Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly a segment of figure skating, and gave the sport its name. They are the "circular patterns which skaters...

and revival of compulsory figures occurred, respectively, in 1990, when the International Skating Union (ISU) removed compulsory figures from international...

Winter Olympics, but those efforts have been unsuccessful. Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly a discipline of figure skating, and gave the...

the highest single women's short program and free skating scores. Compulsory figures, from which the sport of figure skating gets its name, were a crucial...

a week, sometimes for seven hours a day with three hours spent on compulsory figures.[citation needed] Witt made her first appearance in a major international...

Special figures were a component of figure skating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Like compulsory figures, special figures involved tracing...

enormous lead in the compulsory figures. At the 1972 Winter Olympics at Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan, Lynn placed 4th in the compulsory figures while Schuba established...

early impression as a strong jumper, but was comparatively weak in compulsory figures. She made her senior debut the following season, moving up the national...

competition at the 1981 World Junior Championships. She placed 20th in the compulsory figures but won the free skating with a triple loop, a triple salchow, and...

Germany), Emi Watanabe (Japan) and Dagmar Lurz (West Germany). Her compulsory figures were considered to be significantly weaker than her free skating;...

became the foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed Figure skating Compulsory figures Figure competition, a form of physique competition for women, related...

individual compulsory figures, and sometimes special figures; many jumps were named after the skaters who invented them or from the figures from which...

"forward inside death spiral" field moves See moves in the field figures See compulsory figures flat Skating on both edges at the same time; generally less...

At the U.S. championships in 1987, she finished second in both the compulsory figures and short program, where she landed a triple flip jump for the first...

added in 1967, it replaced the second CD. In 1988, the same year compulsory figures was removed from women's and men's single figure skating, CDs were...

the free skating round of competitions while scoring lower in the compulsory figures at this stage of her career. She failed to make the U.S. World team...

Kingdom and skating skills in Canada. Following the abolition of compulsory figures from international competition in 1990, figure skating federations...

(firearms), for muzzleloaders In landscape ecology, a homogeneous area Compulsory figures in figure skating Contact patch, of a tire with a road Embroidered...

organization dedicated to the revival of Figures and Fancy Skating and not just compulsory figures (or school figures), which were formerly a segment of figure...

dancing career, he was a medalist at the U.S. Championships in the compulsory figures event. After retiring from skating, Shmalo turned to law and currently...

spirals, and spread eagles were originally individual compulsory figures, sometimes special figures. Unlike jumps, spins were a "graceful and appreciated"...

medals have been awarded to the fourth-place finishers in each event. Compulsory figures, which had been a required element of men's and women's single skating...

1980 in London, Ontario, Canada, after finishing in eighth place in compulsory figures and in second place in both the short program and the free skate....

worked with him on jumps, and Carlo Fassi, who worked with him on compulsory figures. According to figure skating historian James R. Hines, Curry "improved...

1987 Worlds, she was in a position to vie for the world title after compulsory figures and the short program, but a poor result in the long program left...

single skating in 1973, which created a three-part competition until compulsory figures were eliminated in 1990. The short program for pair skating was introduced...

winning at the World Figure Skating Championships due to his poor compulsory figures, he won the small medal for free skating at the 1972 and 1974 championships...

1952 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. Compulsory figures were skated at the outdoor Jordal Amfi rink, while the free skating...

the Sixteen Positions" in compulsory figures. It was a fundamental and practical approach to the execution of compulsory figures, which remained valid for...

Figure Skating Championships during the era of compulsory figures (Fratianne), after compulsory figures (Kwan) and under the ISU Judging System (Lysacek)...