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Who is the figure skating champion. Outstanding Olympic figure skating champions of different years

A winter sport in which athletes skate on ice with additional elements, most often to music. V official competitions As a rule, four sets of medals are played: in women's single skating, in men's singles, in pair skating, and also in ice dancing. Figure skating included to the program of the Winter Olympic Games.

The oldest skates were discovered on the banks of the Southern Bug, near Odessa, dating back to the Bronze Age. Such skates were made from the phalanx of the front legs of horses.

It is believed that the homeland figure skating is Holland. It was there, in the XIII-XIV centuries, that the first iron skates appeared. The emergence of a new type of skate gave a powerful impetus to the development of figure skating, which at that time consisted in the ability to draw intricate figures on the ice and at the same time maintain a beautiful pose.

All required figures were created in the UK. This is explained by the fact that it was here that the first ice skating clubs arose (Edinburgh, 1742). At the same time, the first official rules of the competition were developed.

In 1882, the first international competition in Europe took place in Vienna. The crowns won a landslide victory.

The very first edition of the figure skating rules, published in England, dates back to 1772.

English Artillery Lieutenant Robert Jones published A Treatise on Ice Skating, in which he described all the major figures that were then known.

It has been known in Russia since the time of Peter I. The Russian tsar brought the first skates from Europe. It was Peter I who invented a new method of attaching skates - directly to the boots and thus created the "prototype" of today's equipment for skaters.

The name "skates" arose because the front of the wooden "runners" was usually decorated with a horse's head.

In 1838, the first textbook for figure skaters was published in St. Petersburg - “ Winter fun and the art of skating. " Its author was G.M. Pauli is a gymnastics teacher at the military educational institutions of St. Petersburg.

A surge of interest in figure skating came after the European tour of American figure skater Jackson Gaines. He showed unexpected possibilities of performing impetuous figures in the most graceful body movements.

Russian figure skating, as a separate sport, originated in 1865. Then a public skating rink was opened in the Yusupov Garden on Sadovaya Street. This skating rink was the most comfortable in Russia and from the very first days it became a center for training figure skaters. On it on March 5, 1878, the first competition of Russian figure skaters took place.

In 1881, about 30 people belonged to the "Society of Ice Skating Fans".

One of the most famous sports and public figures was the Honorary Member of this society Vecheslav Izmailovich Sreznevsky.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Salchow, Lutz, Rittberger, Axel Paulsen invented their jumps, and the skaters left their names in the names of the elements in gratitude for this.

Feminine single skating formed later. Officially, this happened at the end of January 1906 in Davos (Switzerland). Compulsory figures for women and men were similar, but women's free skating immediately attracted attention with high artistry, plasticity and musicality of movements.

The official world championships for women began in 1924. Since 1930, the World Figure Skating Championships for women and men have been held jointly at the same time. Soon, pair (mixed) skating appeared. The international pair skating championship was first played in 1908 in St. Petersburg, the winners were German figure skaters.

The fourth type of figure skating - dance Sport on ice - was born much later in England. Only in 1952 in Paris the dancers played their awards for the first time, the British were the strongest. Most popular in last years won the synchronized skating competition. This sport is widespread in Canada, USA, Sweden, Finland, England, France.

Since 1983, annual synchronized skating championships have been held in Canada. And in 1988, these competitions were held in conjunction with competitions in the main types of figure skating. The pair skating competition was first held in Canada in 1914 and was held regularly until 1964, and resumed in 1981. The leaders in this type of figure skating are the Canadian and American teams.

The popularity of figure skating grew, and already in 1908 figure skating competitions were for the first time included in the program of the Summer Olympic Games in London.

The first Olympic champions in single skating in 1908 were M. Sayers (Great Britain), W. Salchow (Sweden), Panin-Kolomenkin (Russia) and sports couple A. Hubler - G. Burger (Germany). Figure skating was included in the program of the Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp (1920), later it was presented at all Winter Olympics. Olympic Games... Outstanding success in Olympic competitions achieved by Gillis Grafström (Sweden), who won 3 gold and 1 silver medals, three times Olympic champions- Sonya Henie (Norway) and Irina Rodnina (USSR).

