The way they were

[vivika1982]

Cute pictures of Marie-France Dubreuil and her first partner Bruno Yvars
http://www.hebdosregionaux.ca/monter...rance-dubreuil

“Hopes interrupted” or young talented skaters and junior champions who had the misfortune or the privilege to compete with great skaters and chose another path.
Angelika Kirkhmaier & Dmitri Lagutin-1989
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...NNeXiyI#t=223s
Evgenia Chernysheva and Dmitri Sukhanov-1988
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLtfP0ghBqY
Ilona Melnichenko and Gennady Kaskov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn2RxKgQ2zo
Irina Antsiferova with Maksim Sevastianov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqOjy2WM6GE
with Oleg Granenov
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAAZFAc1wxg
Marina Pestova and Stanislav Leonovich
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpOD0foer4A

In addition documentary “On the way to Olympics” from 1987 about Gordeeva/Grinkov with threir young coach S.Leonovich (and if I’m not mistaken Marina Zueva)
http://www.gordeeva.com/media/tv-sho...ics_1987.shtml
and a glimpse of young Stanislav Zhuk in documentary”Pervye”(The First) abdout Irina Rodnina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...UOTeeE#t=1088s

[lulu]

Mishkutenok & Dmitriev at the 1989 European Championships skating to "Entrance of the Gladiators"
http://youtu.be/jMKZ7H_fWiA

[lulu]

M&D's 1988 Short Program: http://youtu.be/FDdZj-YAYc8
Although they formed their partnership in 1986, this performance is the oldest one that I've seen.

They would keep this routine for two years in a row, skating the same program for the 1988-1989 season as well.

[vivika1982]

Thank you for M&D videos lulu.

Jacqueline du Bief in 1957
http://boutique.ina.fr/video/CPF8663...u-bief.fr.html

Jacqueline Vaudecrane in documentary from 1965 ft. Alain Calmat
http://www.ina.fr/sport/sports-d-hiv...-monde.fr.html

Sophie Moniotte and Pascal Lavanchy at1987 JWC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GZYfJDacRI

[vivika1982]

Elene Gedevanishvili @ 2004 Jr Worlds
http://svideo.ge/?v=NljOAddYjMGlAMeiaQu09QZOk

[Nours]

I don't know if it's already been posted but here is Martin Simecek with his previous partner Andrea Barnova-Juklova at 1988 euro & 1989 worlds

1988 Euro OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIozWO0DwMw&list=UL

1988 Euro FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQEmBfffKa0&list=UL

1989 Worlds OD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0hd4kSS830&list=UL

1989 Worlds FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIBmzY0jiok&list=UL

Their CDs are also on the account as well as two short training sessions from her together with Palluel ! I knew he tried to find a new partner after Dominique Yvon's injury but I never seen him again on the ice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5YPkLdUay4&list=UL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhJ5MMCx_PY&list=UL

[vivika1982]

Anna Jurkiewicz-Polish figure skating champion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbb1oUNMKwY

[vivika1982]

Gundola (Gundi) Busch - 1939 or 1940 ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=h4Y-CFGRqrw
and in 1954
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwqubGMkSno

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundi_Busch

[Cachoo]

Gawd, what I'd give to have Krylova's legs---she was so elegant on ice.

[skatesindreams]

Gundola (Gundi) Busch - 1939 or 1940 ?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=h4Y-CFGRqrw
and in 1954
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwqubGMkSno

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundi_Busch

Thanks, vivika!
I'd never seen her before.

[vivika1982]

Brandon Mroz(15 years) 2006 JGP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSpa7AwkVQI

[Katarzyna]

Vivika1982 and everybody else who posted clips here – thank you so much for them.
Vivika1982 you in particular deserve a medal for discovering all these clips!

Here are a few more:
Viacheslav Zagorodniuk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o44lGKNTFpY (Junior Worlds 1998, LP)
Viktoria Volchkova: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jniy2CbyaAA (Goodwill Games 1998, SP – competing on her 16th Birthday)
Ksenia Makarova: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wy1qleWyNo (SP at local Russian Skating Competition in 2008)

[Vash01]

Midori Ito at age 10 (in 1980) at NHK Trophee Lalique:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLtdloG-_So

Midori Ito at age 11 (in 1981):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wf0JNFjhW4

and at age 14 (in 1984- Jr. worlds)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmJ2LjC9vEg

1984 Skate Canada:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ahr-qVj7_E

Midori at 1986 worlds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4oZ-Judbac

[Vash01]

Gordeeva-Grinkov 1983 SP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AeOkEdvTQc

1985 Skate Canada SP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNdVXsz0Kd0

[Vash01]

Maria Petrova-Anton Sikharulidze

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_kO98lcjDo

[vivika1982]

Thank you for the videos Katarzyna and Vash01
20-21 years old Minoru Sano-1976 WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Ym1VEKUbg
and @ 1977 WC where he won the first medal(bronze)in male competition for Japan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZ5qaY92LSs

[vivika1982]

From the figure skating archives

1952 OG Richard Button ,Hellmut Seibt, James Grogan, Alain Giletti, Jeannette Altwegg,Tenley Albright, Jacqueline du Bief
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...TR9ILWo#t=407s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...-98Ty8w#t=279s
(We already have those two videos on page 6 but i forgot to mention the rest of the skaters.)

Manfred Schelldorfer,Alain Calmat and 14 years old Scott Allen-1964WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lR-m...tailpage#t=78s


Felix Kaspar, Liselotte Landbeck-1935
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/ca...e-camera-no-20

[skatesindreams]

Manfred Schelldorfer,Alain Calmat and 14 years old Scott Allen-1964WC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lR-m...tailpage#t=78s

Thanks, vivika!
Footage from 1964 is very hard to find.

[vivika1982]

Elaine Zayak @ 1980 US Championship-14 years old
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNB3las_0Wk

another one childhood pictures and and interesting story about why she start skating
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...YXLyMEg#t=369s

[Nours]

http://www.ina.fr/video/AFE04002058/...stique.fr.html

The first time I saw this video they had no clue what it was. Now they write 1949 just not knowing the competition. I'm pretty sure it's a coverage from 1949 worlds in Paris. Because :

-this is the french national audiovisual institute website, so they have only event held in France
-Vrzanova outfit (the one from 1950 worlds is clearly different)
-Button not landing his 3 loop (so it's not 1952 worlds in Paris)
-combo winner of Button, Vraznova & the hungarian pair couple only happened there + Hungarians costume.
-Du Bief is still clearly young & her costume doesn't match what I saw from her from 1950-1952.

If someone has better clues or know what competition it was, please tell us. If you can identify the other pairs couples, please do too. I could manage only the Hungarians.

There's more on the website, mainly Calmat & Vaudecrane fluff & interview + some figures. I'll try to post them too.