Top three (Gold, Silver, Bronze) of all-time

[Sam L]

Olympic champions. If you had to choose from all the Olympic champions in history in any discipline and give them gold, silver or bronze, how will your top three look? If they won twice, you can give them two medals! Yes.

Mine:

Ladies:

Gold: Alina Zagitova
Silver: Beatrix Schuba
Bronze: Yuna Kim

Men:

Gold: John Curry
Silver: Gillis Grafstrom
Bronze: Yuzuru Hanyu

Ice dance:

Gold: Gritschuk/Platov
Silver: Virtue/Moir
Bronze: Torvill/Dean

 

[rlopen]

Ladies:
Gold: Yuna Kim
Silver: Oksana Baiul
Bronze: Alina Zagitova

Men:
Gold: John Curry
Silver: Yuzuru Hanyu
Bronze: Alexei Yagudin

Pairs:
Gold: Gordeeva/Grinkov
Silver: Savchenko/Massot
Bronze: Shen/Zhao

Ice Dancing:
Gold: Anissina/Peizerat
Silver: Torvill/Dean
Bronze: Virtue/Moir

 

[chopinskate]

EDIT: I misread the title.

Ladies: Yuna Kim, Shizuka Arakawa, Kristi Yamaguchi

Men: Yuzuru Hanyu (2018), Alexei Yagudin, Yuzuru Hanyu (2014)

Pairs: Shen/Zhao

Ice Dance: V/M (2018), Torville and Dean, V/M (2010)

 

[mrrice]

Based on my personal feelings and not just results.

Men: Plushy, Patrick, Brian Boitano

Ladies: Maria Butyrskaya, Jennifer Robinson, Katarina Witt

 

[drivingmissdaisy]

Based on my personal feelings and not just results.

Ladies: Maria Butyrskaya, Jennifer Robinson, Katarina Witt

mrrice, your feelings are getting in the way of objectivity

 

[Enero]

Ladies:
Yuna Kim - Gold
Kristi Yamaguchi -Silver
Tara Lipinski - Bronze

Men
Hanyu (18) - Gold
Yagudin - Silver
Kulik - Bronze

Pairs
Mishketunok/Dmitriev - Gold
Aliona/Bruno - Silver
Gordeeva/Grinkov (94) - Bronze

Dance
Torvill/Dean - Gold
Virtue/Moir (18) - Silver
Anissina/Peizerat and Grishuk/Platov (98) -Tie for Bronze

 

[blue_idealist]

LADIES

1. Yuna Kim
2. Katarina Witt
3. Shizuka Arakawa

MEN

1. Brian Boitano
2. Yuzuru Hanyu
3. Evgeny Plushenko

PAIRS

1. Mishkutienok/Dmitriev
2. Savchenko/Massot
3. Shen/Zhao

DANCE

1. Virtue/Moir
2. Grishuk/Platov
3. Torvill/Dean

 

[Imagine]

Gold: Arakawa Shizuka
Silver: Kim Yuna
Bronze: Alina Zagitova

Sorry Adelina, love you too!

 

[Moment]

Women
Gold: Kim 2014
Silver: Kim 2010
Bronze: Witt 1988/Hamill 1976

Men
Gold: Curry 1976
Silver: Yagudin 2002
Bronze: Boitano 1988

Pairs
Gold: Gordeeva/Grinkov 1988
Silver: Savchenko/Massot 2018
Bronze: Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze 2002

Dance
Gold: Torvill/Dean 1984
Silver: Virtue/Moir 2018
Bronze: Klimova/Ponomarenko 1992

 

[Diok]

Women
Gold: Witt 1988
Silver: Kim 2010
Bronze: Zagitova 2018

Men
Gold: Yagudin 2002
Silver: Boitano 1988
Bronze: Plachenko

Pairs
Gold: Gordeeva/Grinkov 1988
Silver: Savchenko/Massot 2018
Bronze: Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze 2002

Dance
Gold: Virtue/Moir 2018
silver: Torvill/Dean 1984
Bronze: Grishuk/platov 1998

 

[mrrice]

mrrice, your feelings are getting in the way of objectivity

This is completely true!!!!! I think Jennifer's highest placing at Worlds was 8th in 2000. Like my kiss from Maria in 1999, Jennifer winked at me in Vancouver in 2001. Once that happens, your feelings change. It was like Plushy's Hi 5 in 2001. Once you have a "personal experience" with a skater, objectivity goes out the window.

P.S. How do I delete the post above. That option seems to have disappeared from my options. :confused2:

 

[ladyjane]

My personal (and totally subjective) list of favourite Olympic medallists of all time consists only of skaters I have watched at the time they did it (and then rewatched many times). So, no Dick Buttons, Protopopovs, or any other skaters from before 1976, even though I know, and I like and love many more of them, but there's the limitation of the Olympics (otherwise f.e. Elvis Stoyko's 1995 WC LP might have been in there, or Rudy Galindo's 1996 Swan Lake). Also, I sometimes cheat to get in some more skates that I like a lot.

