Name skaters from other countries you like
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Names skaters from other countries you like!!
China:
Shen/Zhao(my favorite pairs)
Pang/Tong
Japan:
Yuka Soto
Fumie Sugri
Italy:
Sylvia
F-P/M
Carolina
England
Torvill/Dean
Robin Cousins
Steven Cousins
France
Phillippe Candolora
Russia
Katia
Irina
Viktor
Alexei
Evegeni
Lithuania
Drobiako/Vanagas
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China:
Shen/Zhao(my favorite pairs)
Pang/Tong
Japan:
Yuka Soto
Fumie Sugri
Italy:
Sylvia
F-P/M
Carolina
England
Torvill/Dean
Robin Cousins
Steven Cousins
France
Phillippe Candolora
Russia
Katia
Irina
Viktor
Alexei
Evegeni
Lithuania
Drobiako/Vanagas
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Canada
Ladies: Josée Chouinard
Mens: Kurt Browning, Brian Orser,
Dance: Bourne and Kraatz
Pairs: Barbie and Paul, Izzy and Lloyd, Jamie and David, Tuffy and Doug
Russia
Ladies: Elena, Katia, Irina,
Men's: Yags,
Pairs: G&G, B&S,
England
Ice Dance: Jayne and Chris
Men's: Robin Cousins, Steven Cousins
Ukraine: Viktor Petrenko
Belgium: Kevin Van der Perren
Lithuania: Drobiazko & Vanagas
Chinia: Chen Lu
Japan: Yuka, and Fumie
Italy:
Ladies: Silvia Fontana
Dance: Fusar-Poli and Margalio!
You know... I thought I had a lot of skaters outside the US...
I think I'm forgetting some... it's only 8:40am here... my brain's still asleep!
Ladies: Josée Chouinard
Mens: Kurt Browning, Brian Orser,
Dance: Bourne and Kraatz
Pairs: Barbie and Paul, Izzy and Lloyd, Jamie and David, Tuffy and Doug
Russia
Ladies: Elena, Katia, Irina,
Men's: Yags,
Pairs: G&G, B&S,
England
Ice Dance: Jayne and Chris
Men's: Robin Cousins, Steven Cousins
Ukraine: Viktor Petrenko
Belgium: Kevin Van der Perren
Lithuania: Drobiazko & Vanagas
Chinia: Chen Lu
Japan: Yuka, and Fumie
Italy:
Ladies: Silvia Fontana
Dance: Fusar-Poli and Margalio!
You know... I thought I had a lot of skaters outside the US...
I think I'm forgetting some... it's only 8:40am here... my brain's still asleep!
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Men:
Klimkin, Smalun, Buttle, Plushenko, Murvanidze, Joubert, Lambiel, Takahashi, Verner, Wilson, Dinev, Lindemann, Toth, Berntsson, Nurmenkari, Zhang, van der Perren, Li
Curry, Abt, Nepala, Kulik, Stojko, Browning. [Edited to add:] And thanks to Gipson's reminder, Beacom.
Ladies:
Arakawa, Sebestyen, Volchkova, Poykio, Rochette, Kostner, McCorkell, Drei, Karademir, Hegel
Biellmann, Sato, Seifert, Magnusson, Schewchenko, Chen
Dance:
Denkova/Staviyski, Delobel/Schoenfelder, Wing/Lowe, Faeilla/Scali, Hoffman/Elek, Kerrs
Torvill/Dean, Usova/Zhulin, Klimova/Ponomorenko, Rakhama/Kokko, Bourne/Kraatz, Krylova/Ovsiannikov
Pairs:
Totmianina/Marinin, Petrova/Tikhonov, Pang/Tong, Zhang/Zhang, Borzenkova/Chuvilyaev, Berankova/Dlabola. Alas, I just read on FSU that Volosozhar dropped Kharchenko and found another partner. I'm sure Obertas/Slavnov will be on when they feel like more of a pair.
Protopopovs, Gordeeva/Grinkov, Mishkutienok/Dmitriev, Kovarikova/Novotny, Abitbol/Bernadis, Brasseur/Eisler, [Edited to add:] Bechke/Petrov (thanks eyria!).
Klimkin, Smalun, Buttle, Plushenko, Murvanidze, Joubert, Lambiel, Takahashi, Verner, Wilson, Dinev, Lindemann, Toth, Berntsson, Nurmenkari, Zhang, van der Perren, Li
Curry, Abt, Nepala, Kulik, Stojko, Browning. [Edited to add:] And thanks to Gipson's reminder, Beacom.