At the White Olympics in St. Moritz (1948), American figure skater Dick Button literally made a coup. It was with him that jumps in several revolutions and others were "registered" in figure skating acrobatic elements... The button literally flew over the rink. His reward was a gold Olympic medal in single skating.

The Olympic championship was played in singles (men's and women's) and pair skating. In 1976 in Olympic program sports ice dancing was included.

Figure skating elements

Before the performance, the skater submits an official form, which describes the approximate content of the program: which elements and in what sequence will be performed.

Steps

In programs, step tracks and steps are executed as connecting elements.

Spirals

Spiral- A helix is ​​a position with one skate on the ice and a free leg (including knee and boot) above hip level. The positions of the spirals are different from each other. sliding foot(right, left), edge (outside, inside), sliding direction (forward, backward) and free leg position (backward, forward, sideways). A drawing of a sequence of spirals is any combination of arcs (on edges - spirals in a straight line are ignored and are not counted in the number of positions). Only the first three arcs are considered for the Difficulty traits. In order for the spiral to be counted, you need to be in position for at least 3 seconds.

The most common spiral is considered "Martin"... In "swallow", the free leg can be from 90 degrees relative to the ice to a full split.

Biellmann- performed with raising the free leg, grabbing the skate blade with your hands and arching in the back. Named after Denise Bielmann, who first performed on international competitions biellmann as an element of rotation. With perfect execution, an almost vertical twine is obtained.

Rotations

1) Simple; 2) With a change of legs or combined; 3) Joint; 4) Dance.

Spin Jumping

costal:

Axel

Bounce Axel named for the Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, who first performed it in 1882. (edge ​​jump)

Rittberger

Rittberger(English loop) - the jump is named after the German figure skater Werner Rittberger, who first performed it in 1910. (edge ​​jump)

Salchow

Salchow(Eng. Salchow) - the jump is named after the Swedish figure skater Ulrich Salchow, who first performed it in 1908. (edge ​​jump)

toothed:

Sheepskin coat

Sheepskin coat(engl. toe loop) - the jump was first performed by the American figure skater Bruce Mapes in 1920. (cog jump)

Flip

Flip(English flip) - the jump is performed by pushing the toe of the supporting leg while moving backward on the inner edge of the other leg. Departure is carried out on the jogging leg.

Lutz

Bounce Lutz named for the Austrian figure skater Alois Lutz, who first performed it in 1913. (cog jump)

SE represents all Russian victors XXII Olympic Winter Games

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winners: Evgeny Plushenko, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Elena Ilinykh / Nikita Katsalapov, Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitry Soloviev (team tournament)

The Russian national figure skating team won gold in the team tournament Olympic tournament, which was held for the first time at the Olympics. After eight events, the team of Yulia Lipnitskaya, Evgeny Plushenko, duets Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov scored 75 points. The second place went to the Canadian skaters - 65 points, the third - to the US team with 60 points.

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winners: Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (pair skating)

Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov became two-time Olympic champions in Sochi, winning the tournament in pair skating. Taking into account the short program, they scored 236.86 points (84.17 + 152.69). Another representatives of Russia - Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (218.68) - became silver medalists of the 2014 Games.

Kind of sport: short track

Winner: Viktor An

Russians Viktor An and Vladimir Grigoriev became the champion and vice-champion of the Olympic Games in Sochi at a distance of 1000 meters. On February 10, An won bronze at a distance of 1500 meters, which became the first ever medal for our country in short track. In 2006, at the Turin Olympics, he, speaking for Korea, became the champion at distances of 1000, 1500 m, as well as in the relay of 5000 m.

Kind of sport: skeleton

Winner: Alexander Tretyakov

Skeleton player Alexander Tretyakov, following the results of four races, showed a time of 3 minutes 44.29 seconds, which brought him gold medal Games. Silver went to Latvian Martins Dukurs (3.45.10), bronze to American Matthew Entoine (3.47.26). Tretyakov's gold was the first for Russian athletes in the skeleton at the Olympics: in Vancouver, Tretyakov was third.

