All posts tagged "Jennifer Robinson"
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Figure Skating News
Jennifer Robinson: Online Interview
Jennifer Robinson, nicknamed “Tiger,” began skating when she was eight years old. By the age of 10 she landed her first axle,...
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Figure Skating News
2003 Canadian Figure Skating Championships: Highlights
The 2003 Bank of Montreal Canadian Figure Skating Championships ended on January 12 with the final home competitive performance for Canadian ice...
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Figure Skating News
Canada’s Robinson Finally Achieves Olympic Goal
For Canada’s Jennifer Robinson, representing her country at the Olympics is a dream come true, but it’s a dream that took a...
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Figure Skating News
2002 Canadian Figure Skating Championships: Highlights
The 2002 Canadian Championships were held in Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ont. from January 7-13. Following the competition, Skate Canada named its...
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).