# Great Singles Skaters · Figure Skating Level 10: Professional

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Great Singles Skaters in Figure Skating (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: olympic champions.

Button, Hanyu, Witt, Ito and Browning.

## Test 1: Olympic champions

- Button won at St. Moritz 1948 and Oslo 1952. (Source: Olympics.com, Richard Button)
- Eight of the nine judges awarded him first place after his double Axel. (Source: Olympics.com, Richard Button)
- Aged 19, he became the first Asian man to win the Olympic title. (Source: Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu)
- He was the first man to repeat as Olympic champion since Dick Button in 1952. (Source: Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu)
- Hanyu became the first Asian man to win an Olympic gold in men's figure skating. (Source: Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu)
- Witt won at Sarajevo 1984 and Calgary 1988. (Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt)
- Witt was the first repeat winner in women's figure skating since Sonja Henie. (Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt)
- Button 1948, Witt 1984, Hanyu 2014. (Source: Olympics.com, Richard Button; Olympics.com, Katarina Witt; Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu)
- The two back-to-back runs came 66 years apart: first in Switzerland and Norway, then in Russia and Korea. (Source: Olympics.com, Richard Button; Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu)
- D shows gold at the 2014 and 2018 Games. The other rows put the golds at other Games or win only once. (Source: Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu)

## Test 2: Champions' stories

- She lost the free skating but won the gold on her figures and short programme. (Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt)
- She entered a sports school in Karl-Marx-Stadt, where she met her coach Jutta Müller. (Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt)
- She placed seventh but enchanted the crowd, and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1995. (Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt)
- Ito was a favourite in 1992 and won silver despite a poor short programme. (Source: Olympics.com, Midori Ito)
- As Japan's first big winter star she lit the Olympic flame at the Nagano opening ceremony. (Source: Olympics.com, Midori Ito)
- A back injury hindered his training, and he fell on the triple Axel opening his short programme. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning)
- He won the Lou Marsh Trophy and the Lionel Conacher Award after his home World title in Halifax. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning)
- Her breakthrough in 1982, golds in 1984 and 1988, and her comeback in 1994. (Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt)
- 1988 triple Axel, 1989 World title, 1992 silver, 1998 Nagano flame. (Source: Olympics.com, Midori Ito)
- A has gold in 1984 and 1988 and no medal in 1994, when she placed seventh. The other rows do not match. (Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt)

Sources: Olympics.com athlete pages (Button, Ito, Hanyu, Witt, Rodnina); Olympic.ca athlete pages (Browning, Virtue); ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (2026); Olympedia, Figure Skating overview. Every fact is recorded with its source in docs/FIGURE_SKATING_VERIFIED_FACTS.md. Records that can still move are not keyed. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

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