Ladies:
Arakawa, Sebestyen, Volchkova, Poykio, Rochette, Kostner, McCorkell, Drei, Karademir, Hegel
Biellmann, Sato, Seifert, Magnusson, Schewchenko, Chen
Dance:
Denkova/Staviyski, Delobel/Schoenfelder, Wing/Lowe, Faeilla/Scali, Hoffman/Elek, Kerrs
Torvill/Dean, Usova/Zhulin, Klimova/Ponomorenko, Rakhama/Kokko, Bourne/Kraatz, Krylova/Ovsiannikov
Pairs:
Totmianina/Marinin, Petrova/Tikhonov, Pang/Tong, Zhang/Zhang, Borzenkova/Chuvilyaev, Berankova/Dlabola. Alas, I just read on FSU that Volosozhar dropped Kharchenko and found another partner. I'm sure Obertas/Slavnov will be on when they feel like more of a pair.
Protopopovs, Gordeeva/Grinkov, Mishkutienok/Dmitriev, Kovarikova/Novotny, Abitbol/Bernadis, Brasseur/Eisler, [Edited to add:] Bechke/Petrov (thanks eyria!).
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Its very interesting how many skaters I have not heard of, they don't get coverage in America.
I can't believe I forgot John Curry whose style was so beautiful. What were his highest achievements? He was a star in the 70's and from England I believe.
Also, cause there is not any pro skating except the two tours, I have forgotten how much I liked Brasseur and Eisler, Martini and Underhill, and Josee, so beautiful, so graceful. I hated seeing those competition nerves however.
I can't believe I forgot John Curry whose style was so beautiful. What were his highest achievements? He was a star in the 70's and from England I believe.
Also, cause there is not any pro skating except the two tours, I have forgotten how much I liked Brasseur and Eisler, Martini and Underhill, and Josee, so beautiful, so graceful. I hated seeing those competition nerves however.
So many of my favorite skaters have already been mentioned by others in this post but I have to add Gary Beacom! He was definitely a unique skater. I remember seeing him in pro competitions where he would often improvise his routines without any jumps. And there was this one exhibition program where he and I think Gia Guddat were both skating with boots on their feet and hands!
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Arrrggg!!! I can't believe I left one of my all-time favorites off of my list. Thank you so much for your post!Gipson said:
Bijoux said:
Yup, he was from England.
Birmingham, IIRC.I'm from Britain, so non-British skaters I like:
Russia:
Evgeny Plushenko
Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Irina Slutskaya
Gordeeva & Grinkov
Mishkutenok & Dmitriev
Alexander Abt
Alexei Yagudin
Lobacheva & Averbukh
Maria Butyrskaya
Elena Sokolova
USA:
Michelle Kwan
Sasha Cohen
Kristi Yamaguchi
Tara Lipinski
Brian Boitano
Johnny Weir
Ina & Zimmerman
Canada:
Kurt Browning
Bourne & Kraatz
Brian Orser
Elvis Stojko
Sale & Pelletier
Langlois & Archetto
Brasseur & Eisler
Ukraine:
Oksana Baiul
Switzerland:
Stephane Lambiel
Belgium:
Kevin van der Perren
Germany:
Silvio Smalun
Stefan Lindemann
Tanja Szewczenko
Japan:
Midori Ito
Fumie Suguri
Yukina Ota
Shizuka Arakawa
Yuka Sato
China:
Shen & Zhao
Zhang & Zhang
Chen Lu
Bulgaria:
Denkova & Staviyski
Italy:
Carolina Kostner
Faiella & Scali
France:
Abitbol & Bernadis
Brian Joubert
Anissina & Peizerat
Vanessa Gusmeroli
Plus probably lots more I've forgotten
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I try not to be too nationalistic as a skating fan. Usually I just want to see the best skater win, regardless of nationality.
For example, my all-time favorite pair (Gordeeva & Grinkov) and favorite ice dance team (Klimova & Ponomarenko) are both from Russia. Most of my favorite pairs are either Russian or Chinese (Mishkutenok/Dmitriev, Bechke/Petrov, Shen/Zhao). And in ice dance, I've liked teams of all nationalities.
My favorite male skaters are from a variety of countries as well (Kurt Browning, Todd Eldredge, Alexei Yagudin, Ilia Kulik).
When it comes to ladies, I do tend to be partial to the Americans, but mostly because I think they usually have the best overall package. Every now and then a non-U.S. lady comes along who combines both great technique and great artistry (such as Oksana Baiul, Yuka Sato, Lu Chen, and, now, Shizuka Arakawa). But in general, I find most of the non-U.S. ladies pretty lacking in artistry and presentation.
