Salchow jump

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. It was invented by Ulrich Salchow in 1909.

Salchow history

Ulrich Salchow invented the jump that bears his name in 1909. Theresa Weld was the first female skater to perform it, at the 1920 Summer Olympics; she was reprimanded for attempting anything so "unladylike", but that did not stop other female skaters from performing jumps.

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Ulrich Salchow - 1909 - Theresa Weld - 1920 Summer Olympics

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Double salchows were first performed by Gillis Grafstrom in the 1920's, and Cecelia Colledge in the late 1930's.

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Gillis Grafstrom - Cecelia Colledge

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The first triple salchow was landed by Ronnie Robertson at the 1955 World Figure Skating Championships. The first by a woman was by Petra Burka at the 1962 Canadian Championships; the latter was also the first triple jump of any kind landed by a woman.

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Ronnie Robertson - 1955 - World Figure Skating Championships - Petra Burka - 1962

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Timothy Goebel is recognized to have landed the first quadruple salchow at the 1998 Junior Series Final. Goebel's jump, however, used the aforementioned controversial two-footed salchow technique. The first successful quadruple salchow in competition with an indisputably clean takeoff was probably that by Chengjiang Li at the 2001 ISU Four Continents Championships. The first (and, so far, only) female skater to have landed a quadruple salchow was Miki Ando at the 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final.

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Timothy Goebel - 1998 - Chengjiang Li - 2001 - Miki Ando - 2002

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