Kind of sport: bobsled

Winners: Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda (deuce)

The Russian crew consisting of Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda won the doubles competition. The second place was taken by the Swiss team, bronze - by the USA. Another one Russian team- Alexander Kasyanov and Maxim Belugin - finished fourth, 0.03 seconds behind third.

Kind of sport: snowboard

Winner: Vic Wilde

Russian Vic Wilde won gold at the Sochi Olympics in the parallel giant slalom. In the first of the two final heats, he lost 0.54 seconds to Nevin Galmarini of Switzerland, but won the second with a margin of 2.14. Slovene Zhan Koshyr became the bronze medalist of the Games. Recall that on the same day, Wilde's wife Alena Zavarzina brought Russia another award, winning bronze in the women's competition.

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winner: Adeline Sotnikova

Russian woman Adelina Sotnikova is the Olympic champion of the 2014 Games in Sochi: this is the first ever gold in Russia in women's single skating. The winner scored 224.59 points. The second was the champion of Vancouver-2010 Korean Yuna Kim. The third is Italian Carolina Costner. Another representative of Russia, Olympic champion Sochi-2014 in team competition Yulia Lipnitskaya is the fifth.

Kind of sport: short track

Winner: Viktor An

Russian Viktor An won the gold medal of the 2014 Olympics in Sochi at a distance of 500 m. On February 15, he won the Olympic finals at a distance of 1000 meters. Thus, An became a five-time Olympic champion - the first in the history of short track speed skating. He won all four disciplines - 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and 5000 m relay. At the first two distances - in Sochi for Russia, at the last three - with Korea in Turin-2006.

Kind of sport: short track

Winners: Victor An, Semyon Elistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev, Ruslan Zakharov (relay)

The Russian national team (Viktor An, Semyon Elistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev, Ruslan Zakharov) won the gold medal in the 5000m relay at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi with an Olympic record. Victor An became the six-time Olympic champion in short track speed skating. Note that he already won medals in all four disciplines at the second Olympics: in Turin-2006, he had 3 gold (1000 m, 1500 m, relay) and 1 bronze (500 m) as part of the Korean national team. In Sochi, he also has 3 gold (500 m, 1000 m, relay) and 1 bronze (1500 m). In addition, An caught up with the famous American Apolo Anton Ono in the number of Olympic medals - 8 each.

Kind of sport: snowboard

Winner: Vic Wilde

Russian Vic Wilde won gold at the Sochi Olympics in the parallel slalom. In the first of the two final races, he beat Slovenian Jean Kosher by 0.12 seconds, and in the second he retained this advantage. Austrian Benjamin Karl became the bronze medalist of the Games. This gold became the second for Wilde in Sochi.

Kind of sport: biathlon

Winner: Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko, Anton Shipulin (relay)

Russian four won the 4x7.5 km relay. This is the first gold medal for domestic male biathletes in the relay race after the 1988 Olympics.

Kind of sport: ski race

Winner: Alexander Legkov


Russian skiers triumphantly completed the 50 km men's ski mass start, taking the entire podium. Alexander Legkov became the Olympic champion - his time was 1: 46.55.2. Silver was won by Maxim Vylegzhanin, bronze - Ilya Chernousov. Thus, Russia won 12 gold medals, which ensured an early victory in the team medal event at the home Olympic Games in Sochi.

Kind of sport: bobsled

Winners: Alexander Zubkov, Alexey Negodailo, Dmitry Trunenkov, Alexey Voevoda (four)

The crew of Alexander Zubkov, consisting of Alexei Negodailo, Dmitry Trunenkov and Alexei Voevoda, won gold medals at the Sochi Olympics in the foursome competition. For Zubkov and Voevoda, this is already the second gold medal of the 2014 Games - they had previously won the doubles competition. The second place in the tournament of fours was taken by Latvia, bronze - by the USA. The crew of Alexander Kasyanov became the fourth, 0.03 seconds behind the third place. The bobsledders brought Russia 13th gold and helped to consolidate its leadership in the overall team event, both in the number of highest standard medals and in the total number. Russia repeated the record of the USSR national team in 1976 in Innsbruck for the number of gold medals. The total number of medals has now reached 33: 13 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze.

