2014 Event At Sochi, Russians Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov win the gold medal in pairs figure skating; the couple is the first to win on home ice since Ernst Baier and Maxi Herber won in 1936 2000 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship 2000 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship 1998 Event World Ice Dance Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota 1998 Event World Mens Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota 1998 Event World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Minnesota 1998 Event Tara Lipinski wins Olympic figure skating gold medal 1998 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan 1997 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA) 1997 Event Mens Figure Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1997 Death Carlo Fassi, figure skating coach (Fleming, Hamill), dies at 67 1997 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tara Lipinski 1997 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldridge 1996 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Michelle Kwan (USA) 1996 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Edmonton won by Todd Eldredge (USA) 1996 Event U.S. male Figure Skating championship won by Rudy Galindo 1996 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Michelle Kwan 1995 Death Sergei Grinkov, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion, dies of heart attack at 28 1995 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Birmingham won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1995 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Birmingham won by Chen Lu (CHN) 1995 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge 1995 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nicole Bobek 1994 Event U.S. Ice Skating Federation bars Tonya Harding for life 1994 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Yuka Sato (JPN) 1994 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Chiba won by Elvis Stojko (CAN) 1994 Event Yuka Sato of Japan wins world figure skating championship in Tokyo 1994 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis 1994 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding 1993 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Prague won by Oksana Baiul (UKR) 1993 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN 1993 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Davis 1993 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Nancy Kerrigan 1992 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA) 1992 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS) 1992 Event Kristi Yamaguchi of U.S. wins Olympic gold medal in women's figure skating 1992 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman 1992 Event U.S. female Figure Skating championship won by Kristi Yamaguchi. 1991 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Munich won by Kristi Yamaguchi 1991 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Munich won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1991 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge 1991 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tonya Harding 1990 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Halifax won by Jill Trenary (USA) 1990 Event Mens Figure Skating Championship in Halifax won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1990 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Todd Eldredge 1990 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary 1989 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Kurt Browning (CAN) 1989 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Midori Ito (Japan) 1989 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Christopher Bowman 1989 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary 1988 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Budapest won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1988 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Budapest won by Brian Boitano (USA) 1988 Event Bonnie Blair (U.S.) wins Olympic 500m speed skating in record 39.1 1988 Event Katarina Witt (GDR) wins 2nd consecutive Olympic figure skating 1988 Event Brian Boitano wins Olympic gold medal in figure skating 1988 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano 1988 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas 1987 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Cincinnati won by Katarina Witt 1987 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Cincinnati won by Brian Orser (CAN) 1987 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano 1987 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jill Trenary 1986 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Brian Boitano (USA) 1986 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA) 1986 Event Evert van Benthem wins 14th Frisian 11-Cities skating race (6:55:16) 1986 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano 1986 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Debi Thomas 1986 Event Hein Vergeer becomes European skating champ 1985 Event Mens Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Alexandr Fadeev (URS) 1985 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Tokyo won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1985 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Brian Boitano 1985 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tiffany Chin 1984 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Katarina Witt (GDR) 1984 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ottawa won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1984 Event U.S. male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton 1984 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1983 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) 1983 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1983 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton 1983 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1983 Event Hilbert van Thumb becomes European skating champ 1982 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Copenhagen won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1982 Event Elaine Zayak, lands 6 triple jumps to win world skating championship 1982 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton 1982 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Rosalynn Sumners 1981 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Hartford won by Denise Biellmann 1981 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Hartford won by Scott Hamilton (USA) 1981 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Elaine Zayak 1981 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Hamilton 1980 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Dortmund won by Anett Potzsch 1980 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Dortmund won by Jan Hoffmann GDR 1980 Event Eric Heiden wins all 5 speed skating golds at Lake Placid Olympics 1980 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1980 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1979 Event Men's Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.) 1979 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Vienna won by Linda Fratianne 1979 Event Eric Heiden equals skating world record 1000m (1:14.99) 1979 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1979 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1978 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Anett Potzsch (GDR) 1978 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Ottawa won by Charles Tickner (USA) 1978 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1978 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1977 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Tokyo won by Vladimir Kovalev (U.S.S.R.) 1977 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Tokyo won by Linda Fratianne (USA) 1977 Event Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship 1977 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Linda Fratianne 1977 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Charles Tickner 1976 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Gothenburg won by John Curry (GRB) 1976 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Gothenburg won by Dorothy Hamill 1976 Event Dorothy Hamill wins her 3rd consec national figure skating champions 1976 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1976 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Terry Kubicka 1975 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1975 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr 1974 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill 1974 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr 1973 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1973 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr 1972 Event Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ 1972 Event Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ 1972 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1972 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley 1971 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1971 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich 1970 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Ljubljana won by Gabriele Seyfert (GDR) 1970 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Ljubljana won by Tim Wood (USA) 1970 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1970 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood 1969 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Colorado Springs won by Gabriele Seyfert GDR 1969 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Tim Wood USA 1969 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn 1969 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood 1968 Event Men's Figure Skating Champions in Geneva won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) 1968 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Geneva won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.) 