Figure skating. Multiple Olympic champions in men's singles skating. The most famous figure skaters of Russia - list, achievements and interesting facts Olympic champions in figure skating

"SE" represents all Russian winners of the XXII Olympic Winter Games

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winners: Evgeny Plushenko, Yulia Lipnitskaya, Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov, Tatyana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova/Dmitry Soloviev (team tournament)

The Russian figure skating team won gold in the team tournament of the Olympic tournament, which was held for the first time at the Olympics. After eight events, the team consisting of Yulia Lipnitskaya, Evgeni Plushenko, duets of Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova and Fyodor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitry Solovyov, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov scored 75 points. Second place went to Canadian skaters with 65 points, third place went to the US team with 60 points.

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winners: Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (pair skating)

Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov became two-time Olympic champions in Sochi, winning the tournament in pair skating. Taking into account the short program, they scored 236.86 points (84.17 + 152.69). Another representatives of Russia - Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (218.68) - became silver medalists of the 2014 Games.

Kind of sport: short track

Winner: Viktor An

Russians Viktor An and Vladimir Grigoriev became champion and vice-champion of the Olympic Games in Sochi at a distance of 1000 meters. On February 10, An won bronze at a distance of 1500 meters, which became the first medal in history for our country in short track speed skating. In 2006, at the Turin Olympics, he, competing for Korea, became the champion at distances of 1000, 1500 m, as well as in the 5000 m relay.

Kind of sport: skeleton

Winner: Alexander Tretyakov

Skeleton athlete Alexander Tretyakov showed a time of 3 minutes 44.29 seconds after four races, which brought him the gold medal of the Games. Silver went to Latvian Martins Dukurs (3:45.10), bronze to American Matthew Antoine (3:47.26). Tretyakov’s gold was the first for Russian athletes in skeleton at the Olympics: Tretyakov was third in Vancouver.

Kind of sport: bobsled

Winners: Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda (two)

The Russian crew consisting of Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda won the two-man competition. The Swiss team took second place, the USA took bronze. Another Russian team - Alexander Kasyanov and Maxim Belugin - became fourth, 0.03 seconds behind third place.

Kind of sport: snowboard

Winner: Vic Wild

Russian Vic Wild won gold at the Sochi Olympics in parallel giant slalom. In the first of the two final heats, he lost to Nevin Galmarini of Switzerland by 0.54 seconds, but won the second by 2.14. The bronze medalist of the Games was Slovenian Zhan Kosir. Let us recall that on the same day, Wild’s wife Alena Zavarzina brought Russia another award, winning bronze in the women’s competition.

Kind of sport: figure skating

Winner: Adeline Sotnikova

Russian Adelina Sotnikova is the Olympic champion of the 2014 Games in Sochi: this is Russia's first ever gold in women's singles skating. The winner scored 224.59 points. The second was the champion of Vancouver 2010, Korean Yuna Kim. The third is Italian Carolina Costner. Another representative of Russia, Sochi 2014 Olympic champion in team competition Yulia Lipnitskaya is fifth.

Kind of sport: short track

Winner: Viktor An

Russian Viktor An won the gold medal at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi at a distance of 500 meters. On February 15, he won the Olympic final at a distance of 1000 meters. Thus, An became a five-time Olympic champion - the first in the history of short track speed skating. He won all four disciplines - 500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m and the 5000 m relay. At the first two distances - in Sochi for Russia, at the last three - with Korea in Turin 2006.

Kind of sport: short track

Winners: Victor An, Semyon Elistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev, Ruslan Zakharov (relay)

The Russian team (Victor Ahn, Semyon Elistratov, Vladimir Grigoriev, Ruslan Zakharov) won the gold medal in the 5000 m relay at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi with an Olympic record. Viktor An became a six-time Olympic champion in short track speed skating. Let us note that at his second Olympics he won medals in all four disciplines: in Turin 2006, as part of the Korean national team, he had 3 gold (1000 m, 1500 m, relay) and 1 bronze (500 m). In Sochi he also had 3 gold (500 m, 1000 m, relay) and 1 bronze (1500 m). In addition, Ahn caught up with the famous American Apollo Anton Ohno in the number of Olympic medals - 8 each.

