Favorite Figure Skaters?

[nixdh]

Sasha Cohen (so hot)
Emily Hughes (so hot)
Tara Lipinski (so hot)
Michelle Kwan

 

[dorispulaski]

Everyone has favorites
Mine become my favorites mostly after they have retired, and I realize how much I miss them, and start watching their old videos on youtube.

Mine are:
Torvill & Dean
Rahkamo & Kokko
Krylova & Ovsiannakov
Davis & White
Well, all the dancers, really :


Toller Cranston
John Curry
Tomas Verner
Ryan Bradley
Kuirt Browning


Berezhnaya and Sikuralidze
The Protopopovs
Shen & Zhao

Midori Ito
Dorothy Hamill
Elaine Zayak
Mao Asada

 

[iluvtodd]

So many! - Todd, Paul Wylie, Brian Orser, Kurt, Matt Savoie, Jeff Buttle, Ilia Kulik, Elvis, Shawn Sawyer, Adam Rippon, Jeremy Abbott, Alban Preaubert, Armin M., Keegan Messing, Takahiko Kozuka, Takeshi Honda, Michal Brezina, Midori Ito, Yuka Sato, Michelle, Fumie, Katia, Alissa, Sasha, Caryn K, Sarah Maier, Joannie Rochette, Akiko,. G&G, Shen & Zhao, Yuka & Jason, Amanda & Mark, Kyoko & John, Aliona & Robin, Torvill & Dean, B&K, K&O, Roca & Sur, & Tanith & Ben, Meryl & Charlie, the Kerrs, Navarro & Bommentre, Klimova & Ponamorenko, Melissa & Denis, The Shibutanis, Naomi & Peter ...

 

[blue_idealist]

Men: Kurt Browning, Shawn Sawyer, Ryan Bradley, Jeremy Abbott, Evan Lysacek, Daisuke Takahashi, Elvis Stojko, Todd Eldredge, Michael Weiss, Alban Preaubert, Brian Joubert, Samuel Contesti, Michal Brezina
Ladies: Mao Asada, Laura Lepisto, Mirai Nagasu, Rachael Flatt, Cynthia Phaneuf, Lesley Hawker, Nicole Bobek, Irina Slutskaya, Lu Chen, Viktoria Helgesson, Sarah Meier
Pairs: Volosozhar/Trankov, Gerboldt/Enbert, Savchenko/Szolkowy, Brasseur/Eisler, Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, Lawrence/Swiegers, Abitbol/Bernadis, Langlois/Hay, Denney/Barrett
Dance: Bourne/Kraatz, Belbin/Agosto, Navarro/Bommentre, Krylova/Ovsiannikov, Duschesnays, Kerrs, Khokhlova/Novitski, Riazanova/Tkachenko, Hoffman/Zavozin, Drobiazko/Vanagas, Anissina/Peizerat, Weaver/Poje, Davis/White, Denkova/Staviyski

 

[Spun Silver]

Not to go on and on, I'll just list my most favorites:

Ladies: Midori, Sasha ETA: and Mirai
Gents: Yagudin, Curry, ETA: Weir, Chan, and Takahashi
Pairs: Shen/Zhao
Dance: Klimova/Ponomarenko, probably Virtue/Moir and now Shibutanis

 

[miki88]

Ladies: Michelle Kwan, Mao Asada, Lu Chen
Men: Alexei Yagudin, Kurt Browning
Pairs: Grinkov & Gordeeva
Dance: Torvill & Dean

 

[Tonichelle]

I'll spare everyone the loooooonnnnnnggggg list and go with the top 5.

Men
Kurt Browning
Scott Hamilton
Paul Wylie
Brian Boitano
Steven Cousins

Ladies
Kristi Yamaguchi
Yuka Sato
Josee Chouinard
Katia Gordeeva
Angela Nikodinov

Pairs:
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Sale & Pelletier
Sato & Dunjen
Bechke & Petrov
Brasseur & Eisler

Dance:
Roca & Sur
Gregory & Petukhov
Belbin & Agosto
Torvill & Dean
Bourne & Kraatz

 

[Olympia]

I can't make up my list with a lot more thought and agonizing! But I'd like to put in a cheer for Tonichelle, for putting Roca and Sur in her Top Five. They're a lovely, musically sensitive couple who deserve more fanfare than they get. Last time I looked, I couldn't even find anything of theirs on YouTube, and that's a shame.

