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The Skating Club of New York is a figure skating club in New York City. It was founded in 1863 and is the second oldest skating club in the United States. It was one of the founding members of the United States Figure Skating Association.
The 1959 U.S. Figure Skating Championships was held from January 29 through February 2 in Rochester, New York under the joint sponsorship of the Genesee Figure Skating Club and the Rochester Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Since figure skating was held during the Summer Olympic Games in 1908 and 1920 before being moved to the Winter Olympic, three skaters won medals in figure skating at both the Summer and Winter Games. Men's singles skater Gillis Grafström's first gold medal was earned at the 1920 Summer Olympics. His other three medals were won at the 1924 ...
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New York City: Sherwin Badger: No pewter medals awarded: 1919 No competition: 1920 New York City: Oscar Richard: 1921 Philadelphia: George Greenslet: 1922 Boston: Louis Van Washburn: 1923 New Haven: George Braakman: 1924 Philadelphia: Egbert Carr Jr. Charles Weyman: Heaton Robertson [87] 1925 New York City: Ferrier Martin: Joseph Savage: 1926 ...
In 1830, the London Skating Club was formed; as of 2011, it was the oldest skating club still in existence. [5] The first skating club in North America was founded in St. John, New Brunswick, in 1833. [5] In 1849, the Philadelphia Skating Club was formed; its name was changed to the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society in 1861.
U.S. Figure Skating is an association of clubs, governed by its members and its elected officers at national, regional and club levels. [22] As of June 2011, U.S. Figure Skating had 688 member, collegiate, and school-affiliated clubs [23] and a membership of 180,452. [23] Each member club may send delegates to the annual Governing Council meeting.
The Edinburgh Skating Club, one of the oldest skating clubs in the world, described combined figures and those done by multiple skaters; interlocking figure eights were the most important. [9] According to writer Ellyn Kestnbaum, the Edinburgh Skating Club required prospective members to pass proficiency tests in what became compulsory figures ...