Figure skating is the top sport over in
Japan
.
Which country is figure skating most popular in?
Figure skating is the top sport over in
Japan
.
What figure skater has the most gold medals?
Ulrich Salchow
is the most decorated figure skater at the World Championships with ten gold and three silver medals.
Which country has the most gold medals in speed skating?
Dutch
speed skaters have been the most successful in terms of combined medals (121), as well as gold medals (42). After the 2018 Winter Olympics, 190 gold medals, 193 silver medals and 186 bronze medals have been awarded since 1924 and have been won by speed skaters from 23 National Olympic Committees.
Who is the best figure skater in the world?
| Rank Name Event | 1 Nathan Chen 2019–20 Grand Prix Final | 2 Yuzuru Hanyu 2019 Skate Canada | 3 Vincent Zhou 2019 World Team Trophy | 4 Yuma Kagiyama 2021 World Championships |
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What is the world's largest ice rink?
Canada's Rideau Canal
Is Also the World's Largest Natural Ice Rink. It's equivalent to 90 Olympic rinks.
What country started ice skating?
Ice skating probably developed in
Scandinavia
as early as 1000 bce, the first skates being made from shank or rib bones of elk, oxen, reindeer, and other animals.
Who is the richest figure skater?
- Kim Yuna – $35.5 million.
- Scott Hamilton – $30 million. …
- Evgeni Plushenko – $21 million. …
- Kristi Yamaguchi – $18 million. …
- Brian Boitano – $18 million. …
- Johnny Weir – $10 million. …
- Michelle Kwan – $8 million. …
- Nancy Kerrigan – $8 million. …
Who is the best male figure skater of all time?
- Brian Orser, Canada (1987 world champion, 2-time Olympic silver medallist) …
- Evgeni Plushenko, Russia (2006 Olympic champion, 2-time Olympic silver medallist, 3-time world champion) …
- Patrick Chan, Canada (2011 world champion, 2-time world silver medallist)
Who is the best female figure skater in the world?
| Michelle Kwan | Skating club Los Angeles FSC | Retired 2006 | ISU personal best scores | Combined total 175.20 2005 Worlds |
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Who is the best short track speed skater?
Viktor Ahn of Russia
, formerly of South Korea with his birth name of Ahn Hyun-soo, is the most decorated short-tracker in Olympics, having won eight medals including six gold medals, and two bronze. China's Wang Meng and South Korean Chun Lee-Kyung has won four gold medals each.
What country is best at luge?
| Rank Nation Gold | 1 West Germany 5 | 2 East Germany 4 | 3 Italy 3 | 4 Austria 2 |
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Who was the first female gold medalist in Olympic speed skating?
Among them are the five gold medals won by 21-year old Eric Heiden at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics, and the capture of the first Olympic medal for short track speed skating by
Cathy Turner
in 1992. She followed that up four years later with another gold in the 500-meters.
Who is the number 1 figure skater?
| Rank Skater Points | 1 Alena Kostornaia 4708 | 2 Alexandra Trusova 4702 | 3 Anna Shcherbakova 4089 | 4 Alina Zagitova 3864 |
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Who is the best male figure skater in the world 2020?
2020-2021 SEASON WORLD RANKING
As with the World Standings,
Nathan Chen
is at the top of the men's discipline following his victory in Stockholm, with Japan′s Yuma Kagiyama, Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno rounding out the top four.
Who is the oldest figure skater?
The oldest male medalists in an individual event is Norwegian figure
skater Martin Stixrud
, bronze medalist at the 1920 Games, aged 44 years and 77 days. Prior to that, George Hall-Say of Great Britain was bronze medalist in figure skating at the 1908 Games, aged 44 years and 176 days old.
