One ALL-TIME fave from each country

[JonnyCoop]

JohnnyCoop....

Caryn Kadavy??? WOW, great choice! I didn't even think of her, though I always loved her skating and her style.


Kasey

Best skater never to win the National title, IMHO. I'm glad she at least got a World bronze.

 

[Ptichka]

Armenia: Grebenkina & Azrojan
Australia: Santer
Austria: Lautowa
Azerbaijan: Frasier & Lukanin
Belarus: Davydov
Belgium: Van Der Perren
Britain: Torville & Dean
Bulgaria: Denkova & Stavijski
Canada: Stojko
China: Shen & Zhao
Croatia: Hegel
Czech Republic/ Czechoslovakia: Barna
Finland: Pöykiö
France: Anissina & Peizerat
Georgia: Murvanidze
Germany: Lindenmann
Hungaryl: Hoffman & Elek
Israel: Chait & Sakhnovsky
Italy: Fusar-Poli & Margaglio
Japan: Arakawa
Latvia: Boguslavska & Brovenko
Lithuania: Drobiazko & Vanagas
Poland: Zagorska & Siudek
Russia/ USSR: Bestemianova & Bukin
Serbia & Montenegro: Zivanovic
Switzerland: Ruh
Ukraine: Baiul
USA: Yamaguchi
Uzbekistan: Malinina

 

[berthes ghost]

This thread cracks me up! Like picking your favorite from Canada and Croatia is the same thing!

Let's see: do I pick Scott, or Browning, or Taylor, or Paul, or Underhill and Martini, or Orser, or Magnuson, or S&P? Oh, guess I'll go with Elvis.

Let's see: do I pick Idora Hagel or Idora Hagel or Idora Hagel or Idora Hagel or Idora Hagel or Idora Hagel or Idora Hagel or Idora Hagel. Guess I'll go with Idora Hagel.

 

[Kotik]

This is regardless of their achievements :

USA - Scott Hamilton
Canada - Sebastian Britten
Japan - Midori Ito
China - Lu Chen
Russia - Klimova/Ponomarenko, ex-aequo Alexander Abt
France - Brian Joubert
Germany - Katarina Witt, ex-aequo Rudy Tcherne
Great Britain - Robin Cousins
Switzerland - Denise Biellmann

 

[iluvtodd]

OK, here goes!

USA - Todd
Canada - Brian Orser
Japan - Midori
UK - Torvill & Dean
China - Shen & Zhao
France - Brian Joubert
Italy - Silvia Fontana
Belgium - Kevin Van Der Perren
Israel - Michael Shmerkin
Russia - K & O
Switzerland - Denise Beillmann
Finland - Alisa Drei
Lithuania - Drobiazko & Vanagas

 

[ltlpearl]

Ok, here goes:

Japan: definately Fumie Suguri
China: Shen and Zhao (cant wait for next season to see what they bring out)
Poland: Tie between Sabina Wojtala and Zagorska/Suidek
Russia: Tie between Ber/Sikh and Irina Slutskaya
USA: Michelle Kwan
France: Brian Joubert but i also liked A/P
Canada: B/K and Elvis Stojko

 

[marymotormouth]

Japan: Yuka Sato
China: Shen and Zhao
Russia: Sergei and Katia
USA: Michelle Kwan
France: A/P
Canada: Josie
Italy: Silvia Fontana
Switzerland: Lucinda

 

[mike79]

Canada: Kurt Browning
US: Kristi Yamaguchi
Russia: G&G
Ukraine: Oksana Baiul
Japan: Midori Ito
France: The Duchesneys
Poland: Grzegorz Filipowski
Bulgaria: Denkova & Stavyski
Germany: Katarina Witt
China: Lu Chen
Lithuania: Drobiazko & Vanagas
GBR: Torvill & Dean

 

[NJSk8Fan]

USA --Scott Hamilton
Canada --this one is the hardest for me: I'll list 2, but could easily list at least 4: Kurt Browning and Sale/Pelletier
Britain -- Steven Cousins
Finland -- Rahkamo & Kokko
Germany -- Katarina Witt
Switzerland -- Lucinda Ruh
Poland -- Zagorska & Sziudek
Czechoslovakia/Czech Republic -- Josef Sabovcik
Russia --another hard one...G&G, Bechke/Petrov
Lithuania -- Drobiazko & Vanagas
Japan -- Yuka Sato
China -- Shen & Zhao

 

[libra 1]

My pickouts

Russia: Evgeny Plushenko
France: Anissina & Peizerat and Philippe Candeloro
Canada: Bourne & Kraatz and Elvis Stojko
USA: Sasha Cohen
Great Britain: Torville & Dean
China: Shen & Zhao
Japan: Fumie Sukuri
Ukraine: Oksana Baiul
Italy: Fusar Poli & Margaglio
Germany: Katarina Witt
Finland: Susanna Poykio
Switzerland: Lucinda Ruh

Russia applauds to your choice !
Libra - from Russia, with love

 

[Joesitz (RIP)]

Whatever happened to Irina Slutskaya. She was so popular on this Board.

