Disciplines: Single skating · Pair skating · Ice dancing · Synchronized skating Figure skating is an ice skating sporting event where individuals, mixed couples, or groups perform spins, jumps, and other moves on the ice, often to music. ... Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. ... Pair Skating Pair skating consists of a team of a man and a woman skating to music. ... Ice dancers Maya Usova and Alexander Zhulin Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. ... Marigold IceUnity Synchronized skating, a large and fast-growing, yet little recognized discipline, consists of 12-16 athletes skating on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit at high speeds. ...

Competition components: Compulsory figures · Short program · Free skating · Compulsory dances · Original dance · Free dance · ISU Judging System · International figure skating Compulsory figures or school figures were a former aspect of the sport of figure skating, from which its name (in English) derives. ... The Short Program of figure skating is usually the first of two phases in figure skating competitions for single skating and pair skating. ... The Free Skating of figure skating, sometimes called the free skate or long program, is usually the second of two phases in major figure skating competitions in single skating and pair skating. ... The pattern of the Viennese Waltz. ... A demonstration of how skaters are scored under Code of Points. ... Figure skating is a sport enjoyed all round the world. ...

Elements:

• Required Elements: Lifts · Spins · Spirals · Jumps · Moves in the field

• Jumps: Toe loop jump · Salchow jump · Flip jump · Loop jump · Lutz jump · Axel jump

• Moves in the field: 3 turn · Bracket turn · Choctaw turn · Counter turn · Crossover · Mohawk turn · Rocker turn · Twizzle
• Connecting Elements: Cantilever · Hydroblading · Ina Bauer · Spread eagle · Split jumps

Lists: Olympic medalists · Competitions · National championships · Terms Eva-Maria Fitze and Rico Rex. ... Maria Butyrskaya performing a layback spin Spins are an element in figure skating. ... Fleur Maxwell Sasha Cohen Spirals are one of the most beautiful grace elements in figure skating, where the skater glides on one foot while raising the non-skating leg towards the back. ... Rotation Landing Figure skating jumps are a major element of competitive figure skating. ... Moves in the field is a name given to elements of figure skating that emphasize basic skating skills and edge control. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The salchow is a figure skating jump with a takeoff from a back inside edge and landing on the back outside edge of the opposite foot after one or more rotations in the air. ... The flip jump (usually just flip) is a jump in figure skating in which the counter-clockwise jumper takes off from the left back inside edge and lands on the right back outside edge (reverse feet for the clockwise jumper). ... The Loop is a figure skating jump that takes off from a back outside edge and lands on the same edge. ... The lutz is a jump in figure skating, named after Alois Lutz, an Austrian skater who performed it in 1913. ... A single axel jump. ... A 3 turn is a figure skating element which involves both a change in direction and a change in edge. ... A bracket turn is a kind of one-foot turn in figure skating. ... A choctaw turn is a turn in figure skating that involves both a change of foot and a change of edge and lobe. ... A counter turn is a kind of one-foot turn in figure skating. ... Crossovers are a basic stroking technique in figure skating for gaining impetus while skating along a curve or circle. ... A mohawk is a turn in figure skating that involves a change of foot but not a change of edge. ... A rocker turn is a kind of one-foot turn in figure skating. ... A twizzle is a multirotational one-foot turn in figure skating. ... Ilia Klimkin performs a cantilever. ... Hydroblading is a moves in the field element of figure skating in which a skater glides on a deep edge with the body stretched in a very low position, almost horizontal to the ice. ... Patricia Neske performing an Ina Bauer. ... The spread eagle is one of the Moves in the Field in the sport of figure skating, in which a skater glides on both feet, the toes turned out to the sides, heels facing each other: it can be done on either the inside or outside edges. ... This is the complete list of Olympic medalists in figure skating from 1908 to 2006. ... There have been many international and national figure skating competitions organised yearly, on different advance levels, categories and importance levels. ... Many countries hold national championships for figure skating. ... The following is a list of figure skating terms, sorted alphabetically. ...

Category: Figure skating