1995 Skate America
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{{Infobox Figure Skating Competition
| title = 1995 Skate America
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| comptype = Champions Series
| startdate = October 17
| enddate = 22
| skatingseason = 1995–96
| location = Detroit, Michigan
| host = U.S. Figure Skating
| venue = Cobo Arena
| prizemoney =
| championmen = {{flagicon|USA}} Todd Eldredge
| championladies = {{flagicon|USA}} Michelle Kwan
| championpairs = {{flagicon|RUS}} Marina Eltsova / Andrei Bushkov
| championdance = {{flagicon|RUS}} Pasha Grishuk / Evgeni Platov
| previouscomp = 1994 Skate America
| nextcomp = 1996 Skate America
| previousgp =
| nextgp = 1995 Skate Canada International
}}
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.
Results
=Men=
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! TFP ! SP ! FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| align="center" | 1 | {{USA}} | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{USA}} | 4.5 | 5 | 2 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{RUS}} | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4
| Viacheslav Zagorodniuk || {{UKR}} || 6.0 || 4 || 4 | ||||
| 5
| Andrejs Vlascenko || {{GER}} || 7.0 || 2 || 6 | ||||
| 6
| Ilia Kulik || {{RUS}} || 8.0 || 6 || 5 | ||||
| 7
| Stephane Yvars || {{CAN}} || 11.0 || 8 || 7 | ||||
| 8
| Aren Nielsen || {{USA}} || 11.5 || 7 || 8 | ||||
| 9
| Nicholas Pétorin || {{FRA}} || 13.5 || 9 || 9 |
=Ladies=
Michelle Kwan rose to first after placing third in the short program. Bobek missed all five of her triple jumps.{{Cite web |url=http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-10-29/sports/17987932_1_nicole-bobek-skate-bobek-and-todd-eldredge |title=Boss' Judgment Skates on Thin Ice - New York Daily News |access-date=2011-03-08 |archive-date=2011-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727055444/http://articles.nydailynews.com/1995-10-29/sports/17987932_1_nicole-bobek-skate-bobek-and-todd-eldredge |url-status=dead }}
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! TFP ! SP ! FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| align="center" | 1 | {{USA}} | 2.5 | 3 | 1 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | Chen Lu | {{CHN}} | 3.0 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | {{RUS}} | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4
| Surya Bonaly || {{FRA}} || 6.5 || 5 || 4 | ||||
| 5
| Tonia Kwiatkowski || {{USA}} || 8.0 || 6 || 5 | ||||
| 6
| Nicole Bobek || {{USA}} || 8.0 || 4 || 6 | ||||
| 7
| Elena Liashenko || {{UKR}} || 10.5 || 7 || 7 | ||||
| 8
| Rena Inoue || {{JPN}} || 12.0 || 8 || 8 | ||||
| 9
| Clare Kelly || {{CAN}} || 13.5 || 9 || 9 |
=Pairs=
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! TFP ! SP ! FS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{RUS}} | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | Jenni Meno / Todd Sand | {{USA}} | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
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| align="center" | 3 | {{LAT}} | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4
| Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen || {{USA}} || 6.5 || 5 || 4 | ||||
| 5
| Oksana Kazakova / Artur Dmitriev || {{RUS}} || 7.0 || 4 || 5 | ||||
| 6
| Kristy Sargeant / Kris Wirtz || {{CAN}} || 9.5 || 7 || 6 | ||||
| 7
| Olena Bilousivska / Serhiy Potalov || {{UKR}} || 10.0 || 6 || 7 |
=Ice dancing=
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| Rank
! Name ! Nation ! TFP ! CD ! OD ! FD | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="gold"
| align="center" | 1 | {{RUS}} | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| bgcolor="silver"
| align="center" | 2 | {{RUS}} | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="cc9966"
| align="center" | 3 | Rene Roca / Gorsha Sur | {{USA}} | 6.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4
| Elizaveta Stekolnikova / Dmitri Kazarlyga || {{KAZ}} || 8.0 || 4 || 4 || 4 | |||||
| 5
| Kateřina Mrázová / Martin Šimeček || {{CZE}} || 10.0 || 5 || 5 || 5 | |||||
| 6
| Barbara Piton / Alexandre Piton || {{FRA}} || 12.0 || 6 || 6 || 6 | |||||
| 7
| Kati Winkler / René Lohse || {{GER}} || 15.0 || 8 || 8 || 7 | |||||
| 8
| Elena Grushina / Ruslan Goncharov || {{UKR}} || 15.0 || 7 || 7 || 8 | |||||
| 9
| Janet Emerson / Steve Kavanagh || {{CAN}} || 18.0 || 9 || 9 || 9 | |||||
| 10
| Tamara Kuchiki / Neale Smull || {{USA}} || 20.0 || 10 || 10 || 10 |
References
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External links
- [http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/results/champ95.htm 1995–96 Champions Series results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010306153115/http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/results/champ95.htm |date=2001-03-06 }}
{{Skate America Figure skating}}
{{1995–96 in figure skating}}