Kind of sport: snowboard

Winner: Vic Wild

Russian Vic Wild won gold at the Sochi Olympics in parallel slalom. In the first of the two final races, he beat Slovenian Jean Kosir by 0.12 seconds, and in the second he maintained this advantage. The bronze medalist of the Games was Austrian Benjamin Karl. This gold was Wild's second in Sochi.

Kind of sport: biathlon

Winner: Alexey Volkov, Evgeny Ustyugov, Dmitry Malyshko, Anton Shipulin (relay)

Russian four won the 4x7.5 km relay. This is the first gold for domestic male biathletes in the relay race since the 1988 Olympics.

Kind of sport: ski race

Winner: Alexander Legkov

Russian skiers triumphantly completed the men's 50 km ski mass start, taking the entire podium. Alexander Legkov became the Olympic champion - his time was 1:46.55.2. Maxim Vylegzhanin won silver, Ilya Chernousov won bronze. Thus, Russia now has 12 gold medals, which provided it with an early victory in the team medal event at the home Olympic Games in Sochi.

Kind of sport: bobsled

Winners: Alexander Zubkov, Alexey Negodaylo, Dmitry Trunenkov, Alexey Voevoda (four)

The crew of Alexander Zubkov, consisting of Alexey Negodaylo, Dmitry Trunenkov and Alexey Voevoda, won gold medals at the Sochi Olympics in the fours competition. For Zubkov and Voevoda, this is already the second gold of the 2014 Games - they previously won the two-man competition. Latvia took second place in the fours tournament, and the USA took bronze. The crew of Alexander Kasyanov finished fourth, losing 0.03 seconds to third place. The bobsledders brought Russia its 13th gold and helped strengthen its leadership in the overall team standings both in terms of the number of top-quality medals and the total number. Russia repeated the record of the 1976 USSR national team in Innsbruck in terms of the number of gold medals. The total number of medals has now reached 33: 13 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze.

26 RUSSIANS - OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS SOCHI-2014

One of the most beautiful and difficult sports is figure skating. The Olympics are a particularly difficult and exciting test for an athlete. Many people like to watch the performances of figure skaters, but few people think that behind this beautiful, mesmerizing spectacle lies the hard and daily work of the athletes. How much pain, sweat, failures and tears you have to endure! And how hard it is to get the treasured gold. It is especially difficult for fragile girls performing in singles skating.

A little history

How impressive it looks Women - Olympic champions in this sport - are known throughout the world. But not everyone knows that women's singles skating originated only in 1906. It was then that single competitions for men and women began to be held. And in 1908, women's single skating was included in the Olympic program.

The first Olympic champions in figure skating

The first Olympic champion in women's single skating in 1908 was the Englishwoman Maege Sayers. She is truly an outstanding athlete. She began her performances back in 1901, when women's singles competitions were not allowed at all, so she participated in men's. Moreover, she became world champion twice - in 1906 and 1907. Two years in a row, which not every athlete can do.

Further, in the period after the First World War, the most outstanding athlete was the Norwegian Sonja Henie, who won every competition and Olympics from 1927 to 1936. She was the first woman to master the single axel. These outstanding representatives of the fair sex are the first Olympic champions in figure skating.

Post-war period in figure skating

During World War II, female athletes from European countries did not have the opportunity to train. Only figure skaters from the USA and Canada continued their training. It is not surprising that the next figure skating champion was a Canadian citizen. At the 1948 Games, Barbara Ann Scott won Olympic gold. One of her achievements was the first double lutz in single women's skating, performed by her in 1942.

The 1952 Olympic gold was won by Genette Alwegg from Great Britain. She was also the world champion in 1951. At that time, artistry was less valued, and Genette's performances were always distinguished by clear, perfect execution of jumps and other mandatory elements. This distinguished it favorably from its main competitors. It is noteworthy that Olympic gold again fell into the hands of an Englishwoman.

