Event pin is difficult to find but rather unremarkable in design "The City of Light" was site of the 1958 World Figure Skating Championships, held in February of that year at the Palais de Sport, and was marked with a now difficult-to-find pin. Given that Paris always has been a leading center for design and… Continue reading 1958 World Figure Skating Pin: Paris en Février.
Category: World Figure Skating Championships – Pins
Pins, medals, and badges from the World Figure Skating Championships.
1960 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Beautiful British Columbia.
Event was the first world meet hosted by Canada since 1932 Vancouver, Canada, welcomed more than 80 of the world’s elite figure skaters to British Columbia in March to compete in the final ritual of winter: the World Championships. The pins produced to commemorate the 1960 World Figure Skating Championships feature intersecting, superimposed ovals that… Continue reading 1960 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Beautiful British Columbia.
1932 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Canadian First.
First World Championship held in Canada features unique pins and a commemorative medal Best laid plans, they say. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shattered the best laid plans for French-speaking Montreal, Canada, to host the 2020 World Figure Skating Championships. The famed city on the St. Lawrence River last hosted men, ladies, and pairs competitors… Continue reading 1932 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Canadian First.
1972 World Figure Skating Championships Pin: Come Together in Calgary.
An unusual and bold shape defines the 1972 World Championships pin Sixteen years before the world would "Come Together in Calgary" for the 1988 Olympic Winter Games, the world came together in that city for the 1972 World Figure Skating Championships, commemorated with an unusual and memorable pin. The hexagonal shape and bright orange color… Continue reading 1972 World Figure Skating Championships Pin: Come Together in Calgary.
1984 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: March Madness.
Staged in Ottawa, the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships featured 10 different lapel pins Canada's capital of Ottawa hosted the 1984 World Figure Skating Championships in March of that year, and never was there a better event held for collectors of figure skating pins. All around the Ottawa Civic Centre, venue for the event, both… Continue reading 1984 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: March Madness.