Participating in the Winter Olympic Games and World, European and Four Continents Championships can be a nerve-wracking experience for any skater. Add to that the added pressure and expectations of competing in your home country and that stress level triples... making a win at home all the more satisfying for any skater. In today's blog, we'll take a look back at the skaters who have managed to pull off a medal win in the Olympics and World, European and Four Continents Championships in their home countries.
OLYMPIC GAMES
|
Year |
Medallists |
|
1908 |
Madge Syers (G), Arthur Cumming (S), Madge and Edgar Syers (B), Geoffrey Hall-Say (S) |
|
1920 |
(none) |
|
1924 |
Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet (B) |
|
1928 |
(none) |
|
1932 |
Beatrix Loughran and Sherwin Badger (S), Maribel Vinson (B) |
|
1936 |
Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier (G), Ernst Baier (S) |
|
1948 |
Hans Gerschwiler (S) |
|
1952 |
(none) |
|
1956 |
(none) |
|
1960 |
David Jenkins (G), Carol Heiss (G), Barbara Roles (B), Nancy and Ron Ludington (B) |
|
1964 |
Regine Heitzer (S) |
|
1968 |
Patrick Péra (B) |
|
1972 |
(none) |
|
1976 |
(none) |
|
1980 |
Linda Fratianne (S), Charlie Tickner (B) |
|
1984 |
(none) |
|
1988 |
Brian Orser (S), Elizabeth Manley (S), Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall (B) |
|
1992 |
Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay (S) |
|
1994 |
(none) |
|
1998 |
(none) |
|
2002 |
Sarah Hughes (G), Timothy Goebel (B), Michelle Kwan (B) |
|
2006 |
(none) |
|
2010 |
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (G), Joannie Rochette (B) |
|
2014 |
Adelina Sotnikova (G), Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (G), Team: Evgeni Plushenko, Julia Lipnitskaia, Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev, Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov (G), Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (S), Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov (B) |
|
2018 |
(none) |
Madge was also the first woman to win an Olympic gold medal in her home country. Ernst and his partner Maxi Herber were also the first pair to achieve gold at home. The first man was David Jenkins, at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley. The first and only ice dance team to win an Olympic gold medal in ice dancing at a home country Olympics were Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The first and only team to win an Olympic gold medal at home were the Russian team at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
The first North Americans to win Olympic medals at Games hosted in their home countries were David Jenkins (men), Maribel Vinson (women), Beatrix Loughran and Sherwin Badger (pairs) and Tracy Wilson and Rob McCall (dance).
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
|
1896 |
Georg Sanders (B) |
|
1897 |
Ulrich Salchow (S) |
|
1898 |
(none) |
|
1899 |
(none) |
|
1900 |
(none) |
|
1901 |
Ulrich Salchow (G) |
|
1902 |
Madge Syers (S) |
|
1903 |
Nikolay Panin-Kolomenkin (S) |
|
1904 |
Heinrich Burger (S), Martin Gordan (B) |
|
1905 |
Ulrich Salchow (G), Per Thorén (B) |
|
1906 |
Gilbert Fuchs (G), Heinrich Burger (S) |
|
1907 |
