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2020 Winter World Masters Games (Adult)
January 13, 2020 - January 19, 2020
The World Masters Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years for non-professional athletes. For figure skating, athletes must be 28 years old until June 30, 2019. Competitors who took part in ISU Competitions after June, 30th 2019, apart from “Adult Competitions,” are not entitled to participate at the WWMG. A competitor must be an individual member of an International Skating Union (ISU) Member, or a member of a club that is itself a member of an ISU Member. There are no nation or national teams represented at the Winter World Masters Games. Participants compete for themselves – there are no country delegations. Teams and pairs with mixed nationalities are allowed.
Did You Know?
Maribel Vinson-Owen (October 12, 1911 – February 15, 1961) set the record for nine U.S. ladies’ figure skating titles which Michelle Kwan matched in 2005. As a single skater, she was the 1932 Olympic bronze medalist and a two-time World medalist (1928 silver, 1930 bronze). Vinson-Owen (as a coach) and her two daughters were part of the United States figure skating team that tragically died on Sabena Flight 548.
