The Atlanta Figure Skating Club (AFSC) was founded in and became a member club of
US Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee "USOPC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act an ...
in 1958. It is the oldest figure skating club in Georgia and one of the largest figure skating clubs in the United States.
Annually the AFSC hosts the Magnolia Open and the Atlanta Open.
The AFSC hosted the 1976, 1985, 2000, and 2015 South Atlantic Regional Championships, the 1980 and 2004 National Championships, and the 2006 Eastern Sectional Championships.
In October 1992, the AFSC hosted
Skate America
Skate America is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. It is hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The location changes yearly. Medals are awarded in four disciplines: m ...
International at the
Omni arena.
Skaters who have represented the club
*Alexander Aiken
*Brittney McConn Bottoms
*Allen Davis
*Timothy Dolensky
*Jackie Farrell
*Brad Griffies
*Todd Hansen
*Kaysi Kitsell
*Alice Qiao
*Jabe Roberts
*Leslie Sikes
*Laura Steele
*Colin Vander Veen
*Valory Vennes
*Debbie Walls
*Elizabeth Wright-Johnson
Notable coaches and judges
Barbara Wagner
Barbara Aileen Wagner (born May 5, 1938) is a Canadian former pair skater. She teamed up with Robert Paul in 1952. They became the 1960 Olympic champions, four-time World champions, and five-time Canadian national champions. After retiring from ...
,
[http://www.pairsonice.net/profileview.php?pid=105] Olympic Gold Medalist and four-time Worlds' Champion in Pairs Skating coaches at The Cooler, the primary skating rink of the Atlanta figure skating club, as well as Herbert Wiesinger
German Figure Skating Championships
The German Figure Skating Championships ( ger, Deutsche Meisterschaften im Eiskunstlaufen) are a figure skating national championship held annually to determine the national champions of Germany. Medals are awarded in the disciplines of men's si ...
, three time Gold Medalist in German Figure Skating Championships.
References
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Figure skating clubs in the United States
1956 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)
Sports clubs and teams established in 1956
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