Now, this is *really* going out on a limb here (and I may be off base) . . . but I feel like the most nationalistic and jingoistic skating fans are actually Canadians, not Americans. Canadians seem to think their skaters should win regardless of how the competition skates. Witness the Salt Lake pairs scandal and all the brouhaha over Bourne & Kraatz's marks over the years.
For example, my all-time favorite pair (Gordeeva & Grinkov) and favorite ice dance team (Klimova & Ponomarenko) are both from Russia. Most of my favorite pairs are either Russian or Chinese (Mishkutenok/Dmitriev, Bechke/Petrov, Shen/Zhao). And in ice dance, I've liked teams of all nationalities.
My favorite male skaters are from a variety of countries as well (Kurt Browning, Todd Eldredge, Alexei Yagudin, Ilia Kulik).
When it comes to ladies, I do tend to be partial to the Americans, but mostly because I think they usually have the best overall package. Every now and then a non-U.S. lady comes along who combines both great technique and great artistry (such as Oksana Baiul, Yuka Sato, Lu Chen, and, now, Shizuka Arakawa). But in general, I find most of the non-U.S. ladies pretty lacking in artistry and presentation.
Now, this is *really* going out on a limb here (and I may be off base) . . . but I feel like the most nationalistic and jingoistic skating fans are actually Canadians, not Americans. Canadians seem to think their skaters should win regardless of how the competition skates. Witness the Salt Lake pairs scandal and all the brouhaha over Bourne & Kraatz's marks over the years.
I'm from Canada:
U.S.: Michelle Kwan, Scott Hamilton, Paul Wylie, Sasha Cohen, Angela Nikodinov
Switzerland: Lucinda Ruh, Lambiel
China: Lu Chen, Pang and Tong
France: Phillipe Candeloro, the Duchesneys, Anissina/Peizerat, Stanicke Jeanette
Japan: Yuka Sato, Shizuka Arakawa, Fumie Suguri, Takeshi Honda
Russia: Mishkutunik/Dimitriev, Kazakova/Dimitriev, B/S, Yagudin, Gordieva/Grinkov, Lobacheva/Averbuch, Abt, Ilia Kulik
Britain: Torvil and Dean, Steven Cousins
Lithuania: Drobiazko/Vanagas
Rakhama/Kokko - can't remember who they skated for
Germany: Katarina Witt
U.S.: Michelle Kwan, Scott Hamilton, Paul Wylie, Sasha Cohen, Angela Nikodinov
Switzerland: Lucinda Ruh, Lambiel
China: Lu Chen, Pang and Tong
France: Phillipe Candeloro, the Duchesneys, Anissina/Peizerat, Stanicke Jeanette
Japan: Yuka Sato, Shizuka Arakawa, Fumie Suguri, Takeshi Honda
Russia: Mishkutunik/Dimitriev, Kazakova/Dimitriev, B/S, Yagudin, Gordieva/Grinkov, Lobacheva/Averbuch, Abt, Ilia Kulik
Britain: Torvil and Dean, Steven Cousins
Lithuania: Drobiazko/Vanagas
Rakhama/Kokko - can't remember who they skated for
Germany: Katarina Witt
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Point taken. Of course, I didn't mean *all* Canadians . . .
Of course, I didn't mean *all* Canadians . . .
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I know I'm going to forget a few, and misspell a few others...
Canada: Buttle and Sandhu, Jamie and David, and remember Underhill and Martini?, Oh! Cranston and Beacom.
Britain: Robin Cousins (my all-time favorite skater), Torvill & Dean
Russia: Yagudin, Plushenko, Sokalova, Elena & Anton, Lobacheva & Averbuch, Klimova and Ponomarenko, Bestemianova and Bukin (so over the top you couldn't help but enjoy it), Dmitriev and anyone he cared to skate with, Katya and Sergei, I could go on for days and days with the Russians.
Japan: Takeshi Honda, Shizuka, Fumie, Yoshie, Miki, - oh, heck, the whole darn team. Midori and Yuka.
China: Shen and Zhao, Pang and Tong, Song Gao
Switzerland: Lambiel! Denise Biellman (I found some old pro tapes last weekend - she was such an entertainer!)
France: Marina and Gwendel (their Carmina Burana was the best ice dance I've ever seen, IMHO), and a nod to Brian Joubert for my Spawn, Amazon Princess, who hasn't been able to check in lately but says hi.
Belgium: I was really impressed with Kevin van der Perren this season. Hope he does well in the future, I'd like to see more of him.
I just know I'm going to submit this post and remember a couple dozen others, because deep down, I love 'em all. Even Michael Weiss.
