The History of the Nissen Cup
(In memoriam of Kurt Bächler)
The
history: English Version
German Version
French Version
Past Winners and
Competition Places (all in SUI)
|
Year |
Location |
Men's Winner |
Women's Winner |
|
1958 |
Wasen |
Martin Suter (SUI) |
|
|
1959 |
Wasen |
Thomas Käch (SUI) |
|
|
1960 |
Wasen |
Willi Ay (FRG) |
|
|
1961 |
Wasen |
Roland Schillinger (FRG) |
|
|
1962 |
Wasen |
Horst Schlindwein (FRG) |
|
|
1963 |
Wasen |
Alois Haertle (FRG) |
|
|
1964 |
Wasen |
Kurt Treiter (FRG) |
|
|
1965 |
No event |
No event |
No event |
|
1966 |
|
Kurt Treiter (FRG) |
Lynda Ball (GBR) |
|
1967 |
|
Kurt Höhener (SUI) |
Heidrun Ehlig (FRG) |
|
1968 |
|
Kurt Höhener (SUI) |
Heidrun Ehlig (FRG) |
|
1969 |
|
Kurt Höhener (SUI) |
Inge Sauer (FRG) |
|
1970 |
|
Paul Luxon (GBR) |
Ute Czech-Luxon (FRG) |
|
1971 |
|
Dieter Schulz (FRG) |
Alexandra
Nicholson ( |
|
1972 |
|
Paul Luxon (GBR) |
Ute Czech-Luxon (FRG) |
|
1973 |
|
Roland Otzenberger (SUI) |
Ruth Keller (SUI) |
|
1974 |
|
Chris
Eilertsen ( |
Ute Czech-Luxon (FRG) |
|
1975 |
|
Paul Luxon (FRG) |
Ute Czech-Luxon (FRG) |
|
1976 |
Grechen |
Gary Simpson (GBR) |
Ruth Keller (SUI) |
|
1977 |
|
Evgeni Janes (URS) |
Ludmila Karpova (URS) |
|
1978 |
|
Stewart Matthews (GBR) |
Olga Starikova (URS) |
|
1979 |
Gumlingen/Bern |
Stewart Matthews (GBR) |
Olga Starikova (URS) |
|
1980 |
Gumlingen/Bern |
Lionel Pioline (FRA) |
|
|
1981 |
Gumlingen/Bern |
Stewart Matthews (GBR) |
Susan Shotton (GBR) |
|
1982 |
Gumlingen/Bern |
Richard Cobbing (GBR) |
Andrea Holmes (GBR) |
|
1983 |
Ins |
Kenji Iwamoto (JPN) |
Ruth Schumann-Keller (SUI) |
|
1984 |
Gumlingen/Bern |
Martin Meier (SUI) |
Ruth Schumann-Keller (SUI) |
|
1985 |
Liestal |
Richard Cobbing (GBR) |
Andrea Holmes (GBR) |
|
1986 |
Ins |
Jörg Roh (SUI) |
Hiltrud Roewe (FRG) |
|
1987 |
Liestal |
John Hansen (DEN) |
Elena Merkulova (URS) |
|
1988 |
Ins |
Fredy Armati (SUI) |
Andrea Holmes (GBR) |
|
1989 |
|
Alexander Moskalenko (URS) |
Susan Challis-Shotton (GBR) |
|
1990 |
|
Kjeld Rosen (DEN) |
Delphine Moreno (FRA) |
|
1991 |
Ruti/Zurich |
Dimitri Poliarush (URS) |
Lada Tsebrenko (URS) |
|
1992* |
|
Sergei Bukhovtsev (UKR) |
Elena Merkulova (RUS) |
|
1993 |
Savognin |
Michail Pelivanidis (GRE) |
Majka Sand (DEN) |
|
1994* |
|
Emmanuel Durand (FRA) |
Natalia Karpenkova (BLR) |
|
1995 |
Vevey |
Guillaume Bourgeon (FRA) |
Kirsten Lawton (GBR) |
|
1996 |
|
Emmanuel Durand (FRA) |
Natalia Brunico (ITA) |
|
1997 |
Savognin |
David Martin (FRA) |
Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey (GEO) |
|
1998* |
Vevey |
Sebastien Laifa (FRA) |
Anna Dogonadze-Lilkendey (GER) |
|
2000 |
Uster |
Flavio Cannone (ITA) |
Oksana Tsyguleva (UKR) |
|
2002 |
|
Alan Villafuerte (NED) |
Andrea Lenders (NED) |
|
2004** |
Savognin |
Yuri Nikitin (UKR) |
Karen Cockburn (CAN) |
|
2006** |
Savognin |
Yasuhiro
Ueyama (JPN) |
Shan
Shan Huang (CHN) |
|
2008** |
Arosa |
tbd |
tbd |
1966 – 1975
and 1978 the host cities could not be figured out:
If you know
details about these years, pleas report them to the Swiss
Gymnastics Federation
* Not
indicated in the table above are the names of the winners of the 1992, 1994,
and 1998 World Cups that
took place in parallel to the Nissen Cup.
The winners of these three World Cup events were:
1992: Viacheslav Morozov (BLR) and Anna Dogonadze (GEO)
1994: Fabrice Schwertz (FRA) and Andrea Holmes (GBR)
1998: Emmanuel Durand (FRA) and Irina Karavaeva (RUS)
** In
those years the Nissen Cup was organized as FIG World Cup event.