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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 ...
Figure skating was first contested as an Olympic sport at the 1908 Summer Olympics, in London, United Kingdom.As this traditional winter sport could be conducted indoors, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved its inclusion in the Summer Olympics program. [2]
The salchow jump, still used prominently in figure skating routines today, is named for him, and was considered Salchow's greatest contribution to figure skating. Figure skating's Olympic debut came at the 1908 Summer Olympics—it was the first winter sport introduced to the Olympics.
The ISU Judging System replaced the previous 6.0 system, and was created, in part, in response to the 2002 Winter Olympics figure skating scandal, in an attempt to make the scoring system more objective and less vulnerable to abuse. [1] [2] [3]
Olympic Games (OG) Figure skating at the Olympic Games: Senior: Medalists: Medal table Multi-medalists Venues: ISU Figure Skating Championships: ISU World Figure Skating Championships (WC) Senior: Medalists: Medal table Records: ISU European Figure Skating Championships (EC) Senior: Medalists: Medal table: ISU Four Continents Figure Skating ...
Figure skating consists of the following disciplines: In Single skating, male and female skaters compete individually. Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested at the Olympics, with men's and women's single skating appearing as two of the four figure skating events at the London Games in 1908. [21]
Pages in category "Olympic medalists in figure skating" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 299 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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