Male skaters with great posture

[Mathman]

Which male skaters have/had outstanding carriage and posture? (Not counting ice dancers, who obviously rule in this category.)

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4510298.1517331528!/fileImage/httpImage/patrick-chan.jpg

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[el henry]

Yes to the two pictured.

But I go to the wayback machine:

John Curry.

From the archive: Curry hits the gold standard

Originally published on 12 February 1976: John Curry of Birmingham is the Olympic Men’s Figure Skating champion, the first Briton to achieve the honour

www.theguardian.com

Toller Cranston.

Legendary Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston dead at 65

Legendary figure skater Toller Cranston has died

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[labgoat]

Paul Wylie, Petr Barna, Viktor Petrenko, Stephane Lambiel, Jeffrey Buttle…

 

[labgoat]

Han Yan, Kevin Aymoz, Adam Him Siao Fa, Nathan Chen, Yuzuru Hanyu, Shoma Uno…

 

[Flying Feijoa]

Denis Ten (who would have turned 29 this past Monday)
Tatsuki Machida
Mikhail Kolyada
Plus as mentioned above, Jeff Buttle, Patrick Chan...

I think Hanyu, Uno, Chen fall into the 'good' category rather than 'great'. Not because they can't achieve nice posture, rather they have moments when it lapses.
If by posture and carriage we mean like a ballet/ballroom dancer, then I would have to disagree with Aymoz and Lambiel being placed here. They are fun to watch but have high shoulders and a bit of a hunch (although Stephane improved by the end of his career).

 

[Amei]

Todd Eldredge
Misha Ge

 

[4everchan]

PATRICK... and mini-chiddy = Joseph Phan

 

[Ic3Rabbit]

Chan, Abbott, R. Cousins, Wylie, Browning

 

[Jaana]

Definitely Alexei Urmanov, IMO.

 

[MintGreen]

I vote for Dmitri Aliev for his beautiful presence on ice, particularly his arms.


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[WednesdayMarch]

John Curry, Philippe Candeloro, Misha Ge, Yuzuru Hanyu (with the occasional slip) and Jason Brown are the ones who come straight to mind. With the first and the last of those being at the top of my tree.

 

[lariko]

I think it’s harder to tell from the pictures and videos. From the skaters I had seen life, Yuzuru Hanyu and Shoma Uno, absolutely, but also, Arthur Danielian and Kevin Aymoz. While both were injured in the SkAm where I saw both of them (and I am still incensed that Aymoz was forced to compete), the deportment and step sequences were amazing despite their injuries. Which was mind blowing.

From what i saw in video, and hadn’t seen life, Kutovoy is probably great.

 

[Magill]

Yuzuru Hanyu, Jason Brown and Shoma Uno for me.

 

[surimi]

That one's easy for me to answer. Sota Yamamoto, hands down. His graceful posture and straight back is one of the main reasons why I became a fan. He doesn't have big medals so few know him, but for me he's #1 in the posture department. Kolyada would be #2 for me.

 

[Mauvedreamer]

John Curry and Kolyada.

 

[kolyadafan2002]

Kolyada.

 

[mrrice]

Well, Patrick Chan was the first skater who came to my mind. However, Todd Eldredge, Paul Wiley, Mikhail Kolyada, and I'm still not happy with him but, Alexei Yagudin also had great posture.

 

[4everchan]

i am not sure why so many people mention Yuzuru in here... no doubt he is a great skater, but if there is ONE thing I could fault him for and yes, i have also seen him live more than once, it's the posture. He often looks down to the ice... and his air position on jump is often off-axis (which one cannot really see unless at the rink).

So yes to many others mentioned like urmanov, kolyada, aliev... let's not forget nathan also... but yuzuru? nope... of course, YMMV

 

[lariko]

i am not sure why so many people mention Yuzuru in here... no doubt he is a great skater, but if there is ONE thing I could fault him for and yes, i have also seen him live more than once, it's the posture. He often looks down to the ice... and his air position on jump is often off-axis (which one cannot really see unless at the rink).

So yes to many others mentioned like urmanov, kolyada, aliev... let's nor forget nathan also... but yuzuru? nope... of course, YMMV

I think it’s the way he is built and how light he is that contributes to the impression that he is a straight as an arrow. I only saw him in one competition, but he sure draws the eye like nobody else.

 

[Arriba627]

Shoma's Nagoya posture is beautiful. Have to agree with @4everchan regarding Mr.Hanyu's posture.