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World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The World Junior Figure Skating Championships (''"World Juniors"'' or ''"Junior Worlds"'') is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which figure skaters within a designated age range compete for the title of World Junior champion. The ISU guidelines for junior eligibility have varied throughout the years – currently, skaters must be at least 13 years old but not yet 19 before the previous 1 July, except for men competing in pair skating and ice dancing where the age maximum is 21. This event is one of the four annual ISU figure skating Championships and is considered the most prestigious international competition for juniors. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. History The first World Junior Championships were held in March 1976 in Megève, France, and were originally named the "ISU Junior Figure Skating Championships". In 1977 the championships were held ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1976 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 1976 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were on March 10–13, 1976 in Megève, France. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which younger figure skaters compete for the title of World Junior Champion. It was the first World Junior Figure Skating Championships to be held. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance References {{World Juniors Figure skating World Junior Figure Skating Championships 1976 in figure skating, World Junior 1976 in French sport, F International figure skating competitions hosted by France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Coi
Dennis Coi (11 August 1961 – 1 September 1987) was a Canadian figure skater. He was the 1978 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior Champion and the 1982 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, Canadian bronze medallist. Coi also competed in pair skating; with partner Julie Mutchen, he was the 1974 Canadian novice bronze medallist. Coi was gay, although he did not come out even to his own family until being diagnosed with HIV. He died of AIDS in 1987, amid a spate of AIDS-related deaths of Canadian figure skaters, including Brian Pockar, Robert McCall (figure skater), Robert McCall and Shaun McGill, which was portrayed in the media as a major crisis for the sport. Competitive highlights Men's singles Pairs with Mutchen References External links * * * Canadian male single skaters Canadian male pair skaters AIDS-related deaths in Canada 1961 births 1987 deaths World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists LGBT figure skaters LGBT spo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Bureiko
Yuri Bureiko (born 21 June 1967) is a former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. He is the 1981 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 1981 World Junior silver medalist. After retiring from competition, Bureiko performed in various ice shows in "Hot Ice" in Blackpool, England. After being skating director in Romford and head coach of free skating in National Ice centre in Nottingham he opened his own school of skating ("International School of Skating") in partnership with biggest ice rink operating company in Europe - Planet Ice. Today ISS is located in Coventry and Milton Keynes. The school has been involved in short term projects with Cardiff, Altrincham, Cannock and Uttoxeter ice rinks. The success of his students led him to be awarded with highest Level 5 coaching category in the UK. In 2003, he was named British Figure Skating Coach of the year. He has coached Jenna McCorkell, Taras Rajec, Dean Timmins, Edward Ka-Yin Chow Matthew Wilkinson, Kevin v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Wylie
Paul Stanton Wylie (born October 28, 1964) is an American figure skater, and the 1992 Olympic silver medalist in men's singles skating. Personal life Paul Stanton Wylie was born on October 24, 1964 in Dallas, Texas to Bob Wylie (a geophysicist) and B.L. Wylie (a realtor) — the youngest of three children. In Dallas, he attended St. Mark's School of Texas. When he was eleven, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he focused increasingly on skating and graduated from Colorado Academy. Wylie attended Harvard University and graduated in 1991 with a degree in government. After competing in the 1992 Winter Olympics, as he planned, he retired from amateur competition and began his professional skating career. It was his intention to tour for a few years and then go to law school. He was admitted to law school, but deferred attendance for a few years. He ended up skating professionally for six years before retiring. He then returned to Harvard — but to the Business Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, Ontario
London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximately from both Toronto and Detroit; and about from Buffalo, New York. The city of London is politically separate from Middlesex County, though it remains the county seat. London and the Thames were named in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada. The first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman. The village was founded in 1826 and incorporated in 1855. Since then, London has grown to be the largest southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada's 11th largest metropolitan area, having annexed many of the smaller communities that surround it. London is a regional centre of healthcare and education, being home to the University of Western Ontario (which brands it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 1981 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held on December 8–14, 1980 in London, Ontario, Canada. Commonly called "World Juniors" and "Junior Worlds", the event determined the World Junior champions in the disciplines of single skating, men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing References {{World Junior Figure Skating Championships 1981 in figure skating, World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 1981 1982 in figure skating, World Junior Figure Skating Championships, 1982 World Junior Figure Skating Championships International figure skating competitions hosted by Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Falko Kirsten