Max Bohatsch (S), Jenny Herz (S), Lili Kronberger (B) |
|
1908 |
Lili Kronberger (G), Lidia Popova and Aleksandr Fischer (B) |
|
1909 |
Ulrich Salchow (G), Lili Kronberger (G), Per Thorén (S), Valborg Lindahl and Nils Rosenius (S), Gertrud Ström and Richard Johansson (B) |
|
1910 |
Anna Hübler and Heinrich Burger (G), Elsa Rendschmidt (S), Ludovika Eilers and Walter Jakobsson (S) |
|
1911 |
Lili Kronberger (G), Werner Rittberger (S), Zsófia Méray-Horváth (S) |
|
1912 |
Phyllis and James Henry Johnson (G) |
|
1913 |
Fritz Kachler (G), Willy Böckl (S), Andor Szende (B), Svea Norén (B) |
|
1914 |
(none) |
|
1922 |
Gillis Grafström (G), Svea Norén (S) |
|
1923 |
Fritz Kachler (G), Herma Szabo (G), Willy Böckl (S), Gisela Reichmann (S), Alexia and Yngvar Bryn (S) |
|
1924 |
Ethel Muckelt and Jack Ferguson Page (S) |
|
1925 |
Willy Böckl (G), Herma Szabo and Ludwig Wrede (G), Fritz Kachler (S), Otto Preißecker (B), Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (B) |
|
1926 |
(none) |
|
1927 |
Sonja Henie (G), Herma Szabo and Ludwig Wrede (G), Lilly Scholz and Otto Kaiser (S), Karen Simensen (B) |
|
1928 |
(none) |
|
1929 |
Olga Orgonista and Sándor Szalay (B) |
|
1930 |
Roger Turner (S), Maribel Vinson (B), Beatrix Loughran and Sherwin Badger (B) |
|
1931 |
Ernst Baier (B) |
|
1932 |
Montgomery Wilson (S), Constance Wilson Samuel (B) |
|
1933 |
Vivi-Anne Hultén (S) |
|
1934 |
Sonja Henie (G) |
|
1935 |
Emília Rotter and László Szollás (G), Dénes Pataky (B), Lucy Gallo and Rezső Dillinger (B) |
|
1936 |
(none) |
|
1937 |
Felix Kaspar (G), Cecilia Colledge (G), Megan Taylor (S), Violet and Leslie Cliff (B) |
|
1938 |
Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier (G), Inge Koch and Gunther Noack (B) |
|
1939 |
(none) |
|
1947 |
(none) |
|
1948 |
Hans Gerschwiler (S) |
|
1949 |
(none) |
|
1950 |
Jeannette Altwegg (S), Jennifer and John Nicks (S), Sybil Cooke and Robert Hudson (S) |
|
1951 |
(none) |
|
1952 |
Jacqueline du Bief (G) |
|
1953 |
(none) |
|
1954 |
(none) |
|
1955 |
Sissy Schwarz and Kurt Oppelt (S), Hanna Eigel (B) |
|
1956 |
Marika Kilius and Franz Ningel (B) |
|
1957 |
David Jenkins (G), Carol Heiss (G), Tim Brown (S), Sharon McKenzie and Bert Wright (B) |
|
1958 |
Alain Giletti (B) |
|
1959 |
David Jenkins (G), Carol Heiss (G), Tim Brown (B), Nancy and Ron Ludington (B), Andree Anderson and Donald Jacoby (B) |
|
1960 |
Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul (G), Donald Jackson (S), Maria and Otto Jelinek (S), Virginia Thompson and Bill McLachlan (S) |
|
1962 |
Eva Romanová and Pavel Roman (G), Karol Divín (S) |
|
1963 |
(none) |
|
1964 |
Manfred Schnelldorfer (G), Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (G) |
|
1965 |
Scott Ethan Allen (S), Vivian and Ronald Joseph (S), Peggy Fleming (B), Lorna Dyer and John Carrell (B) |
|
1966 |
(none) |
|
1967 |
Emmerich Danzer (G), Wolfgang Schwarz (S) |
|
1968 |
(none) |
|
1969 |
Tim Wood (G), Judy Schwomeyer and Jim Sladky (B) |
|
1970 |
(none) |
|
1971 |
Patrick Péra (S) |
|
1972 |
Karen Magnussen (S) |
|
1973 |
Ondrej Nepela (G) |
|
1974 |
(none) |
|
1975 |
Dorothy Hamill (S), Colleen O'Connor and Jim Millns (B) |
|
1976 |
(none) |
|
1977 |
Minoru Sanu (B) |
|
1978 |
(none) |
|
1979 |
(none) |
|
