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3 unusual facts about Figure skating


Juan Legaz

Juan Legaz (born 27 March 1987) is a Spanish former competitive figure skater.

Ronald Gilbey

Alfred Ronald Dashwood Gilbey (20 February 1911 - 31 July 1977) was a British figure skater, businessman and politician.

Saint-Victor, Quebec

Karolin Métivier, figure skater, was born October 16, 1986 in Saint-Georges' hospital but has been living in Saint-Victor since then.


2009–10 Vancouver Canucks season

The Canucks' former arena, Pacific Coliseum, was also a venue during the games, hosting figure skating and short track speed skating.

2013 British Figure Skating Championships

The 2013 British Figure Skating Championships was a national figure skating event in the 2012–2013 season to determine the national champions of the United Kingdom.

2013 Nebelhorn Trophy

The 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy was a senior international figure skating competition in the 2013–2014 season, held 26–28 September 2013 in the Eislaufzentrum Oberstdorf.

Andrei Krauchanka

Both his parents were involved in sports: his father Sergey was the military champion in combined track and field events when he was part of the Soviet Air Defence Forces, while his mother took part in figure skating, volleyball and athletics.

Axel jump

Brian Orser of Canada was the first skater to put two triple axel jumps in the same program, and the first to accomplish this at the World level at the 1987 World Figure Skating Championships; since he also landed one in the short program, he additionally was the first skater to land three triple axel jumps in the same competition.

Battle of the Brians

The Battle of the Brians was an informal name given to the figure skating rivalry between Canadian Brian Orser and American Brian Boitano at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary by the media/ press.

Carola Weißenberg

Carola Weißenberg (married name Fleischhauer) (born 24 December 1962 in Hohenschönhausen, Germany) is a former East German figure skater and a three-time national medalist.

EnergySolutions Arena

The arena was also home to the figure skating and short track speed skating competitions of the 2002 Winter Olympics (during the Olympics, the arena was referred to as the Salt Lake Ice Center).

The arena was also home to the figure skating and short track speed skating competitions of the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Female Athlete Triad Syndrome

Gymnastics, figure skating, ballet, diving, swimming, and long distance running are examples of sports which emphasize low body weight.

Figure skating at the 1997 Winter Universiade

Figure skating was contested at the 1997 Winter Universiade.

Figure skating at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival

Figure skating was competed at the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival.

Ice Diaries

Ice Diaries is a show on the TLC network that follows four up-and-coming American figure skaters through the 2005/2006 Olympic season as each tries to make the 2006 Olympic team.

Inge Wischnewski

Inge Wischnewski, née Kabisch, (2 March 1930 – 11 July 2010) was a German figure skater and figure skating coach.

Ivan Chodák

When a coach Hilda Múdra came to Bratislava, he was her first sparring partner in figure skating.

Makomanai Park

The park also contains the Makomanai Ice Arena, opened on 1972, in time to host some of the Winter Olympics figure skating and ice hockey games.

Mary Louise Wright

Mary Louise Lyle Wright, née Premer (born 1923 in Saint Paul, Minnesota; died December 15, 2004) was an American figure skater and official.

Russia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2008

Bilan was joined on stage by figure skater Evgeni Plushenko, who performed on a mobile ice rink placed on stage specifically for the Russian performance, and violinist Edvin Marton, who performed with a Stradivarius.

She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown

Peppermint Patty is practicing figure skating with her coach Snoopy (in a role modeled on real-life skating coach Carlo Fassi) for an upcoming competition, but the many days of getting up to practice at 4:30 A.M. are starting to take their toll, and she falls asleep constantly in class.

Sport in Lithuania

Figure skating pairs dancing is also popular in Lithuania, due to Povilas Vanagas and Margarita Drobiazko's (among others) achievements.

The Christmas Angel: A Family Story

The story was then turned into a figure skating production titled The Christmas Angel: A Story on Ice, starring Dorothy Hamill as the mother, Elvis Stojko as the Gargon, and Tonia Kwiatkowski as the Angel.

