Historical "firsts" | 2015-2025

[lariko]

2019: Elizabet Tursynbaeva of Kazakhstan became the first senior woman to land a fully rotated quad (4S) in 2019 World Championships

 

[lariko]

2022: Ilia Malinin of the USA became the first senior man to land a fully rotated 4A in an ISU competition . This was the last performed quadruple jump to be rectified by the ISU.

 

[Arigato]

Shoma Uno (JPN) First skater to land a quad flip at an international competition: 2016 KOSÉ Team Challenge Cup.

 

[AlexBreeze]

Elizaveta Tuktamysheva (RUS) was the first female skater to:

• Land four triple jumps in a short program (Worlds 2015).
• Land twelve triple jumps in a competition (World Team Trophy 2019).

 

[Arigato]

2019: Elizabet Tursynbaeva of Kazakhstan became the first senior woman to land a fully rotated quad (4S) in 2019 World Championships

Miki Ando (JPN) was the first woman to land a ratified quad in competition in 2002 which also landed her in the Guiness Book of World Records. The Jump was a quad salchow (4S). The first skater to land a ratified quad salchow in competition was Timothy Goebel (USA) in 1998. He obviously was the first man as well. Anyone after he and Miki Ando will still be second, and nothing historical about it will exist. Adding the word "senior" doesn't change history or make anything "historical" or "first." It's simply male, female, or first skater (regardless of gender).

Quadruple jump - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The following table lists the first recorded quadruple jumps by female skaters in women's singles competition. Only successfully ratified jumps landed in an ISU sanctioned event or officially recognized by the ISU count towards these records.

Abbr.	Jump	Skater	Nation	Event	Ref.
4T	Quadruple toe loop	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	2018 World Junior Championships	[30]
4S	Quadruple Salchow	Miki Ando	Japan	2002 Junior Grand Prix Final	[31]
4Lo	Quadruple loop	None ratified
4F	Quadruple flip	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	2019 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final	[32]
4Lz	Quadruple Lutz	2018 JGP Armenia	[33]
4A	Quadruple Axel	None performed

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[gsk8]

Yihan Wang is the first female Chinese single skater to win an ISU Junior Grand Prix event (JGP Bangkok 2024).

 

[macy]

Deanna Stellato-Dudek :

• first woman in her forties in the sport (and also the oldest woman so far) to win a Worlds title in 2024. She medaled in Pairs with her partner Maxime Deschamps.

Queen stuff!!!

 

[4everchan]

Julia Sylvia GUNNARSDOTTIR and Manuel Piazza
are the first skaters to represent Iceland in the pairs category.

 

[FaustinaF]

Mikhail SHAIDOROV (KAZ) became the first skater to also land the jump combination:
- Triple Axel-Euler-Quadruple Salchow in competition during the Men Grand Prix Final event in Grenoble, France, december 2024.
He's also the first Kazakh skater to participate at the Grand Prix Final.

Sources:

Mikhail SHAIDOROV - International Skating Union

Mikhail SHAIDOROV - International Skating Union

isu-skating.com

Recap: 2024 ISU Grand Prix Final – Figure Skaters Online

Михаил Шайдоров: Гран-при финалындағы мақсатым – барынша сәтті өнер көрсету

АСТАНА.KAZINFORM - Мәнерлеп сырғанаушы Михаил Шайдоров Гран-придің финалдық кезеңіне өткен алғашқы қазақстандық атанды. Olympic.kz сайтына берген сұхбатында спортшы бұл жарыста сәтті өнер көрсетуге тырысатынын атап өтті.

kaz.inform.kz

Note: (@gsk8 , I do believe this post should be part of your previous post about Mikhail, but I just wanted to add this to complete his records)

 

[FaustinaF]

Ilia MALININ (USA) became the first skater to attempt seven quadruples in a free program, including a quad-jump combination, at the Men Grand Prix Final event in Grenoble, France, 2024:
- quadruple FLIP
- quadruple AXEL
- quadruple TOELOOP
- quadruple SALCHOW
- quadruple LUTZ
- quadruple LOOP
- quadruple LUTZ-triple AXEL

Sources:

https://olympics.com/en/news/isu-grand-prix-final-ilia-malinin-men-singles-free-skate-quad-results?uxreference=seealso

MSN

Olyphil (@olyphil.bsky.social)

From Skating Scores, here is a chart of most quad attempts in a program

bsky.app

Note: (this is another post to be added to the previous one about Ilia's records)

 

[Magill]

Ilia MALININ (USA) became the first skater to land seven quadruples in a free program, including a quad-jump combination, at the Men Grand Prix Final event in Grenoble, France, 2024:
- quadruple FLIP
- quadruple AXEL
- quadruple TOELOOP
- quadruple SALCHOW
- quadruple LUTZ
- quadruple LOOP
- quadruple LUTZ-triple AXEL

Sources:

https://olympics.com/en/news/isu-grand-prix-final-ilia-malinin-men-singles-free-skate-quad-results?uxreference=seealso

MSN

Olyphil (@olyphil.bsky.social)

From Skating Scores, here is a chart of most quad attempts in a program

bsky.app

Note: (this is another post to be added to the previous one about Ilia's records)

But they were all underrotated in the scoresheets so it does not really count
For a jump to count as a "first" it needs to be fully rotated and receive positive GOE .

 

[lesnar001]

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But they were all underrotated in the scoresheets so it does not really count
For a jump to count as a "first" it needs to be fully rotated and receive positive GOE .

