The 1995 Skate America was the first event of five in the 1995–96 ISU Champions Series, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Cobo Arena in Detroit, Michigan on October 17–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points towards qualifying for the 1995–96 Champions Series Final.

1995 Skate America
Type:Champions Series
Date:October 17 – 22
Season:1995–96
Location:Detroit, Michigan
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Cobo Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
United States Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles:
United States Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
Russia Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov
Ice dance:
Russia Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov
Navigation
Previous:
1994 Skate America
Next:
1996 Skate America
Next GP:
1995 Skate Canada International

Results

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Todd Eldredge   United States 1.5 1 1
2 Michael Weiss   United States 4.5 5 2
3 Alexander Abt   Russia 4.5 3 3
4 Viacheslav Zagorodniuk   Ukraine 6.0 4 4
5 Andrejs Vlascenko   Germany 7.0 2 6
6 Ilia Kulik   Russia 8.0 6 5
7 Stephane Yvars   Canada 11.0 8 7
8 Aren Nielsen   United States 11.5 7 8
9 Nicholas Pétorin   France 13.5 9 9

Ladies

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Michelle Kwan rose to first after placing third in the short program. Bobek missed all five of her triple jumps.[1]

Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan   United States 2.5 3 1
2 Chen Lu   China 3.0 1 2
3 Irina Slutskaya   Russia 4.0 2 3
4 Surya Bonaly   France 6.5 5 4
5 Tonia Kwiatkowski   United States 8.0 6 5
6 Nicole Bobek   United States 8.0 4 6
7 Elena Liashenko   Ukraine 10.5 7 7
8 Rena Inoue   Japan 12.0 8 8
9 Clare Kelly   Canada 13.5 9 9

Pairs

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Rank Name Nation TFP SP FS
1 Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov   Russia 1.5 1 1
2 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand   United States 3.0 2 2
3 Elena Berezhnaya / Oleg Shliakhov   Latvia 4.5 3 3
4 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen   United States 6.5 5 4
5 Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev   Russia 7.0 4 5
6 Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz   Canada 9.5 7 6
7 Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov   Ukraine 10.0 6 7

Ice dancing

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Rank Name Nation TFP CD OD FD
1 Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov   Russia 2.0 1 1 1
2 Anjelika Krylova / Oleg Ovsiannikov   Russia 4.0 2 2 2
3 Rene Roca / Gorsha Sur   United States 6.0 3 3 3
4 Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga   Kazakhstan 8.0 4 4 4
5 Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček   Czech Republic 10.0 5 5 5
6 Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton   France 12.0 6 6 6
7 Kati Winkler / René Lohse   Germany 15.0 8 8 7
8 Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov   Ukraine 15.0 7 7 8
9 Janet Emerson / Steve Kavanagh   Canada 18.0 9 9 9
10 Tamara Kuchiki / Neale Smull   United States 20.0 10 10 10

References

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  1. ^ "Boss' Judgment Skates on Thin Ice - New York Daily News". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-08.
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