Profile: Lapel Pin – 1987 European Championships, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia Before war ravaged the Olympic city of Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, in the early to mid-1990s, the 1987 European Figure Skating Championships were held inside Zetra Arena and were marked with an unusual and somewhat perplexing pin that left many a collector asking, "That's it?" The pin was… Continue reading 1987 European Figure Skating Championships Pin: That’s It?
Tag: Sarajevo
On the Flip Side. 1986.
1986 World Junior Championships at The Netropolitan Museum of Figure Skating Pins For the second time in three figure skating seasons, the best junior-level skaters from more than 20 nations gathered in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, to compete for a world title when the 1986 World Junior Figure Skating Championships came to town. It was just two… Continue reading On the Flip Side. 1986.
Vuchko, The Friendly Wolf. 1983.
Held in mid-December 1982, the 1983 World Junior Championships were contested at Zetra Olympic Hall in Sarajevo as part of the run-up to the 1984 Games that would open just over a year later. As figure skating pins go, the smiling face of Vuchko, gliding along effortlessly with very nice form, is a decidedly refreshing change of pace from most mascot pins of the era, which generally tended to be unsophisticated.