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Who is your favorite skater who is not alive

takura

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Who is your favorite skater who is dead(not to be harsh).I don't really have one but I wan't to know yours. :laugh:
 
Easy.

Laurance Owen. I had the pleasure of seeing her skate when I was a kid when I visited my Grandmother in Boston during February vacation.
 
Another vote for Laurence, although I've only seen bits of her skating on tape. She was essentially Janet Lynn before Janet Lynn--just the little bits I've managed to see brought me to tears. Laurence just lit up the ice and her edges and technique were purity defined. Her death was a tragic, tragic loss.
 
Brian Pockar. A gorgeous young man with immense talent and style on the ice. It was a great loss when he passed.
 
Ophir said:
Brian Pockar. A gorgeous young man with immense talent and style on the ice. It was a great loss when he passed.

Yes, Brian was an inspiration. As well, Rob McCall (Tracy Wilson's ice dance partner). Rob was a great skater and very creative. Tracy always said Rob was the creative one and she the technician.
 
Sergei Grinkov. He was the only one I 'knew'. Other great skaters were before my time. Other notables are Brian Pockar and Rob McCall (Tracy Wilson's ice dance partner), but Sergei was my most favorite. His death was the end of G&G- one of my most favorite pairs ever, and I miss him.
 
Сергей Гриньков - Грация и Красивый!!!!

Sergei Grinkov - Graceful and Beautiful!!!
 
Skatepixie

Skatepixie, do you mean Katia Gordeeva? She's still alive, dear. If that is not the Katia you mean then I apologize for my mistake.

At any rate, my choice would be Sergei Grinkov. The man was smooth and there would never be another like him.
 
I'd have to say Rob McCall. He and Tracy were so entertaining to watch. And he showed such promise as a choreographer. :cry:
 
No...I know who Katia is. Sashasbeau mentioned Kira Ivanova...and I didnt know who that was, so I asked...
 
Kira Ivanova was the 1984 Olympic bronze medalist, but she went downhill from there and finished quite low in the 1988 Olympics (I don't remember her final palcement). A few years ago (may have been last year, actually) she was found murdered.
 
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