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Ilia MALININ (USA) became the first skater to ATTMEPT seven quadruples in a free program, including a quad-jump combination, at the Men Grand Prix Final event in Grenoble, France, 2024:
- quadruple FLIP
- quadruple AXEL
- quadruple TOELOOP
- quadruple SALCHOW
- quadruple LUTZ
- quadruple LOOP
- quadruple LUTZ-triple AXEL

I assume he has at some point landed each of the 7 quad jumps successfully (fully rotated) in competition.
Not 100% sure about the 4L, though????

Question: Has anyone even attempted a 4-4 combination yet?

 

[gkelly]

Question: Has anyone even attempted a 4-4 combination yet?

Not in competition yet.

Assuming there's one or more skater who can get such a combination relatively consistent in the next two years or so, we'll probably first see it attempted after the number of jumping passes is reduced from 7 to 6 for 2026-27.

Whether both jumps would be called as fully rotated is another question.

And if there are several who can do it, perhaps several years later it would become an option in the senior men's short program.

 

[Minz]

Miki Ando (JPN) was the first woman to land a ratified quad in competition in 2002 which also landed her in the Guiness Book of World Records. The Jump was a quad salchow (4S). The first skater to land a ratified quad salchow in competition was Timothy Goebel (USA) in 1998. He obviously was the first man as well. Anyone after he and Miki Ando will still be second, and nothing historical about it will exist. Adding the word "senior" doesn't change history or make anything "historical" or "first." It's simply male, female, or first skater (regardless of gender).

Quadruple jump - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The following table lists the first recorded quadruple jumps by female skaters in women's singles competition. Only successfully ratified jumps landed in an ISU sanctioned event or officially recognized by the ISU count towards these records.

Abbr.	Jump	Skater	Nation	Event	Ref.
4T	Quadruple toe loop	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	2018 World Junior Championships	[30]
4S	Quadruple Salchow	Miki Ando	Japan	2002 Junior Grand Prix Final	[31]
4Lo	Quadruple loop	None ratified
4F	Quadruple flip	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	2019 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final	[32]
4Lz	Quadruple Lutz	2018 JGP Armenia	[33]
4A	Quadruple Axel	None performed

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I see your point, but I think that we can count "senior" in this case. Miki Ando was the first woman to land a ratified quad in competition. "First skater from x to do y" isn't an "official" record either, but it's still important, so I think it's fair.

And, I mean Tursynbaeva is the first senior women's skater to land a ratifed quad in competition. That's literally a fact.

(Not trying to hate or anything, but I think it's still something to note)

 

[aroundtheworld778]

Love this thread!

Isabella Gamez and Alexander Korovin (PHI)

Isabella and Alexander are the first pairs skaters from the Philippines and Southeast Asia to medal in an international competition (silver, Cup of Nice, 2022), qualify for an ISU World Championships (2023), and compete in a Grand Prix stage (Cup of China, 2024). At Cup of China, Isabella also became the first female figure skater to represent the Phillippines in a Grand Prix competition. The pair has also qualified to represent the Phillippines at the 2025 Asian Winter Games and will again be the first skating pair to do so.

For a developing country that doesn't have a shred of ice or winter, this is really significant.

 

[aroundtheworld778]

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I assume he has at some point landed each of the 7 quad jumps successfully (fully rotated) in competition.
Not 100% sure about the 4L, though????

Question: Has anyone even attempted a 4-4 combination yet?

Ilia did 4-4 in practice. I remember seeing it in his videos.

 

[FaustinaF]

But they were all underrotated in the scoresheets so it does not really count
For a jump to count as a "first" it needs to be fully rotated and receive positive GOE .

Uhh... I'm afraid you're right! .... So, I'm going to change "land" with "attempt", mantaining the post as not to delete the whole post, because maybe I will write again (and this time righly) "land" when Ilia will land succesfully all these seven jumps the next competitions
By the way, I didn't know it was required a positive GOE, where can I find the regulament?

 

[gsk8]

Thank you to all for contributing! The jumps/elements are easy to find. It's the "firsts" for mostly ISU Championships medals by country

 

[Skuratov]

Miki Ando (JPN) was the first woman to land a ratified quad in competition in 2002 which also landed her in the Guiness Book of World Records. The Jump was a quad salchow (4S). The first skater to land a ratified quad salchow in competition was Timothy Goebel (USA) in 1998. He obviously was the first man as well. Anyone after he and Miki Ando will still be second, and nothing historical about it will exist. Adding the word "senior" doesn't change history or make anything "historical" or "first." It's simply male, female, or first skater (regardless of gender).

Quadruple jump - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The following table lists the first recorded quadruple jumps by female skaters in women's singles competition. Only successfully ratified jumps landed in an ISU sanctioned event or officially recognized by the ISU count towards these records.

Abbr.	Jump	Skater	Nation	Event	Ref.
4T	Quadruple toe loop	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	2018 World Junior Championships	[30]
4S	Quadruple Salchow	Miki Ando	Japan	2002 Junior Grand Prix Final	[31]
4Lo	Quadruple loop	None ratified
4F	Quadruple flip	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	2019 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final	[32]
4Lz	Quadruple Lutz	Alexandra Trusova	Russia	2018 JGP Armenia	[33]
4A	Quadruple Axel	None performed

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I took the liberty of correcting the table, the row for the 4 Lutz.

 

[Mathematician]

Question: Has anyone even attempted a 4-4 combination yet?

I believe this was the first ever successful 4-1-4 by a female, though not ratified in an official program, it was done as celebration at a jumping tournament. A notable first IMO: