List of Olympic medalists in figure skating by age
34-year-old Aliona Savchenko of Germany won her first gold medal during her fifth Olympics, becoming one of the oldest Olympic figure skating champions.
Figure skating has been part of the Olympic Games since 1908 and has been included in 26 Olympic Games. There have been 286 medals (96 gold, 95 silver, and 95 bronze) awarded to figure skaters representing 29 representing National Olympic Committees (NOCs). Six events have been contested but one, men's special figures, was discontinued after a single Olympics. The team event is the newest Olympic figure skating event, first contested in the 2014 Games. It combines the four Olympic figure skating disciplines (men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance) into a single event with the team earning the most placement points winning gold.
German figure skater Maxi Herber is the youngest Olympic figure skating champion (at the age of 15 years and 128 days) when she won gold in pair skating together with Ernst Baier at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
American figure skater Scott Allen is the youngest Olympic medalist in figure skating. He won the bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics two days before his 15th birthday.
^ a bIn 1936, Ernst Baier won a silver medal in men's singles and a gold medal in pairs with Maxi Herber.
^ a b cIn 1924, Beatrix Loughran won a silver medal in ladies' singles. In 1928, she won a bronze medal in ladies' singles. In 1932, she won a silver medal in pairs with Sherwin Badger.
^ a bIn 1908, Madge Syers won a gold medal in ladies' singles and a bronze medal in pairs with Edgar Syers.
^At the 1964 Olympics, Marika Kilius / Hans-Jürgen Bäumler, Debbi Wilkes / Guy Revell, and Vivian Joseph / Ronald Joseph pairs placed 2nd, 3rd, and 4th respectively. Two years later, Kilius / Bäumler's results were invalidated because the pair had signed a professional contract before the Olympics. The silver medals went to Wilkes / Revell and the bronze medals to Joseph / Joseph. However, in 1987, the Germans were re-awarded the silvers after appealing that other pairs had signed similar contracts but weren't exposed and disqualified. After that, the placement of Wilkes / Revell and Joseph / Joseph pairs were unclear for many years. In November 2014, the IOC clarified that since the 1987 decision that both the German and Canadian pairs are the silver medalist and the US pair are the bronze medalist.[1][2]
^No silver medal was awarded in the 2002 Olympic figure skating pairs event, as the Canadians Salé and Pelletier were also given a gold medal, in the aftermath of a judging scandal.[3]
^ a b cAliona Savchenko won three medals in pairs with two different partners. Two bronze medals in 2010 and 2014 with Robin Szolkowy and a gold medal in 2018 with Bruno Massot.
^ a bPair skater Alexa Knierim won two medals in team event with two different partners. A bronze medal with Chris Knierim in 2018 and a silver medal with Brandon Frazier in 2022.
^ a b c dIce dancer Nikita Katsalapov won four medals with two different partners. In 2014 with Elena Ilinykh, he won a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal in ice dance. In 2022 with Victoria Sinitsina, he won a second gold medal in the team event and a silver medal in ice dance.
References
General
International Skating Union's Skater Biographies [1] (accessed August 3, 2010). This page is a gateway to listings, by discipline, of the official biographies submitted to the ISU from their most recent year of competition under ISU jurisdiction. It does not list most skaters who competed prior to 2000.* "Results database". Athletes. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
ISU – Olympic Games Figure Skating results:
1908–2002 Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance
2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Specific
^"Fifty years later, Joseph siblings find redemption". IceNetwork.com. November 25, 2014.
^Hersh, Philip (November 25, 2014). "A half-century later, Joseph siblings recognized as Olympic medal-winners". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 28, 2014.
^"Sale, Pelletier share gold with Russian pair". Salt Lake'02 Winter Games. ESPN. Associated Press. February 15, 2002. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
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