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