The 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy was held on September 27–29, 2012 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf.[1][2] The event is held annually in Oberstdorf, Germany and is named after the Nebelhorn, a nearby mountain.

2012 Nebelhorn Trophy
Type:Senior International
Date:September 27 – 29
Season:2012–13
Location:Oberstdorf
Venue:Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Nobunari Oda
Ladies' singles:
Canada Kaetlyn Osmond
Pairs:
Russia Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
Ice dance:
United States Madison Chock / Evan Bates
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It is one of the first international senior competitions of the season. Skaters are entered by their respective national federations and compete in four disciplines: men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The Fritz-Geiger-Memorial Trophy is presented to the team with the highest placements across all disciplines.

Entries edit

Country Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
  Australia Mark Webster Brooklee Han
  Austria Kerstin Frank Kira Geil / Tobias Eisenbauer
  Azerbaijan Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov
  Belarus Vitali Luchanok
  Belgium Jorik Hendrickx
  Brazil Kevin Alves
Luiz Manella
Isadora Williams
  Canada Elladj Balde
Andrei Rogozine
Kaetlyn Osmond Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam
Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill
  Czech Republic Michal Březina
Tomáš Verner
Eliška Březinová Gabriela Kubová / Dmitri Kiselev
Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown
  Estonia Jelena Glebova
  Finland Valtter Virtanen Rosaliina Kuparinen
Juulia Turkkila
Nea Viiri
  France Daria Popova / Bruno Massot
Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès
Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones
Tiffany Zahorski / Alexis Miart
  Germany Paul Fentz
Peter Liebers
Sarah Hecken
Nathalie Weinzierl
Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi
  Hungary Zsuzsanna Nagy / Máté Fejes
  Israel Alexei Bychenko Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski Allison Reed / Vasili Rogov
  Italy Paolo Bacchini
Paul Bonifacio Parkinson
Carol Bressanutti Federica Bernardi / Christopher Mior
  Japan Nobunari Oda Haruka Imai Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion
  Kazakhstan Denis Ten
  Lithuania Isabella Tobias / Deividas Stagniūnas
  Luxembourg Fleur Maxwell
  Mexico Reyna Hamui
  Philippines Michael Christian Martinez
  Poland Maciej Cieplucha
  Puerto Rico Victoria Muniz
  Romania Zoltán Kelemen
  Russia Ivan Bariev
Zhan Bush
Polina Shelepen
Adelina Sotnikova
Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov
Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov
Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin
  Serbia Marina Seeh
  Slovakia Dominika Murckova Federica Testa / Lukáš Csölley
  South Africa Lejeanne Marais
  Spain Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz
  Sweden Alexander Majorov Viktoria Helgesson Ronja Roll / Gustav Forsgren
  Switzerland Romy Bühler Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost
  Ukraine Yakov Godorozha Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun
  United Kingdom Phillip Harris Charlotte Aiken / Josh Whidborne
  United States Stephen Carriere
Keegan Messing
Caroline Zhang Caydee Denney / John Coughlin
Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff
Madison Chock / Evan Bates

Results edit

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Men edit

Japan's Nobunari Oda returned from injury to win gold at Nebelhorn, while Russia's Konstantin Menshov took silver, and the United States' Keegan Messing took bronze.[3][4]

 
Men's medalists. From left: Menshov, Oda, Messing
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Nobunari Oda   Japan 233.33 1 79.64 1 153.69
2 Konstantin Menshov   Russia 212.94 2 69.30 2 143.64
3 Keegan Messing   United States 210.78 3 68.56 4 142.22
4 Stephen Carriere   United States 209.11 8 65.68 3 143.43
5 Michal Březina   Czech Republic 201.71 5 67.78 7 133.93
6 Tomáš Verner   Czech Republic 199.98 10 60.69 5 139.29
7 Denis Ten   Kazakhstan 198.39 4 67.88 8 130.51
8 Ivan Bariev   Russia 196.54 11 60.05 6 136.49
9 Andrei Rogozine   Canada 196.27 7 67.31 9 128.96
10 Peter Liebers   Germany 195.59 6 67.41 10 128.18
11 Paul Bonifacio Parkinson   Italy 179.25 12 58.93 11 120.32
12 Alexander Majorov   Sweden 175.22 9 61.55 14 113.67
13 Paolo Bacchini   Italy 175.04 13 60.69 13 118.57
14 Elladj Baldé   Canada 171.83 18 54.41 12 119.82
15 Alexei Bychenko   Israel 165.59 17 53.29 15 112.30
16 Paul Fentz   Germany 163.15 16 53.44 16 109.71
17 Maciej Cieplucha   Poland 154.95 22 47.51 17 107.44
18 Phillip Harris   United Kingdom 154.80 14 52.01 18 100.39
19 Yakov Godorozha   Ukraine 148.81 15 51.41 19 94.47
20 Zoltán Kelemen   Romania 142.10 21 48.68 20 93.42
21 Vitali Luchanok   Belarus 141.11 20 48.68 21 91.43
22 Valtter Virtanen   Finland 136.97 19 51.41 22 85.56
23 Luiz Manella   Brazil 131.96 23 47.33 23 84.63
24 Mark Webster   Australia 117.05 24 40.53 24 76.52

Ladies edit

Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond won her first senior international title, Russia's Adelina Sotnikova took the silver, and Japan's Haruka Imai won bronze.[3][4]