26 RUSSIANS - OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS OF SOCHI-2014

Gold

Athlete

Kind of sport

Viktor An

short track

Alexey VOEVODA

Tatiana VOLOSOZHAR

figure skating

Alexander ZUBKOV

Maxim TRANKOV

figure skating

Vic WILD

snowboard

Ekaterina BOBROVA

figure skating

Alexey VOLKOV

Vladimir GRIGORIEV

short track

Semyon ELISTRATOV

short track

Ruslan ZAKHAROV

short track

Elena ILYINKH

figure skating

Nikita Katsalapov

figure skating

Fyodor Klimov

figure skating

Alexander LEGKOV

Yulia Lipnitskaya

figure skating

Dmitry MALYSHKO

Alexey NEGODAILO

Evgeny PLYUSHCHENKO

figure skating

Dmitry SOLOVIEV

figure skating

Adeline Sotnikova

figure skating

Ksenia STOLBOVA

figure skating

Alexander TRETYAKOV

skeleton

Dmitry TRUNENKOV

Evgeny Ustyugov

Anton Shipulin

Figure skating is one of the most beautiful and challenging sports. The Olympics are a particularly difficult and exciting test for an athlete. Many people like to watch the performances of figure skaters at But, few think that behind this beautiful and mesmerizing spectacle is the hard and everyday work of athletes. How much pain, sweat, failures and tears have to go through! And how hard it is to give the coveted gold. It is especially difficult for fragile girls performing in single skating.

A bit of history

How impressive it looks Women - Olympic champions in this sport - are known all over the world. But not everyone knows that women's single skating was born only in 1906. It was then that single competitions for men and women began to be held. And in 1908, women's single skating was included in the Olympics program.

The first Olympic figure skating champions

The first Olympic champion in women's single skating in 1908 was the Englishwoman Maige Sayers. She is a truly outstanding athlete. She began her performances back in 1901, when women's singles were not allowed at all, so she participated in men's. Moreover, she became twice world champion - in 1906 and 1907. Two years in a row, which not every athlete can do.

Further, in the period after the First World War, the most outstanding athlete was the Norwegian Sonja Heni, who won all competitions and Olympics from 1927 to 1936. It was she who was the first woman who managed to master the single axel. These outstanding representatives of the fair sex are the first Olympic figure skating champions.

Post-war period in figure skating

During the Second World War, athletes from European countries did not have the opportunity to train. Only figure skaters from the USA and Canada continued their studies. Not surprisingly, the next figure skating champion was a Canadian citizen. At the games in 1948 Olympic gold gets Barbara Ann Scott. One of her achievements was the first in singles women's skating double lutz made by her in 1942.

1952 Olympic gold earned by Genette Alwegg from Great Britain. She was also the world champion in 1951. At that time, artistry was less appreciated, and Genette's performances were always distinguished by clear, perfect execution of jumps and other mandatory elements... This set it apart from its main competitors. It is noteworthy that the Olympic gold again fell into the hands of the Englishwoman.

American stage in women's figure skating

At this stage, the gold and American women do not let go of their hands. At the 1956 Olympics, Tenley Albright is the winner. The next Olympic figure skating champion in 1960 was her compatriot Carol Heiss, who had previously won the silver medal in the competition.

The American women established their own recognizable style of skating, which was distinguished by flexibility, plasticity, precision of movements, spectacular choreography, as well as high-quality and technical performance of the required elements. This style continued to be shown by the next generation of American figure skaters. In 1968, Peggy Fleming became the Olympic champion, and in 1976, Dorothy Hamill received gold.

An athlete from Austria also contributed to figure skating. She was the outstanding Beatrice Shuba, who performed the obligatory figures with the highest quality and was the only one who received a grade above 5 points for the technique. This brought her the coveted Olympic gold in 1972.

Triumph of German figure skaters

Olympic champions from Germany have also made a significant contribution to the history of this sport. In the 80s, athletes from the GDR made themselves known. They were strong skaters who brought an innovative, powerful sporting style to skating. At the same time, the artistic abilities of these girls were at a fairly high level.