1980 |
Dagmar Lurz (S) |
|
1981 |
Scott Hamilton (G), David Santee (S), Elaine Zayak (S) |
|
1982 |
(none) |
|
1983 |
(none) |
|
1984 |
Barbara Underhill and Paul Martini (G), Brian Orser (S) |
|
1985 |
(none) |
|
1986 |
(none) |
|
1987 |
Brian Boitano (S), Debi Thomas (S), Caryn Kadavy (B), Jill Watson and Peter Oppegard (B) |
|
1988 |
(none) |
|
1989 |
Isabelle and Paul Duchesnay (B) |
|
1990 |
Kurt Browning (G), Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler (S) |
|
1991 |
(none) |
|
1992 |
Kristi Yamaguchi (G), Nancy Kerrigan (S) |
|
1993 |
(none) |
|
1994 |
Yuka Sato (G) |
|
1995 |
(none) |
|
1996 |
Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz (B) |
|
1997 |
(none) |
|
1998 |
Michelle Kwan (G), Todd Eldredge (S), Jenni Meno and Todd Sand (S) |
|
1999 |
(none) |
|
2000 |
Marina Anissina and Gwendal Peizerat (G), Sarah Abitbol and Stéphane Bernadis (B) |
|
2001 |
Jamie Salé and David Pelletier (G) |
|
2002 |
Takeshi Honda (B), Fumie Suguri (B) |
|
2003 |
Michelle Kwan (G), Timothy Goebel (S) |
|
2004 |
Stefan Lindemann (B), Kati Winkler and René Lohse (B) |
|
2005 |
Irina Slutskaya (G), Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin (G), Tatiana Navka and Roman Kostomarov (G), Maria Petrova and Alexei Tikhonov (S) |
|
2006 |
Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon (S) |
|
2007 |
Miki Ando (G), Daisuke Takahashi (S), Mao Asada (S) |
|
2008 |
(none) |
|
2009 |
Evan Lysacek (G), Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto (S) |
|
2010 |
Federica Faiella and Massimo Scali (B) |
|
2011 |
Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov (S), Artur Gachinski (B) |
|
2012 |
Nathalie Péchalat and Fabian Bourzat (B) |
|
2013 |
Patrick Chan (G), Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (S), Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford (B) |
|
2014 |
Yuzuru Hanyu (G), Mao Asada (G), Tatsuki Machida (S) |
|
2015 |
Wenjing Sui and Cong Han (S), Qing Pang and Jian Tong (B) |
|
2016 |
Ashley Wagner (S), Maia and Alex Shibutani (S), Madison Chock and Evan Bates (B) |
|
2017 |
(none) |
|
2018 |
(none) |
|
2019 |
Yuzuru Hanyu (S) |
|
2021 |
(none) |
Prior to World War II, it was the norm that World Championships for each discipline were held in different locations. Madge Syers, ever the history-maker, holds the distinction of being the first woman to win a medal at the World Championships in her home country. She achieved this at the 1902 Worlds in London in the men's event. The first women to win a World medal in the women's event at home were Jenny Herz and Lili Kronberger in 1907.
The years 1913 and 1925 are of great historical significance. They mark the only two times in history that skaters have swept the podium in their home country. Fritz Kachler, Willy Böckl and Andor Szende all represented the Austro-Hungarian Empire when this was first achieved in 1913. Böckl, Kachler and Otto Preißecker represented Austria when they swept the podium at home in 1925.
The first Canadians to win medals at World Championships held in Canada were Montgomery Wilson (1932), Constance Wilson Samuel (1932), Barbara Wagner and Bob Paul (1960), Maria and Otto Jelinek (1960) and Virginia Thompson and Bill McLachlan (1960).
