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Timothy Richard Goebel (born September 10, 1980) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 2002 Olympic bronze medalist. He was the first person to land a quadruple salchow jump in competition [1] and the first person to land three quadruple jumps in one program. He landed 76 career quadruple jumps before his retirement in 2006.
Edel. Website. www.tomgaebel.de (in German and English) Tom Gaebel is a German singer and leader of a big band named after himself. He changed the spelling of his last name, omitting the umlaut. In addition to singing and arranging, Gaebel writes lyrics in English. Gaebel was born on 13 January 1975 in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia ...
Tatsuki Machida (町田 樹, Machida Tatsuki) (born March 9, 1990) is a Japanese retired figure skater. He is the 2014 World silver medalist, the 2010 Four Continents silver medalist, and the 2013–14 Japanese national silver medalist. Machida is the winner of four Grand Prix events — the 2012 Cup of China, 2013 Skate America, 2013 ...
Men's single skating was contested during the figure skating events at the 2002 Winter Olympics.. This men's Olympic event was last where the 6.0 system was used.. This individual event was structured in a similar manner to the pairs event, with a short program and a free skating. 28 skaters entered the short program, but only the top 24 competitors continued to the free skating.
The United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame is where the greatest names in the history of the sport are honored. To be inducted into it is considered the highest achievement an American figure skater can attain. It was founded in 1976. It is located in the World Figure Skating Museum and Hall of Fame, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.
Medals awarded Thursday, February 21, 2002. Ladies' Singles gold medalist Sarah Hughes meets with President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C., on April 12, 2002. 16-year-old Hughes, fourth after the short program, skated a clean free skating with seven triple jumps, including two triple-triple combinations. Kwan led after the short program [ 4 ...
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Georg Hackl of Germany finished in second in the men's luge singles event, becoming the first athlete to win a medal at five consecutive Games in the same individual event. [3] The United States teams, in the four-man bobsleigh event, won the country's first bobsleigh medals in 46 years. The 2002 Games also saw the first Winter Olympics gold ...