American stage in women's figure skating

At this stage, the American women will not let go of the gold from their hands. At the 1956 Olympic Games, Tenley Albright became the winner. The next Olympic champion in figure skating in 1960 was her compatriot Carol Heiss, who had previously been a silver medalist in the competition.

The Americans established their own special, recognizable style of skating, which was distinguished by flexibility, plasticity, clarity of movements, spectacular choreography, as well as high-quality and technical execution of the required elements. The next generation of American figure skaters continued to show this style. In 1968, Peggy Fleming became the Olympic champion, and in 1976, Dorothy Hamill received gold.

An athlete from Austria also made her contribution to figure skating. She was the outstanding Beatrice Schuba, who performed the compulsory figures with the highest quality and was the only one who received a score above 5 points for technique. This brought her the coveted 1972 Olympic gold.

Triumph of German figure skaters

Olympic champions from Germany also made a significant contribution to the history of this sport. In the 80s, athletes from the GDR made themselves known. These were strong skaters who brought an innovative, powerful sporting style to skating. At the same time, the artistic abilities of these girls were at a fairly high level.

For 1980, the gold goes to Anette Petch. And after her, her compatriot Katharina Witt leads two Olympics - in 1984 and 1988. This athlete was distinguished by her perfect execution of technical elements and harmoniously structured programs.

A new stage in women's figure skating

Olympic gold returns to the Americans again in 1992. It was brought to the country by Kristi Yamaguchi. She is known for winning the US Championships twice: in singles and in pairs.

A citizen of Ukraine becomes the 1994 Olympic champion. This figure skater amazed the audience and judges with her excellent technique in performing the elements and a very emotional performance.

And again the Americans come out on top. The 1998 Games brought gold to Tara Lipinski, who became the youngest Olympic champion in individual disciplines. Sarah Hughes wins in 2002 with a record number of difficult elements and jumps in her free program.

In Turin, the American figure skating school takes an honorable second place. American Sasha Cohen takes silver. And first place is awarded to Japanese Shizuka Arakawa. She is the first Japanese athlete in women's skating to become an Olympic champion.

The next outstanding figure skater is a girl from South Korea. Kim Young Ah received all the highest titles, which no other figure skater had achieved before. She received gold at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010, won the Four Continents Championship, became a world champion and a leader in the Grand Prix Final.

Olympics in Sochi

The Olympics in Sochi becomes an important stage in the history of figure skating. Figure skating is gaining a valuable innovation. For the first time in the history of the Olympic Games, a team competition is being held. Figure skaters from Russia receive gold in it. The young figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya takes part in this competition and becomes the youngest Olympic champion. But Yulia was unlucky in the individual competition, and she only became fifth.

The gold still goes to Russia. In the individual competition, the winner is Adelina Sotnikova, another young Russian woman who amazed everyone with her stunning performance in terms of technique, artistry and emotions. Olympic figure skating champions such as Adeline and Yulia receive the first gold medals for Russia in women's singles. Adelina Sotnikova becomes the first winner of the Games from Russia in the individual competition.

Finished her career. According to a comment from the athlete’s mother that appeared online, Yulia informed the federation leadership about her resignation back in April. The reason for this decision was the figure skater’s illness. The athlete’s mother noted that Lipnitskaya underwent three months of treatment for anorexia.

The athlete’s mentor Alexey, in an interview with Gazeta.Ru, did not refute the information about the athlete’s decision to end her career.

“I’m not answering questions about Yulia’s departure yet,” Urmanov said.

The leadership of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), after the test skates in Sochi, will meet with the athlete and her coach Alexei Urmanov to discuss the skater’s future plans, the general director of the FFKKR said.

“Lipnitskaya, as you know, will not participate in the test skates in Sochi. But after the skates we will meet and discuss with Yulia and Urmanov their future plans,” R-Sport quotes Kogan.

Previously, the honorary president of the FFKKR hinted that it was time for Yulia to hang up her skates.

