World Figure Skating Hall of Fame

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World Figure Skating Museum & Hall of Fame
World Figure Skating Hall of Fame
Location20 First Street
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coordinates 38°47′38″N104°50′56″W / 38.79379°N 104.84885°W / 38.79379; -104.84885
Type Hall of fame
Website www.worldskatingmuseum.org
Sonja Henie and Karl Schafer were among the initial 20 inductees to the Hall of Fame in 1976. Bundesarchiv Bild 102-13104, Sonja Henie und Karl Schafer.jpg
Sonja Henie and Karl Schäfer were among the initial 20 inductees to the Hall of Fame in 1976.

The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame serves as a repository for the sport of figure skating. The World Figure Skating Hall of Fame is where the greatest names in the history of the sport are honored. It is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States.

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The Hall of Fame was founded in 1976. [1]

Skaters such as Dick Button, Katarina Witt, Midori Ito, Sonja Henie, Alexei Yagudin, and Michelle Kwan have been honored in the Hall of Fame.

Inductees

SkaterYear InductedDiscipline
Flag of the United States.svg Tenley Albright 1976
Flag of France.svg Andrée Joly /
Flag of France.svg Pierre Brunet
1976
Flag of the United States.svg Dick Button 1976
Flag of the United States.svg Peggy Fleming 1976
Flag of Sweden.svg Gillis Grafström 1976
Flag of the United States.svg Carol Heiss 1976
Flag of Norway.svg Sonja Henie 1976
Flag of the United States.svg David Jenkins 1976
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg T. D. Richardson 1976
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Jacques Gerschwiler 1976
Flag of the United States.svg Jackson Haines 1976
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Gustave Lussi 1976
Flag of the United States.svg Hayes Alan Jenkins 1976
Flag of Norway.svg Axel Paulsen 1976
Flag of Sweden.svg Ulrich Salchow 1976
Flag of Austria.svg Karl Schäfer 1976
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Reginald Wilkie 1976
Flag of the United States.svg Howard Nicholson1976
Flag of Austria.svg Edi Scholdan 1976
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Montgomery Wilson 1976
Flag of Austria.svg Willy Böckl 1977
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jean Westwood /
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lawrence Demmy
1977
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Donald Jackson 1977
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ludmila Belousova /
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Oleg Protopopov
1978
Flag of the German Empire.svg Maxi Herber /
Flag of the German Empire.svg Ernst Baier
1979
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Barbara Ann Scott 1979
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cecilia Colledge 1980
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Barbara Wagner /
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Robert Paul
1980
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Madge Syers 1981
Flag of the German Empire.svg Willie Frick1981
Flag of the United States.svg William Hickok1981
Flag of Austria.svg Herma Szabo 1982
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Louis Rubenstein 1984
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Werner Groebli 1984
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Frances Dafoe /
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Norris Bowden
1984
Flag of the German Empire.svg Charlotte Oelschlägel 1985
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Arnold Gerschwiler 1985
Flag of the United States.svg F. Ritter Shumway 1986
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Courtney Jones 1986
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Lyudmila Pakhomova /
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Aleksandr Gorshkov
1988
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Irina Rodnina 1989
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jayne Torvill /
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Christopher Dean
1989
Flag of the United States.svg Scott Hamilton 1990
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Curry 1991
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jeannette Altwegg 1993
Flag of the United States.svg Richard Dwyer1993
Flag of Germany.svg Ria Falk /
Flag of Germany.svg Paul Falk
1993
Flag of France.svg Jacques Favart 1993
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Georg Hasler1993
Flag of the United States.svg Ronald Robertson 1993
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Diane Towler /
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Bernard Ford
1993
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg James Koch1994
Flag of Russia.svg Ekaterina Gordeeva /
Flag of Russia.svg Sergei Grinkov
1995
Flag of the United States.svg William Tutt 1995
Flag of Germany.svg Katarina Witt 1995
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Boitano 1996
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Herbert Clarke 1996
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sheldon Galbraith 1996
Flag of the United States.svg Carlo Fassi 1997
Flag of Hungary.svg Lily Kronberger 1997
Flag of the United States.svg Benjamin Wright1997