Rave
Canada: Buttle and Sandhu, Jamie and David, and remember Underhill and Martini?, Oh! Cranston and Beacom.
Britain: Robin Cousins (my all-time favorite skater), Torvill & Dean
Russia: Yagudin, Plushenko, Sokalova, Elena & Anton, Lobacheva & Averbuch, Klimova and Ponomarenko, Bestemianova and Bukin (so over the top you couldn't help but enjoy it), Dmitriev and anyone he cared to skate with, Katya and Sergei, I could go on for days and days with the Russians.
Japan: Takeshi Honda, Shizuka, Fumie, Yoshie, Miki, - oh, heck, the whole darn team.
Midori and Yuka. China: Shen and Zhao, Pang and Tong, Song Gao
Switzerland: Lambiel! Denise Biellman (I found some old pro tapes last weekend - she was such an entertainer!)
France: Marina and Gwendel (their Carmina Burana was the best ice dance I've ever seen, IMHO), and a nod to Brian Joubert for my Spawn, Amazon Princess, who hasn't been able to check in lately but says hi.
Belgium: I was really impressed with Kevin van der Perren this season. Hope he does well in the future, I'd like to see more of him.
I just know I'm going to submit this post and remember a couple dozen others, because deep down, I love 'em all. Even Michael Weiss.
Rave
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There are only a very few skaters I do not like; I tend to appreciate most of the skaters who are out there, doing what they like to do. However, for top, 100%, no doubt faves, here are my choices.
Canada
Pairs - Sale & Pelletier; Langlois & Archetto; Wakamatsu & Fecteau; Brasseur & Eisler
Men - Orser; Browning; Stojko; Sandhu; Buttle
Dance - Bourne & Kraatz; Dubreuil & Lauzon
Ladies - Liz Manley; Jen Robinson (wish I could say Rochette as well, but I've only seen her once, and would like a little more to decide. Same goes for Wing & Lowe)
Great Brittain - T & D
(I'm dying to see McCorkell & the Kerrs)
France
Pairs - Abitbol & Bernadis
Men - Brian Joubert
Dance - Delobel & Schoenfelder
Belgium - van der Perren
Finland
Poykio
Kettunen
Drei
Italy
Dance - Faiella & Scali
ladies - Kostner
Germany
Men - Lindemann, Vlascenko
Dance - Winkler & Lohse
Bulgaria - Denkova & Staviyski
Hungary - Sebestyen
Switzerland
Men - Lambiel
Ladies - Meier
Russia
Pairs - Rodnina & Zaitsev; Mishkutenok & Dimitriev; Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Men - Plushenko; Yagudin; Abt
Dance - Klimova & Ponomarenko; Usova & Zhulin; Navka & Kostomarov; Lobacheva & Averbukh; Bestemianova & Bukin
Ladies - Slutskaya; Volchkova; Sokolova
China
Pairs - Shen & Zhao; Pang & Tong; the Zhangs
men - Chengjiang Li
Japan
men - Honda
Ladies - all of them! Okay, Suguri, Arakawa, Onda, Ando, Ota, Ito, & Sato (almost forgot Midori and Yuka!)
Ukraine (allmost forgot Ukraine!)
Men - Petrenko
Dance - Grushina & Goncharov
ladies - Liashenko
Well there it is! Easy to pick some, hard to narrow it down on others.
Andy W.
Canada
Pairs - Sale & Pelletier; Langlois & Archetto; Wakamatsu & Fecteau; Brasseur & Eisler
Men - Orser; Browning; Stojko; Sandhu; Buttle
Dance - Bourne & Kraatz; Dubreuil & Lauzon
Ladies - Liz Manley; Jen Robinson (wish I could say Rochette as well, but I've only seen her once, and would like a little more to decide. Same goes for Wing & Lowe)
Great Brittain - T & D
(I'm dying to see McCorkell & the Kerrs)
France
Pairs - Abitbol & Bernadis
Men - Brian Joubert
Dance - Delobel & Schoenfelder
Belgium - van der Perren
Finland
Poykio
Kettunen
Drei
Italy
Dance - Faiella & Scali
ladies - Kostner
Germany
Men - Lindemann, Vlascenko
Dance - Winkler & Lohse
Bulgaria - Denkova & Staviyski
Hungary - Sebestyen
Switzerland
Men - Lambiel
Ladies - Meier
Russia
Pairs - Rodnina & Zaitsev; Mishkutenok & Dimitriev; Berezhnaya & Sikharulidze
Men - Plushenko; Yagudin; Abt
Dance - Klimova & Ponomarenko; Usova & Zhulin; Navka & Kostomarov; Lobacheva & Averbukh; Bestemianova & Bukin
Ladies - Slutskaya; Volchkova; Sokolova
China
Pairs - Shen & Zhao; Pang & Tong; the Zhangs
men - Chengjiang Li
Japan
men - Honda
Ladies - all of them! Okay, Suguri, Arakawa, Onda, Ando, Ota, Ito, & Sato (almost forgot Midori and Yuka!)