1968 Event Peggy Fleming wins Olympic figure skating gold medal, Grenoble, France 1968 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1968 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Tim Wood 1967 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Emmerich Danzer (AUT) 1967 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Vienna won by Peggy Fleming (U.S.) 1967 Birthday Sergei Grinkov, born in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian ice skater, Olympic and World figure skating champion 1967 Event Kees Verkerk becomes European skating champ 1967 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1967 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti 1966 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Peggy Fleming of U.S. 1966 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Emmerich Danzer AUT 1966 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1966 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen 1965 Event Peggy Fleming, 16, wins ladies senior figure skating title 1965 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1965 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Gary Visconti 1964 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Peggy Fleming 1964 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Scott Allen 1964 Event Sjoukje Dijkstra (Netherlands) wins Olympic gold for figure skating 1963 Event 1st U.S. female world figure skating champ (Tenley Albright) 1963 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Lorraine Hanlon 1963 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Thomas Litz 1963 Event Reinier Paping wins Dutch 11-Cities Skating Race (10:59) 1962 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Barbara Roles 1962 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Monty Hoyt 1961 Event Entire U.S. figure skating team of 18, dies in Belgian Sabena 707 crash 1961 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Laurence Owen 1961 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Bradley Lord 1960 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Vancouver won by Alain Giletti (FRA) 1960 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Vanc won by Carol E Heiss (USA) 1960 Event USA's David Jenkins wins Olympic Gold for men's figure skating 1960 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss 1960 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins 1959 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss USA 1959 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins USA 1959 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss 1959 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins 1958 Birthday Evert van Benthem, Dutch skater, 11 Cities Skating Race, 1985, 86 1958 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss 1958 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins 1958 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Carol Heiss of USA 1958 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by David Jenkins USA 1957 Event Men's Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by David Jenkins (USA) 1957 Event Worlds Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Colorado Springs won by Carol Heiss (U.S.) 1956 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1956 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1956 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by Carol Heiss USA 1956 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Garmisch won by H A Jenkins USA 1955 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1955 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1955 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Vienna won by Tenley Albright U.S. 1954 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1954 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1954 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Gundi Busch GER 1954 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oslo won by Hayes Alan Jenkins US 1954 Event Jeen van den Berg wins Dutch Eleven Cities Skating race (7:32) 1953 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1953 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Hayes A Jenkins 1953 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Tenley Albright USA 1953 Event Men's Figure Skating Champion in Davos won by Hayes Alan Jenkins USA 1952 Birthday Aleksandr Zaitsev, U.S.S.R., pairs figure skating, Gold Medals 1976, 1980 Olympics 1952 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Tenley Albright 1952 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1952 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Paris won by Jacqueline du Bief of FRA 1952 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA 1952 Event Dick Button performs 1st figure skating triple jump in competition 1951 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB 1951 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA 1951 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Sonya Klopfer 1951 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1951 Event Dick Button wins U.S. skating title for 6th time 1950 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman 1950 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1950 Event Ladies Figure Skating Championship in London won by Alena Vrzanova CZE 1950 Event Men Figure Skating Championship in London won by Richard Button (USA) 1949 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Yvonne C Sherman 1949 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1949 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champions in Paris won by Alena Vrzanova of CZE 1949 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Paris won by Richard Button USA 1949 Event Richard Button retains world figure skating championship in Paris 1948 Event 1st U.S. figure skating championships held 1948 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1948 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1948 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Davos won by Richard Button USA 1948 Event Dick Button becomes 1st U.S. figure skating Olympic champion 1948 Event Dick Button becomes 1st world figure skating champion from US 1947 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1947 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1947 Event Jan van der Hoorn wins 8th Dutch 11-cities skating race (10:51) 1946 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1946 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Richard Button 1945 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1943 Birthday Marika Kilius, born in West Germany, ice skating pair, Olympics silver 1960, 64 1943 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Gretchen Merrill 1943 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Arthur Vaughn 1942 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn 1942 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Bobby Specht 1941 Event Largest roller skating rink (outside of New York City) opens in Peekskill NY 1941 Event Auke Adema wins 6th official Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race (9:19) 1941 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Jane Vaughn 1941 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner 1940 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer 1940 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Eugene Turner 1940 Event Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race 1939 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer 1939 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee 1938 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Joan Tozzer 1938 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee 1937 Event Maribel Vinson wins her 9th U.S. figure skating championship 1937 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1937 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee 1936 Event Sonja Henie, Norway, wins 3rd consecutive Olympic figure skating gold 1936 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1936 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee 1935 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1935 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Robin Lee 1934 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Suzanne Davis 1934 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1933 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1933 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1932 Event Sonja Henie wins her 6th straight World Women's figure skating title 1931 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1931 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1930 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1930 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1929 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1929 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1928 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Maribel Vinson 1928 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Roger Turner 1928 Birthday Betty Callaway, figure skating trainer 1927 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran 1927 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles 1925 Birthday Micheline Lannoy, Belgium, figure skating pairs 1948 Olympics gold 1925 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Beatrix Loughran 1925 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles 1925 Death Jaap Eden, Dutch World champion bicyclist/speed skating, dies at 51 1924 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1924 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1923 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1923 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1922 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1922 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1922 Event Arthur Honegger's ballet "Skating Rink" premieres, Paris 1921 Event U.S. Female Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld Blanchard 1921 Event U.S. Male Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1920 Birthday Erik Pausin, born in Austria, figure skating pairs, 1936 Olympics silver 1920 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld 1920 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Sherwin Badger 1919 Birthday Ilse Pausin, Austria, figure skating pairs, Olympics-silver-1936 1918 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Rosemary Beresford 1918 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Nathaniel Niles 1914 Event U.S. Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Theresa Weld 1914 Event U.S. Mens Figure Skating championship won by Norman M Scott 1910 Birthday An Rutgers van der Loeff-Basenau, children book writer, Skating Race 1875 Event World 1st roller skating rink opens in London 1873 Birthday Jaap Eden, Dutch World Champion cycling and speed skating 1849 Event 1st U.S. skating club formed in Philadelphia