Uschi Keszler's Pennies-in-Action Cancer Research Fund

This philanthropic organization was founded in 2008 by Olympic figure skater, coach, inventor of the ice-skating term hydroblading, and choreographer Uschi Keszler who is herself a breast cancer survivor.


see also

1928 European Figure Skating Championships

The 1928 European Figure Skating Championships were the European Figure Skating Championships of the 1927-1928 season.

2001–02 Japan Figure Skating Championships

The 2001–2002 Japan Figure Skating Championships were the 70th Japan Figure Skating Championships to be held.

2009 Russian Figure Skating Championships

The 2009 Russian Junior Figure Skating Championships were held between January 28 and 31, 2009 in Saransk.

2013 Cup of China

The 2013 Cup of China was an international figure skating competition in the 2013–2014 season.

2013–14 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final

The 2013–14 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final was an international figure skating competition in the 2013–14 season, held together with the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final.

2014 British Figure Skating Championships

The 2014 British Figure Skating Championships was a national figure skating competition in the 2013–2014 season.

2014 Four Nationals Figure Skating Championships

The 2014 Four Nationals Championships were the Czech, Slovak, Polish, and Hungarian national figure skating championships of the 2013–2014 season.

6.0

6.0 system, a judgement system used in competitive figure skating until 2005

Angela Nikodinov

The pairs team of Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen and Tenile Victorsen are among her and Dinev's former students that have qualified for the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at the senior level.

Anthony Liu

In 2002, Liu achieved a 10th-place finish in his second Olympics – alongside Adrian Swan (Oslo 1952), it was Australia's best Olympic result in figure skating.

Ashley Leitão

After Idol, she and two other contestants formed the group Braided, releasing an album in 2006, on which Leitão duetted with figure skating champion Elvis Stojko.

BOTB

Battle of the Blades, a Canadian television figure skating competition broadcast by CBC.

Broadmoor World Arena

There is a memorial on the grounds of the hotel to the members of the 1961 US Figure Skating team, all of whom perished in the crash of their flight to the 1961 championships near Brussels, Belgium.

Bunny hop

Bunny hop jump, in figure skating, typically the first jump learned by beginning skaters

Carlo Fassi

He was such an icon in the sport that when the comic character Snoopy adopted an alter ego as a figure skating coach (appearing, for example, in the 1980 TV special She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown), it was clearly modelled upon Fassi.

Carol Heiss

Following her retirement from figure skating in 1960, Heiss played the female lead in the 1961 film Snow White and the Three Stooges.

CFSA

Skate Canada, formerly known as the Canadian Figure Skating Association

Elga Balk

With partner Gavin MacPherson, she won the silver medal at the 1977 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, which were known as the I.S.U. Junior Figure Skating Championships at the time.

Elizabeth Cain

On 28 March 2007, Cain and several members of the Australian figure skating team were in a small boat in Sydney Harbour near the Harbor Bridge when it collided with a ferry.

Figure skating at the 1924 Winter Olympics

The events held at this Games were not the first figure skating events contested at the Olympic Games, as the sport had also been on the programme at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympics.

Friendship Tree

Among these people was the three time Olympic Golden Medalist in figure skating Irina Rodnina and eighth and current Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon.

Gavin MacPherson

With partner Elga Balk, he won the silver medal at the 1977 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, which were known as the I.S.U. Junior Figure Skating Championships at the time.

Glossary of figure skating terms

The four figure skating ISU Championships are the World Figure Skating Championships, the World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, and the European Figure Skating Championships.

Gordon McKellen

McKellen married Kath Malmberg, World Figure Skating contender and Bronze medalist in the 1974-75 US Figure Skating Championships.

History of figure skating

International figure skating competitions began appearing in the late 19th century—in 1891, the European Championships were inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany, and in 1896, the first World Championships were held in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire.