 

[Kwanford Wife]

My favorites are awesome athletes but each touched me on an emotional level....

Ladies
Michelle (so obvious...)
Tonya Harding (sucha waste of talent)
Debi Thomas (for proving that black women do skate)
Katarina Witt (first skater to take my breath away and inspire me to hit the rink)
DivaKwara (for proving that it doesnt matter where you start, only where you finish)
Irina (for being the gold standard in suck it up and keep moving)
Angela Nikodinov (for proving that skating is about more than winning)

New Favorites
MiRai (once she learns to compete, she will be legendary)
Miki (when you think of where Miki started - remember Worlds with that truly epic in its awfulness Charlotte? - to the stunning beauty that is today's Miki, well what can you do bbut root for her?)

Men
Alexei (His unique combo of technical & artistic skating always moved me)
Kurt Browning (I'm a footwork junkie and his is beyond compare)
Brian Boitano (what would Brian Boitano do?)
Brian Joubert (yowza)

Pairs
Shen & Zhao (Greatest. Of. All. Time)
Brasseur & Eisler (Most. Underappreciated. Of. All. Time)

Dance
Belbin & Agosto (Their fundamental joy to be on the ice is a beautiful thing to behold and I actually cried at their fourth place finish at the Olympics.)
Bourne & Kraatz (Didn't appreciate dance until their Riverdance at the Olympics)

 

[sillylionlove]

I could list a million favorites but I will go with the top 3 in each category

Pairs
Gordeeva and Grinkov
Meno and Sand
Shen and Zhao

Women
Michelle Kwan
Tara Lipinski
Dorothy Hamill

Men
Scott Hamilton
Ilia Kulik
Todd Eldridge

Dance
Belbin and Agosto
Bourne and Kraatz
Davis and White

Again I could go on and on but I figured I would just put my top three. And I agree with Kwanford wife about Bourne and Kraatz..their Riverdance was amazing and they should have won a medal!!!

 

[mikiandorocks]

Is it to obvious if I answer Miki Ando

I do have a long list of favourites...


Pairs:
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev
Shen & Zhao
Kavaguti & Smirnov
Savchenko & Szolkowy
Pang & Tong

Men
Takahiko Kozuka
Alexei Yagudin
Evegny Plushenko
Brian Joubert
Daisuke Takahashi
Nobunari Oda
Viktor Petrenko
Elvis Stojko
Kurt Browning

Ladies
Miki Ando
Mao Asada
Irina Slutskaya
Katarina Witt

Ice Dance
Krylova & Ovsiannikov
Usova & Zhulin
Klimova & Ponomarenko (absolute magic)
Navka & Kostomarov
Winkler & Lohse
Lobacheva & Averbukh
Domnina & Shabalin
Denkova & Staviski
Bourne & Kraatz
Bobrova & Soloviev
Dubreuil & Lauzon
Delobel & Schoenfelder
Anissina & Peizerat

 

[Tonichelle]

I can't make up my list with a lot more thought and agonizing! But I'd like to put in a cheer for Tonichelle, for putting Roca and Sur in her Top Five. They're a lovely, musically sensitive couple who deserve more fanfare than they get. Last time I looked, I couldn't even find anything of theirs on YouTube, and that's a shame.

I was blessed to see them skate LIVE in 99... they're the reason I gave Ice Dance another try. So glad I did because it's opened up my world in a big way!

and there are vids of them on youtube, just not very many... and not their best routines (IMHO)

 

[gio]

Sasha Cohen (so hot)
Emily Hughes (so hot)
Tara Lipinski (so hot)
Michelle Kwan

Welcome nixdh!!

