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.
1982 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Lion of Lyon.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1982 European Championships, Lyon, France After an 11-year hiatus, a major figure skating event again came to Lyon, France, when the 1982 European Figure Skating Championships were contested there. It is the same city where the 1971 World Figure Skating Championships had enthralled the locals, and where capacity crowds would again… Continue reading 1982 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: The Lion of Lyon.
1970 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Two-Sided Redux.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1970 World Championships, Ljubljana, Yugoslavia Just three years before the 1970 World Figure Skating Championships were contested in the Yugoslavian town of Ljubljana, the 1967 European Figure Skating Championships had taken place there, the first major international figure skating event held in Yugoslavia. So it was quite a step up for… Continue reading 1970 World Figure Skating Championships Pins: Two-Sided Redux.
1974 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Reflection On Ice.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1974 European Championships, Zagreb, Yugoslavia Over the years, some debate has taken place among collectors over a certain aspect of the pins made to commemorate the 1974 European Figure Skating Championships, held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, that year. An artistic and stylized representation of a figure skater, the central design element, is… Continue reading 1974 European Figure Skating Championships Pins: Reflection On Ice.
1986 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: She’s Got Legs.
Profile: Lapel Pin from the 1986 European Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark In three successive decades—1970s, 1980s, and 1990s—Denmark's capital city of Copenhagen (København to the locals) was host to Europe's top figure skating event. So when the 1986 European Figure Skating Championships came to that city in late January–early February, it was the second time around,… Continue reading 1986 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: She’s Got Legs.