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The Bofrost Cup on Ice was an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by the German Ice Skating Union (Template:Langx). The first iteration was held in 1986 in Frankfurt. When the ISU launched the Champions Series (later renamed the Grand Prix Series) in 1995, the German competition – then called the Nations Cup – was one of the five qualifying events. It remained a Grand Prix event until 2002, after which point it was supplanted by the Cup of China. This event was held under several names, including the Fujifilm Trophy and the Sparkassen Cup on Ice. The last installment of this competition took place in 2004.

Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters earned points based on their results at the qualifying competitions each season, and the top skaters or teams in each discipline were invited to then compete at the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final. Evgeni Plushenko of Russia holds the record for winning the most Bofrost Cup on Ice titles in men's singles (with four), while Maria Butyrskaya of Russia holds the record in women's singles (with three). Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer of Germany hold the record in pair skating (with four), while Anjelika Krylova and Oleg Ovsyannikov of Russia hold the record in ice dance (with four).

History

Beginning with the 1995–96 season, the International Skating Union (ISU) launched the Champions Series – later renamed the Grand Prix Series – which, at its inception, consisted of five qualifying competitions and the Champions Series Final. This allowed skaters to perfect their programs earlier in the season, as well as compete against the skaters with whom they would later compete at the World Championships.[1] This series also provided the viewing public with additional televised skating, which had been in demand.[1] The five qualifying competitions during the inaugural season were the 1995 Nations Cup, the 1995 NHK Trophy, the 1995 Skate America, the 1995 Skate Canada, and the 1995 Trophée de France.[2] Skaters earned points based on their results in their respective competitions and the top skaters or teams in each discipline were invited to compete at the 1995–96 Champions Series Final.[1]

The inaugural competition – the 1986 Fujifilm Trophy – was held in Frankfurt. Petr Barna of Czechoslovakia won the men's event, Dianne Takeuchi of Canada won the women's event, Melanie Gaylor and Lee Barkell of Canada won the pairs event, and Lia Trovati and Roberto Pelizzola of Italy won the ice dance event.[3] From 1986 to 1987, the competition was known as the Fujifilm Trophy. There was no event held in 1988. In 1989, the competition – now known as the Nations Cup – moved to Gelsenkirchen, where it remained for the entirety of its run. In 1998, the competition changed its name to the Sparkassen Cup on Ice, and in 2002, it again changed its name, this time to the Bofrost Cup on Ice, in recognition of its sponsor, the frozen foods company Bofrost.

In 2003, the Bofrost Cup on Ice lost its spot in the Grand Prix series after the Chinese Skating Association reached a more lucrative television contract with the ISU, and the Cup of China replaced it on the schedule.[4] Reinhard Mirmseker, then-president of the German Ice Skating Union, tried to convince the ISU that rather than stripping the rights to a Grand Prix event from Germany, they should hold a seventh Grand Prix event instead, or perhaps rotate the sixth event among the nations of Europe, but those suggestions were turned down.[4]

Despite losing its spot in the Grand Prix series, the German Ice Skating Union continued to stage the competition anyway, but with a unique format. In lieu of the usual short programs, singles skaters competed in a jumping event, where each skater performed a particular jump or jump combination in a round-robin format and were scored by a panel of judges. After each skater received their score, they had the option of either keeping it, or risk performing the jump again for a potential higher score. Skaters with the lowest average scores were eliminated in each round.[4] Carolina Kostner of Italy praised the format of the event: "This competition was very cool. Every skater had a second chance."[4] Likewise, Joannie Rochette of Canada stated: "This competition is really good. It's exciting and thrilling. I like the combination of a jump competition with a free program."[4] The comparable event for pair teams involved performing throw jumps, side-by-side jumps, and lifts in the same competitive format. Ice dance teams performed their original dances as they would have at a normal competition.[4] All skaters and teams performed their free skates or free dances for the second half of the competition. Although this new format was well received, and the German Ice Skating Union had hoped to continue it as an annual invitational event,[4] the Bofrost Cup on Ice did not continue after 2004.

Medalists

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Men's singles

Men's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1986 Frankfurt Template:Flagicon Petr Barna Template:Flagicon Alessandro Riccitelli Template:Flagicon Zhang Shubin [3]
1987 Template:Flagicon Christopher Bowman Template:Flagicon Vladimir Petrenko Template:Flagicon Makoto Kano [5]
1988 No competition held
1989 Gelsenkirchen Template:Flagicon Petr Barna Template:Flagicon Viktor Petrenko Template:Flagicon Paul Wylie [6]
1990 Template:Flagicon Kurt Browning Template:Flagicon Todd Eldredge Template:Flagicon Ronny Winkler [7]
1991 Template:Flagicon Mark Mitchell Template:Flagicon Mirko Eichhorn Template:Flagicon Daniel Weiss [8]
1992 Template:Flagicon Todd Eldredge Template:Flagicon Alexei Urmanov Template:Flagicon Viacheslav Zagorodniuk [9]
1993 Template:Flagicon Viktor Petrenko Template:Flagicon Scott Davis Template:Flagicon Sébastien Britten [10]
1994 Template:Flagicon Elvis Stojko Template:Flagicon Shepherd Clark Template:Flagicon Dmitri Dmitrenko [11]
1995 Template:Flagicon Viacheslav Zagorodniuk Template:Flagicon Alexei Urmanov Template:Flagicon Todd Eldredge [12]
1996 Template:Flagicon Alexei Urmanov Template:Flagicon Dmitri Dmitrenko Template:Flagicon Alexei Yagudin [13]
1997 Template:Flagicon Elvis Stojko Template:Flagicon Igor Pashkevich Template:Flagicon Alexander Abt [14]
1998 Template:Flagicon Alexei Yagudin Template:Flagicon Alexander Abt Template:Flagicon Andrejs Vlascenko [15]
1999 Template:Flagicon Evgeni Plushenko Template:Flagicon Guo Zhengxin Template:Flagicon Matthew Savoie [16]
2000 Template:Flagicon Timothy Goebel Template:Flagicon Li Chengjiang [17]
2001 [18]
2002 Template:Flagicon Alexander Abt [19]
2003 Template:Flagicon Stefan Lindemann Template:Flagicon Jeffrey Buttle Template:Flagicon Silvio Smalun [20]
2004 Template:Flagicon Ben Ferreira Template:Flagicon Matthew Savoie [21]

