# Nations and Schools · Figure Skating Level 10: Professional

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Nations and Schools in Figure Skating (Level 10: Professional) on Insporta: 20 sourced facts behind 2 tests. Covers: where champions came from.

Where champions came from, their coaches and their honours.

## Test 1: Where champions came from

- Witt skated for the German Democratic Republic and trained in Karl-Marx-Stadt. (Source: Olympics.com, Katarina Witt)
- Rodnina skated for the USSR, trained at Moscow's Central Sports School. (Source: Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina)
- The Soviet Union won 24 Olympic figure skating medals, ten of them gold. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)
- Her title broke the hold of European and North American skaters on the World Championships. (Source: Olympics.com, Midori Ito)
- Her parents took her to skate for her health and later enrolled her at Moscow's Central Sports School. (Source: Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina)
- He left Edmonton for Toronto to train with Louis Stong ahead of 1992-93. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning)
- They moved to Montreal to be coached by Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon. (Source: Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue)
- The American came first, then the Soviet pair skater, the East German and finally the Japanese. (Source: Olympics.com, Richard Button; Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina; Olympics.com, Katarina Witt; Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu)
- Zhuk with Rodnina from 1972, Müller with Witt from 1984, Dubreuil and Lauzon with Virtue and Moir in 2018. (Source: Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina; Olympics.com, Katarina Witt; Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue)
- B, 24 medals with 10 gold, is the Soviet total in Olympedia's table. (Source: Olympedia, Figure Skating overview)

## Test 2: Ambassadors of the sport

- His record made him a popular choice as Canada's flag bearer at Lillehammer 1994. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning)
- They were selected as Team Canada's Opening Ceremony flag bearers in 2018. (Source: Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue)
- In 2020 they were appointed Members of the Order of Canada. (Source: Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue)
- He entered the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1990 and the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2006. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning)
- The special won five Gemini Awards. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning)
- She went into politics and serves as a member of the State Duma. (Source: Olympics.com, Irina Rodnina)
- Hanyu is a huge presence in Japan, a star of TV and film as well as a famous athlete. (Source: Olympics.com, Yuzuru Hanyu)
- 1990, 1994, 2001 and 2006. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning)
- 1990, 1994, 2018 and 2020. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning; Olympic.ca, Tessa Virtue)
- C stands at 2006. A is 1990, B 1994 and D 2020. (Source: Olympic.ca, Kurt Browning)

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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