Falko Kirsten (born 3 January 1964) is a German former figure skater. He is the 1980 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior bronze medalist, the 1983 St. Ivel International bronze medalist, and a five-time East German Figure Skating Championships, East German national champion. He competed at six European Championships, finishing twice in the top five; five World Championships; and the Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics, 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, finishing 16th. He represented the club SC Einheit Dresden. Kirsten is the chairman of the Saxony Ice Sport Association (Sächsischen Eissport-Verband) and also works as a technical specialist. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:Kirsten, Falko 1964 births Living people German male single skaters Figure skaters at the 1984 Winter Olympics Olympic figure skaters of East Germany Sportspeople from Dresden World Junior Figure Skating Championships medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 1980 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held on January 15–20, 1980 in Megève, France. Sanctioned by the International Skating Union, it was the fifth edition of an annual competition in which figure skaters compete for the title of world junior champion. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac .... Results Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance References {{World Juniors Figure skating World Junior Figure Skating Championships World Junior F International figure skating competitions hosted by France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Fadeev (skater)
Alexandre Vladimirovich "Sasha" Fadeev (russian: Александр Владимирович Фадеев; born 4 January 1964) is a Russian former competitive figure skater who represented the Soviet Union. Fadeyev is the 1985 World champion and a four-time European champion. Personal life Alexandre "Sasha" Fadeev was born in Kazan, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He is married to a Canadian figure skater, Cydèle Fadeeva, and resides in Illinois. Career Fadeev won bronze at the 1979 World Junior Championships and then gold the following year. In the 1983–84 season, he won his first European title and stepped onto his first World podium, taking the bronze medal. Fadeev won the 1985 World Championships by placing first in all three segments of the competition including compulsory figures and the short and long programs. He took the gold medal ahead of Brian Orser (silver) and Brian Boitano (bronze). At the 1986 World Championships, Fadeev entered the long program with a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Beauchamp
Bobby Beauchamp (born 1962) is an American former competitive figure skater. He is the 1979 World Junior silver medalist, 1983 Skate America bronze medalist, and 1983 U.S. national pewter medalist. He won the bronze medal at the 1987 World Professional Championships in Jaca, Spain. Beauchamp was raised in Culver City, California. He began skating as a nine-year-old, as a form of physical therapy, having been born with a club foot affecting his left leg. He trained at the Culver City Ice Arena and the Santa Monica Ice Chalet, coached by Mabel Fairbanks and John Nicks. After ending his competitive career, Beauchamp skated with the Ice Capades. As of 2017, he is a skating coach at Ice Station in Valencia, California Valencia is an unincorporated community in northwestern Los Angeles County, California. This area, with major commercial and industrial parks, straddles State Route 126 and the Santa Clara River. Development projects continue to be built in .... Competitiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitali Egorov
Vitaliy Viktorovych Yehorov or Vitali Egorov ( uk, Віталій Вікторович Єгоров, born 23 March 1964) is a former competitive figure skater for the Soviet Union. He is the 1986 Skate Canada International champion, the 1986 Nebelhorn Trophy champion, the 1979 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, World Junior champion, a two-time (1983, 1987) Figure skating at the Winter Universiade, Winter Universiade silver medalist, and the 1984 Soviet Figure Skating Championships, Soviet national champion. Egorov was one of the first skaters in the world to land a triple Axel jump, performing it in April 1981, at the USSR Cup competition in Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk, where he won the bronze medal. In March 1982, he won the 5th USSR Winter Spartakiada. He is a coach in Kharkiv. Results References Navigation Soviet male single skaters Ukrainian male single skaters 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Kharkiv World Junior Figure Skating Championships ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augsburg
Augsburg (; bar , Augschburg , links=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabian_German , label=Swabian German, , ) is a city in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, around west of Bavarian capital Munich. It is a university town and regional seat of the ''Regierungsbezirk'' Schwaben with an impressive Altstadt (historical city centre). Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is the third-largest city in Bavaria (after Munich and Nuremberg) with a population of 300,000 inhabitants, with 885,000 in its metropolitan area. After Neuss, Trier, Cologne and Xanten, Augsburg is one of Germany's oldest cities, founded in 15 BC by the Romans as Augsburg#Early history, Augusta Vindelicorum, named after the Roman emperor Augustus. It was a Free Imperial City from 1276 to 1803 and the home of the patrician (post-Roman Europe), patrician Fugger and Welser families that dominated European banking in the 16th century. According to Behringer, in the sixteen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