For 1980, the gold goes to Anette Petsch. And after her, her compatriot Katharina Witt leads two Olympics - in 1984 and 1988. This athlete was different perfect execution technical elements and harmoniously built programs.

A new stage in women's figure skating

Olympic gold returns to American women again in 1992. It was brought to the country by Christie Yamaguchi. She is known for winning the US Championship twice, in singles and in pairs figure skating.

A citizen of Ukraine becomes the 1994 Olympic champion. This figure skater impressed the audience and the judges with her excellent technique of performing elements and a very emotional performance.

And again, the American women are at their best. The 1998 Games bring gold to Tara Lipinski, who became the youngest individual Olympic champion. Sarah Hughes wins in 2002 thanks to record number complex elements and jumps in the free program.

In Turin, the American figure skating school comes in an honorable second place. American Sasha Cohen gets silver. And the first place is awarded to the Japanese woman Shizuka Arakawa. She is the first Japanese female skater to become an Olympic champion.

The next outstanding figure skater is a girl from South Korea... Kim Young Ah received all the top titles that no other figure skater had ever done before. She won gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, won the four continents championship, became the world champion and the leader of the Grand Prix finals.

Sochi Olympics

The Olympic Games in Sochi became an important stage in the history of figure skating. Figure skating is gaining a valuable innovation. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, a team competition is held. Skaters from Russia receive gold in it. Young figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya, who becomes the youngest Olympic champion, takes part in this standings. But in the individual competition, Yulia was not lucky, and she becomes only fifth.

Gold still goes to Russia. In the individual standings, the winner is Adelina Sotnikova, another young Russian woman, who amazed everyone with her stunning performance in technique, artistry and emotions. Olympic figure skating champions like Adelina and Yulia receive the first gold medals for Russia in women's single skating. Adelina Sotnikova becomes the first individual winner of the Games from Russia.

They have always loved to skate in Russia. In the 19th century, a skating lover appeared on the ice of St. Petersburg, who had no equal - Nikolay Panin-Kolomenkin... The loudest was his victory at the IV Olympic Games in London in 1908. At the beginning of the 20th century, only the Summer Olympics were held, but figure skating was included in the program of the London Olympics for the first time. The figures proposed by Panin - Kolomenkin amazed everyone with their complexity, and the judges watched with particular passion for the correctness of their implementation. But there was nothing to complain about - the Russian figure skater brilliantly completed the declared program. The judges unanimously awarded Panin-Kolomenkin the first place. It was the first Olympic gold medal in history. Russian sports... It is noteworthy that the athlete himself at this time was already 36 years old.

The first Olympic champions in pair skating were those who won gold medals in 1964 and 1968. It was they who invented and were the first to perform many of the elements that were subsequently included in the compulsory program of competitions for figure skaters around the world. Their performances made such an impression that the world of figure skating did not know then.

By the way, the "golden" couple played the "golden" wedding in 2007. Leaving from big sport, Lyudmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov did not part with figure skating, worked in the Leningrad Ballet on Ice. They obtained Swiss citizenship in 1995.

In 1972, they became Olympic champions in pair skating Irina Rodnina and Alexey Ulanov... However, the day before the 1972 World Cup, in training, Irina fell from support, was admitted to the hospital with a concussion and intracranial hematoma. The couple skated the short program cleanly, having received marks up to 6.0, in the free program Irina felt bad, finished the program in a semi-faint state. After the World Cup, the couple broke up.

Soon Stanislav Zhuk picked up another partner by Rodnina - Alexandra Zaitseva... First Irina Rodnina performed with Alexander Zaitsev at the 1973 World Championships, where for several minutes they had to skate without musical accompaniment, but they did not interrupt their program and finished it to the applause of the audience.

Since 1974, the couple trained with Tatiana Tarasova... 1973 to 1978 Rodnina and Zaitsev constantly took first places at the European and World Championships. In 1976 and 1980, the Rodnina / Zaitsev pair won gold at the Olympic Games. In 1981, Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev moved to professional sports... We performed on tour, trained.

