The St. Ivel International was an annual figure skating competition, sponsored by the National Ice Skating Association and held at the Richmond Ice Rink in the Twickenham district of Greater London, in the United Kingdom. The first competition – Great Britain's first international skating competition in several years – was held in 1978. The Rotary Watches International was sponsored by the Rotary Watch Company at a cost of over £25,000. Alan Pascoe, spokesperson for the Rotary Watches Company, stated that "it [had] been very exciting and [had] provided skaters from throughout the world with competition".
The Rotary Watch Company continued its sponsorship in 1979, but in 1980, sponsorship of the competition was taken over by the St Ivel dairy company, and the name was changed to the St. Ivel International. In 1988, the event was renamed the Skate Electric UK International in recognition of the sponsorship of British ice skating by the Electricity Supply Industry. That sponsorship continued through 1990. The competition originally scheduled for October 1991 – the United Kingdom International – was cancelled due to loss of sponsorship, and was never resumed.
Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance, although each discipline may not have necessarily been held every year. Brian Orser of Canada holds the record for winning the most titles in men's singles (with three), while Christine Hough and Doug Ladret of Canada hold the record in pair skating (with two). Two teams are tied for winning the most titles in ice dance (with two each): Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean of Great Britain, and Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin of the Soviet Union. No one skater holds the record in women's singles, as there were unique champions each time the event was held.
Medalists Men's singles +Men's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 1978 Fumio Igarashi David Santee Miroslav Šoška 1979 Robin Cousins Igor Bobrin Brian Pockar 1980 Brian Pockar Scott Hamilton Fumio Igarashi 1981 Brian Orser David Santee Rudi Cerne 1982 Norbert Schramm Tom Dickson 1983 Heiko Fischer Gary Beacom Falko Kirsten 1984 Brian Boitano Viktor Petrenko Grzegorz Filipowski 1985 Brian Orser Grzegorz Filipowski Christopher Bowman 1986 Daniel Doran Oliver Höner Richard Zander 1987 Paul Wylie Kurt Browning Heiko Fischer 1988 Kurt Browning Christopher Bowman Ronny Winkler 1989 Todd Eldredge Grzegorz Filipowski Vladimir Petrenko 1990 Norm Proft Ronny Winkler Erik Larson 1991 Competition cancelled due to lack of sponsorship
Women's singles +Women's event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 1978 Linda Fratianne Emi Watanabe Dagmar Lurz 1979 Emi Watanabe Dagmar Lurz Karena Richardson 1980 Sandy Lenz Tracey Wainman Sanda Dubravčić 1981 Tracey Wainman Jackie Farrell Karen Wood 1982 Elaine Zayak Tracey Wainman Cornelia Tesch 1983 Tiffany Chin Manuela Ruben Karen Wood 1984 Kathryn Adams Cynthia Coull Claudia Villiger 1985 Debi Thomas Susan Jackson Joanne Conway 1986 Elizabeth Manley Jill Trenary Inga Gauter 1987 Caryn Kadavy Patricia Neske Joanne Conway 1988 Charlene Wong Joanne Conway Beatrice Gelmini 1989 Tonia Kwiatkowski Simone Koch Patricia Neske 1990 Holly Cook Lisa Sargeant Surya Bonaly 1991 Competition cancelled due to lack of sponsorship
Pairs +Pairs' event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 1978 No pairs competition 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Competition cancelled due to lack of sponsorship
Ice dance +Ice dance event medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Competition cancelled due to lack of sponsorship
Records
+ Discipline Most titles Skater(s) Years Men's singles 3 1981–82;1985 Women's singles colspan="4" Pairs 2 1986;1990 Ice dance 2 1980–81 1987–88
Cumulative medal count Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs
Ice dance
Total medals
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