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Collins1998
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Dědič 1998
Flag of Austria.svg Felix Kaspar 1998
Flag of the United States.svg Kristi Yamaguchi 1998
Flag of the United States.svg Ronald Ludington 1999
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gladys Hogg1999
Flag of the United States.svg Dorothy Hamill 2000Ladies' Singles
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Marina Klimova /
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergei Ponomarenko
2000Ice Dance
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Nicks 2000Coach
Flag of the United States.svg Janet Lynn 2001Ladies' Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Maribel Vinson 2002Ladies' Singles and Pairs
Flag of Germany.svg Jutta Müller 2004Coach
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Toller Cranston 2004 [2] Men's Singles
Flag of Japan.svg Midori Ito 2004 [3] Ladies' Singles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robin Cousins 2005Men's Singles
Creative/Professional role
Flag of Russia.svg Tamara Moskvina 2005Pairs and Ladies' Singles
Coach
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Donald Gilchrist 2005 [4] Non-athletic role
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kurt Browning 2006Men's Singles
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Zamboni 2006Skating Pioneer
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Carroll 2007Coach
Flag of Russia.svg Tatiana Tarasova 2008Coach
Flag of Austria.svg Wilhelm Bietak 2009Creative/Professional role
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Joyce Hisey2009Non-athletic role
Judge
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Brian Orser 2009 [5] Men's Singles
Coach
Flag of Russia.svg Nikolai Panin 2009Special Figures
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Barbara Underhill /
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Martini
2009 [6] Pairs
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Alena Vrzáňová 2009Ladies' Singles
Flag of Japan.svg Nobuo Satō 2010 [7] Coach
Flag of the United States.svg Michelle Kwan 2012Ladies' Singles
Flag of Sweden.svg Viktor Balck 2013Non-athletic role
ISU President
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sjoukje Dijkstra 2013Ladies' Singles
Flag of Germany.svg Ludowika Eilers-Jakobsson /
Flag of Finland.svg Walter Jakobsson
2013Pairs
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Denise Biellmann 2014 [8] Ladies' Singles
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lori Nichol 2014Choreographer
Flag of Germany.svg Anna Hübler /
Flag of Germany.svg Heinrich Burger *
2014Pairs
Flag of Austria.svg Friedrich Kachler *2014Men's Singles
Non-athletic role
Flag of Italy.svg Sonia Bianchetti Garbato2015 [9] Non-athletic role
Flag of Russia.svg Artur Dmitriev /
Flag of Russia.svg Natalia Mishkutionok/
Flag of Russia.svg Oksana Kazakova**
2015Pairs
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Doreen Denny ***2015Ice dance
Flag of Austria.svg Eduard Engelmann Jr. ***2015Skating pioneer
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg June Markham ***2015Ice dance
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Henry Eugene Vandervell ***2015Skating pioneer
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sarah Kawahara 2017 [10] Choreographer
Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Mishin 2017 [11] Coach
Flag of Austria.svg Trixi Schuba 2017Ladies' Singles
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Shen Xue /
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhao Hongbo
2017 [12] Pairs
Flag of Russia.svg Alexei Yagudin 2017Men's Singles
Flag of Sweden.svg Vivi-Anne Hultén ***2017Ladies' Singles
Coach
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Phyllis Johnson /
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg James H. Johnson ***
2017Pairs
Flag of Germany.svg Werner Rittberger ***2017Skating pioneer
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Hans-Rudi Mauch ***2017Creative/Professional role
Flag of Japan.svg Shizuka Arakawa 2018
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Sandra Bezic 2018
Flag of Austria.svg Emmerich Danzer ***2018
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Irina Moiseeva & Andrei Minenkov 2018
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Viktor Petrenko 2018
Flag of the United States.svg Richard Porter ***2018
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Elena Valova & Oleg Vasiliev 2018
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Bin Yao 2018
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Natalya Bestemyanova & Andrey Bukin 2019
Flag of Slovakia.svg Ondrej Nepela 2019
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Eva Romanova *** and Pavel Roman ***2019
Flag of East Germany.svg Gabriele Seyfert 2019
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Yelena Tchaikovskaya 2019

^ * Indicates that they were inducted into the golden category, which considers contributions prior to WWII.
^ ** Dmitriev was inducted with both partners he won Olympic gold with
^ *** Indicates that they were inducted into the legends category, which considers contributions prior to 1960.

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