In 1976, a pair of figure skaters won gold at the Olympic Games Alexander Gorshkov / Lyudmila Pakhomova... Together they became six-time world champions. The coach of the "golden pair" was Elena Anatolyevna Tchaikovskaya and remained the coach of this couple until their departure from amateur sports. Pakhomova and Gorshkov changed the style of ice dancing. Before them, strict, academic dances predominated, mainly to classical melodies. They also brought into figure skating a lively, emotional folk dance: "Nightingale", "Along St. Petersburg", "Mischievous ditties", "Kumparsita".

Olympic champions Natalia Linichuk and Gennady Karponosov won gold in 1980. Linichuk and Karponosov trained with Elena Tchaikovskaya and played for the Dynamo-Moscow club. Already in 1981, they both retired from their sports careers and became successful coaches in ice dancing. In their coaching duet, Gennady is in charge of the compulsory dances, and Natalia is in charge of the original dance and the free program. In the 90s, they left to train in the USA.

At the 84 Winter Olympics, the pair won figure skating Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev... Valova and Vasiliev became the first sports couple to perform a triple parallel jump. The couple were married from 1984 to 1992.

Figure skater Sergey Grinkov with his partner Ekaterina Gordeeva managed to win two Olympic gold medals. Under the guidance of a coach Stanislav Zhuk the couple in 1986 won the title of world champions for the first time. At that time, young Katya was only 14 years old - then a record age in the entire history of world figure skating championships. For the 1988 Olympic Games, Grinkov and Gordeeva came up as the main favorites. In 1988, Sergei was 21 years old, Katya just turned 17. The free dance, which went down in the history of figure skating as a real masterpiece, was performed to the "March of Mendelssohn". As it turned out, it was not just that. On April 20, 1991, their wedding took place.

A year later, the couple had a daughter, Daria. At this time, they performed a lot at foreign tournaments, took part in a large number of commercial projects. In 1994 Gordeeva and Grinkov win gold again at the Olympics. Exactly one year after the victory, on November 20, 1995, Sergei Grinkov, while training in Lake Placid, suffered a massive heart attack and died right on the ice during training. In 1996, Ekaterina Gordeeva returned to the ice. Her first performance was dedicated to her late husband.

Figure skaters Oksana Grischuk and Evgeny Platov won Olympic gold in 1994 and 1998. The Olympics in Nagano made Grischuk and Platov champions - they were the first in the world to become two-time Olympic champions in ice dancing (despite the fact that Grischuk had broken her wrist shortly before).

In the summer of 1998, a couple Oksana Grischuk / Evgeny Platov broke up. Grischuk received an invitation to work together from Alexandra Zhulina... The collaboration continued throughout the year. Left alone again, Oksana performed solo. Eugene paired up with Maya Usova.

In 1988, Olympic gold in pair figure skating was won by Natalia Bestemyanova and Andrey Bukin... Charismatic and even eccentric for their time, the pair of figure skaters was remembered by the audience for their numbers to the music of the operas "Carmen" by Bizet and "Prince Igor" by Borodin, "Rhapsodies on a Theme of Paganini" by Rachmaninov. They were also very fond of their numbers to the music from the films of Charlie Chaplin and "Cabaret" by Bob Foss, their "Cumparsita" and the waltz "Blue Danube".

Russian single skater Alexey Urmanov- Champion of the 1994 Olympics. Alexey won both the technical and the free program thanks to the clean execution of all elements (among all the participants he completed the largest number of triple jumps - 8, including two triple axels). In August 1999, he retired from his amateur career, and won in December 1999 at the World Championship among professional singles in Washington (USA). Since 2001 he has been working as a trainer, and his most successful student is two-time champion Of Russia Sergey Voronov.

Olympic champion Ilya Kulik v short program Of the 1998 Olympic Games in the avant-garde style to the music of J.-M. Jarre, performed a purely cascade of triple axel - triple toe loop, seized the lead. In an exceptionally harmonious free program, with elegant choreography to the music of J. Gershwin, with well-written elements, Kulik, the only one of all the participants, performed all the jumps absolutely clean, including the only one of the leaders and for the first time in his career at international competitions quadruple jump- sheepskin coat, two triple axels (one in a combination with a triple sheepskin coat), as well as five triple jumps.

