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1979 European Figure Skating Championships

figure skating competition

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 6, 2025
Entity authorityQ1318322 ↗
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The 1979 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia from January 30 to February 4. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

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The public source identifies “1979 European Figure Skating Championships” as figure skating competition. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around European, Figure and Skating.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with European, Figure and Skating providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1979 European Figure Skating Championships” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.