| Jackson Haines (1840–1875) |
| |
First to wear blades that were permanently attached to the boot. |
| |
First sip spin. |
| |
Introduced accompanying music (a new concept at the time). |
| |
Establishment of the Vienna School which later founded the International Skating Union (ISU) |
| Axel Paulsen (1855-1938) |
| |
First skater to perform the Axel jump which is named after him, in 1882 |
| Ulrich Salchow (1877–1949) |
| |
Development ice skates with slightly serrated blades |
| |
Invented Salchow Jump |
| Werner Rittberger |
| |
Invented loop jump in 1910 |
| Gillis Grafström (1893–1938) |
| |
Invented the flying sit spin. |
| Alois Lutz (1898-1918) |
| |
Invented the jump that carries his name (the Lutz) which was first performed in competition in 1913. |
| Sonja Henie (1912-1969) |
| |
Henie, a ten-time world champion, brought a new style to figure skating in both athletic practice and dress. Previously, female figure skaters had skated in bulky clothing and long skirts. Henie broke with tradition by wearing a short knee-length skirt during her routines. |
| |
First female skater to perform an Axel jump |
| Bruce Mapes (1901–1961) |
| |
Invented the flip jump and in 1920 the toeloop, which is called by his last name in artistic roller skating |
| Cecilia Colledge, (1920–2008) |
| |
First female skater to perform a double jump in competition, |
| |
First to perform camel spin in 1935 |
| |
First to perform layback spin in 1935 |
| Dick Button |
| |
First double Axel in Competition |
| |
First triple jump (loop) |
| |
Invented the flying camel spin in the 1940s. It was originally known as the Button camel.
|
| Carol Heiss-Jenkins (born January 20, 1940) |
| |
First female to land double axel. |
| |
One of her trademarks was doing a series of alternating clockwise and counterclockwise single axels. |
| |
Rotated her jumps clockwise and spins counterclockwise |
| Vern Taylor |
| |
First to land a triple Axel in competition at the 1978 World Figure Skating Championships. |
| Midori Ito |
| |
First female to land a triple Axwl in competition at the 1988 NHK Trophy |
| Rena Inoue and John Baldwin, Jr. |
| |
First pair to perform a throw triple Axel in competition at the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships |
| |
|