Arthur Dmitriev became the first male skater to win the Olympic Games with two different partners. In 1992 he won gold with Natalia Mishkutenok, in 1998 - from Oksana Kazakova(on the picture). Dmitriev was remembered for the most difficult lifts - the only one performed the partner's signature descent, throwing her over his back. Dmitriev often assisted the trainer in staging programs, acted as a fashion designer, helping to create costumes.

Russian figure skater Alexey Yagudin- Olympic champion in 2002. Winning the Salt Lake City Olympics - Peak sports career Yagudin, one of the most striking victories in the history of figure skating and Russian sports. The short program "Winter", brilliantly performed at the Games, was staged by Tatiana Tarasova, to this day it is considered a benchmark in terms of choreography and the creation of an artistic image on ice. The performance of the free program "The Man in the Iron Mask" brings Yagudin peculiar olympic records- he is awarded the victory by all nine judges; he becomes the first Olympic champion to complete two jumps in four turns in the program, one of which is in a cascade, and the first Olympic winner in the category of men's singles to receive four 6.0 marks for artistry from the judges.

In 1996, in training while performing a rotation, partner Elena Berezhnoy I hit her on the head with a skate - the temporal bone was pierced, the fragments damaged the lining of the brain. Berezhnaya underwent two neurosurgical operations, after which she again learned not only to walk, but also to speak and read. I learned to ride again with a new partner - Anton Sikharulidze, which supported her throughout the postoperative period. The history of figure skating included the "Charlie Chaplin" program, which Sikharulidze skated together with Elena Berezhnaya in the 2000/2001 season as a free program, and then as an indicative number. In 2002 Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze became Olympic champions.

Evgeny Plushenko two-time Olympic champion: 2006 in singles, 2014 in team competition. Evgeni Plushenko became the first figure skater to perform a quadruple toe loop — triple toe loop — triple rittberger cascade at the competition (at the Russian Cup in 2002), the first among men to perform a biellmann spin, a triple axel-oiler-triple flip cascade (2001). On February 13, 2014, he was supposed to participate in the main competition - single skating, but withdrew from the competition in the short program a minute before the start of the performance due to a back injury. On the same day, he officially announced the end of his sports career.

Winners of the XX Winter Olympic Games in Turin in pair skating Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin debuted at the Olympic Games back in 2002, but were only fourth. In the fall of 2004, at the stage of the Skate America Grand Prix series, Tatyana received a serious head injury: after unsuccessful support from her partner, she fell on the ice, hitting her head, and lost consciousness. The injury was serious, and I had to spend several months in the hospital under the supervision of doctors. At the beginning of 2006, she again took to the ice and won the same year. In 2006, after the Olympics, the couple broke up.

Since 1998 Tatiana Navka, who previously represented Belarus, began to play for Russia in tandem with Roman Kostomarov... They first trained in a group Natalia Linichuk... In the 1999-2000 season, Roman skated with Anna Semenovich, but later again paired up with Tatiana. Since 2000, they have trained under the guidance of Alexandra Zhulina... They were also consulted at various times Elena Chaikovskaya and Tatiana Tarasova... After winning the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov decided to end their sports careers.

February 20 Russian figure skater Adeline Sotnikova won the gold medal in women's singles skating at the Sochi Olympics. This Olympic victory became the first in history for Russian women in this kind of figure skating. Sotnikova started figure skating at the age of five. At the end of 2008, Adelina, at the age of 12, became the winner of the adult championship of Russia, after which sports officials began to use the name of the prodigy girl as a response to the failures that befell domestic women's single skating at that time.

9 February figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya won gold in the team figure skating competition, becoming the youngest Russian champion in the history of the Winter Olympic Games. Had Julia been born 26 days later, she would not have been able to join the Olympic team. According to the regulations, in order to participate in the 2014 Winter Olympics, a skater must be 15 years old by July 1, 2013. Julia started figure skating in Yekaterinburg when she was only 4 years old. The design of the costumes in which the skater performs, she develops herself together with her mother.

