Richmond Trophy
# Richmond Trophy

The Richmond Trophy was an international figure skating competition for ladies' singles held annually from 1949 to 1980 at the Richmond Ice Rink in Twickenham, London. It was the only invitational international competition (as opposed to the ISU Championships) held on a regular basis in the post-war years. The competition was sponsored by the National Skating Association and was largely due to the activity of Arnold Gerschwiler, coach of many champions at the Richmond rink.

At the last event in November 1980, participation was down to only eleven competitors, attributed to scheduling conflicts with the growing number of other international competitions such as Skate Canada International. Moreover, the National Skating Association had two years previously started another international competition, the St. Ivel International, also held at the Richmond rink but earlier in the fall and including competition in all four disciplines of skating, which by 1980 was already established as one of the more prestigious competitions on the international circuit. Therefore, the ladies-only Richmond Trophy event was discontinued.

## Medalists

Ladies' medalists :

| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1949 | | | |
| 1950 | | | |
| 1951 | | | |
| 1952 | Yvonne Sugden | Lidy Stoppelman | Doreen Spowart |
| 1953 | Yvonne Sugden | Anne Robinson | Lidy Stoppelman |
| 1954 | Patricia Pauley | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Clema Cowley |
| 1955 | Yvonne Sugden | Joan Haanappel | Sjoukje Dijkstra |
| 1956 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Joan Haanappel | Karin Borner |
| 1957 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Patricia Pauley | Diana Clifton-Peach |
| 1958 | Sjoukje Dijkstra | Carolyn Krau | Diana Clifton-Peach |
| 1959 | Joan Haanappel | Carolyn Krau | Nicole Hassler |
| 1960 | Nicole Hassler | Carolyn Krau | Barbara Conniff |
| 1961 | Nicole Hassler | Barbara Conniff | Heather Moir |
| 1962 | Nicole Hassler | Carol Noir | Anne Lenton |
| 1963 | | | |
| 1964 | | | |
| 1965 | Uschi Keszler | Zsuzsa Almássy | Beate Richter |
| 1966 | Zsuzsa Almássy | | |
| 1967 | Zsuzsa Almássy | Beatrix Schuba | |
| 1968 | Elisabeth Nestler | Patricia Dodd | Eleonora Baricka |
| 1969 | Elisabeth Nestler | Patricia Dodd | Rita Trapanese |
| 1970 | Rita Trapanese | Patricia Dodd | Dawn Glab |
| 1971 | Christine Errath | Cathy Lee Irwin | Kazumi Yamashita |
| 1972 | Dorothy Hamill | Karin Iten | Jean Scott |
| 1973 | Dianne de Leeuw | Maria McLean | Karin Iten |
| 1974 | Marion Weber | Isabel de Navarre | Kath Malmberg |
| 1975 | Lynn Nightingale | Barbie Smith | Linda Fratianne |
| 1976 | Barbie Smith | Susanna Driano | Heather Kemkaran |
| 1977 | Priscilla Hill | Kristiina Wegelius | Denise Biellmann |
| 1978 | Susanna Driano | Carrie Rugh | Karena Richardson |
| 1979 | Alicia Risberg | Carola Weißenberg | Simone Grigorescu |
| 1980 | Karen Wood | Janina Wirth | Carola Paul |
