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Historical "firsts" | 2015-2025

Angelina KUDRAYAVTSEVA / Ilia KARANKEVICH (CYP):

  1. First partnership to compete for Cyprus in Ice Dance - 2018 Hallowe'en Cup Advanced Novice Ice Dance (Maria MILIUKOVA / Nikita VITRYANYUK were also competing in the same competition, but they started at #17 in PD1, whereas Angelina & Ilia started at #11).

    Source: https://www.ice-dance.com/site/wp-c...18HalloweenCup-IDAdvancedNovice_P1_Scores.pdf

  2. First skaters to compete for Cyprus in an ISU Major Championship - 2020 ISU Junior World Championships Ice Dance.

    Source: https://www.ice-dance.com/site/recap-2020-world-junior-championships/


CaroLiza_fan
 
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Maria MILIUKOVA / Nikita VITRYANYUK (CYP):

  1. First partnership competing for Cyprus to win a 🥇 Gold Medal in Ice Dance - 2018 Hallowe'en Cup Advanced Novice Ice Dance.

    Source: https://www.ice-dance.com/site/results-2018-halloween-cup/

Yes, you have made the correct connection from the previous post. Maria & Nikita won the 🥇 Gold Medal in their first competition. And in a big field at that!

CaroLiza_fan
 
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Marilena KITROMILIS (CYP):

  1. First skater to compete for Cyprus at Senior level in an international event - 2020 Budapest Trophy Senior Ladies (Emilea Zingas was also competing in the same competition, but she started at #14 in the SP, whereas Marilena started at #4).

    Source: https://hunskate.hu/external/mukorcsolya/2020_2021/Budapest_trophy/Senior/SEG003.HTM

  2. First skater competing for Cyprus to win a 🥇 Gold Medal in an ISU sanctioned event - 2021 Autumn Classic Senior Ladies (Round 2 of the 2021 Challenger Series).

    Source: https://figureskatersonline.com/new...wins-surprising-gold-medal-at-autumn-classic/


CaroLiza_fan
 
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Stefania YAKOVLEVA (CYP):

  1. First skater representing Cyprus to qualify for an International Olympic Committee run event - 2024 Youth Olympic Games Ladies (went to Gangneung but did not compete due to injury).

    Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2024/01/30/cyprus-shining-star-on-ice/


That's all I can think of for now that are within the time frame.

(I'm such a fanboy of Team Cyprus, aren't I?)

CaroLiza_fan
 
Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed (JPN) made history after becoming the first Asian ice dance team to medal at an ISU Championship (at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in 2018)


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Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) made history after becoming the

 
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Hannah Lim and Ye Quan (KOR) made history after becoming the first Korean ice dance team to
  • win a medal at an ISU Championship (silver at the 2023 World Junior Championships)
  • medal at the ISU Junior Grand Prix series (bronze at JGP Courchevel 2021)
source: ISU bio


They are also the first Asian ice dance team to
 
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Yuzuru Hanyu... yes, he made quite a bit of history. I can think of...

- the first Asian skater to win multiple World Championships (2014, 2017)
- the first Asian skater to achieve two and/or back to back Olympic gold medals (2014, 2018)
- the first quadruple loop (2016 CS Autumn Classic)
- the first quad toe-triple Axel sequence (2018 GP Helsinki)
- the first skater to successfully land three quadruple jumps in the second half of a free skate program (2017 WTT)
- the first skater to debut four types of quadruple jumps successfully at first attempt with a positive grade of execution (GOE) in international competition (toe loop in 2010, Salchow in 2012, loop in 2016, and Lutz in 2017)
- the first man to score over 200 in the free program (2014-15 NHK)
- the first man to score over 300 in a single competition (2014-15 NHK)
- the first man to break all three records (short, free, combined) in two consecutive competitions (2014-15 NHK, 2014-15 GPF)
- the first singles skater to win 4 GPFs (2014-17)
- the first singles skater to be ranked first in the world standings for five consecutive seasons (2015-19)
- the first (and only) male skater to have achieved the Super Slam, that is gold in both major junior and all major senior international competitions (4CC 2020)
- the first male skater to have achieved 15 (and now 19) world records (2014-2020)

ISU bio, Olympic website and Wikipedia list

And he's still creating firsts, but as they are not in competition I'll leave it here...
 
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TallyT said:
Yuzuru Hanyu... yes, he made quite a bit of history. I can think of...

- the first Asian skater to win multiple World Championships (2014, 2017)
- the first Asian skater to achieve two and/or back to back Olympic gold medals (2014, 2018)
- the first quadruple loop (2016 CS Autumn Classic)
- the first quad toe-triple Axel sequence (2018 GP Helsinki)
- the first skater to successfully land three quadruple jumps in the second half of a free skate program (2017 WTT)
- the first skater to debut four types of quadruple jumps successfully at first attempt with a positive grade of execution (GOE) in international competition (toe loop in 2010, Salchow in 2012, loop in 2016, and Lutz in 2017)
- the first man to score over 200 in the free program (2014-15 NHK)
- the first man to score over 300 in a single competition (2014-15 NHK)
- the first man to break all three records (short, free combined) in two consecutive competitions (2014-15 NHK, 2014-15 GPF)
- the first singles skater to win 4 GPFs (2014-17)
- the first single skater to be ranked first in the world standings for five consecutive seasons (2015-19)
- the first (and only) male skater to have achieved the Super Slam, that is gold in both major junior and all major senior international competitions (4CC 2020)
- the first male skater to have achieved 15 (and now 19) world records (2014-2020)

ISU bio, Olympic website and Wikipedia list

And he's still creating firsts, but as they are not in competition I'll leave it here...
Click to expand...
This is really a most impressive list of the firsts! Thank you @TallyT, for putting it together! It helps to showcase Yuzuru’s wonderful career but also to document a huge part of the progress made within the sport during this decade, as well as the history of the sport.
It helps to understand why Yuzuru has become the only figure skater, as well as the only Asian and the only winter sports athlete, to make it to Top 10 of the Best Champions of 100 years list as voted by the worldwide sport journalist association AIPS members where he was listed at No 6. It also helps to understand why he is considered the GOAT of the sport not just by his hardcore fans but also by so many journalists (who just backed this opinion with their vote) and by casual fans who love him so much.

Just as you say, there are many "firsts" Yuzuru has achieved as a pro, but as I was reminded this thread is meant exclusively to list the competitive "firsts", so I left them out this time (meant just as an explanation to those who have already seen and liked my previous post listing and linking Yuzuru's "firsts" as a pro). :)
But you can still find them here Wikipedia list :)
 
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