A sports couple became the triumphs of the Games Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov... Tatiana and Maxim won the title of Olympic champions in pair skating on February 12. This medal became the second gold of the duo at the Games in Sochi after the success of the Russians in the team competition. Volosozhar and Trankov went to this award for four years, teamed up in the spring after the Vancouver Olympics. Already in the first joint tournaments Russian couple began to demonstrate powerful, confident, and most importantly, creative skating.

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I will add critical notes from myself. For some reason, there is no mention of victories at the 1992 Games Victor Petrenko and a dance duet Marina Klimova and Sergey Ponomarenko... Apparently, RIA Novosti does not consider such a phenomenon as "United Team", as something related to domestic sports. Also, this photo selection did not take into account all the winners of the team tournament in Sochi.

    Today I invite you to remember, dear readers, the Olympic champions in men's single skating, who managed to win not one Olympiad, but two or even three. As it turned out, there are not so many such athletes, but only five people in the entire history of figure skating, and one of them, Evgeni Plushenko, was taken into account for winning the team competition. All other skaters have multiple individual points. Below they are presented to your attention.

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    1. Gillis (Yillis) Grafström (Sweden)... Gillis Grafström in his life became a three-time Olympic champion - in 1920 he won the Summer Olympic Games, which were held in Antwerp (Belgium), and then two winter Olympics- 1924 (Chamonix, France) and 1928 (St. Moritz, Switzerland).

    Grafström was distinguished by his excellent execution of the obligatory figures. He is the author of the flying sit spin. After completing his career, Grafström also coached the outstanding Norwegian figure skater Sonia Heni. In addition to the figure skater, Gillis Grafström worked as an architect, writer and printmaker. In Germany, in the city of Potsdam, there is a street named after him. In 1976, Gillis Grafström was inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame.

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    2. Karl Schaefer (Austria). Two-time Olympic champion in 1932 (Lake Placid, USA) and 1936 (Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany).

    In addition to figure skating, Karl Schaefer played excellent violin, and in addition was the Austrian champion in breaststroke swimming. At the end of his figure skating career, in 1940, Karl Schaefer organized the "Karl Schaefer Ice Review" show. After World War II, he restored Engelmann's ice rink and worked as a coach. From 1974 to 2008, a figure skating tournament named after him - "Karl Schaefer Memorial" was held annually in Vienna.

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    3. Richard (Dick) Button (USA). Two-time Olympic champion in 1948 (St. Moritz, Switzerland) and 1952 (Oslo, Norway).

    At the 1948 Olympics, Dick Button won the compulsory exercises... At the competitions in the free program, he first managed to perform a double axel. Dick Button became the first athlete to perform this jump in competition. At the 1952 Olympic Games, Dick Button again becomes the first figure skater in history who managed to perform the triple rittberger jump in competition. Having skated a brilliant free program, he again wins the Olympic Games.

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    4. Evgeny Plushenko (Russia). Two-time Olympic champion - 2006 (Turin, Italy) - in individual competition and 2014 (Sochi, Russia) - in team competition.

    At the 2006 Olympics, which were held in Turin, Evgeni Plushenko won by a huge 27 points behind the runner-up Swiss figure skater Stephane Lambiel. At the 2014 Olympic Games, Evgeni Plushenko competed in team competitions. After the short program, Plushenko was second only to Yuzur Khan. According to the results of the short and free program, Evgeny brought the team 19 points out of 20 possible. The Russian national team won the team competition.

    5. Yuzuru Hanyu (Japan). Two-time Olympic champion (naturally in the individual classification) in 2014 (Sochi, Russia) and 2018 (Pyeongchang, Korea).

    At the 2014 Olympics, Yuzuru Hanyu won both short and free programs, becoming the undisputed winner of the Olympic Games. At the 2018 Olympics, Hanyu was still competing from his injury. The consequences of the injury made themselves felt, and therefore, Hanyu did not participate in the team competition, but concentrated on performing in the individual competition. The performance was successful, taking first place in the short program, and second in the free program, in terms of the total points, Hanyu managed to maintain the lead and win the second Olympics in his life.

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    Here they are, multiple Olympic champions in the history of world men's single skating. Let's remember them and wait for the replenishment of the historical list, we hope, by entering the names and surnames of Russian figure skaters.

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