“Lipnitskaya’s situation, in my opinion, is similar to the story of Adelina Sotnikova. The sooner she finally draws conclusions and makes a decision, the better it will be for everyone, so as not to fool people and fans. There is no need to mislead figure skating fans. Everyone understands that when there is, it’s difficult for Lipnitskaya to fight them,” said Piseev.

Last season, Lipnitskaya missed the Russian Figure Skating Championships due to a hip injury suffered as a result of a fall on a slippery sidewalk while returning from training.

The main award the athlete won during her short career was a gold medal at the 2014 Olympic Games. Yulia became the winner of the team competition together with Evgeniy, Maxim Trankov, and Nikita Katsalapov.

Lipnitskaya in Sochi showed the best result in the short and free programs, gaining twenty points out of twenty possible.

The skater also won silver at the 2014 World Championships and gold at the European Championships of the same year.

Lipnitskaya's last start was the Moscow Grand Prix stage in November 2016, when she was forced to interrupt her free program due to problems with her leg and ended up finishing in last place.

It is worth noting that Yulia is not the only Sochi Olympics triumphant who is now experiencing difficulties in continuing her career. Thus, the winner of gold in women's single skating will miss the 2017/18 season. This was announced by the athlete’s coach Evgeniy Plushenko.

“Adelina Sotnikova will not compete this season due to injury. We all hoped that we would heal this injury, but unfortunately it did not work out. The injury still bothers me, I can’t do full training, and it’s wrong to enter competitions in such a situation. Now we need to cure the injury, which still exists due to the fact that, unfortunately, the diagnosis was made incorrectly, Adeline did not recover, and this damage worries her. She had a torn ankle ligament and a broken bone in her foot. Initially, they thought that Adeline would quickly recover from this injury. Initially, they did not put a plaster cast, and in general a completely different diagnosis was made.

Missing a season does not mean the end of a career,” Plushenko said.

The President of the FFKKR stated that in figure skating there are often cases when, after a long break, a returning athlete could again reach a high level.

“It happened so, no one is to blame for this. Zhenya (Plushenko) explained the situation in great detail - there was an injury, they did not begin to treat it quite correctly. Now she (Sotnikova) can skate, but she can’t train at full strength. Considering the time left, it will be unrealistic for her to enter this season.

He also emphasized that in history there were many examples of skaters returning to a high level. “We have many examples of athletes returning and performing at a high level again. The same (Italian),” noted Gorshkov.

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A winter sport in which athletes skate on ice while performing additional elements, most often accompanied by music. In official competitions, as a rule, four sets of medals are played out: in women's single skating, in men's single skating, in pair skating, and in ice dancing. Figure skating included into the program of the Winter Olympic Games.

The most ancient skates were discovered on the banks of the Southern Bug, near Odessa, dating back to the Bronze Age. These skates were made from the phalanx of the front legs of horses.

It is believed that the birthplace of figure skating is Holland. It was there, in the 13th - 14th centuries, that the first iron skates appeared. The appearance of a new type of skates gave a powerful impetus to the development of figure skating, which at that time consisted of the ability to draw intricate figures on the ice and at the same time maintain a beautiful pose.

All mandatory figures were created in Great Britain. This is explained by the fact that it was here that the first skating clubs arose (Edinburgh, 1742). At the same time, the first official rules of the competition were developed.

In 1882, the first international competition in Europe took place in Vienna. The Viennese won a convincing victory.

The very first edition of the rules for figure skating, published in England, dates back to 1772.

The English artillery lieutenant Robert Jones published a “Treatise on Skating”, in which he described all the main figures that were then known.

It has been known in Russia since the time of Peter I. The Russian Tsar brought the first samples of skates from Europe. It was Peter I who came up with a new way of attaching skates - directly to boots, and thus created a “protomodel” of today’s equipment for skaters.

The name "skates" arose because the front of the wooden "runners" was usually decorated with a horse's head.

In 1838, the first textbook for figure skaters, “Winter Fun and the Art of Skating,” was published in St. Petersburg. Its author was G.M. Pauli is a gymnastics teacher at military educational institutions in St. Petersburg.

