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Figure Skating · Level 9: Master · Sub-level 9.2

Early Champions

2 tests · 20 facts · updated 20 October 2026 · markdown

Salchow, Henie, Grafström and Planck-Szabo.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Salchow and HenieTake a test

  1. Salchow won ten World titles: 1901 to 1905 and 1907 to 1911.

    Source: Olympedia, Ulrich Salchow · recall

  2. He did not compete at the 1906 Worlds in Munich, between his two runs of five titles.

    Source: Olympedia, Ulrich Salchow · recall

  3. Salchow was President of the International Skating Union from 1925 to 1937.

    Source: Olympedia, Ulrich Salchow · recall

  4. Henie made her Olympic debut at Chamonix aged 11 and finished eighth of eight.

    Source: Olympedia, Sonja Henie · recall

  5. Henie won ten straight World titles from 1927 to 1936, alongside six European titles.

    Source: Olympedia, Sonja Henie · recall

  6. She made ten feature films in Hollywood and toured with ice revues, becoming one of the richest athletes of her time.

    Source: Olympedia, Sonja Henie · recall

  7. Ten World titles is a record shared by Salchow, Henie and Rodnina.

    Source: Olympedia, Ulrich Salchow · recall

  8. Henie won at St. Moritz 1928, Lake Placid 1932 and Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936.

    Source: Olympedia, Sonja Henie · applied

  9. 1924 debut, first World title in 1927, third Olympic gold in 1936, then her film career.

    Source: Olympedia, Sonja Henie · applied

  10. D runs unbroken from 1927 to 1936. A is Salchow's two runs with a gap in 1906; B and C are short runs.

    Source: Olympedia, Sonja Henie · applied

Test 2Grafström and the 1920sTake a test

  1. Grafström won in Antwerp 1920, Chamonix 1924 and St. Moritz 1928, then took silver in 1932.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · recall

  2. One blade broke and could not be replaced, so he bought an old-fashioned pair in town and still won.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · recall

  3. Olympedia credits him with the Grafström spin and the flying sit spin.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · recall

  4. Grafström later coached Sonja Henie.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · recall

  5. He studied architecture in Berlin and worked as an architect in Potsdam.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · recall

  6. A mistake in the compulsory figures cost Grafström the gold; Austria's Karl Schäfer won.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · recall

  7. Herma Planck-Szabo was the heavy favourite at Chamonix and won comfortably.

    Source: Olympedia, 1924 Winter Olympics · recall

  8. He won in Stockholm 1922, Manchester 1924 and London 1929.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · applied

  9. Three golds in a row, 1920, 1924 and 1928, then silver in 1932.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · applied

  10. B has three golds and then a silver. A and C mix in missing medals; D wins only once.

    Source: Olympedia, Gillis Grafström · applied

Sources

ISU History; ISU, Figure skating jumps explained (2026); Olympedia (overview, 1908, 1924, 1972, 1976, 2002 and athlete pages); U.S. Figure Skating, World Figure Skating Hall of Fame. Every fact is recorded with its source in docs/FIGURE_SKATING_VERIFIED_FACTS.md. Original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • Olympedia, Gillis Grafström9
  • Olympedia, Sonja Henie6
  • Olympedia, Ulrich Salchow4
  • Olympedia, 1924 Winter Olympics1