Skate Guard

Happy birthday to World & European Champion Alexei Tikhonov! Here's Alexei & Maria Petrova's exhibition from the 2000 European Championships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjySKGUX4SI

Happy birthday to Olympic Bronze Medallist & World Champion Ingo Steuer! Here's Ingo & Mandy Wötzel's performance from the 1999 Eisgala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ABznz5aSwE

Happy Hallowe'en! You can find all of #SkateGuard's Spooktaculars from past years, as well as many other stories from skating's darker side, in this handy Pinterest board: https://id.pinterest.com/SkateGuard/spooky-skating/

Happy Hallowe'en! Make some time today to watch this spooky skating classic from World Professional Champions Anita Hartshorn & Frank Sweiding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30njShvqXfA

Olympic Bronze Medallist Robert van Zeebroeck was born on this day in 1909. Learn more about his story in this 2017 blog from the #SkateGuard archive: http://skateguard1.blogspot.com//from-brussels-to-antwerp-

Happy birthday to 4X World Medallist Todd Sand! Here's Todd & Jenni Meno's exhibition from the 1995 Champions On Ice tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2f3P7mU1Qk

Happy birthday to World Medallist Natasha Kuchiki! Here's Natasha & Todd Sand's medal winning free skate from the 1990 U.S. Championships: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kzO9NvBvcw

The latest #SkateGuard blog explores the fascinating story of German figure skater Hilda Rückert: http://skateguard1.blogspot.com//skating-in-charlottes-sha

Happy birthday to Olympic Silver Medallist & 2X World Champion Jan Hoffmann!

Happy birthday to Olympic & World Medallist Sasha Cohen! Here's her interpretive free skate from the 2002 Canadian Open: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOMP2nT3VbY

World Champion Megan Taylor was born on this day in 1920!

Happy birthday to 2X Olympic Medallist & 2X World Champion Anton Sikharulidze! Here's Anton & Elena Berezhnaya's exhibition from the 1998 Champions On Ice tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNx-AxQMKYQ

Happy birthday to 3X Olympic Medallist & 2X World Champion Charlie White!