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2013 German Figure Skating Championships

figure skating competition

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 28, 2025
Entity authorityQ4629384 ↗
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The 2013 German Figure Skating Championships (German: Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen 2013) was held on December 21–22, 2012 at the Volksbank Arena in Hamburg. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results are among the criteria used to choose the German teams to the 2013 World Championships and 2013 European Championships.

Medalists

Senior

Junior

Senior results

Men's singles

Women's singles

Pair skating

Ice dancing

Junior results

The 2012–13 junior competition was held on January 9–13, 2013 at the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf in Oberstdorf.

Men's singles

11 competitors in total and one withdrawal.

Women's singles

32 competitors in total.

Pair skating

Ice dance

9 teams in total and two withdrawals.

Qualification results

After the national championships, the final European Championship qualification standings were published.

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This entry incorporates text from “2013 German 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.