Joe

 

[anya_angie]

I know most of these are guys but I'm trying to include all disciplines LOL really I am!

USA: Impossible to pick... but I will have to say Kristi Yamaguchi

Canada: Kurt Browning, with Jeff Buttle close second

France: I would have to say Phillipe Candeloro

Germany: Katerina Witt

Japan: Yuka Sato

China: Shen and Zhao

Great Britain: Robin Cousins

Russia: I like so many skaters from this country of course, but no doubt my all-time favorite Russian skater is Evgeni Plushenko. Second would be G&G, and third would be Alexander Abt.

 

[KatyaFan]

usa: sasha cohen
canada: lloyd and isabelle ( & jamie/savid & bouren and kraatz)
japan: suguri
china: shen and zhao
russia: soo many - top fav: katia gordeeva (& sergei grinkov) (b and s, kulik, pleshenko, yagudin)
france: joubert
germany: k.witt
gr. britain: steven cousins
ukraine: victor petrenko
switzerland: lucinda ruh

my fav country who puts out skaters is russia, especially during the time of the mightly soviet sports machine.

 

[Gardenkitty]

USA: Michelle Kwan (Kristi and Brian close behind)
Canada: Kurt Browning (Elvis a close second)
Japan:Yuka (Fumie a close second)
China: Shen and Zhao
Russia: Yagudin (too many great skaters getting left out here )
France: Candeloro (Joubert may overtake him, too soon to tell)
England: Torvill and Dean
Ukraine: Victor Petrenko
Lithuania: Drobiazko and Vanagas

 

[Callystarr]

China - Lu Chen
USA - Michelle Kwan
Japan - Yukina Ota
Russia - Ilia Kulik
Canada - Emanuel Sandhu
Germany - Andrejs Vlascenko
France - Surya Bonaly

 

[Toffee]

USA - Sasha Cohen
Canada - Kurt Browning
Russia - Alexei Yagudin
Ukraine - Elena Liashenko
France - Brian Joubert
Japan - Shizuka Arakawa (I was liking her long before she became World Champ)

 

[hongligl]

Canada: Bourne/Karaatz
China: Shen/Zhao, Lulu a close second (talented both artisticly and technically)
USA: Tough, John Zimmerman
Russia: Alex Yagudin
Japan: Arakawa
Germany: Katarina Witt
Switzerland: Stephane Lambiel
France: Philippe Candeloro

 

[lilphi07]

My favorites are.................

I do not have favorite skaters in EVERY country but here are the countries that host my favorite skaters

TEAM USATimothy Goebel, Johnny Weir, Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan, Belbin and Agosto
Team Canada : Jeffery Buttle and Christopher Maybee
Team Israel : Michael Shmerkin and Chait & Sakhnovsky
Team Swiss : Stephane Lambiel
Team France : Brian Joubert
Team Italy : Carolina Kostner
Great Britain : The Kerrs
Team Japan : Fumie Sugurie
Team Belgium : Kevin Van Der Parren

That's all I can think of for now but I will reedit if I think of more

 

[rain]

My favs

USA - Michelle Kwan, Sasha Cohen
Canada - Kurt Browning, Sale/Pelletier
Japan - Fumie Suguri, Yuka Sato
China - Lu Chen
Russia - Kazakova/Dimitriev, Alexei Yagudin
France - Phillipe Candeloro
Germany - Tanja Szewczenko, Katarina Witt
Great Britain - Torvill & Dean, Steven Cousins
Belgium - Kevin van der Perren
Ukraine - Oksana Baiul
Finland - Rahmako & Kokko
Switzerland - Stephane Lambiel, Lucinda Ruh
Bulgaria - Denkova & Staviyski
Lithuania - Drobiazko & Vanagas

 

[merrywidow]

USA-Todd Eldredge
Canada-Toller Cranston
Great Britain-John Curry
Russia-Protopopovs, Gordeeva & Grinkov
Germany-Rudi Cerne
France-Anissina & Peizarat
Switzerland-Denise Biehlman
China-Shen & Zhao
Japan-Takeshi Honda
Hungary-Engi & Toth
Poland-Gregor Filipowski