Famous Men Olympic Figure Skaters

Russian male figure skater Evgeni Plushenko won the Gold Medal in the 2006 Olympics. His huge jumps dazzle audiences.

Canadian ice skating legend, Elvis Stojko, won the Canadian figure skating title seven times. He also is a three-time world figure skating champion and a two-time Olympic figure skating silver medalist.

Paul Wylie didn't expect to win a medal at the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. He had not done well at previous international figure skating events, so his silver medal win was a great surprise and delight. Just before the Olympics, he graduated from Harvard University. He went on to enjoy a successful professional figure skating career

Canadian figure skating champion Kurt Browning won the world figure skating championships four times. He also won the Canadian Figure Skating Championships four times. Kurt also competed in three different Olympics.

Perfection describes 1988 Olympic Figure Skating Champion Brian Boitano.

Brian Orser won eight Canadian national figure skating titles and two Olympic silver medals. He is also the 1987 Men's World Figure Skating Champion.

Scott Hamilton won the Olympics in figure skating in 1984. He is known for his charismatic personality on and off the ice.

John Curry was known for using much ballet and dance in his skating. His style of skating was called "Ice Dancing" and was a combination of skating and ballet.

Dick Button was the first American to win an Olympic ice skating title and the only American to win two Olympic gold medals in figure skating.

Ulrich Salchow, the inventor of the Salchow figure skating jump, won the gold medal in figure skating at the Olympics in 1908. That Olympics took place in London. His Olympic gold medal was the first Olympic gold medal awarded for men's figure skating.