|
Year |
Medallists |
|
1891 |
Oskar Uhlig (G), A. Schmitson (S), Franz Zilly (B) |
|
1892 |
Eduard Engelmann Jr. (G), Tibor von Földváry (S), Georg Zachariades (B) |
|
1893 |
(none) |
|
1894 |
Eduard Engelmann Jr. (G), Gustav Hügel (S), Tibor von Földváry (B) |
|
1895 |
Tibor von Földváry (G), Gustav Hügel (S) |
|
1898 |
Johan Peter Lefstad (S), Oscar Holthe (B) |
|
1899 |
(none) |
|
1900 |
(none) |
|
1901 |
Gustav Hügel (G) |
|
1904 |
(none)` |
|
1905 |
Heinrich Burger (S), Karl Zenger (B) |
|
1906 |
(none) |
|
1907 |
Gilbert Fuchs (S) |
|
1908 |
Nikolay Panin-Kolomenkin (S) |
|
1909 |
(none) |
|
1910 |
Werner Rittberger (S) |
|
1911 |
Karl Ollo (S) |
|
1912 |
Gösta Sandahl (G) |
|
1913 |
(none) |
|
1914 |
Fritz Kachler (G), Willy Böckl (B) |
|
1922 |
(none) |
|
1923 |
Martin Stixrud (S) |
|
1924 |
(none) |
|
1925 |
Werner Rittberger (S) |
|
1926 |
Georges Gautschi (B) |
|
1927 |
Willy Böckl (G), Hugo Distler (S), Karl Schäfer (B) |
|
1928 |
(none) |
|
1929 |
Georges Gautschi (S) |
|
1930 |
(none) |
|
1931 |
Karl Schäfer (G), Fritzi Burger (S), Hugo Distler (B), Hilde Holovsky (B), Lilly (Scholz) Gaillard and Willy Petter (B) |
|
1932 |
Andrée Joly and Pierre Brunet (G) |
|
1933 |
Cecilia Colledge (S), Mollie Phillips and Rodney Murdoch (B) |
|
1934 |
Karl Schäfer (G) |
|
1935 |
(none) |
|
1936 |
Maxi Herber and Ernst Baier (G), Ernst Baier (B) |
|
1937 |
(none) |
|
1938 |
(none) |
|
1939 |
Cecilia Colledge (G), Megan Taylor (S), Daphne Walker (B) |
|
1947 |
Hans Gerschwiler (G) |
|
1948 |
Ája Zanová (G), Blažena Knittlová and Karel Vosátka (S) |
|
1949 |
(none) |
|
1950 |
(none) |
|
1951 |
Elyane Steinemann and André Calame (S) |
|
1952 |
Hellmut Seibt (G) |
|
1953 |
Gundi Busch (S), Freimut Stein (B) |
|
1954 |
Carlo Fassi (G) |
|
1955 |
Marianna and László Nagy (G) |
|
1956 |
Alain Giletti (G) |
|
1957 |
Hanna Eigel (G), Ingrid Wendl (S), Hanna Walter (B) |
|
1958 |
Karol Divín (G), Věra Suchánková and Zdeněk Doležal (G) |
|
1959 |
(none) |
|
1960 |
Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (G), Manfred Schnelldorfer (B), Margret Göbl and Franz Ningel (B) |
|
1961 |
Marika Kilius and Hans-Jürgen Bäumler (G), Margret Göbl and Franz Ningel (S), Manfred Schnelldorfer (B) |
|
1962 |
(none) |
|
1963 |
(none) |
|
1964 |
Alain Calmat (G), Nicole Hassler (B) |
|
1965 |
Ludmila Belousova and Oleg Protopopov (G), Tatiana Zhuk and Aleksandr Gorelik (B) |
|
1966 |
Ondrej Nepela (B), Jitka Babická and Jaromír Holan (B) |
|
1967 |
(none) |
|
1968 |
(none) |
|
1969 |
(none) |
|
1970 |
Irina Rodnina and Alexei Ulanov (G), Lyudmila Pakhomova and Aleksandr Gorshkov (G), Ludmila Smirnova and Andrei Suraikin (S), Tatiana Voitiuk and Viacheslav Zhigalin (B) |
|
1971 |
(none) |
|
1972 |
(none) |
|
1973 |
Angelika and Erich Buck (S), Almut Lehmann and Herbert Wiesinger (B) |
|
1974 |
(none) |
|
1975 |
(none) |
|
1976 |
(none) |
|
1977 |
(none) |
|
1978 |
(none) |
|
1979 |
(none) |
|
1980 |
(none) |
|
1981 |
Claudia Kristofics-Binder (B) |
|
1982 |
Jean-Christophe Simond (S) |
|
1983 |
Norbert Schramm (G), Claudia Leistner (B) |
|
1984 |
(none) |
|
1985 |
(none) |
|
1986 |
(none) |
|
1987 |
(none) |
|
1988 |
(none) |
|
1989 |
(none) |
|
1990 |
Viktor Petrenko (G), Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov (G), Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko (G), Natalia Lebedeva (S), Larisa Selezneva and Oleg Makarov (S), Maya Usova and Alexandr Zhulin (S), Viacheslav Zagorodniuk (B), Natalia Mishkutenok and Artur Dmitriev (B) |
|
1991 |
(none) |
|
1992 |
