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3 unusual facts about Ice Dancing


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Many of the compulsory dances were developed by dancers from Great Britain in the 1930s.

The 2010 World Championships were the last event to include a CD (the Golden Waltz), and Italians Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali were the last dance team to perform one in competition.

Ice dancing joined the World Championships in 1952.


Brooke Frieling

Brooke Frieling (born November 10, 1986) is an American ice dancer who competed for Israel with partner Lionel Rumi.

Figure skating at the 1999 European Youth Olympic Festival

Figure skating competitions at the 4th European Youth Olympic Festival were only held in junior single skating and Ice Dancing categories in Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia, between March 6 and March 12.

Isabelle Duchesnay

Isabelle Duchesnay (born December 18, 1963, Aylmer, Quebec, Canada) is a retired ice dancer who represented France for most of her career.

Israel at the 2010 Winter Olympics

However, the Olympic Committee of Israel decided on January 24, 2010, to send only Alexandra Zaretsky and Roman Zaretsky in the ice dancing event, and not send Tamar Katz for the ladies event, because she failed to reach the criteria set by Israel NOC.

Jennifer Goolsbee

Jennifer Goolsbee (born September 6, 1968) is a former competitive ice dancer who is best known for her partnership with Hendryk Schamberger for Germany.

Marie-Reine Le Gougne

She said that she had been pressured by the head of the French federation, Didier Gailhaguet, to put the Russians first as part of a deal to give the ice dancing gold to the French ice dance team.

Michael McGean

Michael McGean was an American ice dancer who competed with Lois Waring.

Olšany Cemetery

Pavel Roman (1943–1972), winner of four consecutive titles (1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965) in ice dancing at the World Figure Skating Championships with his sister Eva


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Ashley Foy

Representing TSC Eintracht Dortmund together with Blum, she was the 2008 German National Champion in Junior Ice Dancing and finished 13th overall at the 2008 World Junior Championships.

Lahser High School

Tanith Belbin, 2006 Olympic Ice Dancing Silver Medalist (attended 1999-2000)

Lithuania at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Lithuania had qualified an entry in the ice dancing event when Deividas Stagniūnas and Katherine Copely placed 14th at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships.

Semyon Belits-Geiman

He met his wife, Russian ice dancing coach and former competitive ice dancer Natalia Dubova, when he came to one of her competitions as a sportswriter.