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Katarina Witt from East Germany won the 1988 women's singles gold medal, becoming the second female figure skater in history to win back-to-back Olympic titles. Yuna Kim of South Korea won the women's singles event in 2010 with world record scores in the short program, free skating, and combined total.
Witt landed three triple jumps in her free skate program, and the judges left room for Sumners to win the event. Sumners scaled back two of her jumps and Witt won the long program by one-tenth of a point on one judge's scorecard. Witt won the gold medal aged 18 years and 77 days, becoming one of the youngest Olympic figure skating champions.
The following is a list of notable figure skaters who have competed in women's singles.These are skaters who have won a gold, silver, or bronze medal at at least one of the following competitions: the Winter Olympics, the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the ...
Nine U.S. figure skaters received gold medals at the Paris Olympics, 2½ years after their team event at the Beijing Games. Japan got silver and Russia bronze.
Baiul is the second skater representing Ukraine to win gold at the Winter Olympics after Viktor Petrenko in 1992. [nb 1] [nb 2] She is also the first Olympic champion of independent Ukraine in any sport. After winning the gold medal in 1994, Baiul decided to move to the United States and participate in professional ice skating tours and shows.
The 2022 United States Olympic figure skaters finally experienced the feeling of having a gold medal placed around their necks — nearly 2 1/2 years after their winning performance at the Winter ...
Amber Glenn, of the United States, competes in the women's free skating segment at the ISU Grand Prix Finals of Figure Skating, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, in Grenoble, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani)
Ladies' singles skater Peggy Fleming built up a huge lead after the compulsory figures and won the first-place votes of all nine judges. [1] Her victory marked the first gold medal won by an American after the death of an entire US figure skating team in an air crash in 1961, and heralded an American figure skating renaissance. [2] Individual