Ulrich Salchow

Ulrich Salchow was a Swedish figure skater who dominated the sport in the first decade of the twentieth century. Born in 1877, he won the World Figure Skating Championships ten times, from 1901 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1911, a record he shares with Sonja Henie and Irina Rodnina. When figure skating was first contested at the Olympic Games, at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, he won the title with ease, and he also took the European Championships a record nine times. In 1909 he first landed in competition the jump that now carries his name. After his competitive career he served as president of the International Skating Union from 1925 to 1937 and as chairman of the Stockholm club AIK from 1928 to 1939. He died in Stockholm in 1949.