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The Salchow jump is an edge jump in figure skating. It was named after its inventor, Ulrich Salchow, in 1909. The Salchow is accomplished with a takeoff from the back inside edge of one foot and a landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. It is "usually the first jump that skaters learn to double, and the first or second to triple ...
The men's singles was one of four events in figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Each nation could enter up to 3 skaters. [1] Sweden's Ulrich Salchow, who had won several World Figure Skating Championships, easily won the gold medal after his main rival, Russia's Nikolai Panin, withdrew either in protest over what he considered unfair judging or due to illness.
Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow (7 August 1877 – 19 April 1949) was a Danish-born Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century. [ 1 ] Salchow won the World Figure Skating Championships ten times, from 1901 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1911. [ 2 ]
Ulrich Salchow is the most decorated figure skater at the World Championships with ten gold medals and three silver medals. The World Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual event sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. The competition took place on February 5–6 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Salchow may refer to: Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949), Swedish figure skater; Salchow jump, a figure skating jump named after him This page was last edited on 30 ...
The ISU Junior Grand Prix in Sweden (originally called the Salchow Trophy) is an international figure skating competition. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it is periodically held in the autumn as part of the Junior Grand Prix (JGP) series. Medals may be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.
American skater Nathan Chen performing a quad jump during his free skate at the 2018 Internationaux de France.. A quadruple jump or quad is a figure skating jump with at least four (but fewer than five) revolutions. [1]