Ulrich Salchow

Ulrich Salchow
Ulrich Salchow
	Ulrich Salchow at the 1908 Olympics
Full name	Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow
Born	7 August 1877; Copenhagen, Denmark
Died	19 April 1949 (aged 71); Stockholm, Sweden
Figure skating career
Country	Sweden
Medal record
Men's Figure skating
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Karl Emil Julius Ulrich Salchow (7 August 1877 – 19 April 1949) was a Danish-born Swedish figure skater, who dominated the sport in the first decade of the 20th century.^[1]

Salchow won the World Figure Skating Championships ten times, from 1901 to 1905 and from 1907 to 1911.^[2] This is still a record, which he shares with Sonja Henie who also won 10 titles in the 1920s and 1930s, and with Irina Rodnina who won 10 titles in the 1960s and 1970s.^[3] Salchow did not compete in the 1906 World Championships that were held in Munich, as he feared that he would not be judged fairly against Gilbert Fuchs of Germany. When figure skating was first contested at the Summer Olympic Games in London (1908), Salchow also won the title with ease and became one of the oldest figure skating Olympic champions. In addition, Salchow won the European Championships a record nine times (1898–1900, 1904, 1906–1907, 1909–1910, 1913) and placed second in the World Championships three times.

In 1909, Ulrich Salchow first landed a jump in competition in which he took off on the back inside edge and landed on the back outside edge of his other foot. This jump is now known as the Salchow jump in his honor.^[4]^[5]

After his competitive days, Salchow remained active in the sport and was president of the International Skating Union (ISU) from 1925 to 1937.^[6] Furthermore, he was the chairman of AIK in Stockholm between 1928 and 1939 – the leading Swedish club in football, ice hockey, bandy, tennis and other sports.

Ulrich Salchow was married to the dentist Dr. Anne-Elisabeth Salchow.

Salchow died in Stockholm at the age of 71 and was interred there at Norra begravningsplatsen.

Results

Event	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910	1911	1913	1920
Olympics														1st					4th
World Championships			2nd		2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
European Championships				1st	1st	1st	3rd			1st		1st	1st		1st	1st		1st
Swedish Championships	1st	1st	1st

References

^ "Ulrich Salchow". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ Hines, James R. (2011). Historical Dictionary of Figure Skating. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. xxiv. ISBN 978-0-8108-6859-5.
^ "Olympic Athletes". Agence France-Presse. 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^ Corio, Ray (1 April 1991). "Question Box". New York Times.
^ "Figure Skating". Agence France-Presse. 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
^ "ULRICH SALCHOW". New York Times. 20 April 1949.