# Favorite ice skaters of all time **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 21, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301 "2018-02-21T23:09:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/1 "2018-02-21T23:09:29Z")
Who are your all-time favorites? Mine are: . Kristi Yamaguchi. Something about her is absolutely spell-binding. I think it has something to do with her arm movements. . Brian Boitano. There was a choreographed movement in his Olympic routine where he flicked a piece of ice from his skate. Thirty years later, I remember it clearly. . Meryl Davis and Charlie White. So astoundingy sync’d. ---
**Author:** ![SacFly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@SacFly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SacFly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/2 "2018-02-21T23:13:52Z")
Mario Lemieux. He made everyone else on the ice look like an amateur. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/3 "2018-02-21T23:30:06Z")
I had a big crush on late 80s Jill Trenary. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/4 "2018-02-22T00:00:37Z")
Thread relocated from IMHO to the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/5 "2018-02-22T00:07:29Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > I had a big crush on late 80s Jill Trenary. You made me curious and I looked her up, she’s aged very well. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/6 "2018-02-22T00:53:11Z")
Brian Orser Brian Boitano Scott Hamilton Paul Wylie Robin Cousins ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/7 "2018-02-22T01:10:58Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > Who are your all-time favorites? > > Mine are: > > . Kristi Yamaguchi. Something about her is absolutely spell-binding. I think it has something to do with her arm movements. > > . Brian Boitano. There was a choreographed movement in his Olympic routine where he flicked a piece of ice from his skate. Thirty years later, I remember it clearly. > > . Meryl Davis and Charlie White. So astoundingy sync’d. I agree about Kristi Yamaguchi. She’s local to where I live, so she shows up often for charity events. She’s just a great person. The pairs Gordeeva and Grinkov outclassed the competition for years, especially in the Olympics of 1988. I remember that year, no other pair even came close to them. Kim Yuna, the Korean sensation. ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/8 "2018-02-22T02:01:54Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > You made me curious and I looked her up, she’s aged very well. And, I of course meant that I crushed on JT as she looked in the late 1980s and did not mean she was in her late eighties! :smack: She’ll still look good I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/9 "2018-02-22T02:39:31Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Brian Orser > Brian Boitano > Scott Hamilton > Paul Wylie > Robin Cousins Brian Orser has become a super figure skating coach. How many skaters in the Olympics are being coached by him? I lost count, but at least three, including two of the men medalists. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/10 "2018-02-22T02:46:23Z")
I always thought Sarah Hughes flew under the radar a bit, avoided the hype, and kicked ass. And going back a few more years, Barbara Underhill was wicked cute. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/11 "2018-02-22T02:59:00Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > Brian Orser has become a super figure skating coach. How many skaters in the Olympics are being coached by him? I lost count, but at least three, including two of the men medalists. Well sure, but does he have his own cooking show? 😉 Orser is my favorite skater ever. I was so upset when Boitano beat him for the gold (even though I’m an American). It’s nice to see how well he’s done. His Wikipedia article has a very impressive list of his current and former students. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/12 "2018-02-22T03:38:22Z")
In all seriousness I was always a fan of Elvis Stojko. Not only a world-class skater but an accomplished martial artist. I always thought that was so cool. ---
**Author:** ![JpnDude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/838e76/32.png) [@JpnDude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JpnDude)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/13 "2018-02-22T07:00:01Z")
Katerina Witt (GDR) and Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/14 "2018-02-22T12:13:30Z")
I liked Debi Thomas, the US bronze medalist in 1988. She was also, twice, US champion. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Queen\_Anne\_s\_Lace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Anne_s_Lace)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/15 "2018-02-22T12:14:28Z")
Eric Heiden ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/16 "2018-02-22T14:30:01Z")
Jane Torvill and Christopher Dean. Totally changed the sport of ice dancing, very much for the better. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/17 "2018-02-22T14:51:51Z")
Katarina Witt, hottest ever. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/18 "2018-02-22T15:01:43Z")
Katarina Witt; she is a German figure skater, Olympic champion, four-time World Figure Skating champion, and German “Ice Skater of the Century”. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/19 "2018-02-22T20:02:55Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > Well sure, but does he have his own cooking show? 😉 > > Orser is my favorite skater ever. I was so upset when Boitano beat him for the gold (even though I’m an American). It’s nice to see how well he’s done. His Wikipedia article has a very impressive list of his current and former students. I see according to that article he also coached Kim Yuna to her gold medal. Very impressive. I think she was one of the best skaters of recent years. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2018, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301/20 "2018-02-22T20:19:22Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Katarina Witt, hottest ever. This is true. **She** was the skater I had a crush on as a kid. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-ice-skaters-of-all-time/809301.md?page=2)