The Karl Schäfer Memorial (also known as the Asko Cup, Vienna Cup, and Vienna Trophy) was an annual figure skating competition held in Vienna, Austria. The competition was named in honor of Karl Schäfer, an Austrian skater who was a two-time Winter Olympic gold medalist (in 1932 and 1936), seven-time world champion (1930–1936), eight-time European champion (1929–1936), and seven-time Austrian national champion (1929–1934, 1936). Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, although each discipline may not have necessarily been held every year.
The 1997 Karl Schäfer Memorial served as the final qualifying event for the 1998 Winter Olympics.
Medalists Men's singles +Men's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze No men's competitions 1978 Brian Boitano Mitsuru Matsumura Helmut Kristofics-Binder 1979 Brian Orser Christopher Howarth Vladimir Rashchiotnov 1980 Falko Kirsten Leonid Kaznakov Neil Paterson 1981 Norbert Schramm Kevin Parker Ivan Králík No men's competitions 1985 Daniel Doran Andrei Torosian Thomas Wieser 1986 Michael Slipchuk Nils Köpp András Száraz 1987 Rudy Galindo Matthew Hall Yuriy Tsymbalyuk 1988 Vyacheslav Zahorodnyuk Rico Krahnert Mark Mitchell 1989 Elvis Stojko Ronny Winkler 1990 No competition held 1991 Dmytro Dmytrenko Shepherd Clark Henrik Walentin 1992 Dmytro Dmytrenko Igor Pashkevich Konstantin Kostin 1993 Michael Chack Zsolt Kerekes Besarion Tsintsadze 1994 Rudy Galindo Ilia Kulik 1995 Daniel Hollander Patrick Meier Roman Ekimov 1996 Szabolcs Vidrai Ivan Dinev Damon Allen 1997 Daniel Hollander Anthony Liu Ivan Dinev 1998 Anthony Liu Trifun Živanović Sven Meyer 1999 Vincent Restencourt Andrejs Vlaščenko Justin Dillon 2000 Vakhtang Murvanidze Jeffrey Langdon Derrick Delmore 2001 Sergei Davydov Vakhtang Murvanidze Jeffrey Buttle 2002 Stanislav Timchenko Frédéric Dambier Trifun Živanović 2003 Frédéric Dambier Scott Smith Nicholas Young 2004 Andrei Lezin Stanick Jeannette 2005 Tomáš Verner Gregor Urbas Vakhtang Murvanidze 2006 Andrei Lutai Tomáš Verner Kristoffer Berntsson 2007 No competition held 2008 Nobunari Oda Samuel Contesti Tomáš Verner
Women's singles +Women's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 1974 Susanna Driano Sylvia Fontaine Susan McDonald 1975 Heather Kemkaran Isabel de Navarre Sonja Balun 1976 Dagmar Lurz Emi Watanabe Susan Broman 1977 Claudia Kristofics-Binder Cindy Perpich Susan McDonald 1978 Emi Watanabe Alicia Risberg 1979 Marina Ignatova Sonja Stanek Tracey Wainman 1980 Katarina Witt Andrea Rohm Cornelia Tesch 1981 Maria Causey Diane Ogibowski Myriam Oberwiler 1982 Rosanna Tovi Melissa Thomas Natalia Lebedeva 1983 Leslie Sikes Maradith Feinberg Natalia Ovchinnikova 1984 Nathalie Sasseville Marina Tveretinova Ingrid Karl 1985 Marina Tveretinova Sara MacInnes Simone Lang 1986 Tamara Téglássy Stéfanie Schmid Iveta Voralová 1987 Natalia Gorbenko Holly Cook Katrien Pauwels 1988 Nancy Kerrigan Evelyn Großmann Tamara Téglássy 1989 Josée Chouinard Tanja Krienke Holly Cook 1990 No competition held 1991 Nicole Bobek Tanya Bingert Kateřina Beránková 1992 Tatiana Rachkova Nancy Lemieux Yvonne Pokorny 1993 Krisztina Czakó Tanja Szewczenko Olga Markova 1994 Zuzanna Szwed Krisztina Czakó Maria Butyrskaya 1995 Krisztina Czakó Julia Lautowa Júlia Sebestyén 1996 Julia Lautowa Anna Rechnio Amber Corwin 1997 Chen Lu Tonia Kwiatkowski Julia Vorobieva 1998 Laëtitia Hubert Amber Corwin Zuzana Paurová 1999 Sarah Hughes Krisztina Czakó Júlia Sebestyén 2000 Julia Soldatova Deanna Stellato Sabina Wojtala 2001 Vanessa Gusméroli Júlia Sebestyén Iryna Lukianenko 2002 Galina Maniachenko Miriam Manzano Sabina Wojtala 2003 Julia Lautowa Diána Póth Lucie Krausová 2004 Viktoria Volchkova Joanne Carter 2005 Liu Yan Kim Yong-suk Fleur Maxwell 2006 Elene Gedevanishvili Danielle Kahle Radka Bártová 2007 No competition held 2008 Carolina Kostner Jelena Glebova Annette Dytrt
Pairs +Pairs' event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze No pairs competitions 1996 1997 1998 1999 No pairs competition 2000 No pairs competitions 2005 2006 No pairs competition 2007 No competition held 2008 No pairs competition
Ice dance +Ice dance event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 1974 No ice dance competition 1975 1976 No ice dance competitions 1987 1988 1989 1990 No competition held 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 No ice dance competition 2001 2002 2003 2004 No ice dance competition 2005 2006 2007 No competition held 2008
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