Notables:Sledding Project
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THE FIGURE SKATING NOTABLES PROJECT
This sub-project is part of the larger Sports Notables Project. Please visit the main project page for details on the goals and objectives of this project.
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Objectives
The main objectives of this project are to...
- 1) Create profiles for the world's most notable figure skaters and other figure skating.
- 2) Write a fun and accurate biography for each profile.
- 3) Source each profile as thoroughly as possible.
- 4) Connect each profile to the Big Tree.
Please see the COMPLETED PROFILE CHECKLIST for guidelines on what The Notables Project considers to be an essentially completed profile.
Membership
If you'd like to join us on this project, please post a comment here on this page or in G2G using the project tag Notables, send a private message to the Notables Project, or simply hop in and start contributing as you see fit!
About Figure Skating
Modern competitive sledding started in 1883 in Davos, Switzerland when an Australian student won what is reputed to be the world’s first international sled race. He outraced 19 other competitors from England, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. Soon the Bobsled, Luge, and Skeleton were developed in succession.
Although quite different from its sister sledding sports, the Iditarod is an annual long-distance sled dog race run in early March in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Iditarod began in 1973 as an event to test the best sled dog mushers and teams but evolved into today's highly competitive race, which can last 8–15 days or more.
Active Figure Skating Mini-Projects
WikiTree Figure Skating Category
Sledding Legends Challege (Dec 2023)
If you'd like to initiate a mini-project, please drop us a note and we can get you started.
Some Top Figure Skating Notables
| Name | Born | Died | Sport | Nation | Photo | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Eagan | 1898 | 1967 | Bobsled | United States |  | Connected |
| Nino Bibbia | 1922 | 2013 | Skelton | Italy |  | Not Connected |
| Klaus Bonsack | 1941 | 2023 | Luge | East Germany |  | Not Connected |
| Margit Schumann | 1952 | 2017 | Luge | East Germany |  | Not Connected |
| Emmitt Peters | 1940 | 2020 | Iditarod | United States |  | Not Connected |
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