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If you had to choose five favourites of all time, in each of the four disciplines, who would they be? Note: favourites, not who you think are the best (I realise that choice might be very different). Give reasons, if you can!
Here are mine (bear in mind I watched FS erratically through most of my lifetime):
Men's:
Women's:
Pairs:
N.B. I have never really followed pairs much at all so these are more because I saw one or two excellent performances that stuck in my mind.
Ice Dance:
I would love to read others' lists!
Here are mine (bear in mind I watched FS erratically through most of my lifetime):
Men's:
- Victor Petrenko (Just majestic on the ice)
- Phillippe Candeloro (just so much damn fun with his originality and sense of humour)
- Johnny Weir (Elegant movement that mesmerised and moved me)
- Daisuke Takahashi (charisma and musical interpretation to burn; wonderful connection with the audience; gives me goose bumps on a regular basis)
- Yuzuru Hanyu (Has a fresh intensity that draws me in and makes me feel I'm almost interrupting sometimes; gorgeous spins enthral me especially)
- Honourable Mention as before my birth: John Curry (My mother spoke of him so, when YouTube came on the scene and his skate at Innsbruck in 1976 was uploaded, I watched his performance and was mesmerised by its supreme display of glorious technique with truly dazzling presentation)
Women's:
- Katarina Witt (I remember watching her and being entranced as a child)
- Oksana Baiul (fresh enthusiasm; charming; extremely engaging to watch; beautifully elegant)
- Akiko Suzuki (elegance and beauty to spare)
- Mao Asada (charming and engaging)
- Yulia Lipnitskaya (compelling viewing, those spins!)
Pairs:
N.B. I have never really followed pairs much at all so these are more because I saw one or two excellent performances that stuck in my mind.
- Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov (elegance and haunting beauty)
- Natalia Mishkutenok / Artur Dmitriev (dramatic and intense)
- Zhang Dan & Zhang Hao (bravery for continuing after that awful fall!)
- Stolbova & Klimov (interesting, unusual routine- Addams Family)
- Volosovhar / Trankov (real stories being told in their routines, amazing whole package)
Ice Dance:
- Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean (couldn't take my eyes off any routine they did; the first ice skaters I remember; rhythmic and innovative; not histrionic in their routines like I found some other couples of the day)
- Isabelle Duchesnay & Paul Duchesnay (original, intense, mesmerising)
- Susanna Rahkomo & Petri Kokko (innovative, engaging, fun, never boring)
- Shae-Lynn Bourne & Victor Kraatz (engaging and interesting moves)
- Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir (emotionally compelling, dramatic)
I would love to read others' lists!