A surge of interest in figure skating occurred after the European tour of American figure skater Jackson Gaines. He showed unexpected possibilities for performing swift figures in the most graceful body movements.

Russian figure skating, as a separate sport, originated in 1865. Then a public skating rink was opened in the Yusupov Garden on Sadovaya Street. This skating rink was the most comfortable in Russia and from the very first days it became a center for training figure skaters. On March 5, 1878, the first competition of Russian figure skaters took place there.

In 1881, the Skating Society included about 30 people.

One of the most famous sports and public figures was the Honorary Member of this society, Vecheslav Izmailovich Sreznevsky.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Salchow, Lutz, Rittberger, Axel Paulsen invented their own jumps, and skaters, in gratitude for this, left their names in the names of the elements.

Women's single skating was formed later. Officially, this happened at the end of January 1906 in Davos (Switzerland). The compulsory figures for women and men were similar, but the women's free skating immediately attracted attention with its high artistry, plasticity and musicality of movements.

Official women's world championships began in 1924. Since 1930, the World Figure Skating Championships for women and men have been held jointly on the same dates. Soon pair (mixed) skating also appeared. The international pair skating championship was first played in 1908 in St. Petersburg, and the winners were German skaters.

The fourth type of figure skating - ice dancing - was born much later in England. Only in 1952 in Paris did the dancers compete for their awards for the first time; the British were the strongest. Synchronized skating competitions have gained the most popularity in recent years. This sport has become widespread in Canada, the USA, Sweden, Finland, England, and France.

Since 1983, annual synchronized skating championships began to be held in Canada. And in 1988, these competitions were held jointly with competitions in the main types of figure skating. Pair skating competitions first took place in Canada in 1914 and were held regularly until 1964, resuming in 1981. The leaders in this type of figure skating are Canadian and American teams.

The popularity of figure skating grew, and already in 1908, figure skating competitions were first included in the program of the Summer Olympic Games in London.

The first Olympic champions in single skating in 1908 were M. Sayers (Great Britain), U. Salchow (Sweden), Panin-Kolomenkin (Russia) and the sports pair A. Hübler - G. Burger (Germany). Figure skating was also included in the program of the Summer Olympic Games in Antwerp (1920), and subsequently it was presented at all Winter Olympic Games. Gillis Grafström (Sweden), who won 3 gold and 1 silver medal, and three-time Olympic champions Sonya Henie (Norway) and Irina Rodnina (USSR) achieved outstanding success in Olympic competitions.

At the White Olympics in St. Moritz (1948), American figure skater Dick Button literally created a revolution. It was from him that jumps of several revolutions and other acrobatic elements were “registered” in figure skating. Button literally flew over the skating rink. His reward was an Olympic gold medal in single skating.

The Olympic championship was played in singles (men's and women's) and pair skating. In 1976, ice dancing was included in the Olympic program.

Figure skating elements

Before the performance, the skater submits an official form, which describes the approximate content of the program: which elements will be performed and in what sequence.

Steps

In programs, step tracks and steps are performed as connecting elements.

Spirals

Spiral— a spiral is a position with one skate on the ice and the free leg (including knee and boot) above hip level. The positions of the spirals differ from each other by the sliding leg (right, left), edge (external, internal), sliding direction (forward, backward) and the position of the free leg (backward, forward, sideways). A pattern of a sequence of spirals is any combination of arcs (on edges - spirals in a straight line are ignored and are not counted among the positions). Only the first three arcs are considered for Difficulty Level traits. In order for the spiral to be counted, you must be in the position for at least 3 seconds.

The most common spiral is considered "martin". In the “swallow”, the free leg can be from 90 degrees relative to the ice to a full split.

Bielman- performed by raising the free leg, grabbing the skate blade with your hands and bending your back. Named in honor of Denise Bielman, who first performed the Bielmann as a spin element at international competitions. When executed perfectly, the result is an almost vertical split.

Rotations

1) Simple; 2) With change of legs or combined; 3) Joint; 4) Dance.

