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May 15, 2024 · Discover the latest news, programs, and resources for figure skating in Canada at Skate Canada.
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The earliest skating association in Canada was the Amateur Skating Association of Canada, formed by Louis Rubenstein of Montreal's Victoria Skating Club in 1887 for both speed and figure skating. In 1914, the Figure Skating Department of Canada, formed as a section of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada stemming from the recognition of ...
Louis Rubenstein was the first president, a position he held until 1930. The department became known as the Canadian Figure Skating Association (CFSA) in 1939 and in 1947 the CFSA joined the International Skating Union and dropped its membership in the Amateur Skating Association of Canada. In 2000 the organization changed its name to Skate Canada.
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Figure skating is a sport for solo skaters and couples, in which style and technical skill are tested. There are four categories of amateur competition: single skating for men and women, pairs skating, and ice dancing. Skaters may progress from the pre-novice level through the novice, junior and senior levels. Teams of up to 20 skaters may compete ...
The most important championships are the Olympic Gamesand the World, European and Four Continents Championships. (The North American Championships, last held in 1971, were also a top-ranked event.) In the World Championships and Olympic Games, the number of entries is determined by results at the previous World Championships, with a maximum of thre...
Skate Canada is the association responsible for amateur figure skating in Canada. It is the largest association of its kind in the world. (It should not be confused with the annual international competition of the same name.) From two clubs in 1914, it grew to a membership of 360 in 1967 and 1,410 in 1986. There were 185,000 skaters registered with...
Figure skating received its name from the prescribed precision patterns, or figures, that were a required component of competitions until the early 1990s. The sport began to evolve after 1742, when the Edinburgh Skating Club was established. In the 1880s, the centre of figure skating became St. Moritz, Switzerland, where skaters from Great Britain ...
In Canada, what was then called "fancy" skating began to develop a strong following in the 1860s, in part inspired by Haines, who toured eastern and central Canada in 1864. Exhibitions were staged at the opening of new rinks, and gala balls and carnivals were frequently held at the Victoria Rink in Montréal. F. Perkins, of Toronto, was the leading ...
In 1914, figure skating was recognized as a separate sport, distinct from speed skating, with the formation of the Figure Skating Department of Canada as a section of the Amateur Skating Association of Canada. Louis Rubenstein was the first president, and the membership consisted of the Minto Skating Club of Ottawa and the Earl Grey Skating Club of...
Although figure skating had been included in the Olympic Games since 1908, Canadians did not participate until 1924, when the first Olympic Winter Gameswere held in Chamonix, France. Cecil Smith and Melville Rogers were Canada's first participants. Smith was also the first woman to represent Canada in any Olympic event, and when she placed second i...
Barbara Wagner and Robert Paul won their first of four consecutive pairs world titles in 1957; in 1960 they became the first non-European pair to win the Olympictitle. Maria and Otto Jelinek, the first pair to perform lifts with several rotations, followed with a 1962 World Championship win, and Debbi Wilkes and Guy Revell placed second in the 1964...
In the 1980s, Canadian skaters were again among the world's best. In 1984, Barbara Underhill of Oshawa, ON, and Paul Martini of Woodbridge, ON, culminated a long career by winning the pairs world championship in Ottawa. Brian Orser of Belleville and Penetanguishene, ON, holder of the Canadian senior men’s title from 1981 to 1988, placed third at th...
Kurt Browning, who in 1988 executed the first quadruple jump in competition, replaced Orser as Canadian champion in 1989 and then won three consecutive world championships (1989–91). In 1992, Browning won silver at the world championships, while fellow Canadian Elvis Stojko won the bronze medal. In 1993, Browning and Stojko staged a thrilling duel ...
At the 1959 Canadian Figure Skating Association (now Skate Canada) Annual Meeting, the Waltz and Tenstep competitions were discontinued and their championship cups were retired. Competition in the Fours discipline was held irregularly, with the final competition taking place in 1997. The Canadian Synchronized Skating Championships began in 1983.
Madeline Schizas captured her second consecutive Canadian figure skating title Saturday. Skating to music from "West Side Story," the 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored 128.15 points for her ...
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