The 2012

NRW Trophy The NRW Trophy (also known as the NRW Summer Trophy or NRW Autumn Trophy) is an annual international figure skating competition organized by the Skating Union of North Rhine-Westphalia and since 2007, it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf ...

was an international

figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympics ...

competition during the 2012–2013 season. An annual event organized by the Skating Union of

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

(NRW), it has been sanctioned by the Deutsche Eislauf Union and the

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since 2007. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles,

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

, and

ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976 ...

. The competition was held in

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in two parts. The Ice Dance Trophy, in which ice dancers compete on the senior, junior, and novice levels, will be held from 2–4 November 2012. The singles and pairs portion, also with senior, junior, and novice levels, was held from 5–9 December 2012. 2010 Olympic champion

Yuna Kim Yuna Kim (; born September 5, 1990), also credited in eastern name order as Kim Yuna or Kim Yeon-a, is a retired South Korean competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic champion and 2014 Olympic silver medalist in ladies' singles, ...

of Korea made her return to competition at the event. The senior gold medals were won by Kim in the ladies' singles event, Germany's

Aliona Savchenko Aljona Savchenko ( uk, Олена Валентинівна Савченко, ''Olena Valentynivna Savchenko''; German Romanization: ''Aljona Sawtschenko'', sometimes ''Aliona Savchenko''; born 19 January 1984) is a Ukrainian-born German pa ...

Robin Szolkowy Robin Szolkowy (born 14 July 1979) is a retired German pair skater. With partner Aliona Savchenko, he is the 2010 and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist, a five-time World champion (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014), a four-time European champion (200 ...

in pairs, Russia's

Konstantin Menshov Konstantin Alexandrovich Menshov (russian: Константин Александрович Меньшов; born 23 February 1983) is a Russian former competitive figure skater. He is the 2014 European bronze medalist, the 2015 Finlandia Trophy cha ...

in men's singles, and France's Pernelle Carron / Lloyd Jones in ice dancing.

Entries

The entries were as follows.

Senior results

Men

Ladies

Pairs

Ice dancing

Junior results

Junior men

16 total competitors

Junior ladies

34 total competitors

Junior pairs

8 teams in total

Junior ice dancing

31 teams in total

Novice results

Advanced novice men

14 total competitors

Advanced novice ladies

27 total competitors

Advanced novice ice dancing

* P1 = Pattern dance: Kilian * P2 = Pattern dance: Blues 14 teams in total

References

External links

Official site of the NRW Trophy

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