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Jumps are one of the most important part of a figure skating program. There
are different types of jumps in figure skating a edge jump and pick jump a
pick jump is a toe loop, flip and lutze, some edge jumps are waltz jump axel
sowchow and loop.
Cecelia Colledge was the first woman to land a double in
1936. Dick Buttonwas the first man to land a double axel in 1948, Dick
Button was also the first man to land a tripel jump in 1952. Jana Mrazkova
was the woman to land a tripel jump in 1959. Vern Taylor lands the first
tripel axel in 1978.
Kurt Browning was the first man to land a quadruple
jump in 1988. Midori Ito was the first woman to land a tripel axel. Elvis
Stojko was the first man to land a quadruple jump in combination in 1991
Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest winner for the world championships at age
15; Tara Lipinski also was the youngest skater to win the Olympic champion
ships in 1998.
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