Ukraine (allmost forgot Ukraine!)
Men - Petrenko
Dance - Grushina & Goncharov
ladies - Liashenko
Well there it is! Easy to pick some, hard to narrow it down on others.
Andy W.
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Canada:
Bourne and Kraatz, Jeff Buttle, Kurt Browning, Dubrueil and Lauzon
Japan:
Fumie, Shizza, Takeshi, Yukina, Yoshie, perhaps more since I think the Japanese girls are really really good.
China:
Shen and Zhao, Chengjiang Li, Zhang x 2, Lu Chen
France:
Brian Joubert, Stanick Jeannette
Russia:
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze, Alexei Yagudin, Viktoria Volchkova, Elena Sokolova, Irina Slutskaya
Italy:
Carolina Kostner
Hungary:
Viktoria Pavuk (she seems interesting and plus I think her sister is hot. *lmao*)
Bourne and Kraatz, Jeff Buttle, Kurt Browning, Dubrueil and Lauzon
Japan:
Fumie, Shizza, Takeshi, Yukina, Yoshie, perhaps more since I think the Japanese girls are really really good.
China:
Shen and Zhao, Chengjiang Li, Zhang x 2, Lu Chen
France:
Brian Joubert, Stanick Jeannette
Russia:
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze, Alexei Yagudin, Viktoria Volchkova, Elena Sokolova, Irina Slutskaya
Italy:
Carolina Kostner
Hungary:
Viktoria Pavuk (she seems interesting and plus I think her sister is hot. *lmao*)
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Men:
Alexei Yagudin
Fedor Andreev
Brian Joubert
Jeff Buttle
Stephane Lambiel
Ladies:
Irina Slutskaya
Julia Sebestyen
Viktoria Volchkova
Elena Sokolova
Shizuka Arakawa
Pairs:
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze
Shen and Zhao
Totmianina and Marinin
Pang and Tong
Dance:
Bourne and Kraatz
Faiella and Scali
Anissina and Peizerat
Drobiazko and Vanagas
Denkova and Stavyski
Delobel and Schoenfelder
Kerr and Kerr
Dubrueil and Lauzon
There's not a whole lot of dance teams I don't like.
Alexei Yagudin
Fedor Andreev
Brian Joubert
Jeff Buttle
Stephane Lambiel
Ladies:
Irina Slutskaya
Julia Sebestyen
Viktoria Volchkova
Elena Sokolova
Shizuka Arakawa
Pairs:
Berezhnaya and Sikharulidze
Shen and Zhao
Totmianina and Marinin
Pang and Tong
Dance:
Bourne and Kraatz
Faiella and Scali
Anissina and Peizerat
Drobiazko and Vanagas
Denkova and Stavyski
Delobel and Schoenfelder
Kerr and Kerr
Dubrueil and Lauzon
There's not a whole lot of dance teams I don't like.
Russia:
Plushenko
Klimkin
N/K(Kostomarov )
B/S
USA:
Weir(Loved his sp. Beautiful posture, beautiful skating, beautiful dancing, beautiful jumps, beautiful landings, beautiful flow, and those exquisite spins!! )
Belbin/Agosto(They always make me smile. Tanith is such a cutie and beauty.)
Michelle
Canada:
Buttle
Sandhu(Love his tango sp.)
China:
Shen/Zhao
Pang/Tong
Zhang/Zhang
France:
Anissina/Peizerat
Delobel/Schoenfelder
Jeannette
Germany:
Lindemann
Belgium:
Perren
Italy:
Faiella/Scali
Scotland:
Kerr/Kerr
Plushenko
Klimkin
N/K(Kostomarov
)B/S
USA:
Weir(Loved his sp. Beautiful posture, beautiful skating, beautiful dancing, beautiful jumps, beautiful landings, beautiful flow, and those exquisite spins!!
)Belbin/Agosto(They always make me smile. Tanith is such a cutie and beauty.)
Michelle
Canada:
Buttle
Sandhu(Love his tango sp.)
China:
Shen/Zhao
Pang/Tong
Zhang/Zhang
France:
Anissina/Peizerat
Delobel/Schoenfelder
Jeannette
Germany:
Lindemann
Belgium:
Perren
Italy:
Faiella/Scali
Scotland:
Kerr/Kerr
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