NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kurt Browning

Kurt Browning (born June 18, 1966) is a prominent Canadian figure skater who was extremely popular during the late 1980s and 1990s. Summary Kurt Browning skates to Brick House during a Stars on Ice performance at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... 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. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

Browning was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta and raised in Caroline, Alberta. In 1996 he married Sonia Rodriguez, a principal dancer with the National Ballet of Canada. // General Information Rocky Mountain House is a town of 6 584 people in west central Alberta, Canada at the confluence of the Clearwater River and the North Saskatchewan Rivers. ... Caroline is a village in central Alberta southwest of Red Deer. ... The National Ballet of Canada is Canadas largest ballet troupe. ...

Browning was a four-time Canadian figure skating champion and four-time World Champion. He represented Canada in three Winter Olympics, 1988 (finishing 8th overall), 1992 (6th) and 1994 (5th), and was given the privilege of carrying the Canadian flag during the opening ceremonies of the 1994 games in Lillehammer, Norway. Browning's other achievements are numerous, including three Canadian Professional Championships, three World Professional Championships, a Lou Marsh Award for top Canadian Athlete (in 1990), Lionel Conacher Award winner (1990 and 1991), Order of Canada recipient (in 1990), an American Skating World Professional Skater of the Year Award (in 1998), and a Gustav Lussi Award from the Professional Skaters' Association (in 2001). The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual event in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion. ... The XV Olympic Winter Games were held in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. ... The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1992 in Albertville, France. ... The XVII Olympic Winter Games were held in 1994 in Lillehammer, Norway. ... Flag Ratio: 1:2 (1965-Present) The National Flag of Canada (), popularly known as the Maple Leaf Flag (French: lUnifoli the one-leaved), is a base red flag with a white square in its centre, featuring a red stylized 11-pointed maple leaf. ... County Oppland District Gudbrandsdal Municipality NO-0501 Administrative centre Lillehammer Mayor (2005) SynnÃ¸ve Brenden Klemetrud (Ap) Official language form BokmÃ¥l Area - Total - Land - Percentage Ranked 211 477 kmÂ² 450 kmÂ² 0. ... The Lou Marsh Trophy is awarded annually by a panel of journalists in recognition of Canadas top athlete. ... See also: 1989 in sports, other events of 1990, 1991 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Derrike Cope won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - Al Unser, Jr. ... Lionel Conacher Award is an annual award given to Canadas best male athlete. ... See also: 1990 in sports, other events of 1991, 1992 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Ernie Irvan won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - Michael Andretti won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears Formula One Championship - Ayrton... The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means, Desiring a better country. ... See also: 1997 in sports, other events of 1998, 1999 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Earnhardt won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Jeff Gordon Indy Racing League - Indianapolis 500 - Eddie Cheever CART Racing - Alex Zanardi won the season championship Formula... See also: 2000 in sports, other events of 2001, 2002 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Michael Waltrip won the Daytona 500, a race that also saw the death of seven-time NASCAR champion Dale Earnhardt in an unspectacular crash during the...

In 1988, Browning was credited with completing the first quadruple jump in competition; this accomplishment is also listed in the Guinness Book of Records. See also: 1987 in sports, other events of 1988, 1989 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Bobby Allison won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Bill Elliott CART Racing - Danny Sullivan won the season championship Indianapolis 500 - Rick Mears Formula One Championship - Ayrton... Suresh Joachim, minutes away from breaking the ironing world record at 55 hours and 5 minutes, at Shoppers World, Brampton. ...

He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1994 and Canada's Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000. He also appeared in the 2006 FOX television program "Skating with Celebrities". See also: 1999 in sports, other events of 2000, 2001 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Bobby Labonte Indy Racing League - Buddy Lazier won the season championship Indianapolis 500- Juan Pablo Montoya CART Racing... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Fox Broadcasting Company, usually referred to as just Fox (the company itself prefers the capitalized version FOX), but rarely as FBC, is a television network in the United States. ... Skating with Celebrities is a reality show on the FOX network that began airing on January 18, 2006. ...

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1986 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1987 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1988 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1989 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1991 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1993 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

1994 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

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1896: Gilbert Fuchs | 1897: Gustav Hügel | 1898: Henning Grenander | 1899-1900: Gustav Hügel | 1901-1905: Ulrich Salchow | 1906: Gilbert Fuchs | 1907-1911: Ulrich Salchow | 1912-1913: Fritz Kachler | 1914: Gosta Sandahl | 1922: Gillis Grafström | 1923: Fritz Kachler | 1924: Gillis Grafström | 1925-1928: Willy Böckl | 1929: Gillis Grafström | 1930-1936: Karl Schäfer | 1937-1938: Felix Kaspar | 1939: Graham Sharp | 1947: Hans Gerschwiler | 1948-1952: Richard Button | 1953-1956: Hayes Alan Jenkins | 1957-1959: David Jenkins | 1960: Alain Giletti | 1962: Donald Jackson | 1963: Donald McPherson | 1964: Manfred Schnelldorfer | 1965: Alain Calmat | 1966-1968: Emmerich Danzer | 1969-1970: Tim Wood | 1971-1973: Ondrej Nepela | 1974: Jan Hoffmann | 1975: Sergej Volkov | 1976: John Curry | 1977: Vladimir Kovalev | 1978: Charles Tickner | 1979: Vladimir Kovalev | 1980: Jan Hoffmann | 1981-1984: Scott Hamilton | 1985: Alexander Fadeev | 1986: Brian Boitano | 1987: Brian Orser | 1988: Brian Boitano | 1989-1991: Kurt Browning | 1992: Viktor Petrenko | 1993: Kurt Browning | 1994-1995: Elvis Stojko | 1996: Todd Eldredge | 1997: Elvis Stojko | 1998-2000: Alexei Yagudin | 2001: Evgeny Plushenko | 2002: Alexei Yagudin | 2003-2004: Evgeny Plushenko | 2005-2006: Stéphane Lambiel | Please see this template's talk page for an active discussion on figure skating templates Talk / Edit Gilbert Fuchs (* 1871 in Graz, Austria; â€ 1952 in Germany) was a German figure skater and the first world champion in figure skating. ... Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow (August 7, 1877-April 19, 1949) was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century. ... Gilbert Fuchs (* 1871 in Graz, Austria; â€ 1952 in Germany) was a German figure skater and the first world champion in figure skating. ... Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow (August 7, 1877-April 19, 1949) was a Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century. ... Three time World Figure Skating champion (1912,1913 and 1923) Fritz Kachler, was born in Vienna, Austria. ... Gillis GrafstrÃ¶m (born June 7, 1893 in Stockholm, Sweden; â€ April 14, 1938 in Potsdam, Germany) was a Swedish figure skater. ... Three time World Figure Skating champion (1912,1913 and 1923) Fritz Kachler, was born in Vienna, Austria. ... Gillis GrafstrÃ¶m (born June 7, 1893 in Stockholm, Sweden; â€ April 14, 1938 in Potsdam, Germany) was a Swedish figure skater. ... Willy Boeckl (born 1896; died 1975) was an Austrian figure skater. ... Gillis GrafstrÃ¶m (born June 7, 1893 in Stockholm, Sweden; â€ April 14, 1938 in Potsdam, Germany) was a Swedish figure skater. ... Karl SchÃ¤fer (born May 17, 1909 in Vienna, Austria; â€ April 23, 1976 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian figure skater and Olympic champion. ... Felix Kaspar (born January 14, 1915 in Vienna, Austria; â€ December 5, 2003 in Bradenton, Florida, USA) was an Austrian figure skate and twice World champion. ... Richard Dick Button (born July 18, 1929 in Englewood, New Jersey) is an American former figure skater and current television analyst. ... American figure skater Hayes Alan Jenkins was born March 23, 1933. ... David Jenkins was born on June 29, 1936, and is the brother of figure skater Hayes Alan Jenkins. ... Alain Giletti (born November 9, 1939) was a French figure skater. ... Donald Jackson was a Canadian figure skater. ... Donald McPherson was a Canadian figure skater. ... Manfred Schnelldorfer (*2 May 1943 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany) is a german figure skater, world and Olympic champion. ... Alain Calmat (born August 31st, 1940) is a French former figure skater, a surgeon and a politician. ... Emmerich Danzer (born March 15, 1944 in Vienna, Austria) was an Austrian figure skater and multiple European- and World Champion. ... Competitive Highlights 1968 Olympics - 2nd World Championships - 2nd 1969 World Championships - 1st 1970 World Championships - 1st Categories: ‪American figure skaters‬ | ‪Figure skaters at the 1968 Winter Olympics‬ ... Ondrej Nepela (January 22, 1951 - February 2, 1989) was a Slovak figure skater who competed for Czechoslovakia in the late 60s and early 70s. ... Jan Hoffmann (*26 October 1955 in Dresden) is a German figure skater, two-time World Champion and silver medallist at the 1980 Winter Olympics. ... John Curry John Curry (born 9 September 1949 in Birmingham, England, died 15 April 1994 in Binton) was a British figure skater who won the Olympic and World Championships in 1976. ... American figure skater Charles Tickner won the gold medal at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships. ... Jan Hoffmann (*26 October 1955 in Dresden) is a German figure skater, two-time World Champion and silver medallist at the 1980 Winter Olympics. ... Scott Hamilton Scott Scovell Hamilton (born August 28, 1958) is an American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist known for his originality and engaging on-ice personalities. ... Alexander Fadeev (Russian: ÐÐ»ÐµÐºÑÐ°Ð½Ð´Ñ€ Ð¤Ð°Ð´ÐµÐµÐ²) (born January 4, 1964) is a World Champion Russian figure skater. ... Brian Anthony Boitano (born October 22, 1963 in Mountain View, CA) is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. ... Orser carrying the Canadian flag at the opening ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics Brian Orser OC (born December 18, 1961 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian figure skater. ... Brian Anthony Boitano (born October 22, 1963 in Mountain View, CA) is an American figure skater from Sunnyvale, California. ... Viktor Petrenko (born June 17, 1969 in Odessa, Ukraine) was the 1992 World and Olympic champion in figure skating. ... Elvis Stojko M.S.C., M.S.M. (born March 22, 1972) is a Canadian figure skating world champion. ... Todd James Eldredge (born August 28, 1971 in Chatham, Massachusetts) is an American figure skater. ... Elvis Stojko M.S.C., M.S.M. (born March 22, 1972) is a Canadian figure skating world champion. ... Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (born March 18, 1980 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is an Olympic Champion (2002), a four-time World Champion and a three-time European Champion in figure skating. ... Russian figure skater Evgeny Plushenko (in fact: Evgeny Plushchenko, Ð•Ð²Ð³ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ð¹ ÐŸÐ»ÑŽÑ‰ÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾) (born November 3, 1982 in Siberia) is the six-time National Champion, four-time European Champion, three-time world champion, and 2002 Winter Olympics silver medallist. ... Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (born March 18, 1980 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) is an Olympic Champion (2002), a four-time World Champion and a three-time European Champion in figure skating. ... Russian figure skater Evgeny Plushenko (in fact: Evgeny Plushchenko, Ð•Ð²Ð³ÐµÐ½Ð¸Ð¹ ÐŸÐ»ÑŽÑ‰ÐµÐ½ÐºÐ¾) (born November 3, 1982 in Siberia) is the six-time National Champion, four-time European Champion, three-time world champion, and 2002 Winter Olympics silver medallist. ... StÃ©phane Lambiel (born April 2, 1985 in Martigny, Switzerland) is a six-time Swiss national figure skating champion and is the two-time and current World Figure Skating Champion (2005, 2006). ...

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