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Historical Results From The Novarat Trophy

In the 1980's, Hungary's Novarat Trophy (Népstadion-Novarat Kupa) played host to a who's who of figure skating talent, including Olympic Medallists Brian Boitano, Brian Orser, Nancy Kerrigan and Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall. The event was later reimagined in the 1990's as Pentacup International, Hungary's event in the first Junior Grand Prix Series during the 1997/1998 season. On this page, you will find detailed results from the event's first incarnation.

Poster for the Novarat Trophy, an international figure skating competition in Budapest, Hungary
Photo courtesy Múzeum Antikvárium

1985 DANUBIUS THERMAL TROPHY (Budapest, Hungary, October 31-November 3, 1985)

Men:

1. Angelo D'Agostino (USA)
2. Yuri Bureiko (SOV)
3. Laurent Depouilly (FRA)
4. Brad MacLean (CAN)
5. Daniel Weiss (FRG)
6. James Cygan (USA)
7. Hiroshi Sugiyama (JPN)
8. Dmitri Gromov (SOV)
9. András Száraz (HUN)
10. Andrzej Strzelec (POL)
11. Tomislav Čižmešija (YUG)
12. Imre Raabe (HUN)
13. Cornel Gheorghe (ROM)

Women:

1. Yvonne Gomez (USA)
2. Izumi Aotani (JPN)
3. Sachie Yuki (JPN)
4. Susanne Bohring (FRG)
5. Tamara Téglássy (HUN)
6. Julie Brault (CAN)
7. Florence Copp (FRA)
8. Christine Dekitsch (AUT)
9. Judit Szalay (HUN)
10. Beatrice Gelmini (ITA)
11. Metka Hladin (YUG)
12. Rita Barath (HUN)
13. Grety Marton (ROM)
14. Elizabeth Levi (BUL)

Ice Dance: 

1. Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin (SOV)
2. Klára Engi and Attila Tóth (HUN)
3. Lois Luciani and Russ Witherby (USA)
4. Stefania Calegari and Pasquale Camerlengo (ITA)
5. Erica Davenport and Mark Mitchell (USA)
6. Elizabeth Coates and Alan Abretti (GRB)
7. Sabine and Stefan Kern (FRG)
8. Kinga Wertan and Janos Demeter (HUN)
9. Sophie Micoulloud and Christophe Hautier (FRA)
10. Kaoru and Kenji Takino (JPN)

1986 NOVARAT TROPHY (Budapest, Hungary, October 30-November 2, 1986)

Men:

1. Brian Orser (CAN)
2. Doug Mattis (USA)
3. Mark Mitchell (USA)
4. Thomas Wieser (FRG)
5. Falko Kirsten (GDR)
6. Gurgen Vardanjan (SOV)
7. András Száraz (HUN)
8. Andrzej Strzelec (POL)
9. Ralph Burghart (AUT)
10. Cornel Gheorghe (ROM)
11. Yaichi Yamazaki (JPN)
12. Tomislav Čižmešija (YUG)
13. Pavel Vanco (CZE)
14. Imre Raabe (HUN)
15. Stephen Carr (AUS)
16. Jari Rauppi (FIN)
WD. Fernand Fédronic (FRA)

Women:

1. Cindy Bortz (USA)
2. Charlene Wong (CAN)
3. Tonia Kwiatkowski (USA)
4. Iveta Voralová (CZE)
5. Marina Tweritinova (SOV)
6. Tamara Téglássy (HUN)
7. Birgit Kuss (FRG)
8. Masako Kato (JPN)
9. Mirella Gawłowska (POL)
10. Paola Tosi (ITA)
11. Rita Barath (HUN)
12. Elina Hanninen (FIN)
13. Daniela Sarafidis (AUT)
14. Eva Plaszko (HUN)
15. Vojislav Popovic (YUG)
16. Anca Cristecu (ROM)

Ice Dance:

1. Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall (CAN)
2. Klára Engi and Attila Tóth (HUN)
3. Larisa Fedorinova and Evgeni Platov (SOV)
4. Susie Wynne and Joseph Druar (USA)
5. Michela Malingambi and Andrea Gilardi (ITA)
6. Andrea Juklová and Martin Šimeček (CZE)
7. Andrea Weppelmann and Henryk Schamberger (FRG)
8. Danielle Biss and David Crofts (GRB)
9. Sophie Micoulloud and Christophe Hautier (FRA)
10. Monica McDonald and Rodney Clarke (USA)
11. Kinga Wertan and Janos Demeter (HUN)
12. Małgorzata Grajcar and Jarosław Loba (POL)
13. Éva Száraz and László Partos (HUN)
14. Susanna Peltola and Kim Jacobson (FIN)
15. Syoko Higashino and Tatsuro Matsumura (JPN)
16. Johanna Elfving and Pontus Krantz (SWE)
WD. Renée Roca and Donald Adair (USA)

1987 NOVARAT TROPHY (Budapest, Hungary, November 19-22, 1987)

Men:

1. Brian Boitano (USA)
2. Cameron Medhurst (AUS)
3. Neil Paterson (CAN)
4. András Száraz (HUN)
5. Ronny Winkler (GDR)
6. Ralph Burghart (AUT)
7. Przemysław Noworyta (POL)
8. Cornel Gheorghe (ROM)
9. Tatsuya Fuiji (JPN)
10. Imre Raabe (HUN)
11. Michael Huth (GDR)
12. Jaroslav Suchý (CZE)
13. Péter Kovács (HUN)
14. Boiko Aleksiev (BUL)

