Historical dictionary of figure skating /

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Author / Creator:Hines, James R. (James Robert), 1937-
Imprint:Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2011.
Description:1 online resource (xxxv, 375 p.).
Language:English
Series:Historical dictionaries of sports
Historical dictionaries of sports.
Subject:Figure skating -- Dictionaries.
Figure skating.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Ice & Figure Skating.
Electronic resource.
Dictionaries.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11403644
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ISBN:9780810870857
0810870851
9780810868595 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780810870857 (ebook)
1283099225
9781283099226
0810868598
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 357-374).
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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.
Other form:Print version: Historical dictionary of figure skating Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, c2011. 9780810868595 (cloth : alk. paper)
Standard no.:9786613099228