Terrific stuff, per usual and just wanted to thank you again for your blog, it's like crack for a skating history buff like myself and it's a great service to the sport.
To answer your question, women's and pairs events weren't officially contested at the European Championships until 1930, although there were multiple disciplines at many of the Europeans prior to that. The winners in women's and pairs (and sometimes even junior classes) just weren't recognized as European Champions. Only in five of the ten Europeans held in the thirties (1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937) were the men's, women's and pairs titles contested in the same city. Skating was such a big deal in Europe back then that it was just the norm for larger cities like Vienna and Prague and skating centers like Davos and St. Moritz to host international competitions frequently. The ISU/IEV just announced at which of these events the European titles would be contested in each discipline.
How had I never heard of him?
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Interesting read, and I love the Canadian Championship reflections (clearly
In reference to Toller, I remember reading somewhere that this was the catalyst for him to become "Toller" and work with Ellen Burka to become what we all know and love today!
FYI - there will be plenty more reflections of past Canadians coming in the future.
It was fun to read about the skating Miss Fisher too!
Thanks for this, it's been a while since I've watched the Duchesnay's Missing program and I must confess it's still my favorite program of all time in all disciplines. I still get goosebumps.
