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Andrée Brunet

French figure skater

Jayne Torvill

English figure skater

Oleg Protopopov

Russian figure skater

Christopher Dean

English figure skater

Toller Cranston

Canadian figure skater and artist

Tessa Virtue

Canadian ice dancer

Yekaterina Gordeeva

Russian figure skater

Scott Moir

Canadian ice dancer

Nathan Chen

American figure skater

Lyudmila Belousova

Russian figure skater

Viktor Petrenko

Ukrainian figure skater

Pierre Brunet

French figure skater

Kurt Browning

Canadian figure skater

Plushchenko, Yevgeny

Yevgeny Plushchenko

Russian figure skater

Hanyu Yuzuru

Hanyu Yuzuru

Japanese figure skater

Slutskaya, Irina

Irina Slutskaya

Russian figure skater

Chan, Patrick

Patrick Chan

Canadian figure skater

Brian Boitano

American figure skater

Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton

American figure skater

Kim Yu-Na

Kim Yuna

South Korean figure skater

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