Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the...
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World Figure Skating Championships, commonly referred to as "Worlds", are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union...
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Figure skating was first contested in the Olympic Games at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Since 1924, the sport has been a part of the Winter Olympic Games...
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Figure skating jumps are an element of three competitive figure skating disciplines: men's singles, women's singles, and pair skating – but not ice dancing...
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The European Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of European champion...
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Figure skates are a type of ice skate used by figure skaters. The skates consist of a boot and a blade that is attached with screws to the sole of the...
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The 2024–25 figure skating season began on July 1, 2024, and will end on June 30, 2025. During this season, elite skaters will compete at the ISU Championship...
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The following is a glossary of figure skating terms, sorted alphabetically. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 3 turn...
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Figure skating has been part of the Olympic Games since 1908 and has been included in 26 Olympic Games. There have been 286 medals (96 gold, 95 silver...
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International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested at the Olympics, with men's and women's single skating appearing as...
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and 6.0s for his free skating after World Champion Plushenko had made several errors in both the short program and the free skating. Referee: Sally-Anne...
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Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their...
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the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals"...
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A backflip is a move in figure skating. Terry Kubicka, a skater from the U.S., was the first skater to successfully execute a legal backflip at the Olympics...
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Canadian National Skating Championships (French: Championnats nationaux canadiens de patinage) is a figure skating and synchronized skating competition held...
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signature move, the backflip, a feat few other figure skaters could perform at the time, is against U.S. Figure Skating and Olympic competition rules. Yet, he...
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the Grand Prix of Figure Skating and the Junior Grand Prix. Medals will be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at both...
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of eligible and ineligible skaters if sanctioned by the ISU. ISU Official Homepage The Figure Skating Corner Ice Skating International Online Planete...
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"U.S. Figure Skating." Founded in 1921, U.S. Figure Skating regulates and governs the sport and defines and maintains the standard of skating proficiency...
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A figure skating competition is a judged sports competition in figure skating. International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union...
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2024–25 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of senior international competitions organized by the International Skating Union that will be held...
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The history of figure skating stretches back to prehistoric times. Primitive ice skates appear in the archaeological record from about 3000 BC. Edges were...
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ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating (known as ISU Champions Series from 1995 to 1997) is a series of senior international figure skating competitions organized...
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each skating federation at the 2025 World Championships. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. Skaters were...
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figure skating competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for the titles of...
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women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance. The event is the culmination of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series; skaters earn points for their...
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disciplines of the sport, single skating, pair skating, and ice dance, and are a required element in most figure skating competitions. As The New York Times...
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The figure skating season is the period of time in which competitions are contested in the sport of figure skating. The skating season begins on July...
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and the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 1977. Jackson is the former director of skating and was also a coach at the Minto Skating Club in Ottawa...
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the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, becoming one of the youngest male figure skating Olympic medalists. Brown was born on December 15, 1994, in Los Angeles...
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