begins to dominate. During the 1950 season both emigrate. Nekolová quietly obtains political asylum while training in the UK, skating 1950 Worlds under the ISU flag. Team Vrzáňová launches a not-so-quiet defection in London right after her victory at the World Championship. Both start their pro careers and join ice revues.

**skatesindreams** · 06-22-2012, 03:33 PM

More Alena Vrzáňová aka AJA ZANOVA - Trbute by Ice Theatre of NY - narrated by her close friend Dick Button:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVwOB...eature=related

**flipforsynchro** · 06-22-2012, 07:22 PM

Michal Brezina in 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEVJzEcvfi0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsMv6aT8Yb0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiNimRJ6X_Q

**vivika1982** · 06-22-2012, 11:36 PM

Svetlana Liapina/Georgi(Gorsha) Sur-1985
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGS0ExOrIPw

Renee Roca/Donnie Adair-1983
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA0u0qaopxo

Viktoria Dimitrova 1992(She was promising skater. Bulgarian champion for few years.Died at age of 18)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKRUiyOUNRc&feature=plcp

Tatiana Volosozhar&Petro Kharchenko-2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUGrKruq2eg

Mukhortova & Trankov-2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTR5l3hEX7U

2004 JWC -EX
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYvzA5j6Rtc

Anastasia Gorshkova/Ilia Tkachenko-2005 JWC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlWNbI_ziSc

Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates 2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cv97...ure=plpp_video

Leigh Rogers & Lloyd Jones -2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1A90...ure=plpp_video

Pernelle Carron & Edouard Dezutter-2004
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETsWh...ure=plpp_video

**vivika1982** · 06-23-2012, 05:15 AM

kukkura thank you for Lepisto and Korpi videos and apology

**gkelly** · 06-23-2012, 06:06 PM

Rene Novotny with previous partner

**sbanet** · 06-24-2012, 03:58 PM

Short newsreel snippets of Freestyle Exhibition programs from 1960 Euros in Garmisch-Partenkirschen.

Featured are Men's gold medalist Alain Giletti (FRA) and pairs gold winners Marika Kilius+Hans-Jurgen Baumler (FRG)

http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ga...any/query/jive

**sbanet** · 06-24-2012, 06:36 PM

double post :O

**sbanet** · 06-24-2012, 06:37 PM

1948, Short fun clip of Valda Osbourne (GBR), Joan Lister (GBR) and Aja Vrzanova (CZE) training at the Richmond, Surrey ice ring

**vivika1982** · 06-27-2012, 05:36 AM

Thank you again sbanet.There are more rare videos in http://filmhiradok.nava.hu .

Pang/Tong-1999
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqN5ifpONE4

Takahiko Kozuka-2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMTb8_EZ-gE

Andrei Griazev-2002
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sktaXu59MOA

Samuel Conesti - 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O12HFvqJWP4

Matthews/Zavozin 2005
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvErYzwUfTM

Alena Leonova-2007 (like the performance but whoever cut the music did a messy job)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VANJ5PEeKCI

**vivika1982** · 06-27-2012, 09:43 AM

Yuka Sato-1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6rgxLTP8Ww

Jessica Mills -1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4NTWZ3G-os

Takeshi Honda=1996
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYSDr0-2VlE

Kawaguchi/Markuntsov-2001
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S2w_K8Ty44
Mao Asada -2000
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmv-Y4UWP4

**vivika1982** · 06-27-2012, 11:37 PM

18 years old Toller Cranston-1967 @0203
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVpOvRI34N4

**algonquin** · 06-28-2012, 02:24 AM

How about Joannie when she had braces?

**vivika1982** · 06-28-2012, 04:05 AM

15 years old Joannie( this is the earliest i have for her but can't tell if she still has her braces

JK)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLW3yVXJjio

Lucinda Ruh 1995-14 years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqIkPEWttVY

and another 14 years old
Elaine Zayak 1980
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNB3las_0Wk

Emi Watanabe -1975(15 years)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU2_nmW3SAc
Dagmar Lurz-1978(19 years)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-9pA6euADA

**vivika1982** · 06-29-2012, 10:59 PM

Aleksandr Fadeev-1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfEXGIegDjg

Petr Brana-1989 (23 years old but IMHO he deserves the honor)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFiCaXo5dxs

Rubleva/Shefer -2004( great team but always in someone's shadow)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtUMI9FMOJ8

I believe this was my last effort

and i want to thank everyone who posted and hopefully will post more of those great memorable moments .

**stevlin** · 06-29-2012, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by vivika1982

2001 -18 years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FTtB-IBBzM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytTarLrHyLc

Thanks for the Jeff Buttle video but the second one turns up saying :Sorry, private video:.

**vivika1982** · 06-30-2012, 12:54 AM

Originally Posted by stevlin

Thanks for the Jeff Buttle video but the second one turns up saying :Sorry, private video:.

It wasn't private earlier but here is another video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of59rPBfDlc

and small pieces of him as a child @ 0033
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTMbQ9wam_A

**sbanet** · 07-02-2012, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by vivika1982

I believe this was my last effort

and i want to thank everyone who posted and hopefully will post more of those great memorable moments .

Big thanks to you for posting all those videos from the past, and great appreciation to those who taped/captured, collected and uploaded these clips in the first place.

One last dip into the Central European figure skating vaults, a quick yet interesting glimpse of Czechoslovakia's National Figure Skating Championship, 1958. ...

http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/gall...050473_3000.do

First off, please mind the

Yank voice-over to this BBC Motion clip - recorded proof that commentators back then

could be just as obnoxious as they are now. Just Ladies and Pairs here, couldn't locate a video for the Men's comp (Karol Divín) or the Icedancers.

Ladies champion Jindra Kramperová goes on to place 5th at Euros and 17th at 1958 Worlds. Note: At that time Kramperová was (and still is) a renowned concert pianist. Here is a really nice magazine story about her from last year.

Věra Suchánková + Zdeněk Doležal, the pairs champions, win with a

creative and lively program that will bring them a second European title and a silver medal at 1958 Worlds. Note the death spiral... S+D are often credited with being the first pair to present this element in competition before the Protopopovs further refined it and presented their 3 variations.

**vivika1982** · 07-08-2012, 04:00 AM

Getting back on track with few more videos;
Nicole Bobek-1990
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYTcgbmksvs
6 years old Emily Hughes skating with Nicole Bobek-1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeSDFjOhvQ8
Jill Trenary - 1986
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Hn1EJrHlhM
Barbara Underhill & Paul Martini-1978
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP6qRyUO-9c
Maria Butryskaya -1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl9yRZOapKc
Moniotte & Lavanchy- 1987
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GZYfJDacRI
This was the earliest i was able to find for Marina and Gwendal-1993/94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnHLcJvSBs
Jean-Christophe Simond-1982
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MxNgC74_18

Rena Inoue-1992 competing as single
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Pb_7d7sb0
Rena Inoue competing in pairs with and Tomoyaki Koyama-1992
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcHcjucIWKE
and John Baldwin Jr. as single skater -1995
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYb9YQDq7qA

From the figure skating vault -Hilde Holowsky-1933
http://filmhiradok.nava.hu/watch.php?id=458

**ballettmaus** · 07-08-2012, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by vivika1982

This was the earliest i was able to find for Marina and Gwendal-1993/94
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cnHLcJvSBs

That is because they skated with different partners before. Didn't someone post an Anissina/Averbuch video previously? I thought I'd seen it around.

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