Profile: Lapel Pins – 1974 World Championships, Munich, West Germany Olympia-Sporthalle, a multi-purpose venue that is part of Olympiapark built for the 1972 Summer Olympiad in Munich, West Germany, was put to good use two winters later when it hosted the 1974 World Figure Skating Championships under its cavernous and undulating roof. This is the… Continue reading 1974 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: It’s a Mystery.
Category: World Figure Skating Championships – Pins
Pins, medals, and badges from the World Figure Skating Championships.
1986 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Swiss Hospitality? Not So Much.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1986 World Championships, Geneva, Switzerland There is an old saying about the hospitality of the Swiss people. Although that may be true in general, there was no particular hospitality shown when it came to the subject of pins selling out at the 1986 World Figure Skating Championships in Geneva. On just… Continue reading 1986 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Swiss Hospitality? Not So Much.
1973 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Linden Leaf Emerges.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1973 World Championships, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia The costume jewelry craze, which hit its zenith in the 1960s and 1970s, made its way into the pins issued for the 1973 World Figure Skating Championships, held in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. Not only were there standard logo pins that marked the event, but an unusual pin… Continue reading 1973 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Linden Leaf Emerges.
1982 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Sellout Crowd.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1982 World Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark It's an odd thing about Denmark and figure skating. For a country that has never produced a figure skater who has placed in the top three at the World or European Figure Skating Championships (competing under the Danish flag, that is), it has collectively hosted those… Continue reading 1982 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: A Sellout Crowd.
1980 World Figure Skating Championships Pin: A Missed Opportunity.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1980 World Championships, Dortmund, West Germany Rightly or wrongly, the city of Dortmund, Germany, is known more as an industrial hub rather than as a glamorous and cosmopolitan city like Munich or Berlin. But that fact hasn't stopped Dortmund from a racking up a long history of hosting major figure skating events,… Continue reading 1980 World Figure Skating Championships Pin: A Missed Opportunity.