Pairs
Gold: Savchenko/Massot (2018). Never has an Olympic Pair programme moved me more.
Silver: Mishkutionok/Dmitriev (1994). I know, they didn't get the gold, but that Rachmaninov programme!
Bronze: Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo (2010). The Short especially.

Men
Gold: Alexei Yagudin (2002). Both Short and Long are great to watch, but the Short is sublime.
Silver: Yuzuru Hanyu (2018). Short especially.
Bronze: Robin Cousins (1980). Not his best LP ever, but still a joy to watch. And that musicality!

Ladies
Gold: Sarah Hughes (2002). Never really liked her skating before that, but that LP was really something.
Silver: Yuna Kim (2010). Both Short and Long
Gold. Split between Michelle Kwan (1998) Mao Assada (2010). I know, not the gold medals at the time but lovely skates anyway.

Dance
Gold: Torvill and Dean (1984). Loved their Original Dance especially, even if it's the Bolero FD (which I also enjoyed) that went into the history books.
Silver: Davis and White (2010) and (2014). Their wonderful Bollywood OD (2010), and I just love their Sheherazade Free Dance
Bronze: Split between Klimova and Ponomarenko (1992) and Annessina and Peizerat (1998). Love that Romeo and Juliet FD by A/P much more than their Olympic win skate.

 

[plushyfan]

men

1. Plushenko ( because of his 4 OGs and 4 medals)
2. Hanyu
3. Robin Cousins

women

1.Witt
2.Kim
3.Baiul

pairs:

1.B/S
2.G/G
3.D/M

dance:

1.T/D
2.V/M
3.B/B

 

[anonymoose_au]

Men:
Gold: Plushy (I was half tempted to give him the Silver too, but hey he's got the Platinum )
Silver: Yuzu
Bronze: Viktor Petrenko (have you ever watched that guy's triple axel? The height on that thing is ridiculous!!)

Ladies:
I really don't know who to pick for this! I wish I could pick Mao even if she never did get a gold...love her.

Pairs:
Gold: Elena and Anton (I'm not even gonna try and spell their last names, especially his )
Silver: Aliona and Bruno (Bravo! )
Bronze: Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo (Legends!)

Dance:
Gold: Torville and Dean (Bolero is still boss)
Silver: Tessa and Scott
Bronze: Meryl and Charlie

 

[Danibellerika]

Men:
Gold - Hanyu. World records, olympic records, putting together what he did with 2 weeks of quads training while still injured. Becoming an immensely better skater than the first time he won it (I watched his Sochi free and it's amazing the progress). Most champions would decline in ability...It's the stuff of legends.
Silver - Plushenko/Yagudin - I was a bigger Plushenko fan back in the day because of those crazy good jumps, but Yagudin performed very well in his games and I admit he was a better all-arounder though I didn't like his jumps as much.
Bronze - Yagudin/Plushenko

Ladies (Since Sasha wasn't an OGM):
Gold - Yamaguchi
Silver - Witt
Bronze - Lipnitskaya (if we give count team gold, though I don't in my heart of hearts)

Pairs:
Gold - Shen/Zhao
Silver - Savchenko/Massot
Bronze - Elena/Anton

Ice Dance (not very invested in this one at all but if I have to):
Gold - Davis/White
Silver - Virtue/Moir
Bronze - Couldn't even tell you, but I did remember liking that Russian OBM team from Sochi, and they have a team gold so...

 

[jeb]

This is fun!

Ladies:
Gold-Michelle Kwan
Silver-Yuna Kim
Bronze-Dorothy Hamill

Men:
Gold-A. Yagudin
Silver-Hanyu
Bronze-

Dance:
Gold-Torvill & Dean
Silver-Davis & White
Bronze-Pomarenko (spelling?)

Pairs:
Gold-G&G
Silver-Shen & Zhou
Bronze-Gardner & Babilonia

 

[largeman]

mrrice, your feelings are getting in the way of objectivity

mrrice's post is proof that we are in a post-truth era.

 

[yume]

Ladies
Since i don't have a favorite who won OGM, my classement is based on Tech difficulty and execution.
1. Alina Zagitova
2. Tara Lipinski
3. Adelina Sotnikova

Men
1. Yuzuru Hanyu
2. Alexei Yagudin
3. Evgeni Plushenko

 

[yume]

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[Big Deal]

Ladies:
Gold: Yu-Na Kim 2010. ( also the silver could be her in 2014. IF he won with a fair judging!)
Silver: Sizuka Arakawa 2006.
Bronz: Katarina Witt 1988.

Men:
Gold : John Curry 1976.
Silver: Alexei Yagudin 2002.
Bronz: Brian Boitano 1988.

Pairs:
Gold : Gordeeva-Grinkov 1988. ( silver could be Mishkutionok-Dmitriev 1994, but they did not win)
Silver: Savchenko-Massot 2018.
Bronz : Shen-Zhao 2010.

Dance:
Gold : Torvil-Dean 1984.
Silver: Virtue-Moir 2018.
Bronz: Klimova-Ponomarenko 1992.
with a close 4th Anissina-Peizerat 2002.