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  2. John Curry - Wikipedia

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    John Anthony Curry, OBE (9 September 1949 – 15 April 1994) [2] was a British figure skater. He was the 1976 European , World and Olympic Champion . He was noted for combining ballet and modern dance influences into his skating.

  3. Figure skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Rank Name Nation CF SP FS Points Places 1: John Curry Great Britain 2: 2: 1: 192.74: 11 2: Vladimir Kovalev Soviet Union 3: 6: 4: 187.64: 28 3: Toller Cranston Canada 7: 1: 2: 187.38: 30 4 Jan Hoffmann

  4. 1976 European Figure Skating Championships - Wikipedia

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    The 1976 European Figure Skating Championships was a senior-level international competition held in Geneva, Switzerland on January 13–18. Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles , [ 1 ] ladies' singles , [ 2 ] pair skating , [ 3 ] and ...

  5. 1976 World Figure Skating Championships - Wikipedia

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    The 1976 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Scandinavium in Göteborg, Sweden from 2 to 7 March. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.

  6. Backflip (figure skating) - Wikipedia

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    Terry Kubicka from the U.S. was the first figure skater to successfully execute a legal backflip at the Olympics, during the 1976 Winter Olympics. [3] Kubicka got the idea of using the backflip in his skating from Evy Scotvold, his coach, who wanted to help advance athleticism in figure skating and to go beyond the triple jumps that were the most difficult elements in the sport at the time.

  7. Shepherd Clark - Wikipedia

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    In 2017, the gold medal was presented to him by Dorothy Hamill, the 1976 US National, Olympic, and World Champion. In 2017, Clark was presented the World Figure & Fancy Skating Championships’ Trophy by Lorna Brown in memory of John Curry, 1976 Olympic Champion. The iconic trophy was original designed in Jaca, Spain and was formerly presented ...

  8. Katherine Healy - Wikipedia

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    At age six, she made her debut as the protege of 1976 Olympic champion John Curry in a Madison Square Garden exhibition [2] called "Superskates." [1] She was the subject of the photographer Jill Krementz book A Very Young Skater, published in 1979. [2]

  9. The Plugz - Wikipedia

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    After McBride left (sometime in 1979–80), he was replaced by John Curry from The Flyboys, who left to form Choir Invisible less than a year later. [2] Larriva and Curry wrote the title track to the second album Better Luck. The musicians on the band's second album, Better Luck (1981), were: Tito Larriva (lead vocals/guitar)