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FAQs

What is the highest score you can get in figure skating? ›

Judges grade the quality of each element using a grade of execution score within a range of -5 to +5, which is added to or deducted from the base value. GOEs are proportional to the base value of each element.

Ziegler was born on February 28, 2006, in Morristown, New Jersey, to parents Ron and Patricia (Mansfield). Her mother is a former competitive figure skater, who finished fifth at the 1995 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, as well as a figure skating coach.

In competitions, skaters must perform a certain set of movements. They need to perfect all the required moves for their routines. Skaters train for three to six hours every day.

GOE = Each element is marked by the judges using a seven-mark “grade of execution” (GOE) scale: -5,-4,-3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3, +4, +5. The judges' grade of execution is added to the base value of the element to determine the skater's score for that element (explained on Page 18).

Still the only athlete who has ever successfully executed the quad Axel in competition, Malinin's signature jump propelled him into the lead in Beijing, China, as he scored a new international personal best score of 106.90.

Kwan's nine world medals overall is the all-time record for an American skater in any discipline. The only ladies' singles skater with more world titles or medals is Sonia Henie of Norway.

“Ava Ziegler has withdrawn from U.S. Championships as her team advised she should prioritize her time to focus on Four Continents in China,” read a statement from Ziegler's team through U.S. Figure Skating.

Parents are Ron and Trisha Ziegler ... Has a younger brother named Ronny ... Has a Shepard-Rotweiller named Duke and a rabbit named Cocoa ... Attends Bridgeway Academy ...

Figure skaters are able to skate so quickly because the icy surface below their skates offers very little friction to slow them down once they're in motion. When a skater skates in a straight line, linear momentum is the product of the skater's mass and velocity.

Cost Range: $800 to $10,000+

Competitive figure skating often requires private lessons as a child advances. The cost of lessons can really add up, especially when combined with the cost of ice time and travel expenses.

How many times a week do figure skaters practice? ›

Serious competitive skaters spend 10 to 20 hours on the ice, every week. That's three to four hours a day, six days a week.

A quadruple Axel's “base value” (as in the starting number of points the jump is worth) is 12.5 points, one point higher than the next most difficult quad, the Lutz, which is worth 11.5 points.

In competition the base value of a single Axel is 1.10; the base value of a double Axel is 3.30; the base value of a triple Axel is 8.00; and the base value of a quadruple Axel is 12.50.

Among the most famous and most successful figure skaters to ever take the ice was 1932's gold medal winter Sonje Henie.

Level 5: Backward outside edges on a circle (left and right) Backward inside edges on a circle (left and right) Backward continuous chasses around a circle (clockwise and counter-clockwise) Forward crossovers (clockwise and anti-clockwise)

The highest long programme (or free skate) score by a female figure skater is 185.29 points, by Kamila Valieva (Russia) on 27 November 2021 at the ISU Grand Prix Rostelecom Cup in Sochi, Russia.

As of May 22, 2024, the average hourly pay for a Figure Skating in the United States is $28.02 an hour.