 
Silver medalist Adelina Sotnikova performs her short program
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kaetlyn Osmond   Canada 170.19 2 55.68 1 114.51
2 Adelina Sotnikova   Russia 168.23 1 58.48 2 109.75
3 Haruka Imai   Japan 153.64 9 47.70 3 105.94
4 Jelena Glebova   Estonia 152.36 3 54.26 4 98.10
5 Polina Shelepen   Russia 147.59 4 53.63 6 93.96
6 Viktoria Helgesson   Sweden 145.16 7 48.17 5 96.99
7 Nathalie Weinzierl   Germany 142.96 5 49.64 7 93.32
8 Brooklee Han   Australia 142.02 6 49.08 8 92.94
9 Juulia Turkkila   Finland 137.36 8 47.70 9 89.66
10 Sarah Hecken   Germany 125.66 11 43.12 11 82.54
11 Isadora Williams   Brazil 124.91 12 41.96 10 82.95
12 Caroline Zhang   United States 124.13 10 45.43 12 78.70
13 Kerstin Frank   Austria 114.35 13 41.60 16 72.75
14 Reyna Hamui   Mexico 114.03 14 40.04 15 73.99
15 Fleur Maxwell   Luxembourg 110.92 17 36.10 14 74.82
16 Eliška Březinová   Czech Republic 109.42 20 34.22 13 75.20
17 Carol Bressanutti   Italy 105.26 15 39.16 17 66.10
18 Marina Seeh   Serbia 102.68 16 37.11 18 65.57
19 Nea Viiri   Finland 99.31 19 35.02 19 64.29
20 Rosaliina Kuparinen   Finland 97.45 18 35.12 20 62.33
21 Lejeanne Marais   South Africa 91.10 22 29.64 21 61.46
22 Dominika Murckova   Slovakia 83.84 21 30.76 22 53.08

Pairs edit

Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov repeated as Nebelhorn champions, while the United States' Caydee Denney / John Coughlin took silver and France's Vanessa James / Morgan Cipres won bronze, their first international medal.[3][4] There were two withdrawals following the short program – Russia's Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov withdrew due to a recurrence of an jury to Bazarova's right hip, while Germany's Mari Vartmann picked into her right foot when she fell on a throw triple loop during the short and was unable to put on her skate the next day due to swelling.[3]

 
Pairs' medalists. From left: Denney / Coughlin, Volosozhar / Trankov, James / Ciprès
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov   Russia 196.55 1 65.24 1 131.31
2 Caydee Denney / John Coughlin   United States 178.90 2 57.29 2 121.61
3 Vanessa James / Morgan Ciprès   France 151.52 3 55.00 4 96.52
4 Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff   United States 145.35 6 43.21 3 102.14
5 Daria Popova / Bruno Massot   France 132.68 5 47.44 5 85.24
6 Danielle Montalbano / Evgeni Krasnopolski   Israel 110.31 8 34.68 6 75.63
7 Ronja Roll / Gustav Forsgren   Sweden 94.48 9 34.49 7 59.99
WD Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov   Russia 4 52.43
WD Mari Vartmann / Aaron Van Cleave   Germany 7 37.50

Ice dance edit

Madison Chock / Evan Bates of the United States won their first international title, while Julia Zlobina / Alexander Sitnikov of Azerbaijan took the silver, and Germany's Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi dropped from first after the short dance to finish third overall.[3][4]

 
Bronze medalists Zhiganshina / Gazsi perform their zombie-themed free dance
Rank Name Nation Total points SD FD
1 Madison Chock / Evan Bates   United States 147.79 2 56.97 1 90.82
2 Julia Zlobina / Alexei Sitnikov   Azerbaijan 143.59 3 56.95 2 86.64
3 Nelli Zhiganshina / Alexander Gazsi   Germany 142.00 1 59.58 5 82.42
4 Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin   Russia 139.70 4 54.92 3 84.78
5 Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam   Canada 137.92 5 54.50 4 83.42
6 Siobhan Heekin-Canedy / Dmitri Dun   Ukraine 132.61 6 54.44 6 78.17
7 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill   Canada 130.42 7 53.79 7 76.63
8 Ramona Elsener / Florian Roost   Switzerland 118.33 9 46.62 9 71.71
9 Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz   Spain 118.11 11 45.68 8 72.43
10 Lucie Myslivečková / Neil Brown   Czech Republic 117.49 8 47.73 12 69.76
11 Charlotte Aiken / Josh Whidborne   United Kingdom 116.69 10 46.12 11 70.57
12 Federica Bernardi / Christopher Mior   Italy 114.89 12 43.90 10 70.99
13 Allison Reed / Vasili Rogov   Israel 107.32 13 42.54 13 64.78
14 Emi Hirai / Marien de la Asuncion   Japan 103.50 14 41.82 14 61.68
WD Zsuzsanna Nagy / Máté Fejes   Hungary 15 41.73

References edit

  1. ^ "Nebelhorn Trophy Announcement". International Skating Union. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
  2. ^ a b "Full event protocol" (PDF). Deutsche Eislauf-Union. 2012. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 23, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d e Flade, Tatjana (September 30, 2012). "2012 Nebelhorn Trophy". Golden Skate.
  4. ^ a b c d Felton, Renee (September 29, 2012). "U.S. collects colorful medal haul from Nebelhorn". Icenetwork.

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