biography
| name: |
Salchow, (Karl Emil Julius) Ulrich
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pronunciation:
[salkoh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1877–1949)
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| biography:
| Swedish figure skater, born in Copenhagen, Denmark. The first man to win an Olympic gold medal for this sport (1908), he was a record 10 times world champion (1901–5, 1906–11) and nine times European title holder between 1898 and 1913. He was the originator of a type of jump performed in the free-style element of figure skating, and since named after him. |
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