Read about the life of Tenley Emma Albright, winner of a gold medal for figure skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics. She went on to become a surgeon after retiring from competition. Includes a profile, videos, and a photo gallery.

Skating Association for the Blind and Handicapped is a volunteer-based organization. Discover specialized equipment, schedules, and sign up to help.

Do you know the elements in the pair skating competition? Do you know which elements are illegal in the Olympic games? Read this article and find out.

Fast turns around the track can become your laboratory tests in these experiments, whether you skate on ice, wood, or pavement. The goal is to determine which type of turns are best in a race - tight, medium, or wide - and then to figure...

The CyberSquad works with area to figure out how to power a skate park using solar panels in this interactive from WNET. In the accompanying classroom activity, students view and analyze a series of video clips from Cyberchase and...

Michael and Renata Jiranek defected from Czechoslovakia in 1968 after the Russian invasion of Prague. They settled on a farm in Alberta and began to teach figure skating. One of their students was Kurt Browning who became a world figure...

This is a very brief article overviewing the athletic career of Dorothy Stuart Hamill, an American figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.

Find details on U.S. Olympian Sasha Cohen. Resource includes a chart listing all the competitions she has participated in, as well as notes on her personal life.

This 2002 article overviews the "figure-skating fiasco at the Winter Games," namely the controvery surrounding the judging of the pairs figure skating event.

A 16-part video series from the partnership of NBC and the National Science Foundation, on the "physics, biology, chemistry, and materials engineering behind the Olympic Winter Games." Exciting and engaging videos give new meaning to...

Includes personal greetings from Katarina Witt, biography, photos, current news and activities, links and contacts.

Learn how ice skating, once just a form of transportation, became an Olympic sport. This brief article includes an overview of the different skating events at the Olympics, as well as details judging and top skaters.

When the Winter Olympics begin we can study the science of sports: biomechanics, figure skating, high jumping, mental preparation, alcohol and athletes, sports doctors, staleness, and training in the ancient Olympics.

Cartoon drawing of figure skater Michelle Kwan.

A brief biographical profile of figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi, who became the first Asian American woman to win Olympic gold in 1992.

This Library of Congress time-line series surveys World War I and the Jazz Age. When World War I broke out in Europe, many changes were going on in the United States. Women were voting for the first time and African-American culture was...

Learn about sports and activities you can participate in to get in shape and have fun. Click on the name of a specific sport and read an "Activity card," with information on sports gear, safety, and more.

Barbara Ann Scott is Canada's only female figure skater to win an Olympic Gold Medal. The Celebrating Women's Achievement website from Canada's National Library and Archive profiles the skater nicknamed Canada's Sweetheart. After turning...