| Description |
1 online resource (xxxv, 375 pages). |
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text file |
| Series |
Historical dictionaries of sports
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Historical dictionaries of sports.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-374). |
| Contents |
Intro -- Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Introduction -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Appendix A ISU Members -- Appendix B ISU Officeholders -- Appendix C Members: World Figure Skating Hall of Fame -- Appendix D Medalists at the World Figure Skating Championships -- Appendix E Medalists at the European Figure Skating Championships -- Appendix F Medalists at the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships -- Appendix G Medalists at the North American Figure Skating Championships -- Appendix H Medalists in Figure Skating at the Olympic Winter Games -- Appendix I Medalists at the Grand Prix Finals in Figure Skating -- Appendix J Medalists at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships -- Appendix K Medalists at the Junior Grand Prix Finals in Figure Skating -- Bibliography -- About the Author. |
| Summary |
Figure skating is the most popular televised sport at the Olympic Winter Games and is the oldest of the winter sports, having first been contested at the Games of the fourth Olympiad in London in 1908. No other sport creates such a perfect balance betweenathleticism and artistry, and the athletes-many of them household names like Oksana Baiul, Brian Boitano, Nancy Kerrigan, Evan Lysacek, Katarina Witt, and Kristi Yamaguchi-spend years in training to make it look effortless. The Historical Dictionaryof Figure Skating relates the history of the sport through a chronology, an introductory essay, an extensive bibliography, appendixes, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on hundreds of skaters, past and present, but also on skating countries, governing bodies, skating disciplines, technical elements, skating styles, and many other subjects. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the history of figure skating. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Figure skating -- Dictionaries.
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Figure skating. |
| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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Electronic resource.
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Dictionaries.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Historical dictionary of figure skating Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2011. 9780810868595 (cloth : alk. paper) (DLC) 2010048185 |
| ISBN |
9780810870857 ebook |
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0810870851 |
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9780810868595 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780810870857 ebook |
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1283099225 |
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9781283099226 |
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0810868598 |
| Standard No. |
9786613099228 |
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