All posts tagged "2006 Skate Canada"
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2006 Skate Canada: Pairs Highlights
The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series continued with HomeSense Skate Canada International, the second of...
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2006 Skate Canada: Ice Dance Highlights
Canada’s Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon won their second consecutive Skate Canada title, while teammates Tessa Virtue...
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2006 Skate Canada: Men’s Highlights
Stephane Lambiel of Switzerland was the winner in the men’s event, rising from seventh place after the...
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2006 Skate Canada: Ladies Highlights
Canada’s Joannie Rochette was the winner in the ladies event, taking home her first Skate Canada gold,...
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2006 Skate Canada Preview
The ISU Grand Prix continues with the second of six events, held in Victoria, British Columbia from...
Did You Know?
Gillis Grafström (7 June 1893 – 14 April 1938) of Sweden invented the flying sit spin and the Grafström spin, a variation of the camel spin. He won three successive Olympic gold medals in Men’s Figure Skating (1920, 1924, 1928) as well as an Olympic silver medal in the same event in 1932, and three World Championships (1922, 1924, 1929).
