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Surya Varuna Claudine Bonaly was born in Nice, France, on 15 December 1973. [1] [2] Her birth name was Claudine.She was named after the Hindu deities Surya and Varuna.She was placed in an orphanage by her birth mother and was adopted at eight months by Suzanne Bonaly, a physical education teacher in Nice, and Georges Bonaly, a draftsman who worked for the French government.
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.
The French figure skater, a Black pioneer in a predominantly white sport, helped define the sport that now requires athleticism and quad jumps at the elite level.
Baiul began competing and took the silver medal at the 1993 European Championships in Helsinki, finishing second to Surya Bonaly of France. [18] Prior to the 1993 World Championships in Prague, Baiul had crashed into the boards and displaced disks in her back and neck. [8] At the event, she stopped practicing and consulted a Czech doctor. [8]
The following is a list of notable figure skaters who have competed in women's singles.These are skaters who have won a gold, silver, or bronze medal at at least one of the following competitions: the Winter Olympics, the World Figure Skating Championships, the European Figure Skating Championships, the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, the Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, the ...
Following the ladies event, Surya Bonaly, the silver medalist, protested her second place finish during the medal ceremony. First, by refusing to stand on the podium and then, stripping her medal off of her neck after being presented it.
Surya Bonaly: Nicole Bobek: Pair skating [3] Radka Kovaříková / René Novotný: Evgenia Shishkova / Vadim Naumov: Jenni Meno / Todd Sand: Ice dancing [4] Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov: Susanna Rahkamo / Petri Kokko: Sophie Moniotte / Pascal Lavanchy
Other notable skaters that began their careers at the club include Alain Giletti, an early rival of Calmat, who won over 20 medals, 16 of them gold, Patrick Péra, who succeeded Calmat and Giletti, who won two bronze medals, one each at the 1968 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Games, and Surya Bonaly, who won over 20 medals while active.