What ice skater has 5 gold medals?

Canadian ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir are the only figure skaters to win five Olympic medals (3 gold, 2 silver). Swedish figure skater Gillis Grafström (3 gold, 1 silver) and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko (2 gold, 2 silver) each have four medals.

Which figure skater has won the most medals?

Yuzuru Hanyu
Most total medals by skater Yuzuru Hanyu is the only active figure skater besides Aljona Savchenko (pairs) to win more than six medals at the World Championships (seven in total).

How many medals does Yuzuru Hanyu have?

He is a two-time Olympic champion (2014, 2018), a two-time World champion (2014, 2017), a four-time Grand Prix Final champion (2013–2016), a Four Continents champion (2020), the 2010 World Junior champion, the 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final champion, and a five-time Japanese national champion (2012–2015, 2020).

Who was the gold medalist in figure skating at the Olympics?

In London, figure skating was presented in four events: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s special figures, and mixed pairs. The special figures contest was won by Russian Nikolai Panin, who gave his country its first ever Olympic gold medal. He remains the event’s sole winner, as it was subsequently dropped from the program.

When was figure skating added to the Olympics?

It was featured a second time at the Antwerp Games, after which it was permanently transferred to the program of the Winter Olympic Games, first held in 1924 in Chamonix, France. In London, figure skating was presented in four events: men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s special figures, and mixed pairs.

Where was the World Figure Skating Championships held in 2008?

The event was held at the Scandinavium arena in Gothenburg, Sweden from March 16 to 23. The competition was open to skaters from ISU member nations who had reached the age of 15 by July 1, 2007. The corresponding competition for younger skaters was the 2008 World Junior Championships .

How many gold medals has Canada won in Figure Skating?

Canada has earned gold medals in four of the events (all except men’s singles). Great Britain, Unified Team, and United States have earned gold medals in three of the events. Russia and the Unified Team are the only NOCs to have won three events at the same Olympics, at the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 1992 Winter Olympics respectively.