(none) |
|
1993 |
Susanna Rahkamo and Petri Kokko (B) |
|
1994 |
(none) |
|
1995 |
Mandy Wötzel and Ingo Steuer (G) |
|
1996 |
(none) |
|
1997 |
Philippe Candeloro (S), Sophie Moniotte and Pascal Lavanchy (B) |
|
1998 |
(none) |
|
1999 |
(none) |
|
2000 |
(none) |
|
2001 |
(none) |
|
2002 |
(none) |
|
2003 |
(none) |
|
2004 |
Júlia Sebestyén (G) |
|
2005 |
(none) |
|
2006 |
Brian Joubert (B) |
|
2007 |
Dorota and Mariusz Siudek (B) |
|
2008 |
(none) |
|
2009 |
Laura Lepistö (G), Susanna Pöykiö (B) |
|
2010 |
(none) |
|
2011 |
Sarah Meier (G) |
|
2012 |
(none) |
|
2013 |
(none) |
|
2014 |
(none) |
|
2015 |
(none) |
|
2016 |
(none) |
|
2017 |
(none) |
|
2018 |
Alina Zagitova (G), Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov (G), Dmitri Aliev (S), Evgenia Medvedeva (S), Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov (S), Ekaterina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev (S), Mikhail Kolyada (B), Natalia Zabiiako and Alexander Enbert (B), Alexandra Stepanova and Ivan Bukin (B) |
|
2019 |
(none) |
|
2020 |
(none) |
|
Year |
Medallists |
|
1999 |
Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz (G), Kristy Sargeant and Kris Wirtz (S), Chantal Lefebvre and Michel Brunet (S), Elvis Stojko (B) |
|
2000 |
(none) |
|
2001 |
Angela Nikodinov (G), Stacey Pensgen (S), Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev (S), Michael Weiss (B), Kyoko Ina and John Zimmerman (B) |
|
2002 |
(none) |
|
2003 |
Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao (G), Min Zhang (S), Qing Pang and Jian Tong (S), Chengjiang Li (B), Dan and Hao Zhang (B) |
|
2004 |
Jeffrey Buttle (G), Emanuel Sandhu (S), Cynthia Phaneuf (S), Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon (S), Valérie Marcoux and Craig Buntin (B), Megan Wing and Aaron Lowe (B) |
|
2005 |
(none) |
|
2006 |
Katy Taylor (G), Rena Inoue and John Baldwin Jr. (G), Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto (G), Morgan Matthews and Maxim Zavozin (S), Matt Savoie (B), Beatrisa Liang (B) |
|
2007 |
Evan Lysacek (G), Kimmie Meissner (G), Emily Hughes (S), Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto (S), Jeremy Abbott (B), Rena Inoue and John Baldwin Jr. (B) |
|
2008 |
(none) |
|
2009 |
Patrick Chan (G), Jessica Dubé and Bryce Davison (S), Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir (S) |
|
2010 |
(none) |
|
2011 |
(none) |
|
2012 |
Ashley Wagner (G), Meryl Davis and Charlie White (S), Caydee Denney and John Coughlin (S), Ross Miner (B), Caroline Zhang (B), Mary Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker (B) |
|
2013 |
Mao Asada (G), Yuzuru Hanyu (S), Akiko Suzuki (S), Kanako Murakami (B) |
|
2014 |
(none) |
|
2015 |
(none) |
|
2016 |
(none) |
|
2017 |
(none) |
|
2018 |
(none) |
|
2019 |
Madison Chock and Evan Bates (G), Vincent Zhou (B) |
|
2020 |
You Young (S) |
Skaters from the host country of the Four Continents Championships have managed to medal in all four disciplines at the Four Continents Championships five disciplines. The first instance of this was in Salt Lake City in 2001, when the Championships were used as a test event for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Three out of the other four instances were by Americans (2006, 2007 and 2012) while the fourth was by Canadians (2004). There have only been two medal sweeps at home in the history of the Four Continents Championships: the Chinese pairs sweep in Beijing in 2003 and the Japanese women's sweep in Osaka in 2013.
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