All posts tagged "Humberto Contreras"
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Figure Skating News
Humberto Contreras Announces His Retirement from Competitive Figure Skating
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico – Humberto Contreras, Mexico’s best figure skater of the last decade, world and international competitor, announced his retirement from...
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Figure Skating News
Mexico’s Contreras Moves to Marlborough
Mexico’s Humberto Contreras, 21, is looking forward to the 2004-2005 figure skating season and a chance to make it to Torino for...
Did You Know?
Elaine Zayak (CAN), the 1982 World champion and 1981 U.S. National champion, was the first woman to consistently land many triple jumps in her programs. Zayak lost three toes on her left foot (her takeoff foot) in a lawn mower accident at the age of two. On the advice of her doctors, she began figure skating as physical therapy. Her left boot was stabilized with a wood mold to compensate for the irregularity in the shape of her left foot.