Women:

1. Tracey Damigella (USA)
2. Carola Wolff (FRG)
3. Evelyn Grossmann (GDR)
4. Tamara Téglássy (HUN)
5. Željka Čižmešija (YUG)
6. Marcela Kochollová (CZE)
7. Yvonne Pokorny (AUT)
8. Mirella Gawłowska (POL)
9. Sabine Contini (ITA)
10. Tracy-Lee Brook (AUS)
11. Masako Kawai (JPN)
12. Susanne Seger (SWE)
13. Mateja Aubrecht (YUG)
14. Eva Plaszko (HUN)
15. Codruta Moiseanu (ROM)
16. Petya Gavazova (BUL)

Ice Dance:

1. Klára Engi and Attila Tóth (HUN)
2. Ilona Melnichenko and Gennadi Kaskov (SOV)
3. Stefania Calegari and Pasquale Camerlengo (ITA)
4. Karyn and Rod Garossino (CAN)
5. Honorata Górna and Andrzej Dostatni (POL)
6. April Sargent and Russ Witherby (USA)
7. Sophie Moniotte and Pascal Lavanchy (FRA)
8. Krisztina Kerekes and Csaba Szentpétery (HUN)
9. Vera Zietemann and Andreas Ulmann (FRG)
10. Kinga Wertan and Janos Demeter (HUN)
11. Junko Ito and Hiroaki Tokita (JPN)

  
Ice dancers warming up at the 1988 Novarat Trophy. Video courtesy Nemzeti Audiovizuális Archívum.

1988 NOVARAT TROPHY (Budapest, Hungary, October 6-9, 1988)

Men:

1. Mark Mitchell (USA)
2. Peter Johansson (SWE)
3. Stéphane Yvars (CAN)
4. Viacheslav Zagorodniuk (SOV)
5. Alessandro Riccitelli (ITA)
6. Przemysław Noworyta (POL)
7. Mark Bachofen (SUI)
8. Péter Kovács (HUN)
9. Armin Withalm (AUT)

Women:

1. Nancy Kerrigan (USA)
2. Tamara Téglássy (HUN)
3. Kathrin Schröter (SUI)
4. Leslie White (CAN)
5. Susanne Reindl (AUT)
6. Mirella Gawłowska (POL)
7. Sabrina Moreth (AUS)
8. Assia Alexieva (BUL)
9. Mateja Aubrecht (YUG)
10. Astrid Winkelman (HOL)
11. Andrea Granitz (HUN)
12. Marta Andrella (ITA)

Ice Dance:

1. Larisa Fedorinova and Evgeni Platov (SOV)
2. Jodie Balogh and Jerod Swallow (USA)
3. Krisztina Kerekes and Csaba Szentpétery (HUN)
4. Anna Croci and Luca Mantovani (ITA)
5. Pascale Vrot and David Quinsac (FRA)
6. Kimberly Weeks and Jeff Fish (CAN)
7. Désirée Schlegel and Patrick Brecht (SUI)
8. A. Lengyel and Gábor Kolecsánszky (HUN)
9. Barbara Levinska and Andrei Sząszor (POL)


1989 NOVARAT TROPHY (Budapest, Hungary, October 12-15, 1989)

Men:

1. Viacheslav Zagorodniuk (SOV)
2. Daniel Doran (USA)
3. Ronny Winkler (GDR)
4. Elvis Stojko (CAN)
5. Yuri Tsimbaliuk (SOV)
6. Frédéric Lipka (FRA)
7. Igor Pashkevich (SOV)
8. Oula Jääskeläinen (FIN)
9. Pavel Vanco (CZE)
10. András Száraz (HUN)
11. Emanuel Ancorini (SWE)
12. Przemysław Noworyta (POL)
13. Tomislav Čižmešija (YUG)
14. Stephen Carr (AUS)
15. Armin Withalm (AUT)

Women:

1. Josée Chouinard (CAN)
2. Tanja Krienke (GDR)
3. Holly Cook (USA)
4. Stéfanie Schmid (SUI)
5. Iveta Voralová (CZE)
6. Tamara Téglássy (HUN)
7. Claudia Unger (FRG)
8. Susanne Seger (SWE)
9. Željka Čižmešija (YUG)
10. Susanne Reindl (AUT)
11. Natalie Crothers (AUS)
12. Sandrine Goes (BEL)
13. Milena Marinovic (BUL)
14. Anita Markóczy (HUN)
15. Melanie Graupner (AUT)
16. Noémi Sarkadi (ROM)

Ice Dance:

1. Ludmila Berezova and Vladimir Fedorov (SOV)
2. Elizabeth McLean and Ari Leib (AUS)
3. Monika Mandiková and Oliver Pekár (CZE)
4. Penny Mann and Richard Perkins (CAN)
5. Christele Descolis and Ludovic Deville (FRA)
6. Katarzyna Dlugoszewska and Andrzej Sząszor (POL)
7. Saskia Stahler and Sven Authersen (FRG)
8. Monica MacDonald and Duncan Smart (AUS)
9. Aliz Veres and Gyula Szombathelyi (HUN)
10. Karin and Rolf Galle (AUT)

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