Spinning jumps

costal:

Axel

Bounce Axel named after the Norwegian figure skater Axel Paulsen, who first performed it in 1882. (rib jump)

Rittberger

Rittberger(English loop) - the jump is named after the German figure skater Werner Rittberger, who first performed it in 1910. (rib jump)

Salchow

Salchow(English Salchow) - the jump is named after the Swedish figure skater Ulrich Salchow, who first performed it in 1908. (rib jump)

serrated:

Sheepskin coat

Sheepskin coat(English toe loop) - the jump was first performed by American figure skater Bruce Mapes in 1920. (tooth jump)

Flip

Flip(English flip) - a jump is performed by pushing the tooth of the supporting leg while moving backwards on the inner edge of the other leg. Departure is carried out on a push leg.

Lutz

Bounce Lutz named after the Austrian figure skater Alois Lutz, who first performed it in 1913. (tooth jump)

There are many examples of very young athletes becoming Olympic champions. There are many of these throughout the history of the Olympics, including the Sochi Olympics.

The youngest Olympic champions in Sochi

Another medalist is Sim Suk Hee. The athlete represented South Korea, competing in short track speed skating. She won gold at a distance of three thousand meters. The girl was only seventeen years and sixteen days old at the time of the award. She also has a bronze medal to her name, which she won at a distance of one thousand meters. Adelina Sotnikova, representing the host country of the Sochi Olympics, received gold for women's single figure skating at the age of seventeen years and two hundred and thirty-four days. The young athlete became the first Russian woman to win the highest award in this type of figure skating.

The short track speed skater from South Korea was seventeen years and two hundred and forty-one days old when she received the gold medal for wrestling at a distance of three thousand meters. The winner's last name is Kon Sang Chon.

Seventeen years two hundred and fifty days, that is, only 9 days older - this is the age of the Chinese short track speed skater named Han Tianyu. For his victory at a distance of one and a half kilometers, he received a silver medal.

The youngest champions in freestyle wrestling and boxing

The youngest winner in freestyle wrestling at the Olympic Games was athlete Togrul Askerov. At the age of nineteen years, ten months and twenty-four days, he won a gold medal. For comparison, it must be said that the average age of participants in freestyle wrestling competitions is twenty-six years, one hundred and fifty-three days.

In boxing history, Jackie Fields became the youngest Olympic champion. His real name is Yakov Finkelstein. In 1924, at the age of sixteen, the young man participated in the Olympics as a member of the US team in the featherweight category. At the Olympics in Paris, he managed to become an Olympic champion. Since today, according to the rules, you can participate in the Olympics in this type of competition from the age of eighteen, this record of Fields will never be broken.

Another young Olympic champion is known - boxer from Mexico Alfonso Zamora. At the Munich Olympics, which took place in 1972, the Mexican athlete won a silver medal in the super featherweight division. At that time he was only eighteen years old.

Did Lipnitskaya become the youngest champion?

It must be said that she did not become the youngest at this Olympics. Julia's age at the time of the victory was fifteen years and two hundred and forty-nine days. She won a gold medal in the team figure skating competition. Japanese athlete Ayumu Hirano turned out to be younger than Julia.

Although Lipnitskaya is not the youngest Olympic champion either in the history of the Olympic Games or at the Sochi Olympics, nevertheless, the girl became the youngest champion from Russia in the history of the Winter Olympics.

The youngest Olympic champion in history

Due to the fact that Marcel Depayer’s age is not known for certain, it is quite possible that a boy named Dimitrios Loundras could take first place in age among the youngest Olympic champions. This young gymnast received a bronze medal while competing on the uneven bars. At the time of his victory he was ten years and two hundred and eighteen days old.

Now there is an age limit to participate in the Olympics. Because of this, the youngest champions in history will forever remain and will never be defeated. Different sports today have different age limits, but the age limit never falls below fourteen years.

By the way, the fastest athlete in the world, Usain Bolt, according to the site, became an Olympic champion nine times. He runs the 100-meter dash in 9.58 seconds.
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