Isolde Kostner

Her cousin and goddaughter is Carolina Kostner, the 2012 World champion in figure skating.

James Disbrow

He was chairman of the USFSA's International Committee during the Tonya Harding scandal at the time of the 1994 Winter Olympics and served as the US figure skating team leader at the 1998 Winter Olympics and the chairman of the organizing committee for the 1998 World Figure Skating Championships in Minneapolis, Minnesota before his election to the USFSA presidency.

Karen Kwan

She interned with clothing designer Vera Wang (a relative), who is noted for designing figure skating costumes and personally designs Michelle's costumes.

Marquis Childs

Relaxation for Childs during the war years came with horseback riding and figure skating - "When you're trying to keep your balance on a backward eight, you can't think about either your own or the world's troubles." He began writing his column "Washington Calling" in February 1944 and published The Cabin (an autobiographical novel) that year.

Maxime Talbot

Talbot is engaged to former Canadian figure skating champion Cynthia Phaneuf.

Mollie Phillips

She studied Law at Lincoln's Inn but focussed much of her time on figure skating.

Poiana Brașov

In 2013, it hosted figure skating, alpine skiing and speed skating in the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival.

Providence, Kentucky

Roger Campbell, member of the 1960 US Figure Skating World Team, a casualty of Sabena Flight 548 that crashed en route to the World Championships in Prague.

Ronan Hardiman

The track "Ancient Lands" from Anthem was used by the 2002 Olympic men's figure skating champion, Alexei Yagudin, in his program "Overcome".

Sepp Schönmetzler

In addition to figure skating, Schönmetzler also competed in golf, tennis and shaolin temple boxing.

Serbian Figure Skating Championships

The Serbian Figure Skating Championships are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Serbia (Serbia and Montenegro prior to 2006 and Yugoslavia prior to 2002).

Skating with Celebrities

The six professional skaters who paired with the stars were five-time U.S. pairs champion Tai Babilonia, three-time U.S. pairs champion John Zimmerman, Olympic Silver Medalist (figure skating) Nancy Kerrigan, four-time World champion Kurt Browning, three-time U.S. pairs champion Jenni Meno, and Olympic Bronze Medalist (figure skating) Lloyd Eisler.

The show was hosted by Olympic swimming Gold Medalist Summer Sanders and figure skating Olympic figure skating Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton and judged by Olympic Gold Medalist (figure skating) Dorothy Hamill, skating coach John Nicks, and journalist Mark Lund.

Soldotna Sports Center

In the winter months, the facility is home to several central Kenai Peninsula high school hockey teams,fighting competitions and the soldotna figure skating team.while in the summer the facility hosts numerous local home builders, sports recreation and trading, car, and snowmachine shows, among other events.

Tantsud tähtedega

The runner-ups were World Figure Skating silver medallist Anna Levandi and her partner Mairold Millert.

Thomas Litz

Litz was from Hershey, Pennsylvania and represented the Hershey Figure Skating Club.

Trixi Schuba

Born in Vienna, Schuba's passion for figure skating began as a young child in 1955 when she happened to see an American competition on the television bought by her parents to watch performances of the Vienna State Opera and the Burgtheater.

Ukrainian Figure Skating Championships

The Russian language predominates in figure skating in Ukraine, although Ukrainian is the native language of about 67% of the general population.

West Kelowna

The Mount Boucherie Community Centre offers Royal LePage Place arena, home to the BCHL team the West Kelowna Warriors, and Jim Lind Arena for ice sport clubs such as hockey, figure skating and ringette.

Winnipeg Falcons

Although an official part of the Summer Olympic Games, hockey and figure skating events were held in late April and early May, while the weather was still cool enough for suitable ice conditions in the arena.

Women's sport in Australia

They competed at figure skating at 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.

Yuka Sato

Sato is credited as a stunt performer in the 2007 figure skating comedy motion picture Blades of Glory.