Mine are: Michelle Kwan (the Kween!!, all time favourite of mine), and then in no particular order - Sasha Cohen (hot!! I agree), Debi Thomas (great programs to Dead or Alive and Frankie Goes to Hollywood ), Katarina Witt (hot), Lu Chen (so introspective), Kurt Browning (the best entertainer!!), Brian Boitano (I don't know why but I like him and his programs, especially the 88SP), Maria Butyrskaya (drama on ice), Silvia Fontana (hoootttt!!), Kristi Yamaguchi (always enjoyed her programs), Tonya Harding (great jumps!), Torvill and Dean (magic)

but many other skaters gave me many positive emotions!! And I'm grateful to them to have given to me that!!

 

[ImaginaryPogue]

Dance: Virtue/Moir. Anissina/Peizarat. Denkova/Staviski. Drobiazko/Vanagas. Klimova/Ponamarenko. Torvill/Dean. Duchesnays.

Pairs: Shen/Zhao. Gordeeva/Grinkov. Underhill/Martini.

Men: Alexei Yagudin. Kurt Browning. Patrick Chan. Daisuke Takahashi. Stephane Lambiel.

 

[cooper]

Ladies

Yuna
Kwan
Cohen

Men

Lambiel
Dai
Weir

Shen/Zhao
Gordeeva/Grinkov
Torvill/Dean

 

[Jaana]

Listing only the biggest favourites:

John Curry
Robn Cousins
Ilia Kulik
Evan Lysacek
Daisuke Takahashi
Jeffrey Buttle
Stephane Lambiel

Peggy Fleming
Dorothy Hamill
Shizuka Arakawa
Sasha Cohen
Mirai Nagasu
Laura Lepisto
Kristiina Wegelius

Kilius & Baumler
Rodnina & Ulanov/Zaitshev
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Kazakova & Dmitriev
Shen & Zhao
Pang & Tong

Torvill & Dean
Moiseeva & Minenko
Rahkamo & Kokko
Recoegzy & Sallay
Anissina & Peizerat
Denkova & Staviski
Moniotte & Lavanchy

 

[Olympia]

Just a partial list. Two names are in boldface because they’re my top two.

Michelle Kwan
Mao Asada
YuNa Kim
Yuka Sato
Katia Gordeyeva (she belongs in both Singles and Pairs lists)
Lucinda Ruh
Shizuka Arakawa
Sasha Cohen
Janet Lynn
Peggy Fleming
Edited to add: Shizuka Arakawa
(Was I asleep? How could I have left Shizuka out?)


Kurt Browning
John Curry
Paul Wylie
Alexei Yagudin
Daisuke Takahashi
Ilia Kulik
Stephane Lambiel
Robin Cousins
Toller Cranston


Gordeyeva/Grinkov
Sale/Pelletier
Underhill/Martini
Shen/Zhao
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Dmitriev and anyone


Klimova/Ponomarenko
Torvill/Dean
The Duchesnays
Virtue/Moir
Anissina/Piezerat
Roca/Sur
Denkova/Staviskiy
Davis/White

 

[alithia]

Ladies

Yu Na Kim
Miki Ando
Irina Slutskaya
Katarina Witt

Men

Alexei Yagudin
Evgeny Plushenko
John Curry
Ilia Kulik
Daisuke Takahashi
Stephan Lambiel

Pairs

Gordeeva/Grinkov

Dance

Grischuk/Platov
Klimova/Ponomarenko
Torvil/Dean
Virtue Moir
Anissina/Peizerat
Krylova/Ovsiannikov
Bobrova/Soloviev
Dubreil/Lauzon

 

[mot]

Too many to mention, but I must admit I have a general tendency to love headcases and former headcases. There is something in them that intrigues me endlessly. Thus not being easy being a figure skating fan... sigh...

 

[Kwanford Wife]

:yay:

Too many to mention, but I must admit I have a general tendency to love headcases and former headcases. There is something in them that intrigues me endlessly. Thus not being easy being a figure skating fan... sigh...

:yay:

Ok, now this is kinda awesome...