Women's singles

Women's event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1986 Frankfurt Template:Flagicon Dianne Takeuchi Template:Flagicon Fu Caishu Template:Flagicon Cornelia Renner [3]
1987 Template:Flagicon Midori Ito Template:Flagicon Jill Trenary Template:Flagicon Natalia Gorbenko [5]
1988 No competition held
1989 Gelsenkirchen Template:Flagicon Tonya Harding Template:Flagicon Marina Kielmann Template:Flagicon Patricia Neske [6]
1990 Template:Flagicon Kristi Yamaguchi Template:Flagicon Evelyn Großmann Template:Flagicon Karen Preston [7]
1991 Template:Flagicon Nancy Kerrigan Template:Flagicon Marina Kielmann Template:Flagicon Laëtitia Hubert [8]
1992 Template:Flagicon Surya Bonaly Template:Flagicon Tanya Bingert Template:Flagicon Marina Kielmann [9]
1993 Template:Flagicon Tanja Szewczenko Template:Flagicon Oksana Baiul Template:Flagicon Rena Inoue [10]
1994 Template:Flagicon Marina Kielmann Template:Flagicon Elena Liashenko Template:Flagicon Tanja Szewczenko [11]
1995 Template:Flagicon Michelle Kwan Template:Flagicon Maria Butyrskaya Template:Flagicon Nicole Bobek [12]
1996 Template:Flagicon Irina Slutskaya Template:Flagicon Tara Lipinski Template:Flagicon Vanessa Gusmeroli [13]
1997 Template:Flagicon Tanja Szewczenko Template:Flagicon Irina Slutskaya Template:Flagicon Elena Liashenko [14]
1998 Template:Flagicon Elena Sokolova Template:Flagicon Yulia Lavrenchuk Template:Flagicon Maria Butyrskaya [15]
1999 Template:Flagicon Maria Butyrskaya Template:Flagicon Elena Liashenko Template:Flagicon Irina Slutskaya [16]
2000 Template:Flagicon Sarah Hughes Template:Flagicon Tatiana Malinina [17]
2001 Template:Flagicon Yoshie Onda Template:Flagicon Angela Nikodinov [18]
2002 Template:Flagicon Yoshie Onda Template:Flagicon Fumie Suguri Template:Flagicon Susanna Pöykiö [19]
2003 Template:Flagicon Joannie Rochette Template:Flagicon Susanna Pöykiö Template:Flagicon Júlia Sebestyén [20]
2004 Template:Flagicon Jane Bugaeva Template:Flagicon Constanze Paulinus Template:Flagicon Annie Bellemare [21]

Pairs

Pairs event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1986 Frankfurt Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [3]
1987 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [5]
1988 No competition held
1989 Gelsenkirchen Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [6]
1990 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [7]
1991 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [8]
1992 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [9]
1993 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [10]
1994 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [11]
1995 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [12]
1996 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [13]
1997 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [14]
1998 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [15]
1999 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [16]
2000 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [17]
2001 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [18]
2002 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [19]
2003 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [20]
2004 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [21]

Ice dance

Ice dance event medalists
Year Location Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1986 Frankfurt Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [3]
1987 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [5]
1988 No competition held
1989 Gelsenkirchen Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [6]
1990 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [7]
1991 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [8]
1992 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [9]
1993 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [10]
1994 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [11]
1995 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [12]
1996 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [13]
1997 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [14]
1998 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [15]
1999 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [16]
2000 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [17]
2001 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [18]
2002 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [19]
2003 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [20]
2004 Template:FS skater Template:FS skater Template:FS skater [21]

Records

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Discipline Most titles
Skater(s) No. Years Ref.
Men's singles Template:FS skater 4 1999–2002 [22]
Women's singles Template:FS skater 3 1999–2001 [23]
Pairs Template:FS skater 4 1992;
1994;
1996–97 		[9][11][13][14]
Ice dance Template:FS skater 4 1995–98 [24][9]
Template:FS skaterTemplate:Efn 5 1992;
1995–98

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Cumulative medal count

Men's singles

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Women's singles

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Pairs

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Ice dance

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Total medals

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References

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