Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Queens of the Ice
Dorothy Hamill, 1976
Who are your top five? (And your top five least favorite)
Linda Fratianne, 1977
Anett Poetzsch, 1978
Linda Fratianne, 1979
Anett Poetzsch, 1980
Denise Biellmann, 1981
Elaine Zayak, 1982
Rosalynn Sumners, 1983
Katarina Witt, 1984
Katarina Witt, 1985
Debi Thomas, 1986
Katarina Witt, 1987
Katarina Witt, 1988
Midori Ito, 1989
Jill Trenary, 1990
Kristi Yamaguchi, 1991
Kristi Yamaguchi, 1992
Oksana Baiul, 1993
Yuka Sato, 1994
Lu Chen, 1995
Michelle Kwan, 1996
Tara Lipinski, 1997
Michelle Kwan, 1998
Maria Butyrskaya, 1999
Michelle Kwan, 2000
Michelle Kwan, 2001
Irina Slutskaya, 2002
Michelle Kwan, 2003
Shizuka Arakawa, 2004
Irina Slutskaya, 2005
Kimmie Meissner, 2006
Miki Ando, 2007
Mao Asada, 2008
Yu-Na Kim, 2009
Mao Asada, 2010
Miki Ando, 2011
Carolina Kostner, 2012
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So interesting that Denise Biellmann did a beautiful triple lutz (not a flutz!), but no 3flip or loop.
ReplyDeleteThat was very common back then and really until Ito and Harding (and sort of Yamaguchi) made at least the first five triples standards, that is until UR calls in CoP led to girls dropping certain jumps. Witt did triple flips early in her career but rarely triple loops. Liz Manley had a great lutz when her head was screwed on straight (wonderful BO edge) and did the other triple except the flip as well. Trennary had a beautiful flip when her nerves did not get her, but never completed a triple loop in competition AFAIK. Boitano (and to a lesser degree Fadeev and Petrenko) led the charge for a complete arsenal of triples for the men. Orser did not do triple loops and Hamilton did not do triple loops or triple axels.
ReplyDeleteLeast favorites...Trixie Schuba and Sjouke Djikstra. Those were some manly broads.
ReplyDeleteThe best queens? I'm young yet. I think Irina Slutskaya, she is my favorite for all time, and obviously Carolina Kostner, I've grown up with her and her victory has been the beautiest moment in years .. the old school? Denisse Bielmann and Midori Ito! I love the jumper and spin girls!
ReplyDeleteThere are many queens, but there is only one Kween!
ReplyDeleteThere is only one Kween. Yeah it's easy to name least favorite...Tara Lipinski and Kim Meissner (like her off the ice).
ReplyDeleteOops..like most but my least favorite is Meissner, Slutskaya and Lipinski.
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