Compulsory figures
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Compulsory figures or school figures were formerly a segment of figure skating, and gave the sport its name. They are the "circular patterns which skaters trace on the ice to demonstrate skill in plac
Sonja Morgenstern skates a compulsory figure.
Ralph Borghardt and Gabriele Seyfert examine the print of a loop figure at the 1964 East German Championships.
American Olympic figure skater Irving Brokaw, who wrote one of the earliest books about figure skating and compulsory figures, The Art of Skating (1915)
Compulsory figures judging (Berlin, Germany, in 1964)
Gabriele Seyfert
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Gabriele "Gaby" Seyfert is a German former figure skater. She is a two-time World champion, and the 1968 Olympic silver medalist.
Compulsory figures
…section called "special figures", in which they had to perform moves or combinations of moves that highlighted their advanced skills. Ralph Borghardt and Gabriele Seyfert examine the print of a loop figure at the 1964 East German Championships. Compulsory figures were an important part of figure skating for the rest of…
Seyfert in 1968