Dorothy Stuart Hamill is a retired American figure skater. She is the 1976 Olympic champion and 1976 World champion in ladies' singles.
Shizuka Arakawa is a retired Japanese figure skater. She is the 2006 Olympic champion and the 2004 World champion. Arakawa is the first Japanese skater to win an Olympic gold medal in figure skating and the second Japanese skater to win any Olympic medal in figure skating, after Midori Ito, who won silver in 1992. She is also the second Japanese woman to win a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, following skier Tae Satoya. She was the only Japanese medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Maxi Herber was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. She remains the youngest figure skating Olympic champion from when she won gold in pair skating together with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Ernst Baier was a German figure skater who competed in pair skating and single skating. He became Olympic pair champion in 1936 together with Maxi Herber. The duo also won several World and European championships.
Gundula "Gundi" Busch was a German figure skater. She was the 1954 World champion, the 1954 European champion, and a two-time West German national champion.
Sjoukje Rosalinde Dijkstra was a Dutch competitive figure skater. She was the 1964 Olympic champion in ladies' singles, the 1960 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (1962–1964), five-time European champion (1960–1964), and the six-time Dutch national champion (1959–1964). She was the first Dutch athlete to win a Winter Olympics gold medal.
Marika Kilius is a German former pair skater. With Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, she is a two-time Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World champion, and a six-time European champion. Earlier in her career, she competed with Franz Ningel.
Elisabeth "Sissy" Schwarz is an Austrian former figure skater who is best known for her career in pair skating. With Kurt Oppelt, she is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1956 World champion, the 1956 European champion, and a five-time Austrian national champion (1952–56).
Kurt Oppelt was an Austrian figure skater who is best known for his career in pair skating. With Sissy Schwarz, he is the 1956 Olympic champion, the 1956 World champion, the 1956 European champion, and a five-time Austrian national champion (1952–56).
Sandra Marie Bezic is a Canadian pair skater, figure skating choreographer, producer, and television commentator. With her brother Val Bezic, she won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships from 1970 to 1974 and placed ninth at the 1972 Winter Olympics. Skate Canada announced on July 14, 2010, that she will be inducted into the Skate Canada Hall of Fame in the professional category
The British Figure Skating Championships are held annually to crown the national champions of Great Britain. Skaters compete in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels, although not every discipline is held every year due to a lack of participants. The event is organized by British Ice Skating, the sport's national governing body.
Ina Bauer, married name Szenes, was a German competitive figure skater. She won three consecutive West German national titles (1957–59) and invented the skating element which bears her name.
Susanne Stadlmüller is a German former figure skater. She is the 2000 and 2001 German national champion.
Figure skating competitions at the 1999 European Youth Olympic Winter Days were held in Poprad-Tatry, Slovakia between March 6 and 12. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and Ice dancing.
Carmen on Ice is a 1990 dance film with a choreography for figure skaters made in Germany. The music is based on the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet in an orchestral version arranged especially for this film. In contrast to figure skating movies of former times, Carmen on Ice is a film without spoken dialogue, which is an innovation in the history of figure skating.
Buse Coskun is a Turkish figure skater. She is a ten-time Turkish medalist.She represented Turkey at the Netherlands 2004 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and placed 46th, at the Germany 2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter Chemnitz ISU Junior Grand Prix in Germany and placed 37th place, at the 7th European Youth Olympic Festival were only held in junior single skating categories in Monthey, Switzerland, between January 22 and January 29 Youth Olympic Winter games and placed 22nd place, at the 2006 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Ljubliana and placed 25th place.
Bradie Tennell is an American figure skater. She is a 2018 Olympic team event bronze medalist, the 2020 Four Continents bronze medalist, the 2018 CS Autumn Classic champion, the 2018 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, and a two-time U.S. national champion.
Kate Slattery Parghi is a former ice dancer who competed internationally for the United States. She competed with Chuen-Gun Lee, a 2002 Olympic skater from South Korea. The two skated together from 2003 to 2007 placing 7th at the 2005 National Figure Skating Championships, 7th at 2004 Bofrost Cup on Ice, and 7th at the 2006 Nebelhorn Trophy. They were coached by Gennady Karponosov, Natalia Linichuk, and Vitaly Popkov. The youngest of five children, Kate also played women's ice hockey for her high school team, as well as being a competitor in ladies singles. They announced their split in March 2007. In fall 2012, Kate married American Business man, Doc Parghi.
Martha Bachem, née Marta Musilek was an Austrian-German figure skater. She became a three-time German national champion before representing Austria at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Sophia Schaller is an Austrian figure skater who currently competes in the pairs discipline with Livio Mayr. Together, they are three-time Austrian national champions (2023–25).
